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Queen of Tears Goodies Include Kim Soo Hyun Singing an OST Song and Two Special Episodes Airing the Weekend After the Finale

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 19, 2024 by ockoalaApril 19, 2024
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There are so many addicted Queen of Hearts stans lol and tvN is going keep being good to us. Last week the network announced two special episodes airing the weekend after the finale, it will likely consist of unaired scenes, interviews, and BTS if the rumors are correct. This week the network further announced that male lead Kim Soo Hyun … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Wang Zi Qi and Lu Yu Xiao Cast in Tencent Period C-drama Serendipity Which Starts Filming This Month End of April 2024

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 19, 2024 by ockoalaApril 19, 2024
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I’m glad to see some leads not the usual coterie of C-drama names and these two are definitely on my like radar. Tencent period C-drama Serendipity adapted from the C-novel 榜上佳婿 Bang Shang Jia Shu (literal translation Banner High Good Husband) is slated to kick off filming in the next two weeks with confirmed leads Wang Zi Qi and Lu … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Lu Yu Xiao, Wang Zi Qi

Tan Jian Ci and Chen Zhe Yuan’s Long Ago Filmed BL-novel Adapted C-drama Winner is King Reportedly to Air Drop May 2024

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 18, 2024 by ockoalaApril 18, 2024
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So this is a very specific rumor rather than the usual “airing soon” type scheduling chatter so I thought it worth sharing. C-ent insiders are saying the production of C-drama Winner Is King (Feng Huo Liu Jing 烽火流金) based on the novel Sha Po Lang by famous BL novel writer Priest is going to arrive soon. It will reportedly air … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Tan Jian Ci, Winner is King

Moon Sang Min and Shin Hyun Bin Cast in Office Romance K-drama Cinderella at 2 am

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 18, 2024 by ockoalaApril 17, 2024
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I’ve used this phrase “Stop trying to make Fetch happen” before with a few actors and actresses who I feel keeps getting cast in lead roles despite being unable to deliver a good performance and/or ratings. K-actress Shin Hyun Bin has been in hit dramas like Hospital Playlist and Reborn Rich but she is not the reason for the success … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cinderella at 2 am, Moon Sang Min, Shin Hyun Bin

TW-entertainers Join Public Calls for Reform to Laws and the Prison System for Sexual Offenders After Disgraced Star Mickey Huang Gets a Wrist Slap for Purchasing Child Porn

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 18, 2024 by ockoalaApril 18, 2024
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I can’t say this is pointless and sometimes it’s important enough to take a stance on it even if not much will change. Following disgraced entertainer Mickey Huang getting probation, a fine, and writing an apology letter for purchasing 7 videos of hardcore child porn discovered through a raid of the illegal website, some government officials and stars are publicly … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Mickey Huang

C-ent Gossip Says C-stars Zhai Tian Lin and Xin Zhi Lei Got Their Marriage License After 6 Years of Dating

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 17, 2024 by ockoalaApril 17, 2024
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A nice bit of gossip out of C-ent for once and this time no crazy fandom is having any conniptions. A C-netizen from Qingdao is claiming the local government recently issued a marriage license for C-stars Zhai Tian Lin and Xin Zhi Lei. The two have been reportedly dating for 6 years and I say reportedly because they have not … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dating, Xin Zhi Lei, Zhai Tian Lin

tvN Mon-Tues Drama Lovely Runner with Kim Hye Yoon and Byun Woo Seok Gains Runaway Buzz Higher than its Ratings Around 3% After Two Weeks Airing

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 17, 2024 by ockoalaApril 17, 2024
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So while I have been on a Queen of Tears tear for the last few weeks, the recent arrival of another new tvN drama may be worth picking up now both to join the hype train and to add more dramas to watch during the week between new QoT episodes. tvN released Lovely Runner (Running Away with Sun Jae on … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Kim Hye Yoon, Lovely Runner

Netizens Annoyed that Rookie Actress Hong Ye Ji Gets Female Lead in Back-to-Back Sageuk Dramas and Fails to Impress in Either

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 17, 2024 by ockoalaApril 17, 2024
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I remember wondering where Hong Ye Ji popped out from to get the female lead role in the KBS sageuk drama Love Song for Illusion with Park Ji Hoon which aired earlier this year. Reportedly the drama was a hot mess so I skipped it but heard the general consensus was that she was really not cut out to be … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hong Ye Ji

Zhang Wan Yi the Final Pick for Male Lead in Period C-drama The Brocaded Tale of the Girl Si Opposite Jing Tian with Filming to Start Next Month May 2024

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2024 by ockoalaApril 17, 2024
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Ooooohhhhh I really like this! In one month we now have had three actors in talks for the period C-drama The Brocaded Tale of the Girl Si and the last and final is definitely my fave of the three. First there was Alan Fang, a great choice but not guaranteed since he’s not a big enough name. Then came Chen … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jing Tian, Zhang Wan Yi

Shade Flies Between Former Article 20 Movie Costars with Ma Li’s Best Actress Award Speech and Zhao Li Ying Updating Her Famous Works Page Likely in Response

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2024 by ockoalaApril 16, 2024
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This has been a super popcorn filled story and actually started two months earlier. During lunar new year the C-movie Article 20 directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Lei Jia Yin, Ma Li, and Zhao Li Ying was released to great reviews and high box office. All good right? Not really, as the success of the movie was marred by … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Article 20, Ma Li, Zhao Li Ying

C-actress Song Zu Er Spotted with Hermes Purse Fragrance Shopping as C-ent Believes She Will Resolve Her Tax Evasion Case in Coming Months But Her Top Flower Actress Status is Over Regardless

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2024 by ockoalaApril 15, 2024
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C-ent insiders are always saying that the disgraced stars will still be fine even after getting cancelled by the Chinese government after scandals mostly tax evasion but sometimes cultural/social missteps. Even ones that don’t ever come back like Zheng Shuang or Li Yi Feng or Deng Lun will have lots of money stashed away already, homes purchased, and side hustles … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Song Zu Er

tvN Announces that Queen of Tears is Officially the Highest Rated Network K-drama in Seoul Ratings Over Crashing Landing on You and Goblin

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2024 by ockoalaApril 16, 2024
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So tvN weekend drama Queen of Tears is chasing it’s older sibling Crash Landing on You in nationwide ratings with four more episodes left but the network officially posted a congrats revealing that QoT actually surpassed CLOY in Seoul ratings already. QoT is officially the highest rated tvN drama in Seoul area ratings with 23.072%, CLOY second with 22.677%, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Tian Xi Wei and Yu Shi Look the Part of Sophie and Howl Voicing the Characters for the First Ever China Theater Release of Howl’s Moving Castle

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2024 by ockoalaApril 15, 2024
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It only took twenty years lol. I did not release that Studio Ghibli movies were not released in Mainland China when it came out but the studio has been playing catch up with releasing the movies now. The Boy and the Heron was released in China a few months after it came out, and now on April 30th Howl’s Moving … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Howl's Moving Castle, Tian Xi Wei, Yu Shi

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