The year is coming to a close so there are more and more lists and polls to try and rank what happened in 2019. On the CF side, it feels like every single ad in South Korea features a celebrity and the consumers continue to lap it up. Topping the brands and advertisers most favorite celebrity endorser list is actor … Continue reading →
See, this is why people can’t have normal things because of the sheer inability to behave. A recent poll of readers and netizens in South Korea came in at over 80% plus voting to disable the comments section of entertainment related news articles in the wake of celebrity suicides. The last four have been Cha In Ha, Goo Hara, Sulli, … Continue reading →
Well this will certainly ruin the holiday season for the family. K-actress Han Chae Ah‘s husband was arrested this week after causing a drunk driving accident late at night in Seoul. His blood alcohol level was 0.246% which is insanely high. For example in the US the BAC level is 0.08% and going three times over the limit is grounds … Continue reading →
Consider me amazed at the staying power of Park Yoochun, it may be vastly diminished but there is clearly still a market for him to peddle his wares. The twice disgraced Korean singer-actor is holding a fan meeting in Thailand in January, despite claiming last summer that he was retiring from the entertainment industry after getting nabbed for drug use. … Continue reading →
A big and exciting congrats to one of the first Hallyu top actresses Choi Ji Woo, her agency announced that she’s pregnant with her first child. She’s 44-years old so is definitely a higher risk pregnancy but I’m sure she’s getting the best care possible. She’s been married for over a year to a non-entertainment industry husband who is 9 … Continue reading →
Normally C-ent speculation has been relegated to the basement of reputable reporting, normally with no basis and tons of wild leaps of conjecture from point A to Z. But then C-ent hit the biggest breakup of the year on the head a good 6 months earlier that Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki was having problems all startin from … Continue reading →
Another actress got married recently and she’s firmly got a toehold in Hollywood as well as her home industry. South Korean actress Claudia Kim (Soo Hyun) best known still for being in Avengers: Age of Ultron, got married last week in Seoul to the head of WeWorks Korea. Everyone’s assuming he’s loaded, and he may very well be, but the … Continue reading →
The parade of TW-actresses that have gotten married in the last five year is insane, and we can add Tiffany Ann Hsu to the list. Most famous in her dating life for dating Ethan Ruan for nearly 10 years and suffering through multiple cheating scandals, the last two years Tiffany has been dating fellow Yi Lin modeling agency male model … Continue reading →
This is a case of you certainly can but should you really? K-actor Ji Chang Wook, who recently wrapped the terribly bad poorly written and directed K-drama Melt Me Softly, is in the news this weekend for some personal posting decisions. He live streamed a close up of himself smoking and the response as been split as usual. Some chastise … Continue reading →
This very bad no good 2019 is finally coming to a close, three more weeks thank god. Google released it’s annual search rankings on its popular search engine and the news that South Koreans searched for in their country was mostly bad. The first entertainer to get on the top 10 search words among all categories was second place Jung … Continue reading →
There’s two good news bundled into one announcement. K-actor Lee Joon will be discharged from the military and he’s still dating former costar Jung So Min. Woo hoo, the cuties didn’t fall victim to the dreaded army service breakup. Lee Joon’s first foray back to his entertainment career will be using his voice – he’s taking over as radio show … Continue reading →
Yet another star is making the agency move and coincidentally in the same week it’s the two costars from Arthdal Chronicles. Following the news of Song Joong Ki not renewing his contract with Blossom Entertainment, his Arthdal leading lady Kim Ji Won will also not renew her expiring contract with her own agency King Kong by Starship. A fresh start … Continue reading →
Well this is quite big news due to the actor in question. Song Joong Ki will reportedly not renew his expiring contract with Blossom Entertainment at month end and will be leaving his long time agency. No word on whether he’s joining another agency or setting up his own agency, I’d give it a toss up on which avenue he … Continue reading →
