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Top Actress Kim Hye Soo Slays in Gown Fitting for 2022 Blue Dragon Awards and Currently Topping the Drama Ratings with tvN Series Uner the Queen’s Umbrella

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 26, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 26, 2022
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So I’m following Reborn Rich (The Chaebol’s Youngest Son) on jTBC weekends but it would be remiss not to mention that another cable drama the tvN weekend sageuk Under the Queen’s Umbrella rocketed up the ratings meter earlier and is still hitting new highs. Starring Kim Hye Soo as the titular queen momma protecting and educating her princely sons in … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Hye Soo

C-actress Zhang Jia Ni Deals with Fallout From Tabloid Reports that Her Rich Husband Cheated on Her with Pretty Young Thing

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 26, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 25, 2022
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This isn’t a huge story but does hit home that it’s really hard to be a celebrity and also deal with personal life stuff when you combine it. C-actress Zhang Jia Ni (Jenny Zhang) has been a supporting actress with over 20 dramas on her resume but got super famous after playing a concubine in Story of Yanxi Palace widely … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Zhang Jia Ni

Former C-star Wu Yi Fan Sentenced by Beijing Court to 13 Years in Jail for Rape After His August 2021 Arrest

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 25, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 25, 2022
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The verdict is out and there is no special treatment for celebrities in the strict Chinese penal system. Disgraced Canadian-Chinese star Wu Yi Fan (also known as Kris Wu) has been sentenced by the Beijing court to a total of 13 years in jail today after his trial earlier this year in June. This follows his arrest last August 2021 … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kris, Kris Wu, Scandal, Wu Yi Fan

Wild Week in TW-ent as Barbie Hsu’s Ex-husband and His Mom Go Nuclear in SNS War After She Goes to Court for His Unpaid Divorce Settlement Payments

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 24, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 25, 2022
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Oh man there is SO MUCH to unpack here and legit the tea spilled was too good to look away. It was a wild two days in TW-ent this week after Barbie Hsu’s ex-husband Beijing businessman Wang Xiaofei and his mother Zhang Lan who also runs her own live broadcast and sells stuffs online went crazy with the allegations and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Barbie Hsu, Da S

K-netizens Do Whiplash in Praising Song Kang’s Latest Visuals While Still Lamenting His Prior Acting Performances

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 21, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 21, 2022
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I’m glad I have some knowledge of K-pop because I know that groups have a Visual, i.e. the girl or guy who is the best looking but not the best at the actual singing/performing stuff. But in a group it’s fine because the others pick up the other elements, so when it comes to acting one can’t be a Visual … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Song Kang

Lee Seung Gi Demands Full Accounting From Agency Hook Entertainment Following Reports that the Major Crimes Unit Raided the Office on Embezzlement Allegations

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 20, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 20, 2022
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The news around agency Hook Entertainment has gone from uh-oh to bad to worse. The agency was raided last week by the Major Crimes Unit of the Seoul police, reportedly collecting evidence for allegations of embezzlement and perhaps other financial misconduct by executives. Reportedly Hook fell under the purview of the cops after its artist Park Min Young was revealed … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Seung Gi

Hawick Lau Confirms Dating Relationship with C-actress Li Xiaofeng Who So Happens to be Playing His Ex-wife Yang Mi’s Onscreen Bestie in Her New Drama She and Her Perfect Husband

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 18, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 18, 2022
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There is leeeeetle bit of reel mixed with real juiciness in this dating news but it’s really just a coincidence more than anything. C-ent tabloids captures HK-actor Hawick Lau with C-actress Wang Xiaofeng recently appearing out on a date, closing walking proximity and holding hands. They’ve even posted the same Halloween pumpkin carvings recently as well. After news broke, Hawick … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Hawick Lau, Li Xiaofeng

J-actress Sasaki Nozomi Announces Second Pregnancy After Not Divorcing Her Douchebag Cheating Comedian Husband Watabe Ken Back in 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 18, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 17, 2022
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Oh I remember this news story and it’s legit one of the most rage inducing ones I’ve read from J-ent. During the height of COVID-19 in June of 2020, Japanese veteran comedian and MC Watabe Ken was outed by a tabloid as being a habitual cheater on his drop dead gorgeous model-actress wife Sasaki Nozomi, from when they were dating, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Nozomi Sasaki, Watabe Ken

Gorgeous Zeng Li Reunites with Her Love Like the Galaxy Daughter Zhao Lu Si as She Celebrates 24th Birthday

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 17, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 16, 2022
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Watching Asian dramas for over three decades not only has seem my tastes age as I have but it’s also followed plenty of stars from their own leading man/woman days to their playing dad/mom days. Most recently I did “what tha what?!?” when I saw Han Chae Ah playing Yook Sung Jae‘s MOM in Gold Spoon. I should have seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Love Like the Galaxy, Zeng Li, Zhao Lu Si

Fishing God Gong Yoo Shares New Massive Deep Sea Catch Picture

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 16, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 17, 2022
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It appears the Great and Lonely God isn’t so lonely anymore judging from the smile on his face this weekend as Gong Yoo shared a snap of his beloved hobby that is deep sea fishing. I don’t know when he got into it but in recent years he’s shared fishing pictures and always with a mega watt smile which tells … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gong Yoo

Teen Star in Sky Castle Lee Yoo Jin Transforms in Three Short Years into a Hunky 6 Foot Tall Actor

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 15, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 14, 2022
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Them kids, they grow up wayyyyyy too fast. And in the case of child actor Lee Yoo Jin, he literally went from chubby cheeked squirt into hunky boy band center in a short three years. The teen actor got his big break in the 2019 hit drama Sky Castle and this year was seen on the small screen in Why … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Yoo Jin

Seolhyun Signs with Agency Ieum Hashtag Joining Jeon Ji Hyun, Seo Ji Hye, and Kim So Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 12, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 12, 2022
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Sometimes there is too much of a good thing if it’s all the same type of thing, and that’s what agency Ieum Hashtag is shaping up to be. The still relatively new agency added a beautiful young singer-actress this week in Seolhyun, who if she is exclusively going to be an actress will likely go with her full name Kim … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Seolhyun

Kim Yoo Jung Tries a New First as Leading Lady in the Spring 2023 Seoul Stage Production of Shakespeare in Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 9, 2022 by ockoalaNovember 9, 2022
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It will be a new challenge for K-actress Kim Yoo Jung in the new year 2023 as K-ent is reporting that she’s doing her first stage performance. It’s the stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love which I’ve not heard about being adapted for the stage but seems quite apropos because, erm, Shakespeare and all heh. This will be Kim Yoo … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

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