The Chinese red carpet events whether awards or festivals continue to be more satortially interesting than the Korean counterparts. It’s not uniformly winning but there is diversity in color, style, cut, and trends that lighten up the visual enjoyment. There was so much uniqueness on display at last week’s 6th annual Beijing International Film Festival that I ended up liking … Continue reading →
What can I say other that “wow” and “awwwww” upon seeing the latest fashion pictorial starring the supremely popular C-actor Hu Ge. His popularity surging to new heights this past year thanks to three critically well-received dramas in Nirvana in Fire, The Disguiser, and Good Times ushered in a new generation of fans for him, whereas I’ve been with him … Continue reading →
The relative lull of the last few months will soon heat back up for Suzy once upcoming KBS drama Uncontrollably Fond with Kim Woo Bin airs this June. It’s so weird still to witness the extent of her popularity in Korea, moreso than talent alone merits, but then I like her so much that the expected blow back also seems … Continue reading →
I love tasteful sexiness and the newest big names celebrity fashion campaign hits both notes for me. Japanese pop queen Hamasaki Ayumi is the new face of famed Italian lingerie brand La Perla for a collection tailored for Japanese tastes. Ayu has been the face of Japanese pop fashion for nearly twenty years now so this pairing is both logical … Continue reading →
There’s certainly validity to the statement that all babies are cute. But even within the universal cute there are gradations, and TW-actress Sonia Sui‘s little baby son is so cute he’s basically off the chart. Sonia and her non entertainment industry hubby Tony Hsieh welcomed little Max to the world last August and the little seven month old tyke has … Continue reading →
With seemingly never aging HK-star Aaron Kwok in the gossip news recently after confirming his new relationship with a much much younger new starlet, all eyes are also trained on his ex-girlfriend model-actress Lynn Xiong (Lynn Hung). I’m glad Lynn’s not wallowing in misery or crying into a cup that Aaron has moved on, because she’s also moved on with … Continue reading →
There’s good and bad in everything as the universe naturally has a balance. That’s why I don’t think there is a cut and dry answer to the live-filming versus pre-produced divide in K-dramas, and even with the success of Descendants of the Sun I don’t think can be attributed solely to the drama being fully produced beforehand. That means upcoming … Continue reading →
The celebrity pretend married world got a little less fake this week thanks to the arrival of newest variety show couple Bolin Chen and Song Ji Hyo. The Taiwanese actor and Korean actress have been paired up in the Chinese version of We Got Married called We Are In Love. The WGM world already had Korean and Taiwanese cross-border couples … Continue reading →
If there is one thing Kim Eun Sook does well that is nearly universally agreed upon, it’s writing standalone second leads with their own story that isn’t predicated on glomming onto the first leads. There are a few exceptions such as in Heirs when Kim Woo Bin crushed on Park Shin Hye, but even there his conflict with Lee Min … Continue reading →
I love Gong Hyo Jin as an actress, and admire her as a fashion icon and occasional provocateur. I was going through old photos of her and came across her pictorial modeling the clothes she personally designed for LAP (LA Project), an indie brand with shops and an online store. This was back in 2012 around the Best Love days, … Continue reading →
Suzy‘s two year reign as Korea’s favorite little sister star may have serious competition this year finally. 2016 dawns with the arrival of Girl’s Day‘s Hyeri, riding the success wave that is Answer Me 1988 along with her aegyo from last year, not to mention FNC Entertainment pushing AOA‘s Seolhyun like she’s a tasty vitamin treat and all of Korea needs … Continue reading →
Park Shin Hye hasn’t been in a K-drama since Pinocchio in later 2014/early 2015, but her absence from the small screen feels longer than that. I think I just miss her a lot, especially with Pinocchio being such a high point project in her acting career. It was a strong well-written female lead role and she got a costar in … Continue reading →
I don’t know if Oh Yeon Seo has always been this good of an actress, or has gotten better now in Please Come Back Ahjusshi, or I was simply too hard on her in the past. She was never an actress that appealed to me on either looks or acting style, but in the last two years she’s made it … Continue reading →
