Lovely Runner Sold to Multiple Countries for Network Airing, Confirming Overseas Sale of Dramas Remain Primarily Due to Lead Actor Popularity Abroad

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This is the reality whether we think it fair or not, and ultimately dramas and movies and the stars in them are all commodities. The business is the end product. Lovely Runner has wrapped its airing and has already sold overseas licensing rights to broadcast in various countries network channels, this happens to a few K-dramas a year that get … Continue reading →

The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Releases New Stills on Dragon Boat Festival

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So C-dramas typically release stills on major holidays in the full year or more leading up to the premiere. Chinese Valentine’s Day is big, Lunar New Year, Mid Autumn Festival, you name it, but Dragon Boat Festival or Duan Wu Jie isn’t one that I recall getting as many drama still releases but this release for one highly anticipated drama … Continue reading →

Popular Revenge C-drama The Double Needs to Recut After Being Reported for Exceeding the 45-minute Per Episode Airing Requirement

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Oh this is so dumb and I hope it doesn’t lead to the remainder of this super entertaining drama getting weird end scenes. The Double has been airing on a fast clip and in just one week exceeded all expectations in terms of viewership and reviews. It’s well made, well acted, and just so darn satisfying to watch the good … Continue reading →

SBS Fri-Sat Night Police Drama Connection Continuously Rises in Ratings Close to 10% by Episode 6 with Rave Reviews for Ji Sung’s Acting

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We finally see the first K-drama in June start picking up momentum and it’s SBS Fri-Sat police thriller Connection starring Ji Sung and Jeon Mi Do. The first episode got 5.7% ratings and has only gone up each episode until the most recent episode 6 with 9.4%. It’s on track to break double digits which would be fantastic as the … Continue reading →

Success of The Double Returns Wu Jin Yan to Popularity and Reignites the Fanwars for Top Actress in Yu Zheng’s Studio Between Her and Bai Lu

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Oh how things change, and yet stay the same. I am loving The Double greatly and for the first time a performance and character by Wu Jin Yan, though by all accounts she rocketed to stardom 6 years ago in Story of Yanxi Palace in precisely the same playbook – cunning and resourceful woman navigating treacherous waters while plotting revenge. … Continue reading →

C-novel The Path Towards Heaven by Writer of Joy of Life Gets C-drama Adaptation in Talks with Dylan Wang as the Male Lead

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So my little bae Dylan Wang has been picky recently with his projects so he doesn’t have a lot on deck, in the pocket there is the finished period drama Guardians of the Dafeng coming out this fall and he’s filming the modern police drama Light to the Night right now. So it perked me up to hear that he’s … Continue reading →

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 →