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Rookie Actress Jung Ho Yeon Becomes Most Followed K-actress on Instagram Over Song Hye Kyo and Lee Sung Kyung After Squid Game, Also Selected as New Global Ambassador for Louis Vuitton

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The largesse of the success of Netflix drama Squid Game has benefitted every single cast members, as written about before everyone’s Instagram followers rose exponentially. But probably the biggest breakout from the supporting cast has to be model turned actress Jung Ho Yeon (known as Ho Yeon Jung in Hollywood) who played the North Korean defector. Her Insta increased the … Continue reading →

TW-actress Ariel Lin Confirms Pregnancy After Tabloid Leak, Expecting First Child with Husband This October 2021

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This is totally watching my baby girl grow up and have a baby of her own. TW-actress Ariel Lin is pregnant with her first child with husband of 6-years Charles, a non-celebrity. Tabloids broke the news first by spotting Charles back in Taiwan and Ariel quickly confirmed the happy tidings. What’s wild is how she kept it under wraps because … Continue reading →

Actress Min Hyo Rin 9 Months Pregnant with First Baby with Husband Singer Taeyang

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This is such sweet happy news and adds a bit of positivity when viewing the normally superficial underpinnings of the Korean idol pop world. Big Bang member and solo singer Taeyang and his actress wife Min Hyo Rin are expecting their first child together. The news was confirmed and she’s currently 9 month pregnant so it’s basically any day now. … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Shines with Simple Elegance in New Jewelry CF

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This week is actually the 21st premiere anniversary of classic Hallyu K-drama Autumn in My Heart, and I mention it because female lead Song Hye Kyo has basically reverse glowed up herself from that drama to now and doesn’t seem to have an end in sight. Back then she was youthfully cute but now she’s all sorts of layered pretty. … Continue reading →

Chinese Broadcasting Authorities Also Crackdown on C-stars CF Endorsements Requiring Heightened Pre-approval of Content

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Conspicuous consumption has long been a double-edged sword of freedom to buy versus the never ending pursuit of the thrill of acquisition. Commercials and star endorsements have been growing at record pace in China for the last two decades and is now also falling victim to the recent Chinese government crackdown on the broader entertainment industry. This week a new … Continue reading →

Penthouse Villains Uhm Ki Joon, Bong Tae Kyu, and Yoon Jong Hoon Join Forces for Healing tvN Variety Show We Won’t Hurt You and Releases Epic Poster

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Man, I wish K-dramas were half as creative as whatever brain trust came up with this new variety show. tvN is launching We Won’t Hurt You (Don’t Hurt) with three male actors assembled together to take care of and celebrate people they want to thank. The twist is that all three are best known as The Nation’s Worst Husbands (Villains) … Continue reading →

C-ent Discusses Shackled Prisoner Escorted by Police to the Hospital Likely Fallen C-star Wu Yi Fan

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Jailed C-star Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) likely kick started the entire crackdown by the Chinese government on the entertainment industry and entertainers in particular but his situation remains the most dire compared to getting projects shelved or losing CFs. He’s been in detention at the Chaoyang District jail pending trial which is a sign the prosecution has a very … Continue reading →

Janine Chang Does Damage Control After C-netizens Accuse Her of Being Pro-Taiwan Independence Based on Past Statements

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I’m really tired from so much ado about what is so small of quibbles and issues, but then again I do have a job and a life and better things to do. TW-actress Janine Chang is this week’s target of C-netizen pitchfork mob after someone found her college BA thesis where she wrote about “Our Country’s Entertainer Management Legal Issues”. … Continue reading →

China’s Tightening of Citizenship Starts as HK-actor Nicholas Tse Applied to Relinquish His Dual Citizenship with Canada and Same with Young Actor Chen Fei Yu With His US Citizenship to Continue Working in China

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I write about dramas and industry not just in Korea but also covering Taiwan, Japan, and Mainland China so the recent uptick in articles on the latter is solely because so much wild stuff is happening there some of which are just alarming. In addition to the recent 8-points memo from the Chinese broadcasting authorities to reorganize C-ent on television, … Continue reading →

Jung Hae In Returns to K-netizen Good Graces After the Critical and Popular Success of Netflix Drama D.P.

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I track how long I’ve been blogging at times by how many actors I’ve seen go to military service and then come back. I also can track it by both the rise and fall and then maybe rise and fall again, ergo the cyclical nature of some star popularity moments. K-actor Jung Hae In is a great study, he was … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhao Wei Rumored to Have Taken Private Jet Overnight to France to Reunite with Her Singaporean Husband After Being Erased from All C-ent

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The rumor is spreading wild and fast that formerly top C-actress and producer Zhao Wei (Vicki Zhao) has flown the coop, and cue all the Little Sparrow jokes. The tabloids and various online news portals are all saying that Zhao Wei was spotted landing in France on a private jet and she reportedly fled in the night from China. The … Continue reading →

Both Lee Min Ho and Yeonwoo’s Friends Continue to Insist They are Dating Despite His Agency’s Denial and Assertion the Two are Just Friends

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Now this is what I call an even juicier development, it was already fun dating news that Lee Min Ho and newbie actress and former idol Yeonwoo are dating but now we have a he said-she said story, or maybe everyone says except for him. His agency denied the dating news immediately (like so fast, legit), saying the two are … Continue reading →

Shin Hyun Bin Already on the Rise in 2020 Opposite Won Bin in Maxim Coffee CF

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Sometimes the ascendance of a star can be telegraphed even earlier and seeing Shin Hyun Bin currently in Hospital Playlist 2, about to be in Person Who Looks Like You soon to premiere, and cast in The Youngest Son of the Chaebol and Strange, I recall seeing her on a CF and took me awhile to place that she was … Continue reading →