Good lord, I thought I had my emotions in check for the last week with the shocking K-ent news of the suicide of SHINee member Jonghyun, but clearly death and one that comes much too early will always cut to the core. I’m only familiar with two SHINee members Minho and Onew due to their acting careers but knowing the … Continue reading →
This is a hilarious news to report and a happy one at that. Thanks to the super efficiency of the Japanese post office, a breaking news story broke two days early and frankly I’m not sure it’s a bad thing. Idol-actor Okada Junichi, famous for over two decades since joining Johnny’s Entertainment and debuting with boy band V6, complied with … Continue reading →
A bit of happy news for a change of pace, TW-actress Michelle Chen posted an update on her SNS account celebrating the first birthday of her son with husband C-actor Chen Xiao. The couple married in the summer of 2016 and welcomed their son in December of that year, and their little boy nicknamed Little Star hit the big 1 … Continue reading →
You worked hard, Jonghyun. You did well, and please be at peace now. It was heartbreaking to read Jonghyun’s final letter that he intended as a suicide note, filled with so much despair with no hope for a brighter future. That his passing this week left behind so many grieving family, friends, and fans was not something he wished for … Continue reading →
Farewell and sleep soundly, dear prince of the K-ent music scene. While Jonghyun of SHINee was just one of the many popular male idols in K-ent, and the group even being on the tail end of its life cycle, his suicide yesterday hits home once again that glitz, glamour, fame, and fortune does not equal happiness and inside every person … Continue reading →
It’s jarring to have one happy news drop nearly simultaneously as one tragic news but that’s what happened in K-ent on this Monday December 18th. News of Big Bang‘s Taeyang marrying his actress girlfriend Min Hyo Rin actually broke before news of the sudden passing of SHINee lead singer Jonghyun but of course the wedding news has taken an understandable … Continue reading →
This is such terrible and sad news and I’m bereft to have to write another passing away news update for K-ent so soon yet again. K-news is reporting and has been confirmed agency SM Entertainment that idol Jonghyun (Kim Jong Hyun) of boy group SHINee has passed away. He was found unconscious in his apartment building and already deceased, with … Continue reading →
Things may be thawing between South Korea and Mainland China, or at least both sides are attempting to warm things up. South Korean President Moon Jae In visited Beijing last week along with Hallyu top actress Song Hye Kyo and three members of the boy idol group EXO for the opening ceremony of the Korea-China Economic and Trade Partnership Forum. … Continue reading →
I forgot Chae Rim was also pregnant and part of the huge K-actress baby boom of 2017, so a big congrats to her and her C-actor husband Gao Zi Qi on welcoming the arrival of their baby last week. The couple had a healthy baby boy and Gao Zi Qi posted the baby’s arrival foot and footprint on his SNS … Continue reading →
It’s pretty hilarious that the top four (4!) vote-getters in the just released Galluop poll of Korean drama viewers on the best drama actor/actress in 2017 did not actually star in a K-drama in 2017. Well, one of the top four had a 2016 started K-drama end in January 2017 but otherwise it’s clear that star power on a super … Continue reading →
Another K-ent star baby has arrived as married former drama costars Lee Dong Gun and Jo Yoon Hee announced the healthy birth of their daughter on December 14th. Mom and baby are still at the hospital but are doing well. Lee Dong Gun and Jo Yoon Hee‘s love story is all 2017, meeting on the set of weekend drama Laurel … Continue reading →
There’s a phrase called shock and awe but I’ll have to modify it shock and envy when it comes to K-actress Song Hye Kyo. She’s had one of the best years of her life in 2017 with the marriage to now-husband and also top Hallyu star Song Joong Ki, not because she married well but because she found the love … Continue reading →
I must’ve blinked on this news but it’s never too late to catch up on the congrats. C-actress Ying Er announced her pregnancy today on SNS and I didn’t even know she was married so this took me by surprise. Turns out this past August she revealed that she was dating her Chinese version of We Got Married costar and … Continue reading →
