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Kang Ha Neul and Kim Ji Won Arrive on Set of Heirs and Additional Elders Cast

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 28, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 28, 2013

As the train keeps on chugging along for Those Who Wear the Crown, Withstand the Weight: The Heirs, including getting a clunky English title of Heritors, the huge cast is basically trickling into filming one by one. I’m sure the media will be parked at Incheon airport on September 3rd when the main leads head to LA for filming, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Heirs, Kang Ha Neul, Kim Ji Won, Kim Mi Kyung

Movie Actress Han Ye Ri and Lee Jang Woo in Talks to Join Jang Geun Seok in Beautiful Man

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 26, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 26, 2013

I’m already girded for some fur to fly on this casting news. Jang Geun Seok has been linked to the upcoming manhwa adaptation of Beautiful Man for a month now, even turning down the other male lead in Ha Ji Won’s upcoming mega sageuk Empress Ki because of the conflicting schedules. There were murmurings that Jung So Min was offered … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Beautiful Man, Han Ye Ri, Jang Geun Seok, Lee Jang Woo

Heroine Si On Tearfully Remembers Dead Ex-boyfriend Hyun Joon in Who Are You in Episode 9

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 26, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 26, 2013

This is not a post about That Drama Which Shall Henceforth Not Be Mentioned. I would rather gouge out my own eyes than watch another minute of it, much less provide any recap or post about it. It is soul-deadening stuff, though I can reveal that the moronic heroine (who has a life long calling to make pots and cups … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Kim Jae Wook, So Yi Hyun, Who Are You?

C-actress Zheng Shuang Drops Double Shocker: Dating Hans Zhang and Admits Plastic Surgery

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 25, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 25, 2013

I went into this weekend’s press conference for the upcoming fantasy wuxia period C-drama Ancient Sword Fantasy to check out my boy Li Yi Feng in his first headlining role, and I left reeling because of Zheng Shuang. It wasn’t just me, apparently she was all anyone could talk about after the press conference and the C-media is going wild … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Hans Zhang, Zheng Shuang

Lee Bo Young and Ji Sung Merrily Head to Spain to Take Engagement Pictures

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 24, 2013

It’s nice to come across low key happy pictures to keep the mood bright during the weekend. On the evening of August 23rd, affianced celebrity acting couple Ji Sung and Lee Bo Young tried to sneak out of South Korea to fly to Spain to shoot their engagement pictures. They were probably too busy to pay attention to the news … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Ji Sung, Lee Bo Young

Heirs Gets Official Antiquated English Title of Heritors as Lee Min Ho Films at the Airport

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 24, 2013

Oh Kim Eun Sook, please don’t make me smack you down early over what is really a lame attempt to be cool. The English title for the already unwieldy sounding Those Who Wear the Crown, Withstand the Weight: The Heirs has been revealed. It’s going to be called Heritors. No, that is not a typo or unintentionally misspelled Korglish. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Heirs, Krystal, Lee Min Ho

Bu Bu Jing Qing Releases Official Opening Theme Sequence by Mayday

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 24, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2013

The modern day sequel Bu Bu Jing Qing to the popular time-travel period drama Bu Bu Jing Xin finished filming a few months ago and is comfortably ensconced in post-production. It’s not scheduled to air until 2014, but that hasn’t stopped the production company Tangren from doing a slew of early promotions. There was a concept teaser, the most dreary … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Annie Liu, Bu Bu Jing Qing, Chen Xiao, Jiang Jing Fu, Liu Shi Shi, Nicky Wu, Ye Zhu Xin

Grandpas Over Flowers Mobbed by Taiwan Fans for Second Trip of the Season

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2013

If you do something with heart and intelligence, it transcends its genre and pulls in more than the usual suspects. I normally never watching Korean variety shows since I barely have enough time to watch dramas let alone expand my plate. But the hit new cable variety show Grandpas Over Flowers is pure crack magic. This thing is better than … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Baek Il Sub, Grandpas Over Flowers, Lee Seo Jin, Lee Soon Jae, Park Geun Hyung, Shin Goo

Script Reading Pictures for Five Upcoming Fall K-dramas that are Not Heirs

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 23, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 23, 2013

I’m not trying to hype up Heirs or give it excessive mentions but it really is the most fascinating upcoming K-drama purely for the hot mess potential. I’m also wondering if all the legions of fanboys and fangirls of the leads will turn on each other if the drama sucks and point fingers. Because that would be some potential epic … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Answer Me 1994, Give Love Away, Medical Top Team, Potato Star, Suspicious Housekeeper

Rewind: Yoon Eun Hye and Lee Dong Gun Perform the “Salad Song

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 17, 2013 by ockoalaAugust 17, 2013

In anticipation of what looks increasingly like the final casting for the upcoming time-travel drama Future’s Choice (or Mi Rae’s Choice), I wanted to take a walk down memory lane to five years ago when a very young Yoon Eun Hye and still quite callow Lee Dong Gun collaborated on a CF project that was loaded with cute but not … Continue reading →

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Song Joong Ki to Wrap Up Activities and Enlist at the End of August

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 31, 2013 by ockoalaJuly 31, 2013

Get read to start weeping, people. Even before the tears have fully dried from losing my baby boy Yoo Seung Ho to the claws of the military earlier this year, even the thought that Song Joong Ki was considering enlisting at the year of the year gave me the shakes. The boy has been on fire with a string of … Continue reading →

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Monstar OTP Rewind: Ha Yeon Soo and Yong Jun Hyung Attend Movie Premiere in March

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2013 by ockoalaJune 18, 2013

My babies! My Monstar OTP! Is it going to be called Se-Chan or Seol-Yi? Have folks decided which mixed moniker fits our cutie pies the best? Ha Yeon Soo and Yong Jun Hyung literally went from “who are these people?” to “can I package them and take them home?” for me in the span of a week. I adore their … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Ha Yeon Soo, Monstar, Yong Jun Hyung

Kim Jae Wook Joins So Yi Hyun and Taecyeon in the Seeing Ghosts tvN Drama Who Are You

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2013 by ockoalaJune 18, 2013

Kim Jae Wook is back in a K-drama! *___* Commence collective freak out and fangirling preparation! Filming has already started for the next K-drama from cable network tvN, taking over the time slot currently occupied by the cute but not terribly compelling Cyrano Dating Agency. Starring Taecyeon and So Yi Hyun, tvN is taking a page from the Hong Sisters … Continue reading →

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