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Official First Preview for Descendants of the Sun Showcases Action Scenes Aplenty

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2015
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I see Descendants and I see some sun this time, lol! The first official preview is here for upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama Descendants of the Sun, written by famed screenwriter Kim Eun Seok and starring Song Joong Ki in his first drama since military discharge opposite Song Hye Kyo. The production was financed with tons of investor money and mostly filmed … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Descendants of the Sun, Jin Goo, Kim Ji Won, Song Hye Kyo, Song Joong Ki

Tang Yan Breaks From Candy Roles as Filming Starts on C-drama The Princess Weiyoung

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2015
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I’m fairly curious about next year period C-drama The Princess Weiyoung (Jin Xiu Wei Yang), based on a non-typical Candy female lead C-novel called The Bastard Daughter is Poisonous. The drama finished casting last week with Tang Yan as the titular female lead, reuniting with multi-drama male lead Luo Jin, but rounding our the cast with fresher faces in Vanness … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Luo Jin, Mao Xiaotong, Tang Yan, The Princess Weiyoung, Vanness Wu

TW-ent Abuzz with Breaking Gossip that Ruby Lin and Jerry Yan are Dating

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 30, 2015
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Woah baby, thank you TW-ent for ending 2015 on the juiciest dating rumor from that industry all year. Tabloid King Next Magazine is claiming that top stars Ruby Lin and Jerry Yan are an item! Holy momma whut? The report follows the two at a gathering of many top Taiwan stars earlier this month, where Jerry was being his usual antisocial … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Jerry Yan, Ruby Lin

Ji Sung Wins the Daesang at the 2015 MBC Year End Drama Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 30, 2015
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 A big thanks to MBC for starting off the year end drama awards procession off right. The network was first of the big three to hold it’s drama awards and this year managed to not screw things up or piss audiences off. Ji Sung walked home with the Daesang (Grand Prize), capping off on a high note what has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Baek Jin Hee, Do Sang Woo, Go Sung Hee, Han Sunhwa, Hwang Jung Eum, Im Shi Wan, Ji Soo, Ji Sung, Kang Sora, Kim Jung Eun, Kim Sung Ryung, Kim Yoo Jung, Lee Soo Hyuk, Lee Sung Kyung, Lee Yoo Bi, MBC, Oh Hyun Kyung, Park Se Young, Park Seo Joon, Park Yoo Hwan, Song Chang Ui, Sooyoung, Yoo Yeon Seok, Yoon Hyun Min

Filming Starts on Kim Soo Hyun’s Noir Thriller Movie Real

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 30, 2015
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Count me in among the group of Kim Soo Hyun fans who are happy that the insane hype around him is slowing down. Even if he’s still crazy popular in Korea and overseas, the intense scrutiny over his next project after the astronomical success of You From Another Star was basically setting him up to not reach anyone’s expectations. Except … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Han Ji Eun, Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Sung Min, Real, Sulli, Sung Dong Il

Second Teaser for Descendants of the Sun Showcases Flirting with Leads Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2015
Doctor and patient share tender gaze

The second teaser for Descendants of the Sun is here, hot on the heels of the first teaser a few days earlier. The most that can be said is that the theme is consistent – once again the audience is treated to a random scene between leads Song Joong Ki as a soldier and Song Hye Kyo as a doctor, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Descendants of the Sun, Song Hye Kyo, Song Joong Ki

C-stars Zhang Zi Yi and Wang Feng Welcome Baby Girl After Christmas

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 29, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2015
Couple celebrating with baby handholding moment.

The holiday season is the perfect time to double down on the warm and fuzzy feels by adding on the happy occasion. Taiwanese stars Sunny Lin and Dominique Tsai just held a gorgeous wedding Down Under, and now Chinese stars Zhang Zi Yi and Wang Feng had their own good news arrive in sunny and cold SoCal. The engaged stars … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Wang Feng, Zhang Zi Yi

Moorim School with Lee Hyun Woo and Seo Ye Ji Drop Mysterious Martial Arts Teaser Preview

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 29, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 28, 2015
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I’m perplexed by perennial prime time ratings loser KBS, not because it keeps failing to win audiences over, but by how it chooses to schedule the types of dramas that have proven to have a limited appeal. I can count on one hand how many teen and school-based dramas have succeeded in recent years, and will need hands and feet … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hong Bin, Lee Hyun Woo, Moorim School, Seo Ye Ji

Sunny Wang and Dominique Tsai Tie the Knot in Lavish and Rustic Australian Wedding

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 29, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2015
Wedding couple walking down the aisle.

I love exquisite and personally reflected weddings, and both were in plenty supply at the after Christmas nuptials of Taiwanese stars Sunny Wang and Dominique Tsai. The wedding took place in Australia where Dominique is from, and went for a rustic elegant feel at a countryside manor complete with outdoor wedding and a custom greenhouse built for the reception. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dominique Tsai, Sunny Wang, Wedding

One More Happy Ending Drops First Stills of Jang Nara and Yoo In Na Leading the Girl Friendship Contingent

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 28, 2015
Four women smiling together in a caf.

The ladies are ready for their grand debuts for upcoming MBC Wed-Thurs drama One More Happy Ending. The central premise of the story is on mature adults finding love again after divorce, with a few finding love even without being divorced, but the characters will be interaction in core friendship units starting with the four leading ladies playing tight knit … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged ], Jang Nara, One More Happy Ending, Seo In Young, Yoo Da In, Yoo In Na

Episode 9 of Marry Me or Not Throws the OTP into Danger and Out Comes the Romantic Breakthrough

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2015
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At a scheduled 15 episodes, and all pre-filmed in advance, TW-drama Marry Me or Not has the best pacing of any drama I’ve watched all year. There is no lagging or flagging as the story goes from a stroll to a brisk walk in a natural pace that has the events and emotions building fluidly. Episode 9 continued with the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

Time-travel Period Drama Back to 1989 Takes Over SETTV Friday From Love Cuisine

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2015
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I’ve been ignoring soon to end SETTV drama Love Cuisine because it pains me so, the drama is absymally dull and the second drama in a row to waste my beloved Lego Lee. Thank god it’s ending soon, and up next is a drama that seems promising by virtue of having no big name cast members and a fresher idea. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Back to 1989, Ivy Shao, Marcus Chang, Mini Tsai

IU and Ji Soo New Addition to Moon Lovers with Lee Jun Ki as Drama Gets SBS September 2016 Timeslot

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 27, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2015
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You know how all signs points to something most likely going to suck, but the love is just too strong to pass it by without having a glance. That’s how I feel about upcoming K-drama Moon Lovers, the K-adaptation of popular C-novel Bu Bu Jing Xin (Startling with Each Step). Starting from the inane name change, the whole thing reeks … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Baekhyun, Bu Bu Jing Xin, Hong Jong Hyun, IU, Ji Soo, Kang Ha Neul, Kim Sung Kyun, Lee Jun Ki, Moon Lovers, Nam Joo Hyuk

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