There’s even more bad news to share in a week full of bad news from K-ent. Veteran actress Jeon Mi Sun has passed away at the age of 48 years old. Those unfamiliar with her name will surely be familiar with her face as she has over 30 K-dramas and 20 K-movies under her belt. I can’t even name her … Continue reading →
Now that the cat is out of the bag, everyone can pick their jaws off the ground on the shocking Song-Song couple divorce. Song Joong Ki filed for divorce and asked for court mediation, likely to resolve any open issues, and Song Hye Kyo is claiming personality differences led to the end of their 1 year 8 month marriage. Now … Continue reading →
Bad news either comes in pairs, or everyone in Asian entertainment is about to drop what would be big news but suddenly seems small thanks to the shocker of all shocker divorce announcement from K-ent this week. On the heels of Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo getting divorced after less than 2 years of marriage, over in C-ent … Continue reading →
Oh. My God. I’m legit rendered speechless. I hate when tabloids are right but tabloids are so often right in dating gossip and also breakup gossip. For the past 6 months the Chinese rags have been saying that something is amiss in the high profile marriage of the Song-Song couple, namely Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo who met … Continue reading →
I love an event that is coordinated to the T and such is the launch of a new and weird looking skin care device this week in Seoul. The brand Cell Return hawking what appearances to be a technologically updated Man in the Iron Mask device brought together former Dream High 2 costars Park Seo Joon and Kang Sora as … Continue reading →
There’s yet another a surprise wedding announcement out of Japan this weekend, marking a string of J-ent weddings since last year that is seeing a wide swatch of the eligible members of the industry settling down. This one is a perennial baby-face but is actually older than most viewers think – actor Furukawa Yuki announced that he married his non-celeb … Continue reading →
Ugh, I hate it when small-minded jingoism ruins an otherwise happy moment with nary a thing to nitpick. C-actress Gao Yuan Yuan welcomed a baby girl at the end of May 2019 with her husband TW-actor Mark Chao and this weekend she updated her SNS to share a sweet update. It’s their baby girl’s man yue (full moon or 1 … Continue reading →
Seeing K-actress Suzy at Incheon Airport this week leaving South Korea to attend the Christian Dior event confirms two fashion tastes for me. One, I really dislike the Dior saddle bag, have since it first came out and still find it so annoying with a neither here nor there sensibility. Second, no girl looks good in a low pleated skirt, where … Continue reading →
This is a rather crappy thing to be saddled with but TW-actress Janine Chang is just so classy and cool about it that I think it’s even more amazing to write about. The 38-year old star is now Taiwan’s most eligible actress golden leftover girl after 44-year old top model-actress Lin Chi Ling announced her marriage last week. Also in … Continue reading →
The cheating scandal in Taiwan last week with singer-variety star Ah Xiang (Andy Chan) and variety hostess Cheryl Hsieh may be small potatoes to the greater Asian media but on the island it’s big news because of how ubiquitous the two are on the small screen hosting. After they were snapped kissing in the street, the latest development had Ah … Continue reading →
I’m glad there is one entertainment industry scandal in South Korea that is getting swift resolution. Singer-actor Park Yoochun has admitted to all charges of drug use and in his court hearing this week teared up as finally it’s fine to face the reality. The prosecutor asked for one year and six month jail time and a 1.4 million won … Continue reading →
This is such a frustrating story to cover, I almost wish the threesome in question would reach a practical settlement and move forward. This week the South Korean court handling award winning director Hong Sang Soo‘s divorce petition rejected it, leaving him still married to his wife of nearly thirty years. Hong Sang Soo is for all intents and purposes … Continue reading →
There’s a huge corporate move in K-ent to end the week as YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun Suk and his current CEO brother Yang Min Suk both announced they are stepping down at the company. Of course they remain major shareholders but neither will hold a management position and be involved with the operation of the entertainment powerhouse going forward. … Continue reading →
