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Ariel Lin Breaks Shipper Hearts in Confirming Upcoming Engagement to Non-celeb Boyfriend

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Another screen goddess is off the single ladies market and this upcoming engagement is garnering congratulations all around. TW-actress Ariel Lin has confirmed that she’s getting officially engaged to her long-time non-celeb boyfriend Charles Lin on October 29th in Taipei. The invitations have gone out in traditional Chinese red with gold embossed tracing and lettering, and with it legions of … Continue reading →

Tomorrow’s Cantabile Releases OTP Apartment Cleaning Stills and Third New Teaser

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I think we’re getting there to make it-or-break it territory for fans of Nodame’s Cantabile as the K-version barrels towards a premiere date in less than a week. I still remember the shrill cries many many months ago when the project was announced. Now it feels like everyone has accepted it with varying degrees of skepticism or optimism. I’ve said … Continue reading →

My Secret Hotel Episode 13 Recap

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If I could drop kick My Secret Hotel into space, I most certainly would. I don’t necessarily hate this drama but it’s gotten so pointless and frustrating I think a circle around Earth would do it some good to find its axis again. I’m not dropping the recaps at this late hour but I won’t hold back on my tipped … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin Returns to Dramas with Hyde, Jekyll, and I Airing Early 2015 on SBS

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I love this unexpected casting twist so so much. After all that happened last week and it turns out to be much ado about nothing. Much sought after A-list leading man Hyun Bin has finally ended his television hiatus and will be coming back with a SBS prime time drama, the same network that his last drama Secret Garden aired on. … Continue reading →

Cha Seung Won Admits He is Not the Birth Father of Son Cha No Ah in Light of Paternity Lawsuit

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Cha Seung Won is one of my early K-actor faves and continues on to this day when I’ll check out any drama if he’s in it. With that said, it’s shocking and sad to hear that he’s embroiled in a legal case aimed at unearthing his personal life privacy by turning it into something as makjang as a weekend K–drama birth … Continue reading →

Shim Eum Kyung Adorably Finds Drunk Joo Won in New Tomorrow’s Cantabile Stills

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It’s fairly guaranteed that Shim Eun Kyung is going to steal my heart in Tomorrow’s Cantabile. She hasn’t had a failed acting performance yet and even playing iconic character Noda Megumi (Nodame) doesn’t seem like a stretch in her hands. This might be my favorite set of official drama stills released by KBS so far, the very memorable scene in … Continue reading →

So Yi Hyun and In Kyo Jin Get Married with Celeb Friends in Attendance Including Moon Geun Young

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A low profile K-celeb couple got married this past week and if it wasn’t for one of my fave actresses in attendance might’ve slipped my radar. I’m glad it didn’t because So Yi Hyun and In Kyo Jin tying the knot was A-dorable from beginning to end. The two wore matching cheek-to-cheek grins with their entire face and body lighting … Continue reading →

Kai Ko Remains Out of the Limelight as His Completed Movies Mull Next Steps

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It takes a long time to build up fame but one bad decision can tear it all down. Googling Kai Ko‘s name in English now gets an entire first results page about his pot smoking drug arrest in China and nothing about his meteoric rise acting career in the last three years. Luckily Kai’s legal woes are over for now, … Continue reading →

SM Founder Lee Soo Man’s Wife Passes Away After Three Year Battle with Cancer

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It probably seems like piling on at this point when it comes to bad news related to SM Entertainment but this latest tragic happening garners only condolences all around. SME chairman and founder Lee Soo Man‘s wife passed away after a three year fight against cancer. She was diagnosed in 2011 with cancer of the small intestines and since then … Continue reading →

The Chinese-language Movie Contingent Beautifully Descends on the Busan Film Festival

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It’s early October which means Busan International Film Festival time! There were sooooo many K-stars in attendance my eyes crossed trying to write up something about dresses and suits. How about highlighting the small but impressive Chinese-speaking contingent attending Busan involving some of my faves? Liu Shi Shi was there with TW-actor Joseph Chang and J-actor Miura Haruma to promote their … Continue reading →

CTV Premieres Dark Twisty TW-drama X Lies with Ella and Chris Wu this Sunday

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I’ve been mostly zoned out of TW-dramas lately but this upcoming one merits checking out for the cast and darker story. The CTV drama X Lies (謊言遊戲) also called The Game of Lies pairs up Ella Chen of S.H.E. with one of my fave TW-actors Chris Wu for an incisive and potentially devastating look at the desire for fame. Ella … Continue reading →

Lee Min Jung Models Watches for W Magazine and Reportedly Living with Her Parents

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I don’t think one needs to see Lee Min Jung as the unwitting collateral damage in her husband Lee Byung Hun‘s recent blackmail scandal to feel bad for her. The empathy comes from seeing a woman shamed even if she went into the married fully aware future things to come, I’m always loath to say stuff like you brought it … Continue reading →

Filming Quietly Begins on SBS Drama Pinocchio with Lee Jong Seok and Park Shin Hye

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It’s a little too early to start seeing goodies from the upcoming SBS Wed-Thurs drama Pinocchio, the drama recently started filming and its predecessor My Lovely Girl just aired episode 6. It does feel a bit too quiet though so let’s get the Pinocchio train rolling with the first unofficial peek at the production in the still above with many … Continue reading →