K-actress Park Bo Young is looking ahead in 2022 with a new K-drama and hopefully it will wash away the lackluster picks of her most recent dramas Doom at Your Service and Abyss. This one isn’t a fantasy drama, thank god, it’s called Morning Comes to Psychiatric Wards Too and is from the screenwriter of The Light in Your Eyes … Continue reading →
Another child actress is ready for her teen role mantle and this one was one of the cutest little cherubs I’ve ever laid eyes on when she debuted. Kal So Won rocketed to fame in Miracle in Cell #7 as the daughter who later grows up into Park Shin Hye‘s adult but Kal So Won had more screen time and … Continue reading →
The fact that retired former top actress Brigette Lin is 67-years old had me floored, both in how beautiful she still looks at that age and how much time has passed. She’s been retired from acting since 1994 with Ashes of Time as her last project so that is nearly 30 years, she’s been married and living a seemingly low … Continue reading →
I think most long time drama watchers know that K-actress Kim Tae Hee has been the unmoving consensus among K-ent and K-netizens for her Top Beauty. This week there is an article discussing the successor to the Top Beauty Per Decade and the feeling that there is no consensus decision. In the 1980’s the pick was Hwang Shin Hye, and … Continue reading →
A new year and it’s time to wish the third gen of Hallyu K-drama child actors off to grown up land, and for the guys it’s military service as a rite of passage. Child actor turned teen actor turned on the cusp of adult actor Nam Da Reum is off to the army this week, enlisting for mandatory service at … Continue reading →
A little oxtail baby has arrived straddling both TW-ent and J-ent and it was legit a total surprise even in the tabloid heavy ways in those news cycles. On lunar new year’s eve 2021 right before the arrival of the year of the tiger and everyone was bidding farewell to the year of the ox, Taiwanese supermodel (and sometimes actress) … Continue reading →
Sure we’re only two years into the new decade that the the (not) Roaring Twenties, more like the Pandemic Twenties in this century versus the last century, and so far the least surprising celeb couple’s relationship news came today when married C-actors Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy announced their divorce. There was an official press release and simultaneous posting on their … Continue reading →
I don’t know if I want K-actor Na In Woo to do a three-fer in this category of being the replacement player but he’s certainly making the most of it. The production of long running KBS variety show 2 Days & 1 Night (1 Night 2 Days or 1N2D) has announced a new permanent member in Na In Woo, clearly … Continue reading →
Wow, what great news and such a beautiful and compatible on paper couple! K-actress and former professional top ballerina Wang Ji Won has announced her impending marriage to fellow ballet dancer Park Jong Suk. She’s been in the acting industry for ten years since 2012 when she retired from professionally dancing but always retained the elegance, grace, poise in her … Continue reading →
It’s now 7-years and three babies for married Taiwanese stars Jay Chou and Hannah Quinlivan. The couple confirmed that they are expecting baby number three after Taiwanese ent started discussing the possibility after Hannah was seen concealing her mid region in a giant teddy coat and wearing flat Uggs while celebrating Jay’s birthday a few days earlier. Once the rumors … Continue reading →
I don’t follow K-pop much beyond having a playlist and whenever idols decide to also act, but some news is worth sharing broadly to bring more positive attention to it. SM Entertainment‘s second gen idol group SHINee has been through ups and downs and has such a positive and strong image even a non K-pop follower like me feels warm … Continue reading →
One of the messiest celebrity divorces in TW-ent in recent memory is back in the news this week, thanks to male lead singer Leehom Wang coming out of his two weeks quarantine after coming back to Taiwan from China in the wake of his ex-wife Lee Jing Lei‘s allegations of his mistreatment and misconduct during their marriage. This week he … Continue reading →
The unexpected and tragic passing of 31 year old rising supporting actress Kim Mi Soo this week has now brought forth much grieving and remembrance of her from the cast and crew of jTBC drama Snowdrop where she plays one of the girl’s dorm college students. Cast members from Jisoo, Jung Hae In, Yoon Se Ah and more have been … Continue reading →
