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Song Joong Ki Reveals His Nice and Angry Look for Nice Guy

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 12, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2012

Now that is the look of an Angry Guy. So why did the drama Nice Guy choose that for its name, when clearly the titular male lead is likely to be pissed off and vengeful for a good chunk of its run. Perhaps writer Lee Kyung Hee wants to hammer home the irony of it, or show that a genuine … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Sang Yeob, Moon Chae Won, Nice Guy, Park Shi Young, Song Joong Ki

Joe Cheng Enlists in Military Service and Misses Love Actually Promotional Events

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 11, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2012

I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the cast of Love Actually has been actively promoting the drama in China, appearing on the popular variety show Happy Camp and doing media events such as a cooking demonstration. All very cute. The bad news is that leading man Joe Cheng has been absent from … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Anna Fang, Joe Cheng, Lee Da Hae, Li Yi Feng, Love Actually

Kim Ji Hoon and Choi Jung Won Reunite Playing Twins in Weekend K-drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 11, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2012

What in the Furby’s name is this craziness! The delicious Kim Ji Hoon was released from military service last month and has been understandably laying low, clearly to plot the right vehicle for his onscreen return. The media has just confirmed that he’ll be starring in a weekend family drama called My Daughter So Young on KBS, taking over the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Jung Won, Kim Ji Hoon, Lee Sang Yoon, My Daughter So Young, Park Jung Ah

Ishihara Satomi and Oguri Shun in Rich Man, Poor Woman BTS Pictures

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 10, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2012

I’m sorry, did anyone order a serving of cute? With a side order of adorable? That’s easy to whip up. A hard-to-find-but-I-found-it pictures of the two leads of Rich Man, Poor Woman in behind-the-scenes shots is coming right up! It’s a testament to Oguri Shun’s hotness that he manages to rock that weird haircut, but that’s probably because 99% of … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Ishihara Satomi, Oguri Shun, Rich Man Poor Woman

Amazing Long Trailer Released at Arang and the Magistrate Press Conference

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 10, 2012 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2014

Perfection, thy name is Arang and the Magistrate – also known as “When Lee Jun Ki met Shin Mina and fireworks exploded.” If the long trailer for Faith was like a 7/10 in terms of generating excitement (for the story, not necessarily the splotchy acting I saw), then the long ten-minute trailer for Arang is like a 11/10 in knocking … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Arang and the Magistrate, Hwang Bora, Kwang Oh Jung, Lee Jun Ki, Shin Mina, Yeon Woo Jin, Yoo Seung Ho

Moon Geun Young Considers Weekend Drama Cheongdamdong Alice

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 10, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2012

Wheeeee, what awesome news for me to head into the weekend with. Namoo Actors has confirmed to the media that Moon Geun Young has received the script for the upcoming SBS weekend drama Cheongdamdong Alice and is seriously considering the project. The agency revealed that she will likely return to acting after a nearly 2 year hiatus through a television … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cheongdamdong Alice, Moon Geun Young

Faith Holds Press Conference and Releases Six-minute Trailer

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2012

The press conference for Faith looked all sorts of boring (from a sartorial standpoint since everyone was just okay but no hot messes), but goodness gracious the six-minute trailer that was released at the press conference certainly does not look boring in the slightest. This time-traveling/fantasy sageuk may still turn out to be all glam with no substance, but at … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Faith, Kim Hee Sun, Lee Min Ho, Philip Lee

Written Preview for Episode 3 of Miss Rose

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2012

When I watch Miss Rose, my mind keeps humming the oldie tune “Rose, Rose, I Love You” and then bopping up and down on my toes. It’s weird how the excitement can ratchet up several notches the moment the proverbial switch flips in drama watching. I love this feeling, because once I’m emotionally connected with the story, it triggers my … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Miss Rose

4th Teaser for Arang and the Magistrate Provides More Fantastic Sneak Peeks

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2012

I’m weeping tears of happiness here for the sheer awesome that will be Arang and the Magistrate. Isn’t the official poster fantastic? Kwang Oh Jung and Hwang Bora makes such awesome expressions of shock and fear that they manage to steal my gaze from the lovely Shin Mina and the glorious Lee Jun Ki. To be sure, I love how … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Arang and the Magistrate, Hwang Bora, Kwang Oh Jung, Lee Jun Ki, Shin Mina

Fun New Stills and Fourth Teaser for To the Beautiful You

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2012

Ah To the Beautiful You, still looking cute there! We’re a week out from the scrum next Wednesday when Beautiful You premieres along with Arang and the Magistrate. To say the two dramas are as different from each other as night and day is an understatement, plus Gakistal is still around since it got an extension, which makes the ratings … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Lee Hyun Woo, Min Ho, Sulli, To the Beautiful You

Rich Man, Poor Woman Episode 5 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2012

Episode 5 of Rich Man, Poor Woman was like a brief respite from all the action that was episode 4, and a much needed breather before the coming maelstrom that is episode 6 (based on the previews). I like this episode because it took Hyuga and Makoto out of Tokyo and interacting outside of Next Innovation. They are still working … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Rich Man Poor Woman

Director Winnie Helms C-drama Tiny Time 1.0 with Peter Ho and Ivy Chen

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2012

Yay, my favorite TW-director is back with a new drama! Director Winnie (Qu You Ning), after most recently helming the critically acclaimed ratings success In Time with You starring Ariel Lin and Bolin Chen, has been tapped to adapt popular modern C-novel Tiny Time 1.0 by writer Guo Jing Ming. The extremely good looking large cast assembled in Shanghai this … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Andrea Chen, Ivy Chen, Kimi Qiao, Kiton Jiang, Li Yi Feng, Peter Ho, Tiny Time 1.0

Written Preview for Episode 6 of Rich Man, Poor Woman

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2012 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2012

Is anyone’s head spinning with how fast Asahina appears to have gone to the dark side? It’s like one moment he was all “lalala, I’m the bestest #2 ever in this world!” and then suddenly he’s all shifty and plotting Next Innovation domination. Simply because Sakaguchi called him a cowardly douchebag? I thought he would have known that already. Look, … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Rich Man Poor Woman

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