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jTBC Sports and Police Drama Good Boy Releases Great First Stills of Leads Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2024
Athlete aiming a precision rifle in competition.

jTBC must be thanking their lucky stars that the start of its promos for upcoming sports and police procedural drama Good Boy coincidences with the Paris Olympics, what with the leads all being Olympic gold medalists turned cops. The first drama stills are out showing Park Bo Gum in action and winning his boxing gold medal and also Kim So … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Good Boy, Kim So Hyun, Park Bo Gum

First Look at Yoo Seung Ho in the Upcoming Stage Production of Award Winning Play Angel’s in America

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2024
Young man with wavy hair and serious expression.

Even if K-actor Yoo Seung Ho has yet to achieve the heights of popularity that his child actor roots primed him for he’s still one of the most successfully diverse young actors in K-ent these days. Case in point, this fall he will be on stage in Seoul in the stage production of Tony Kushner’s award winning play Angels in … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Yoo Seung Ho

K-actor Lee Seon Kyun’s Last Two Movies Project Silence and The Land of Happiness Released During Summer of 2024 as Posthumous Works

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2024
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Next week the K-movie The Land of Happiness will arrive in South Korean theaters and with it conclude the acting career of top actor Lee Seon Kyun. It is the last project in his oeuvre and the second to last movie Project Silence was released last month in July. It’s been a bad summer in the SK box office and … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Lee Seon Kyun, Project Silence, The Land of Happiness

K-ent Article Discusses Lee Jong Seok’s Last Minute Drop Out of 2018 Netflix Drama See You Again with Kim Ji Won and Since Then He Has Not Done Any Streaming Dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2024
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So this was so long ago I forgot about it but it’s back in the news again. K-actor Lee Jong Seok was supposed to do Netflix romance drama See You Again with Kim Ji Won in 2018, and now an entertainment reporter is revealing that Lee Jong Seok dropped out of the drama the day before script reading was scheduled. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jong Seok

Jeon Do Yeon, Ji Chang Wook, and Lim Ji Yeon Do Dark Noir Thriller for K-movie Revolver

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2024
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he South Korean box office. The movie is called Revolver and reads like a fresh take on Lady Vengeance. Starring Jeon Do Yeon as an innocent woman who goes to jail in exchange for a pay off, she goes on the rampage after she’s released from prison and finds the promised cash not there. Her target is played by Ji … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Jeon Do Yeon, Ji Chang Wook, Lim Ji Yeon

Kim Tae Ri is Flawless in New Prada Makeup CF Campaign

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 5, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2024
Model showcasing pink lipstick by Prada.

K-actress Kim Tae Ri is a style chameleon to me, the same way her acting and performances are constantly excellent regardless of genre. She can pull off tomboy and feminine soft beauty equally well and for the new Prada fall makeup campaign in South Korea she’s doing the latter flawlessly across various lipstick shades. It helps that she brings a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged KIm Tae Ri

Conflict Already in Pre-planning Stages of C-drama Painted Skin as Director Guo Jing Ming Prohibits Ju Jing Yi’s Makeup Team and Male Lead Zeng Shun Xi’s Fans Upset with Billing

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 5, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2024
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This is the kind of popcorn I love since I don’t care about any of the leads and if this turns out a great drama it’ll be nice to watch and if it’s a hot mess it will be a different kind of fun to watch. The C-drama version of demon romance drama Painted Skin is in the casting and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Du Ling, Ju Jing Yi, Painted Skin, Zeng Shun Xi

Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran’s Period Romance Drama Hidden Charm Changes Title to Are You the One and Readies for Imminent Premiere

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 5, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 5, 2024
Couple standing in the rain, romantic scene.

I liked the first English title but find the second also interesting and cool in its own way, at least there is no word Love in it lol. Period romance drama Hidden Charm has been retitled to Are You the One and is still on track for imminent premiere, all signs say August 8th. It stars Zhang Wan Yi and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Are You the One, Wang Chu Ran, Zhang Wan Yi

Yang Mi and Liu Shi Shi the Most High Profile Flowers to Not Have a C-drama Nominated for the 2024 Golden Eagle Awards While Yang Zi Leads with Four Dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2024
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So the Golden Eagle Awards are for the serious fare and most of the Flowers in C-ent are doing idol dramas with the rare one-off to tackle a procedural or war-era period piece. But it is striking that both Yang Mi and Liu Shi Shi are ignominiously called out for being the only two Flowers without a nominated drama in … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Liu Shi Shi, Yang Mi, Yang Zi

Period Investigative Wuxia C-drama Zhan Zhao Adventures to Start Filming End of August 2024 with Leads Yang Yang and Zhang Ruo Nan

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2024
Abstract art with Chinese text and figures.

The long break for C-actor Yang Yang to get back on the small screen has been good for him after last summer’s disastrous Fireworks of My Heart airing where he got hit with the “oily acting” comments in full force. Since then he’s filmed The Immortal Ascension but no word on when that will air, and end of this month … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yang Yang, Zhan Zhao Adventures, Zhang Ruo Nan

A Pumpkin Anchors the Promos for Coupang Play Romance Drama Cinderella at 2am with Shin Hyun Bin and Moon Sang Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 4, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 4, 2024
Couple sitting on a giant pumpkin outdoors.

The promos are picking up for upcoming Coupang Play drama Cinderella at 2am. I am fine with noona-dongsaeng romances if the chemistry is there but I have strong reservations with female lead Shin Hyun Bin, not because she can’t act but because she has never shown any romantic or sexual chemistry onscreen in any drama I have watched of hers. … Continue reading →

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

Filming Stills From of Zhao Lu Si in New Drama Set of Love’s Ambition Reignites Plastic Surgery Rumors

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 3, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 3, 2024
Side-by-side comparison of two young women.

The first Zhao Lu Si plastic surgery rumors were a few years ago and was around her nose, which is usually where it starts. Now it’s back in chatter and reportedly she got more work done on the nose plus the lips and eyes and cheeks. Basically the South Korean special, and she was in SK for a few weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

Tan Song Yun and Zheng Ye Cheng’s Tang Dynasty Period Drama Brocade Odyssey Gets Airing Permit

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 3, 2024 by ockoalaAugust 11, 2024
Female figure in red overlooking a serene landscape.

There is a spate of Tang dynasty dramas coming out way and I’ve been following along with the two big ones that filmed this year with Zhao Lu Si in Story of Pearl Girl and Yang Zi with Flourished Peony. But there is an already filmed Tang dynasty drama Brocade Odyssey with Tang Song Yun and Zheng Ye Cheng on … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Brocade Odyssey, Tan Song Yun, Zheng Ye Cheng

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