The different tastes of the Chinese and Korean audiences is once more at the forefront as a new poll taken of one thousand voters revealed results that differed some in quality while still hewing to similar popularity barometers. Song Joong Ki landed on both lists top three for favorite actor/actress, but he was number 1 in the Chinese choice while … Continue reading →
The goddess is back! After a nearly five month maternity leave after giving birth on February 10, 2016. top Korean actress Jeon Ji Hyun returned to the limelight this week attending the rouge & lounge fashion event in Seoul. She looks as beautiful as ever sporting the same long locks hairstyle and a simply designed white double breasted suit dress … Continue reading →
It’s Major League Baseball All-Star weekend and one famous Korean star family is headed to Southern California to attend. Lee Bum Soo packed up his wife Lee Yoon Jin along with their kids daughter So Eul and son Da Eul and flew out of Incheon airport headed for Los Angeles. This year’s All-Star Game is in San Diego just two … Continue reading →
There’s nothing definitively smoking gun to report as an update on the Park Yoochun rape allegations investigation currently ongoing in the Seoul police department. But then again, a smoking gun either way would be preferable to this death by a thousand cuts for his fans and for certain drama fans in general who just want to know whether his dramas … Continue reading →
The highly anticipated first teaser is here for the C-drama adaptation of popular college romance novel One Smile is Very Alluring (Wei Wei Yi Xiao Hen Qing Cheng), the one starring Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang and not the movie version with Angelababy and Jin Bo Ran. The drama’s English title is A Smile is Beautiful and the first teaser … Continue reading →
I’m relieved the second episode of Uncontrollably Fond built nicely on the introductory first episode, and got better in all ways narrative, chemistry, and acting. It’s even more of a relief that the ratings stayed exactly the same, with episode 2 also garnering 12.5% AGB nationwide ratings. This drama was so broadly touted and discussed I prefer the viewing base … Continue reading →
The drama posters are out for mind-bendy romance drama W: Two Worlds, or more aptly the W meaning two universes that separate the lead characters played by Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Seok. I love the posters, spare and elegant with a softened light versus dark motif. It’s not particularly creative but the impact in this case sells the … Continue reading →
This is a well deserved drama filming wrap party as any, with the full cast of upcoming K-adaptation of Bu Bu Jing Xin attending a shindig after a good 7 long months of filming. The fully pre-produced drama is schedule to air on SBS Mon-Tues at the end of August following Doctors, and will also air simultaneously in China for … Continue reading →
K-actor Ji Sung wears multiple hats from star to husband to father, and on July 6th in Los Angeles he added Korean culture representative to the mix. Ji Sung was at the Dodgers versus Orioles game in LA Â for the home team’s Korea Night at Dodger’s Stadium. The team has famous Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun Jin on its roster and … Continue reading →
I’m the generation that visual entertainment came after literary pursuits, reading was my first and foremost love and moving objects secondary. Before there was my drama love there was my manga love, the drawn book a perfect dive down the rabbit hole of story telling and the manga hero my first imaginary crush. That makes Han Hyo Joo‘s character in … Continue reading →
Today saw the premiere of fully pre-produced KBS prime time melodrama Uncontrollably Fond by screenwriter Lee Kyung Hee, arriving on a hot July Wednesday while shelling freezing winter temperatures onscreen. I didn’t know for certain whether domestic Korean viewers had the appetite for an old school type melo romance even with well known big name stars Suzy and Kim Woo … Continue reading →
A lovey dovey wedding pictorial isn’t the only thing celebrity couple Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen have to share with the public. Two weeks out from their star packed wedding in Beijing towards the end of July, the engaged couple have surprised their fans with two additional nuggets of good news on July 5th which also happens to be Chen … Continue reading →
Wowsers, the summer certainly brings out the romance sizzle. C-ent is already prepping for Michelle Chen and Chen Xiao‘s upcoming nuptials at the end of July and now there’s a second top star couple joining in the marriage proceedings. Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo and Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin are getting married on July 31st in a destination wedding on Bali! … Continue reading →
