Japan Trying to Schedule a Byun Woo Seok Fan Meeting After Success of Lovely Runner and Industry Insider Claims He’s the Biggest New K-actor Popularity Rise Since Gen 1 Mega Stars Bae Yong Joon and Won Bin

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Hahaha, omg sorry but this article is starting to veer into absurd hyperbole territory. It’s been all of two months since Lovely Runner aired and finished and male lead Byun Woo Seok is legit the breakout star of the drama and having the biggest career moment of his life. All great! He’s off right now for his sold out June … Continue reading →

Kim Hye Yoon and Joy in Talks as Two of the Three Female Leads in Webtoon Adapted K-drama The Year We Turned 29

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So this drama sounds exactly like an aged down Thirty-Nine two years ago about three girlfriends nearing the cusp of 40 and their life and loves. The webtoon The Year We Turned 29 will be adapted into a drama and offers are out to Kim Hye Yoon and Joy as two of the three female leads. It’s about three besties … Continue reading →

C-drama Princess Agents Confirmed for Sequel without OG Cast and New Female Lead is Former PA Child Actress Huangyang Tian Tian

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So C-ent news this week got a jolt with the very random and frankly too long a gap confirmation that a sequel to Princess Agents is set to start production. It’s based on the source novel and picks up from that frozen lake ending scene, with female lead Chu Qiao set for revenge for the death of her beloved Yuwen … Continue reading →

K-actress Lee Yeon Hee Announces Pregnancy After 4 Years of Marriage

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I feel like a few K-actresses have nicely balanced their acting careers with their personal life progress, and Lee Yeon Hee in many ways is similar to Han Ga In. Both are known as top visuals and got very first super fast early in their careers, gotten the same “can’t really act” designation, but continue to act steadily on their … Continue reading →

Revenge Period C-drama The Double with Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue Hits a Triple by Doing Better than Expected in Ratings and Reviews

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With Joy of Life 2 done it’s time for a lot more C-dramas to premiere. Two that arrived at the tail of JoL2 has two very different outcomes – big budget high expectation Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact is a dud in every way from acting to chemistry to writing to directing while comparatively lower budget with less well … Continue reading →

Netizens Alarmed Over Scarily Skinny C-actress Gulinazha at GQ Fashion Event

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They say the camera adds 10 lbs and if that’s the case then I am genuinely terrified to see what C-actress Gulinazha looks like in real life. This week the actress attended a GQ event in China and alarmed the media and netizens alike with her immensely thin physique. She’s always been skinny, very skinny even compared to other skinny … Continue reading →

Moon Embraces the Sun and Moonlight Drawn by Clouds Cast Reunite at VIP Premiere and Afterparty of K-movie Wonderland

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So it’s a Moon kinda night at the VIP movie premiere and afterparty for the star studded sci-fi movie Wonderland starring Tang Wei, Jung Yumi, Park Bo Gum, Suzy, and Choi Woo Shik. Many cast members from two hit dramas The Moon Embraces the Sun and Moonlight Drawn by Clouds were there together and it made for quite a picture … Continue reading →

Production of War of Faith, Leads Wang Yang and Wang Yibo All Release Statements Trying to Calm the Online Displeasure Over the Magnolia Awards Best Actor Nomination

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So the fallout has come after a week of online anger, harassment, and negative comments surrounding the nomination of C-actor Wang Yang in the Best Actor category for the Magnolia Awards for War of Faith. The other male lead Wang Yibo’s fandom was furious and went full blown online attack on both the production company for nominating Wang Yang and … Continue reading →

K-drama Crash with Lee Min Ki, Kwak Sun Young, and Heo Sung Tae More Than Double Ratings and Becomes 2nd Highest ENA Drama After Extraordinary Attorney Woo

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So while all the K-drama attention this spring started on Queen of Tears and after it ended moved to Lovely Runner, we now have the first buzzy hit of the start of summer. Small cable network drama Crash premiered to around 2% ratings in mid-May and 2/3rds through its run has more than doubled to 5.870%. It’s a brisk 12-episodes … Continue reading →

Yang Chao Yue Guest Stars in Buzzy New C-drama The Double and May Succeed in Reigniting Her Career Like Zheng Hehuizi’s In Blossom Cameo

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Tis the season for high profile guest starring in C-drama lol. Just months after C-actress Zheng Hehuizi turned a cameo in In Blossom into a career launcher from supporting to upcoming leading lady roles, now comes Yang Chao Yue to do the same again and she may succeed. Yang Chao Yue has already been the leading lady of dramas but … Continue reading →

C-actor Hu Yi Tian Notches Another Small Hit with Blossoms in Adversity and Continues Streak of Airing Dramas with No Negativity Attached

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So the Chinese are massively superstitious. In the production world, the filming start ceremonies are picked for auspicious days, the prayers are for smooth filming, and the red envelopes for good tidings. That’s why it’s totally true that stars with either bad news attached or seem to be around bad things do find it harder to get cast. The opposite … Continue reading →

Kim Yoo Jung Offered Female Lead Role in K-drama Dear X Adapted From Webtoon by PD of Goblin

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I’m glad to see Kim Yoo Jung heading into another new project, I was so mid on My Demon despite trying so hard to love it, ultimately the narrative lackings overcame my love for her as the lead. She’s in talks for a new K-drama called Dear X adapted from a webtoon by the PD of Goblin. It’s about an … Continue reading →

Bazaar Korea Announces K-actor Byun Woo Seok Will Get 4 Different Covers and a 26-pictorial Spread in the July 2024 Edition

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This is legit a woah and I hope he’s not peaking too fast moment for K-actor Byun Woo Seok. He’s been on a two month tear since tvN drama Lovely Runner premiered and it just wrapped up last week which means he’s now on post-drama activities all lined up, including sold out fan meetings and other ancillary promos. It’s no … Continue reading →