Things are quiet on the Kang Sora front now that she’s finished her usual one drama a year, this year being the KBS drama Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho with Park Shin Yang. It was a solid effort from her and a smart project choice, the drama did solid enough ratings and better yet improved consistently in viewership. Kang Sora … Continue reading →
This might be the case of a celebrity version of the Amazon Fire Phone, i.e. no one wants it, or it might be sourced and priced to sell just enough to make it worth the while. C-news is reporting that popular Hallyu actor Lee Jong Seok will be collaborating with a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer to release his own branded … Continue reading →
Twenty years is a long time in any industry and is especially impressive an achievement to remain at the top of the game for nearly the entire duration. K-actress Song Hye Kyo will be holding a fan meeting in South Korea next month of November 2016 to celebrate the dual happy occasions of her 35th birthday and also the 20th … Continue reading →
It takes a huge luxury brand like Louis Vuitton to bring the bold, bright, and beautiful all together in Taipei right after a giant typhoon just passed. K-drama fans in Taiwan must’ve been thrilled to see actor So Ji Sub attending the opening of the LV Taipei Flagship Store at Breeze in the Xinyi District, and also present for K-pop … Continue reading →
Last week’s passing of Chinese singer-actor Kimi Qiao (Qiao Ren Liang) at the age of 28 years old from depression-induced suicide has rocked the entertainment industry but no one is more affected than his parents. He was an only child not to mention by all accounts a dutiful, considerate, and loving son, the type to call his mom that he was … Continue reading →
Even topping this poll once is cause for congratulations so this is certainly the cherry on top of K-actor Song Joong Ki‘s crazy year of popularity to rank number 1 in the Power People List of 2016. It’s the 47th year of this list, which includes all entertainment stars from acting, singing, writing, producing, directing, and announcing. Song Joong Ki … Continue reading →
Fall officially arrived last week as the summer of 2016 bid adieu, and with it I was hoping K-ent’s summer of male stars behaving badly scandal was also over. I hoped too soon as this weekend the Korean media found itself reporting on yet another sex scandal headlining a male celebrity. Singer and variety star Jung Joon Young is facing … Continue reading →
This week there are three new big name offerings to the Asian outposts of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and all three are quite familiar to me so I can at least gauge the wax versus real facsimile. First up was Korean singer-actress getting her wax figure installed in the Hong Kong museum, with Suzy heading there for the unveiling ceremony … Continue reading →
This post heading is likely too obvious a pun but the news is certainly good tidings in a week where C-ent was in subdued mourning. That Angelababy is having a baby is confirmation after two weeks of media and fan speculation starting from astute eyes noticing that she was a little bit rounder and also wearing flowier clothes and preferring … Continue reading →
C-ent’s week of sadness came together to say final farewells to actor-singer Kimi Qiao (Qiao Ren Liang) on Wednesday September 21st. Days after Kimi’s shocking suicide over the weekend, his family, friends (inside and outside the entertainment industry), colleagues, and fans all gathered in Shanghai for his viewing and memorial service. It was a massive affair as over a thousand fans … Continue reading →
It’s a downer weekend for entertainment obsessed netizen misbehavior, from Chinese fans cruelly chastising stars for not properly public mourning the death of another star over to Korea where someone reportedly hacked into the private instagram account of Big Bang member G-Dragon (Kwon Ji Young). GD’s set to private instagram account contents were splashed on the internet containing pictures of … Continue reading →
Saying goodbye to a star gone too early feels like public mourning where the good and the bad get tossed around willy nilly. I want to focus on the good and the much too soon passing of Chinese actor-singer Kimi Qiao (Qiao Ren Liang) leaves the industry bereft and in shock, not to mention the family and friends who loved … Continue reading →
It’s been a relatively quiet year with military enlistments, other than Lee Seung Gi getting shipped off I haven’t been all that on top of the comings and goings. That’s why it was a surprise to hear that actor-singer Jaejoong is getting discharged in three months on December 30th. His agency released the confirmation this week and it was pretty … Continue reading →
