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Lovers of Music Leads Showcase Their Glamorous and Fun Chemistry in Official Character Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2014 by ockoalaJune 6, 2014

I tend to have good luck with music-themed K-dramas. Of course now that I’ve mentioned it means some sort of reverse karma will strike and Lovers of Music (Trot Lovers) will fall flat on its face now that I’m so looking forward to it. I like to laugh at drama fate so neener neener on this one, I’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Hyun Woo, Jung Eun Ji, Lee Se Young, Lovers in Music, Shin Sung Rok

June Edition of Elle Korea Delivers a Rare Sighting of Ever Gorgeous Won Bin

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2014 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2014

Whenever I see an actor or actress working non-stop from project to project, like Choi Jin Hyuk starting last year with Gu Family Book to Heirs to movie The Divine Move to Emergency Couple to Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Team to Fated to Love You, I get exhausted and want him to take a well-deserved break but then worry that … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Won Bin

High-profile Couple Mark Chao and Gao Yuan Yuan Register Their Marriage in Beijing

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2014 by ockoalaJune 6, 2014

When two beautiful talented successful people are in love and happen to be celebrities, the media wedding watch switches on the second the couple goes public. Movie stars Gao Yuan Yuan and Mark Chao have been dating for two years since meeting on the set of their movie thriller Caught in the Web. The romance was quickly acknowledged despite the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gao Yuan Yuan, Mark Chao

You’re All Surrounded Episode 9 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2014 by ockoalaJune 5, 2014

You’re All Surrounded has settled into a comfortable cadence that is actually relaxing in its mediocrity especially when stripped of the seriousness around the police procedural aspects. I wasn’t wrong to expect this drama to have something interesting to add on its setting in a police precinct, but the sheer incompetence of the writer in tackling that genre took me … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged You're All Surrounded

Tong Hua and Yu Zheng Get in a Very Public Spat Over Story Theft on Upcoming Military Academy C-drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2014 by ockoalaJune 3, 2014

A very angry C-writer Tong Hua just ripped C-producer Yu Zheng a new one and the week is already ablazing with fury. This is totally a grab the popcorn and sit back and watch moment but for the fact that Yu Zheng really needs to be stopped before he continues his unabashed idea stealing rampage. Tong Hua has turned her … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Tong Hua, Yu Zheng

Chun Jung Myung’s Busy May: Dated and Broke Up with New Girlfriend and Headlining Cable Drama Reset

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2014 by ockoalaJune 4, 2014

The month of May was chock full of K-ent dating and break up shockers but Chun Jung Myung‘s situation was a whole side dish of weirdness. PIE was spotted out on a date with a non-celebrity by Sports Seoul and his agency promptly admitted that the baby-faced actor was indeed in a newly developing relationship with a lady love that he met earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chun Jung Myung, Kim So Hyun, Reset

Posters and Movie Trailer with Kim Nam Gil and Son Ye Jin Leading a Rollicking Band of Joseon-era Pirates

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2014 by ockoalaJune 4, 2014

Now this looks like a great Summer popcorn flick! The first teaser trailer has dropped for the upcoming Korean movie Pirates, which of course garners the immediate association that it’s going to be a Korean version of Pirates of the Caribbean. A bit of yes and no in that connection, yes it has Joseon era pirates but no it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Kim Nam Gil, Kim Tae Woo, Lee Yi Kyung, Pirates, Song Ye Jin, Sulli

Lovers in Music Showcases the Colorful Cast Led by Ji Hyun Woo and Jung Eun Ji

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2014 by ockoalaJune 4, 2014

Seeing the official stills of all the leads in the upcoming Lovers of Music (Trot Lovers) makes me want to yell “Avengers Assemble”, with music lovers substituting for Avengers of course. It’s just three weeks away from the premiere of what is billed as a musical rom-com success story starring Ji Hyun Woo, Jung Eun Ji, Shin Sung Rok, Lee … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Hyun Woo, Jung Eun Ji, Lee Se Young, Lovers of Music, Shin Sung Rok, Son Ho Joon

Choi Ji Woo Reunites with Stairway to Heaven Co-star Kwon Sang Woo in Temptation With Yoon Eun Hye Still Considering

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2014 by ockoalaJune 3, 2014

The famous K-drama onscreen couples reunion of 2014 continues on with the totally unexpected but super awesome casting of Choi Ji Woo to reunite with her Stairway to Heaven co-star Kwon Sang Woo for the upcoming melodrama Temptation. Their reunion didn’t drag out as long as the two Jangs (Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara) who took over twelve years from … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Ji Woo, Kwon Sang Woo, Temptation, Yoon Eun Hye

Dr. Stranger Episode 10 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2014 by ockoalaJune 3, 2014

What else can be said about Dr. Stranger as it wraps up the first 10-episodes of its run other than “hang in there everyone, we need the energy and strength because there is 10 more episodes of this out-of-control cat to wrangle!” This drama really has turned into a howling, seething, crazy cat on uppers that refuses to settle down … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Dr. Stranger

Yoon Eun Hye is Chic at Amway Event, Cameos in Ha Jung Woo-directed Movie, and Considers Kwon Sang Woo’s Temptation

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2014 by ockoalaJune 3, 2014

Yoon Eun Hye has been in the news a lot recently which is good since it’s all about her upcoming projects. More Yoon Eun Hye on my screen is much appreciated. I get she needs to rest and recharge but I’m still waiting for her to deliver an amazing movie or drama with a story that is as good as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, Temptation, Yoon Eun Hye

Tang Yan Wows in Cosmopolitan China and Lights Up the Screen in the Kiss-filled Perfect Couple

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2014 by ockoalaJune 3, 2014

It took the adorable and silly as all heck Perfect Couple for me to finally like Tang Yan. Heck, better late than never, right? She’s also one of the luckiest C-actresses around with her leading man harem in her drama oeuvre filled with my fave guys. Putting aside her fantabulous chemistry with Wallace Huo that’s already two dramas strong with … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Perfect Couple, Tang Yan

Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara Comfortably in Character for Fated to Love You

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2014 by ockoalaJune 2, 2014

The upcoming Korean remake of the popular TW-drama Fated to Love You is going to live and die by the chemistry of the leads. A lot of viewers already know the story from watching the original or hearing about it so the narrative won’t be hook enough to lure audience to keep watching. Plus even if someone is newbie to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Fated to Love You, Jang Hyuk, Jang Nara, Wang Ji Won

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