Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Married J-stars Watanabe Ann and Higashide Masahiro Separated After He’s Caught Cheating on Her with 20 Year Old Costar Karata Erika

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This sucks, why can’t men be faithful or simply not get married and make a promise they can’t keep. J-ent is starting the lunar new year off with a major scandal as a tabloid reported that married acting couple Watanabe Ann (daughter of Hollywood Japanese actor Ken Watanabe) and her actor husband Higashide Masahiro are separated. The reason is due to … Continue reading →

Jay Chou Denies Rumors That He Traveled to Wuhan Coronavirus Stricken China in a Medical Isolation Pod

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This is funny because it’s a rumor but scary because of what is happening in Mainland China. TW-singer Jay Chou was rumored to have recently traveled to Wuhan coronavirus stricken China and moved about the airport in a medical isolation pod. It’s a picture spreading on social media and of course netizens are upset that someone rich and famous could … Continue reading →

Aaron Yan Posts Fear of Paparazzi After Article on Him Going to Movie With Male Friend

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K-ent and netizens have added to the pressures that have driven many K-stars to end their lives so its not like entertainment journalists don’t know that there could be a consequence to their writing. TW-actor Aaron Yan posted this week on yet another paparazzi intrusion into his life when he was photographed going to the movie with male friend Ah … Continue reading →

TW-stars Joanne Tseng and Calvin Chen of Fahrenheit Announce Surprise Marriage

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Woah, talk about a surprise and totally out of left field announcement. TW-stars Joanne Tseng and Calvin Chen are married! She announced it on her SNS on lunar new year’s eve that she was now Mrs. Chen, and honestly I didn’t even know they were dating or had ever been linked romantically via the super snoopy Taiwanese paparazzi. Calvin is … Continue reading →

Kang Na Neul Talks Dramas and Traveling in February 2020 Cosmopolitan Pictorial

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My favorite part of KBS drama When the Camellia Blooms was male lead Kang Ha Neul. He impressed me so much that I feel like a drama centered around his character and being a cop and a neighborhood good guy would be just as if not more entertaining. It’s impressive that everyone was talking about Gong Hyo Jin going into … Continue reading →

Ruby Lin, Vicky Zhao, Alex Su, and Leo Ku Reunite for 2020 Lunar New Year Celebrations 20 Years After Hit Drama Romance in the Rain

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It’s hard to say stars age better with time since being young and fresh faced pretty is the primary selling point of actors and actresses. But for the cast of popular period C-drama Romance in the Rain filmed in 2000 and airing in 2001, twenty years later leads Vicky Zhao, Leo Ku, Ruby Lin, and Alec Su can definitively take … Continue reading →

Another Top Star A Also Threatened by Same Hacker Who Released Joo Jin Mo Texts

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Get ready for the second wave to come of likely more depressing reveals about another K-star. K-ent is reporting that a Top Star A is also among the stars hacked by the recent blackmailer of Joo Jin Mo, whose texts with Jang Dong Gun from 2013 were released after he refused to pay up. Good for him, bad for his … Continue reading →

K-actor Go Kyung Pyo Discharged From Military Service

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The first big name K-star military discharge of 2020 honor goes to actor Go Kyung Pyo, who finished up his two years of mandatory service this week. His enlistment was rather low key and honestly I didn’t quite feel the gap left by his departure and that was due to his star rising just to the level of getting his … Continue reading →

Jang Dong Gun Returns from Hawaii without Wife Go So Young and Kids After Joo Jin Mo Phone Hack Text Scandal

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The Joo Jin Mo phone hack scandal and the ensuing public reaction is nuanced in many ways and the biggest victim appears to be Jang Dong Gun. Even Joo Jin Mo is a victim because his phone got back and private conversations were made public, and those conversations the public had no right or expectation to see even if Joo … Continue reading →

EXO Member Chen Announces Surprise Wedding to Pregnant Fiancee

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This news is two weeks too late to make the Dispatch Jan 1 breaking scoop but there is now a first idol shocker of 2020. Chen of boy idol group EXO announced today via a handwritten note to his fans that he was getting married. The 29 year old singer and songwriter will be marrying his non-celeb girlfriend and the … Continue reading →

Married C-stars Tong Li Ya and Chen Si Cheng Rumored to Have Divorced But Withholding Reveal Like Many C-stars Do

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Add another to the growing list of married C-stars who divorced first and announced much later. Currently rumors but not yet confirmed also include Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy from 2019, and now actress Tong Li Ya with her actor husband Chen Si Cheng who have been married 6 years and share a song. Reports are circulating that the two have … Continue reading →

Joo Jin Mo’s Phone Hack Reveals Sleazy Texts with Jang Dong Gun and References to Similar Behavior of Other Top K-actors

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Man, this isn’t disappointing it’s just flat out a seminal moment in K-ent, almost a second wave of the Me Too movement of 2018 when many male K-stars were outed to have harassed, assaulted, abused, and even raped women during their career in power. Last year it was the younger stars like Seungri and Jung Joon Young revealed to have … Continue reading →

Married Stars Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen Happily Joined at the Hip at Lunar New Year Rehearsal Refuting Marital Trouble Rumors

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I truly feel bad for Michelle Chen and Chen Xiao because I feel like the C-media or even C-netizens have it out for them. They are really low key during dating and especially after marriage but the marital trouble rumors have been nonstop towards them moreso than other married C-stars. I originally found the pairing odd but seeing their interactions … Continue reading →