Inclement weather did not stop the famous Korean actors and actresses slated to attend the 2010 final leg of MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) to be held in Hong Kong. Song Joong Ki is the most prominent face as the host and also the top billing Hallyu star in the fold. He’s hosted before and actually is quite adept at … Continue reading →
I’m expecting the star power at the upcoming 2018 MAMA (Mnet Asia Music Awards) to be as high powered as previous years if not more. On the just announced hosts the awards organizers have just pulled off a simultaneous three-peat. Hosting the Korea portion will be 2018 drama It Boy Jung Hae In thanks to Pretty Noona Buys Me Food, … Continue reading →
I love a resilient and upfront attitude to facing scandal and really how can a star expect to keep in the public eye career nowadays without being forthright. Taiwanese actor-singer Aaron Yan held a 500 person birthday fan meeting this past weekend, deciding to go forward with the event a week after being outed by a vengeful ex who shared … Continue reading →
It’s unfortunate what was a super successful year for top K-pop groups BTS and TWICE reaching year end with a controversy, and one that appears not to be going away quickly. Both groups are on the outs with Japanese media and fans with a member’s choice of t-shirt attire that touch upon very sensitive Japanese topics. A BTS member wore … Continue reading →
The comparatively star-less Golden Bell Awards this year reminds me of how many famous Taiwanese actors and actresses from the golden idol drama days of the 2000s are rarely doing television work. One of them is Rainie Yang with her dual actress-singer hat and this year she’s been focused primarily on singing with her successful Asian multi-city concert tour for … Continue reading →
Talk about synergy and of the most sincere and timely kind. K-pop boy group BTS, and you have to be living under a rock or maybe a far off planet to not have heard of them, inked another first this week as they 7-member group spoke at a UN General Assembly meeting. They were there to support and advocate for … Continue reading →
If one aims to generate OMG what is she wearing buzz then K-pop idol Sori just delivered because even I sat up and took note of her when prior to this I had no clue of her existence as one half of a girl duo called Cocosori. I mean, what she is wearing has been done before in other colors … Continue reading →
If I had my way all boy band members would enlist at the same time and keep their group careers on the same time line. For CNBlue band mates Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jung Shin, they are doing that as both sign in for military service on July 31, 2018, a few months after lead Jung Yong Hwa enlisted. … Continue reading →
It’s so awkward to watch singer-actor Yoochun formerly of DBSK and JYJ resume his public events two years after a very messy and public accusation of rape and subsequent revelations of his salacious personal life. A requirement for star appeal is the public persona projects that fans like and that is impossible to maintain once the curtain falls to reveal … Continue reading →
This is like watching a slow motion train wreck in GIF form and being unable to look away. The K-ent search engines and news portals lit up a few days ago in unison after girl group A Pink made a media appearance and member Namjoo appeared looking completely and objectively awful. It wasn’t bad makeup or outfit, it was a … Continue reading →
I have some sad news to share though this particular star was only starting off his career and is likely not well known yet. Korean singer and variety star Kim Han Il (also known as Jack Kim), who was active in Mainland China entertainment, has passed away this week after suffering a medical condition on Jeju Island and unable to … Continue reading →
I don’t follow K-pop so I don’t know the barometers of a successful album release. From what I’ve gathered Suzy‘s recently released second solo mini album is doing well but whether that’s just good enough or very very well I’ll leave to the experts to elucidate. I do know she’s looking quite well and that’s in the very very very … Continue reading →
Going mainstream brings exposure and with it added financial gains, but the flip side is more scrutiny and this week the hammer fell on the burgeoning hip hop scene in Mainland China. The government broadcast authority released a memo basically banning hip hop on television, likely spurred on by the recent scandal with a very well known hip hop star … Continue reading →
