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Yoon Eun Hye Models Cartier for High Cut Magazine

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 7, 2012 by ockoalaJune 6, 2012

I just love Yoon Eun Hye’s recent hair color, this lovely red that is bright and burnished at the same time. She’s in this month’s High Cut Magazine modeling the Cartier Juste un Clou line that she’s been tapped by the company to showcase (tee hee, I just got one in rose gold and I’m so entranced by it, such … Continue reading →

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Written Preview and First Spoiler Pictures from Episode 16 of Queen In Hyuns Man

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2012 by ockoalaJune 7, 2012

Queen In Hyun’s Man treats time-travel like I’ve seen in almost every drama or movie, as something magical with some ramifications but none of the gritty sci-fi contemplated consequences. That’s all good and fine, but we’re left with very little to angst over other than hoping the two of them can end up in the same time zone forever. All … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Queen In Hyun's Man

I Do I Do Episode 3 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2012 by ockoalaJune 6, 2012

I continue to like I Do I Do, and it continues to be tres mellow and leaves a lingering aftertaste. It stills feels more like a J-dorama than a K-drama, but that’s good in my opinion because I’m in the mood for a slow-paced rom-com that takes time to develop its characters, which is what is happening here. Dr. Mommy … Continue reading →

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Queen In Hyuns Man Wraps Filming and Releases New BTS Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2012 by ockoalaJune 6, 2012

With all the commotion that came with Big‘s premiere this week, what with it being Gong Yoo‘s return to TV-land plus a Hong Sisters drama, it would still be impossible to ignore the imminent end to Queen In Hyun’s Man. I really understood the fan fervor for this drama, and I surely did love it, but perhaps just not that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Queen In Hyun's Man

Big Releases Official MV Containing New Scenes on Both Love Pairings

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2012 by ockoalaJune 5, 2012

I wonder if I got with a Big heatstroke some time between last night and tonight, otherwise I simply have no explanation why I’m this taken with this drama. I’m probably one of only a handful of the non-Gong Yoo fangirls in existence (everyone’s weird fixation on his body leaves me amused), and Lee Min Jung I adore for her … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big

Big Episode 2 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2012 by ockoalaJune 5, 2012

It’s official. I love Big. Completely and totally fallen for it. The passable directing and wonky editing is still making the drama rather herky jerky at times, but a good use of music smoothes over the rough edges. What’s amazing is seeing how the Hong Sisters tone down their penchant for situational comedy to drive character development and allows the … Continue reading →

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Written Preview for Episode 3 of I Do I Do Plus New BTS of the Drunken Night Scene

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2012 by ockoalaJune 4, 2012

There are stills floating around that show us I Do I Do clearly filmed the drunken night between Ji An and Tae Kang. I wonder if it’s been held back for a reason, or it was filmed but ultimately not shown for whatever reason. I prefer actually seeing it after we watch Ji An and Tae Kang fall for each … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged I Do I Do

Video Preview and Stills for Episode 2 of Big

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 5, 2012 by ockoalaJune 4, 2012

Big is sorta gnawing away at me tonight. I was at a baseball game but my mind stayed with the drama. Hasn’t happened in awhile so early on, even The King 2 Hearts took a few episodes to crawl inside my skin. I kept thinking that there is more to Big than meets the eye, and the awkward episode 1 … Continue reading →

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Big Episode 1 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2012 by ockoalaJuly 11, 2012

There are so many things about Big that turned out to be completely unexpected, in both good and bad ways. This is the least spastic Hong Sisters episode 1 of any of their dramas I’ve ever seen. Other than Lee Min Jung mugging it up as required by her character, everything and everyone else was uncharacteristically mellow and restrained. This … Continue reading →

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Shin Won Ho Makes a Splashing Mainstream Drama Debut in Big

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2012 by ockoalaJune 4, 2012

So before Big started I was all geared to love the doctor-teacher OTP played by Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung. I figured once Gong Yoo’s doctor swapped souls with his fiancee Gil Da Ran’s high school student Kang Kyung Joon played by Shin Won Ho, it would just be funny hijinks and the romance of the jokey variety until … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Big, Shin Won Ho

Adorable Couple Pictures for Episode 15 of Queen In Hyuns Man

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 4, 2012 by ockoalaJune 3, 2012

Sometimes a drama just whooshes on by and is over before I even realize it. It feels a bit surreal that Queen In Hyun’s Man is over this week, but that’s probably because I started watching it mid-way so the journey is truncated for me. It’s been such an enjoyable ride I’ll be quite sad when it ends, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Queen In Hyun's Man

Secrets Hidden in Time Releases Gorgeous Stills of Leads Janine Chang and Wallace Chung

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2012 by ockoalaJune 3, 2012

The filming for the drama adaptation of Secrets Hidden in Time continues to chug along, and I continue to be fascinated by it. I don’t think I’ve ever shipped two leads this hard before the drama even began, but here I am drooling over every new still of Janine Chang and Wallace Chung. This is bizarre, since I’m not a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Janine Chang, Jia Nai Liang, Secrets Hidden in Time, Wallace Chung, Ying Er

Joe Cheng and Michelle Chen Hit Up Cannes to Unveil Trailer for Ripples of Desire

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2012 by ockoalaJune 3, 2012

Cannes is always a truly international film festival and this year the upcoming Taiwanese period movie Ripples of Desire (Chinese title Hua Yang) premiered its trailer there while two of its four leads showed up to promote the movie. It’s too bad Ivy Chen and Jerry Yan are busy elsewhere because I would have loved to see the entire cast present. … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Ivy Chen, Jerry Yan, Joe Cheng, Michelle Chen, Ripples of Desire

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