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Anticipation High After Long Drama Preview and Cute Cast at Uncontrollably Fond Press Conference

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The cast of premiering KBS Wed-Thurs melodrama romance Uncontrollably Fond is certainly acting uncontrollably cute at the press conference to primp out the highly anticipated drama to fans. Kim Woo Bin definitely resembles a lumbering dinosaur type beast man but manages to act boyish cute whenever he’s joking around, and he certainly looks like he’s comfortable with costar Suzy the … Continue reading →

Filming Wraps for K-movie Real with Kim Soo Hyun and Production Drops Visually Intense Teaser Posters

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While everyone is talking about current and upcoming dramas with the current Hallyu actors and actresses, mega Hallyu star Kim Soo Hyun has been laying low relative to his massive pan-Asia fame in order to film dark thriller movie Real. The movie has wrapped filming and heads into post-production for a 2017 air date in the theaters. It’s not clear … Continue reading →

SBS Drama Doctors Keeps Increasing in Ratings and Breaks 20% AGB Seoul in Episode 5

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Looks like the next legit prime time drama hit is here after the runaway success of Descendants of the Sun on KBS. This time the glow is over on SBS as Mon-Tues drama Doctors has increased by around 2% yet again to hit 18.4% AGB nationwide on this Monday’s episode 5. Even better is the drama breaking 20% AGB in … Continue reading →

Park Shin Hye is a Summer Sophisticate in Elle Korea August 2016 Pictorial

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The reviews for currently airing SBS K-drama Doctors is mixed but that’s not a bad thing, it certainly is garnering the ratings to make it well on its way to success and some detraction helps generate buzz if you ask me. I find myself liking Park Shin Hye‘s grown up look but disliking the story line they saddled her with, … Continue reading →

tvN Schedules Cinderella and Four Knights in August Followed by K-drama Remake of Entourage

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Cable network tvN announced the upcoming line-up for it’s popular Fri-Sat drama time slot which just wrapped up Dear My Friends and will air the Korean remake of The Good Wife starting next week. It’s the late summer drama I’m most keen on, a manhwa to drama adaptation of youthful cohabitation hijinks flower boy laden story called Cinderella and Four … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum, Kim Yoo Jung, and Jinyoung Step into Character for Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

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The first look last week at Park Bo Gum and Kim Yoo Jung in Moonlight Drawn by Clouds had me clapping with excitement, it was a picture of the two leads smiling beatifically at each other like no one else was around. Casting leads with palpable romantic chemistry is lightning in a bottle and I loved how these two young … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Ki’s Having a Bloody Good Time Along with Full Cast in Official Character Posters for K-Bu Bu Jing Xin

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One of these things is not like the others is my first reaction upon seeing the just released official character posters for the Korean drama version of Bu Bu Jing Xin. The concerted effort to distinguish male lead Lee Jun Ki‘s 4th Prince, from the C-drama version’s understated steely scholar and also from the other princes in the K-version called … Continue reading →

Countdown to Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen’s July Wedding with Romantic and Cheeky Wedding Pictorial

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fs A big hearty congrats to engaged and soon to be married star couple Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen, marking yet another cross-strait couple with the C-actor and the TW-actress tying the knot on July 19th. It’s been three years since they met on the set of Romance of the Condor Heroes, the much maligned drama adaptation by trolly producer … Continue reading →

Recent Years K-star Scandals Make Nostalgic or Popular K-dramas Hard to Rewatch

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I understand the gut punch reaction of fans to a star embroiled in a scandal in wanting to make problems go away so as to continue to support said star. But that instinctive reaction should not continue if the facts make it impossible to keep supporting said star, and in the case of general drama fans it’s not the star … Continue reading →

Suzy Radiates Warm Hawaiian Beauty in Latest Bazaar Korea Pictorial

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I want more of the pictures of Suzy in the latest issue of Bazaar Korea, shipping Suzy off to picturesque Hawaii just in time for a true summer spread. I’ve been following her upcoming drama Uncontrollably Fond intensely from the moment screenwriter Lee Kyung Hee announced the project, the story is what I’m going in for and the casting of … Continue reading →

The Leads of Uncontrollably Fond Dramatically Pretty In New Stills Prior to Drama Premiere Next Week

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It’s T-minus five days to the premiere of Uncontrollably Fond on KBS July 6th, a good long year wait for me ever since screenwriter Lee Kyung Hee announced her next drama would be going back to her prime time melo roots after doing weekend family drama Wonderful Days. It’s clear that the casting of Kim Woo Bin and Suzy as … Continue reading →

Sooyoung is a Summer Boho Beauty in the Pages of Grazia Magazine

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Is boho one of the summer 2016 fashion trends, or has it simply never gone out of fashion as a suitable style for any summer warm weather days? Sooyoung of SNSD is on the cover and pages of Grazia magazine perfectly modeling the colorful frocks that would actually be wearable even on the average gal. Sooyoung is back on the … Continue reading →

Han Ji Min and Jin Goo Reunite at KCON France 2016 Thirteen Years After Hit Drama All In

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I love cute reunions and this one in particular is a happy wave of early Hallyu nostalgia, and where best to happen then at an event promoting current and future Hallyu. Korean actor and actress Jin Goo and Han Ji Min were the special guests at KCON France earlier this month, jetting off to Paris in early June to attend … Continue reading →