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Luo Yun Xi Apologizes Promptly for Airport Car Mistaken Identity Incident and Deflates Budding Criticism of His Attitude

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2024 by ockoalaJune 19, 2024
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This was a fast moving averted scandal for C-actor Luo Yun Xi and can be a useful example of how to respond to netizen criticism. This week Luo Yun Xi was surrounded by fans and paparazzi as he was leaving the airport and his team led him to a car that was mistaken for the company vehicle. As they got … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Luo Yun Xi

Gong Yoo Attends Louis Vuitton Menswear Fashion Show in Paris

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2024 by ockoalaJune 19, 2024
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The current Louis Vuitton menswear creative designer Pharrell Williams may be my least fave in how he interprets the evolves the brand but he’s certainly popular. I’m forever at Marc Jacobs fangirl and Virgil Abloh left the world too early for his genius. This week was the LV Menswear show in Paris and in attendance was top K-actor Gong Yoo … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Gong Yoo

Yu Zheng’s Protege Zhao Qing’s Supporting Role in The Double was AI Faceswapped in for Original Actress Jiang Yi Yi Who Was Cancelled for Tax Evasion

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2024 by ockoalaJune 18, 2024
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Well I did not follow this news when it broke last year in September 2023 but it certainly helps certain aspects of what I see onscreen make sense now. The Double is Yu Zheng‘s latest hit making drama and he’s managed to resurrect his own actress Wu Jin Yan and elevate his actor Wang Xing Yue, and I thought also … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jiang Yi Yi, The Double, Zhao Qing

Chun Woo Hee Signs on for Romance and Life K-drama My Youth Opposite Song Joong Ki

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2024 by ockoalaJune 18, 2024
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I loved Song Joong Ki to pieces but in nearly a decade he hasn’t gotten a K-drama female lead I’ve liked off the bat the way I freaked out with happiness when he and Moon Chae Won were cast in Nice Guy together. Shin Hyun Bin was awful in Reborn Rich and Jeon Yeo Bin grew on me in Vincenzo, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chun Woo Hee, My Youth, Song Joong Ki

C-netizens Mock Zhao Li Ying for Looking Like a Hobbit on Stilts in Brand Event for Wearing Mega High Heels Under Her Pantsuit

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2024 by ockoalaJune 18, 2024
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So apparently this is much more obvious in videos and a lot funnier, but overall just a small thing that petite ladies in entertainment have to deal with. Zhao Li Ying is known as very tiny in height and physique but she manages in dramas to deliver strong onscreen presence despite her petite frame. This week she was at a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhao Li Ying

Opening Ratings of 5.6 on Douban for Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact is the Inglorious Ending for the High Expectation Xianxia Misfire

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2024 by ockoalaJune 17, 2024
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I thought Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact, regardless of the story or acting, would at least be visually beautifully and engrossing enough to keep watching. Alas I couldn’t make it pass a few episodes even on the pretty and there was indeed so much pretty. But what looked good on stills did not create a moving tableau that kept … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Fox Spirit Matchmaker, Gong Jun, Red Moon Pact, Yang Mi

2018 Filmed C-drama The Love of Hypnosis with Crystal Liu and Jing Bo Ran Gets New Chinese Title and AI Face Swap of Cancelled Second Male Lead in Attempt to Get Airing Permit

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 17, 2024 by ockoalaJune 17, 2024
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This is an oldie but goodie that’s been in the vault so long I thought it was permanently shelved. The Love of Hypnosis – Chinese title formerly 南烟斋笔录 Nan Yen Qi Bi Lu and now called 一曲三笙 Yi Qu San Sheng – was filmed in 2018 and supposed to air in 2019. It starred Crystal Liu and Jing Bo Ran … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Crystal Liu, Jing Bo Ran, The Love of Hypnosis

Kim Hye Yoon is Sunshine and Happiness Personified in Japan Fanmeeting Poster and Jetting Off for Lovely Runner Reward Vacation

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 17, 2024 by ockoalaJune 17, 2024
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The success of Lovely Runner means it’s not only a summer to remember for male lead Byun Woo Seok but also female lead Kim Hye Yoon. She really deserved the hit under her belt and pulled her weight making the drama so beloved with viewers. She’s announced a fan meeting in Korea which is a given but her popularity also … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Kim Hye Yoon

MBN Sageuk Missing Crown Prince with Suho and Hong Ye Ji Quadruples in Ratings Ending with 5.049% and Third Highest Drama for the Small Cable Network

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 17, 2024 by ockoalaJune 17, 2024
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So my post about how cable sageuk drama Missing Crown Prince was a meh offering starting off with low 1.452% ratings and male lead Suho’s idol background as well as criticism of female lead Hong Ye Ji was not necessarily premature as it was true at that time but 10 weeks later things have changed. The MBN weekend drama ended … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hong Ye Ji, Missing Crown Prince, Suho

C-actress Zhou Ye Hits #1 Search for Intentionally Ignoring CCTV-6 Reporter’s Backstage Greeting After Movie Event

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 16, 2024 by ockoalaJune 16, 2024
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So I don’t think this will derail C-actress Zhou Ye‘s career but it’s definitely one of this situations where she could have done it differently to avoid this bad press. This week Zhou Ye attended a movie event and afterwards she was walking backstage where a lot of event organizers and media were present through the hallways. 6th Princess (CCTV-6) … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Zhou Ye

Byun Woo Seok Attends Prada Fashion Show in Milan in First European Stop Since His Mega Drama Breakout

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 16, 2024 by ockoalaJune 16, 2024
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There is a solid group of K-models turned actors that Byun Woo Seok is joining but as the latest he’s got a chance to be the greatest in terms of his breakout leverage. To name a few, there is Kim Woo Bin, Nam Joo Hyuk, Kim Young Kwang, Lee Soo Hyuk, and more, and right now I can’t think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Byun Woo Seok

Director of The Double Receives Praise Increasing Interest in His Next Drama Moonlit Reunion with Xu Kai and Tian Xi Wei

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 16, 2024 by ockoalaJune 15, 2024
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C-drama The Double is airing with so much buzz right now and all involved are reaping the rewards: acting, writing, and directing. The director is an industry vetern named Haozhe Si (also known as Lü Hao Ji Ji) and is the son of famed writer Hai Yan whose works have been adapted into many C-dramas and movies and made many actors … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Moonlit Reunion, The Double

C-actor Wang Yang’s Cover and Pictorial for L’Official Hommes China Incurs Wrath of Wang Yibo’s Fandom for Shot of Him Squatting on a Toilet

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 15, 2024 by ockoalaJune 15, 2024
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I thought the kerfluffle over the Magnolia Awards nomination for Best Actor had died down, to which I mean Wang Yibo‘s fandom throwing an absolutely fit and melting down over Wang Yang getting the nomination for their drama War of Faith. This weekend it was reignited when the L’Officiel Hommes China cover and pictorial featuring Wang Yang was released. There … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yang, Wang Yibo, War of Faith

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