Musical The Phantom of the Opera was my entry into the world of stage where it’s been a lifelong love affair. The score and songs remain excellent to this day but once I got older I realized how sus the entire story was haha. Everyone loved the Phantom over lame Raoul but honestly the former was basically groomer/kidnapper. Anyhoo, the South Korean stage is doing a revival in 2023 starring actor Jo Seung Woo, who is as famous as stage as he is in dramas/film. The promos are out and I both swooned at his uber handsome Phantom but also LOL’d at how his Phantom is not massively disfigured. Like, he just looks like a bad boy dude living under the opera house rather than a grotesque figure of pain and pride. I guess the whole he’s so ugly he can’t see the light of day part will just be imagined heh.
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I feel like the real life friendship between IU and Lee Jun Ki happened because they are both so hard working and cool in real life and because it is sort of karma for how much the viewers shipped them … Continue reading

This is such a shocking and terribly sad accident and it’s trending all over global news portals. HK 12-member boy bang Mirror was holding a large concert at Hong Kong Coliseum on Friday when during the performance one of the … Continue reading

I still contend that the news about K-stars testing positive for COVID-19 this year in 2021, the second full year of the pandemic, is around 2-3 a month. Nothing wildly high but it’s been steady and not surprising as stars … Continue reading

The new year in 2021 brings lots of unknowns in every aspect but for K-pop I’m excited to see what’s in store in terms of really catch tunes. Last year due to stay at home life I was able to … Continue reading

I’m all for shows to go on as long as it can be done safely, and this year South Korea has managed a dash more normalcy with adjusted events than other countries. The biggest music event of the year is … Continue reading

I almost confused Rainie Yang with Jolin Tsai in these new album promos because this totally looks like a Jolin themed concept. Rainie continues to focus on her singing career and she’s coming back this fall with a new album … Continue reading

This is such a fun project and concept, and very positive and much appreciated at this time. Veteran host Yoo Jae Suk gathered together two of of top idol stars of the early Hallyu days Rain and Lee Hyori and … Continue reading

The consequences are swift with this latest scandal in K-ent and hopefully the victim can start recovering and the alleged abuser can learn to be a better person going forward. FNC Entertainment announced today that AOA leader Jimin (Shin Ji … Continue reading

I am quite familiar with the K-actor ’87 line consisting of Lee Min Ho, Lee Seung Gi, Jang Geun Seok, Ji Chang Wook, Joo Won, Jung Il Woo, and Seo In Guk but today I learned about the idol ’97 … Continue reading

This is one of the rare good news to come out of the good news shortage 2020 so far. Japanese idols Yamashita Tomohisa and Kamenashi Kazuya have reunited for a May 2020 mini dome tour starting in Osaka and ending … Continue reading

This is terrible news but a really good outcome from it. Top idol Kang Daniel, formerly center of Wanna One and now on a solo comeback promotions, has immediately halted all his entertainment activities to take a hiatus. This comes … Continue reading

What I hate the most about the vote rigging scandal is how many devoted young fans feel lied to and angry about this coming to light. I almost wish it didn’t, or that the results of Season 3 and Season … Continue reading