In my last post about the upcoming Taiwan comedy Campus Confidential with Bolin Chen and Ivy Chen, some folks thought that he was vastly underrated or not that popular. Despite his winning turn in In Time With You as the devoted best guy friend every world dreams about having, Bolin doesn’t quite have the international fanbase as some other Taiwan … Continue reading →
It’s been four months since Joe Cheng was discharged from the army but he’s wisely taking his time to return to acting. When I look around the detritus of the Taiwan drama landscape, I can’t fault him or anyone with acting cred being hesitant to accept any drama without doing massive diligence. Joe’s lucky in that he’s had a long … Continue reading →
It’s been six months since Kim Tae Hee wrapped Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love, and I wish she would have quickly followed that up with another acting project to strike while her acting is hot. I’m still dealing with the mind blowing transformation of one of the most acting limited A-list actresses in Korea for the last decade into … Continue reading →
If I feel compelled to write about an actor or actress I’m not particularly keen on following his or her career, then it’s a sure sign that something really impressed me. Song Hye Kyo has been acting for over 15 years and I swear she’s never looked better. She was luminous and radiant in That Winter, the Wind Blows, and … Continue reading →
If I ever saw Gong Yoo in person, I would probably stare slack-jawed. He’s just such a man’s man with his height and physique, but with a boyish charm when he flashes a brilliant smile that completely undercuts the machismo. It’s been over a year since I’ve seen Gong Yoo onscreen, but it doesn’t feel that long because I still … Continue reading →
Every time Song Seung Heon wants to “branch out”, he inevitably ends up making me laugh unintentionally but always coming out unscathed. When one’s acting ability is already universally acknowledged as nonexistent, then it really is cool that people can still enjoy him for the pretty. Recently he’s been a time-traveling doctor, a gangster in love, a princess-loving diplomat chaebol … Continue reading →
It may feel like certain actors or actresses have been getting quite a lot of coverage around here and chalk it up to upcoming dramas and corresponding exposure all converging together. Park Shin Hye just went back to Korea after spending a month in Southern California filming the overseas portion of Heirs of Their Inheritors. She likely wrapped up a lot … Continue reading →
Where I’m from, the brand Gap in no way ever brings to mind edgy fashion or sexy style. It’s the place for basics from t-shirts to jeans to khakis. It might have some peppy commercials or fun print campaigns, but its nowhere near the CK penchant for “Me and My Calvins” raunchy association or even the 90s junkie basement Kate … Continue reading →
Holy mother of something or another. *speechless* This degree of male gorgeousness should come with a warning sign, or probably is just plain illegal. After five long years away from the entertainment world, a combination of his time off due to the loss of his younger brother followed by two years of military service and then another year or just … Continue reading →
I have a dozen coats of varying lengths, cuts, and materials hanging in a Winter closet just waiting for the day I decide to move to a cold locale. Or maybe when I go crazy one morning and decide to pluck one out and wear it where I live, maybe paired with a pair of classic Uggs and transform into … Continue reading →
Sometimes fashion magazines send famous stars to far flung places for a photo shoot, spending lots of travel moolah but forgetting to actually incorporate the pretty location into the pictures. Cosmopolitan Korea decided to focus on the flower and not the leaves for its September edition featuring lots of young, talented, up-and-coming musicians and actors. Or for many of these … Continue reading →
September is the annual Big Issue for fashion magazines and nothing is heftier as a paper weight than Vogue. I’m appreciating that the most mainstream high brow fashion magazine isn’t always tossing edgy photo spreads at the readers and expecting us to be wowed because its so avant garde. I want just very pretty, is that so hard? Which is … Continue reading →
In the increasingly common world of unrelated Asian star meet cute moments, I really should be ready for whatever randomness comes my way but I still find myself doing a double take each and every time. On the pages of next mont’hs Ceci magazine, a red hot young Korean actress meets red hot young Japan actor for really no reason … Continue reading →