When I saw this headline today the first thing I thought was OMG it’s the dude in the biggest wife-mistress battle in HK entertainment in recent memory! Macau gambling and frequent movie investor tycoon Alvin Chau has been sentenced by the Macau court to 18 years in prison after his trial for unlawful gambling and money laundering. He used to … Continue reading →
I always felt like Record of Youth was really the Record of Park Bo Gum in his own meteoric rise to stardom. The story was simple and predictable and the directing was serviceable, with only his charisma selling what is essentially an average product. I don’t feel the same about him as an actor though, he has both onscreen charm … Continue reading →
Lost in the news last week with promotions for the big name cast thriller K-movie Phantom was that it was K-actress Park So Dam‘s return from one year away from K-ent. She had to step away for medical treatment after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, admittedly one with a high chance of treatment success if caught early but still cancer … Continue reading →
Well this could be a great year for married top stars Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen if rumors are to be believed. The couple, married since 2021, is on the top of the J-ent gossip rags this week after a slew of events have started the pregnancy rumors. Gakki has been seen out in public wearing an oversized unstructured winter … Continue reading →
Marriages are hard and/or complicated but some just seem like a really long shot to work. Netizens have never seem HK-actor Jacky Heung and TW-actress Bea Hayden‘s union as probable to go the long run due to his past scandals (cheating, drugs) and being a total momma’s boy with rich entertainment honcho parents that coddle his every whim and his … Continue reading →
2022 was a pretty good year for K-dramas but I didn’t pay as much attention to the box office. It was fully business as usual in South Korea with the audiences being able to go to the theater and no occupancy limitations. There are a bunch of big names coming in with high profile movies in 2023 and there was … Continue reading →
There was good tidings from J-ent at the very start of 2023 with the announcement that near same age young stars Tsuchiya Tao and Katayose Ryota got married. He’s 28 and she’s 27 and they met 5 years ago doing the 2017 teen romance movie My Brother Loves Me Too Much (don’t worry, no incest in this one) and was … Continue reading →
There is a Chinese saying that “when a person is hot, he/she garners controversy” and nowhere is it as evident as with K-actress Go Yoon Jung this past month in Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow part 2 as the female lead. It’s like viewers feel compelled to have diametrically opposite and quite extreme opinions – she’s either woefully bad … Continue reading →
OMG it’s been years since Dispatch has dropped a New Year’s couple dating reveal as BIG as this one. The tabloid dropped an early present for gossip eager fans today on the 31st with news that Lee Jong Seok and IU are dating. They were spotted spending Christmas last week together in Japan, at the uber exclusive Aman resort near … Continue reading →
Dang, the dating news with Song Joong Ki went from zero to Defcon level in the span of a day. On the heels of the conclusion of hit cable drama Reborn Rich came news that Song Joong Ki was dating a British woman. His agency confirmed that and all seemed to be fine but as the hours ticked by came … Continue reading →
A certain someone doesn’t need to get busy during cuffing season to find a special someone to spend the holidays with. K-actor Song Joong Ki has confirmed that he’s no longer single! A tabloid report this week that he was dating a British woman and seen on dates has led to his side confirming that he’s indeed in a relationship. … Continue reading →
As if I needed more reason to love amazing actress Son Ye Jin, she continues to just be herself which is an amazing person inside and out. She welcomed her first child a baby with husband Hyun Bin earlier this month and this week posted the first sneak peek at their newborn. It’s just a feet pic but adorable nonetheless, … Continue reading →
I’m nowhere near South Korea during the run of the upcoming stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love to run during the late winter 2023 season into early spring but I LOVE the cast of familiar talented K-drama faces so it’s a treat to follow along. The production released new character posters today that are like works of art, putting Asian … Continue reading →
