The timing feels like the star aligned for the viewers so else an extra dose of pressure for the second the perform. I’m talking about how currently airing soul swapping romance sageuk MBC K-drama Moon River will end by month end and arriving after with just a week break is the next soul swapping romance sageuk KBS K-drama To My … Continue reading →
I would love to take poll and find out when other viewers dropped Love and Crown. I dropped at episode 22 and when I checked back this week I realized it has 35-episodes total and I wonder if others have the fortitude and tenacity to watch it all. I was genuinely worried about brain damage so had to quit but … Continue reading →
Since she is already Japan’s biggest pop star for three decades running its hard to give her more accolades and props and yet she still impresses in her professionalism and perseverance. J-pop idol Ayumi Hamasaki made lemonade out of lemons this weekend after the Shanghai leg of her tour was cancelled the day before the event. She ended up performing … Continue reading →
I totally missed the entirety of the run of tvN weekend drama Typhoon Family, which started in mid-October and this Sunday aired the final episode. It was a combination of being super busy every weekend in October and also that while I like male lead Junho I am so unmotivated to watch anything with Kim Min Ha. She’s touted as … Continue reading →
I can see not scheduling or postponing further out events but to cancel a big concert the day before the event is really bad political PR. But I guess the Chinese government doesn’t care as this Saturday’s big J-pop concert in Shanghai but top star Ayumi Hamasaki was abruptly cancelled the day before the event. Her side is not commenting … Continue reading →
This is Thanksgiving week in the US but around the world it’s just the last week of November and a good time as any to have a fun celebratory wedding. TW-stars Roy Qiu and Tiffany Ann Hsu held their wedding celebration this Friday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Taipei, three years after legally getting married and a few months … Continue reading →
Even though it’s nearing year end but C-drama land still has projects kicking off filming. If all goes well a drama that starts now could conceivably wrap by lunar new year in a few months when everything shuts down for a minimum of two weeks. Wuxia C-drama Immortalis (Bi Xue Chan 碧血蟬) has started filming and the production went ahead … Continue reading →
K-actress Park Eun Bin continues to challenge herself by playing all sorts of diverse characters and her new one will take her both into chaebol land and into fantasy territory. The K-drama Chilling Romance has confirmed her as the lead and she will be playing a chaebol heiress who also has the unfortunate ability to see ghosts. Yang Se Jong … Continue reading →
So my brain was clearly still addled by the after effects of watching too much Love and Crown because I missed the premiere last weekend of Tencent C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land. Starring Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Xing Xu, this is a modern drama that seems like a tomb raider crossed with Chinese ancient mystery plot, with a side … Continue reading →
A 2026 K-drama has finalized the main cast and it’s an amalgamation of familiar faces in what sounds like a very frequent topic, i.e. politics, the law, and money and power in South Korea. Cable network ENA has confirmed the leads for the K-drama Climax and it’s a five-some of known stars. Joo Ji Hoon and Ha Ji Won are … Continue reading →
There is genuine movement now on a C-drama that has been either trying to cast or get off the ground to shoot for close to three years. Nothing wrong with it, some projects just get batted around looking for the right leads, investment, and shooting schedule. The period romance C-drama He Bu Tong Zhou Du (Why No Cross By Boat … Continue reading →
Ever since veteran actor Lee Soon Jae hit 85 years old I’ve been dreading this inevitable news. Each year that he kept on working was a joy to behold and a reassurance that he was still able to do what he loved and was so good at. Alas the time has come to say goodbye to South Korea’s national grandpa … Continue reading →
The C-drama universe loves reunions of leads in successful prior drama pairings and the production teams have been trying to reunite Crystal Liu and Chen Xiao ever since they did the popular period drama A Dream of Splendor. The prior rumors of a reunion between them never came to fruition but this week there is a legitimate possibility they will … Continue reading →
