Perhaps one of the reasons a drama slated to star two of my fave actors ends up being a dud is that the drama gods need to balance out the karma. Too much awesome from the acting pairing, hence they get saddled with a crap script. That was my story during the run of Mary Stayed Out All Night, … Continue reading →
With the end of 49 Days means that SBS is ready to premiere City Hunter in it’s slot this week. The third and final trailer has been released, as well as the first MV and song from the OST. Both this trailer and the OST MV are the most sane and thematically coherent offering from the CH production I’ve seen. I … Continue reading →
Thank you drama gods, for not forcing me to write a scathing recap about episode 5 of Lie to Me, which would have been like stabbing my heart with a thousand needles. This episode was MUCH better than the previous two episodes, and takes the drama forward in ways that suggest we are putting the very middling and mediocre set up episodes behind … Continue reading →
I felt like last week every Drunken to Love You watcher turned into an impatient voyeur as we clamored for a certain upcoming scene to arrive in episode 6. But like the proverbial double-edged sword, while we got what we wanted (still fanning myself as we speak), we also got a corresponding dose of cold water poured on our OTP. … Continue reading →
How refreshing is it for me to watch two people talk about why they like or can’t like each other, and perhaps try to work through their emotional bottlenecks together. Ae Jung really is the only person Jin can talk to about his confusion and feelings, but she’s also becoming perhaps his one true confidante. She wants nothing from him, … Continue reading →
Kang Ji Hwan, currently starring in the I-pray-it-will-miraculously-get-better Lie to Me, was featured in the June issue Cosmopolitan Korea magazine. I love these pictures, cool and moody without being too edgy or posed. I can’t MINE him since like half the bloggy world is in a MINE-detente about him, but I can stare all I want, which isn’t hard to … Continue reading →
Do you see the Top Models? I don’t. All I see when I look at these photos from the June edition of Elle Korea are Kim Jae Wook. I think there are leggy ladies in the pictures with him, but I can’t pry my eyes away from him to confirm that. Kim Jae Wook attended a book release for the … Continue reading →
Best Love appears to be upending the traditional rom-com love development. Rather than have the angst be about the couple not knowing or denying their feelings for each other, here all the feelings are pretty much laid out in the open, but we’re getting boatloads of angst that is going to hurt so bad. I’m so invested in this drama … Continue reading →
After a month of filming, GTV finally released the first official stills of Ariel Lin and Bolin Chen in the upcoming TW-drama In Time With You. This has been a very low-key production for various reasons, one of which has to be all the media swarming over to currrently filming Extravagant Challenge. The low-key vibe suits everyone at ITWY just fine, as sometimes … Continue reading →
Seriously, if these two people got any cuter as a couple I might actually fursplode into a real Koala simply by staring at them, the way Jacob goes all wolfy in the novels-which-shant-be-named. Rainie Yang and Joseph Chang attended a Drunken to Love You fan meeting at Taipei’s Mitsukoshi department store this weekend, showing up wearing a couple’s outfit, which … Continue reading →
I seriously must applaud Hwang Jung Eum‘s courage – for not only stepping out in public wearing the outfits she was saddled with by May’s Elle Girl magazine, but working the fascinatingly bizarre get-ups and being photographed in it for posterity. The fashionista in me cringed when I saw these pictures (a nightmare from head-to-toe), but the nerd in me … Continue reading →
Simply gorgeous. Elle China magazine paired up Joe Cheng and top-model-trying-to-be-an actress Lin Chi Ling for a Spring photoshoot, and the result was high fashion magic. I’ve come to the realization that Joe vacillates between great performances and crap performances, but his model-beginnings never fail him. Between Joe, Mike He, and Ethan Ruan, I think Joe vogues the best. As … Continue reading →
I posted about the upcoming SBS sageuk Tree with Deep Roots (Deeply Rooted Tree) here back in March when Jang Hyuk and Han Suk Kyu were cast as the leads, respectively playing a court investigator and King Sejong. The drama is scheduled for a September Wed-Thurs slot, and is getting a nice head start on casting and pre-production. Shin Se … Continue reading →