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Wang Yibo’s Agency Trying to Land Him in a Role in the High Profile HK-star Stephen Chow’s Long Awaited Next Movie Shaolin Women’s Soccer

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2024
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So C-actor Wang Yibo remains focused on his movie career but there is a wide swatch of types of movies from small budget to arthouse to local blockbusters to international hits. A lot of it is luck if you ask me in picking the right project but one star with a nearly every movie is a hit track record is … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Shaolin Women's Soccer, Stephen Chow, Wang Yibo

Disney+ Releases Inheritance Battle K-drama The Impossible Heir with Lee Jae Wook, Lee Jun Young, and Hong Soo Joo

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2024
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The timing couldn’t have been better for Disney+ to premiere a new K-drama right after its male lead dominated all the K-ent news earlier in the week for a very cute and happy dating reveal. The drama The Impossible Heir with Lee Jae Wook, Lee Jun Young, and Hong Soo Joo was dropped today and honestly Lee Jae Wook’s dating … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hong Soo Joo, Lee Jae Wook, Lee Jun Young, The Impossible Heir

First Posters for Winter Modern Romance C-drama Ski Into Love with Yu Shu Xin and Lin Yi

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2024
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The split reaction to recently airing C-drama Amidst a Snowstorm of Love shows that a beautifully seasonal backdrop does not automatically add points to a dramas watchability. I’m still yet to catch up on that one but the reviews were mixed and next winter I’m sure this drama will air to capitalize on yet another snowy romance season. Yu Shu … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Lin Yi, Ski Into Love, Yu Shu Xin

Xiao Zhan and Li Qin in Talks for Modern Period C-drama in Reunion After The Youth Memories

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2024
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So there is a type of drama called the modern period C-drama which is set in the modern-era (anytime after WWII) but goes through years if not decades. It’s basically the C-drama version of the Answer Me K-drama type of setting, it’s not olden times but it’s a period where our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents lived through. Xiao Zhan and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Li Qin, Xiao Zhan

Dilraba Dilmurat’s New C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land Delay Filming to Second Half of 2024 Due to Billing Fight Leading to Departure of Some Investors

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2024
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Well this is what happens when a person in the boat rocks it so hard it flips. Filming was supposed to start next week in early March 2024 for the C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Zhe Yuan and now the filming is delayed and the male lead may be different. This months fandom fighting … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Xing Xu, Chen Zhe Yuan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love on the Turquoise Land

Railway 1970’s Era C-drama Always on the Move Becomes Highest CCTV Viewership Show in 2024 and Breaking Last Episode Record Set by The Knockout

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2024
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So while fans of liuliang stars continue to pay more attention to the buzzier idol/xianxia/wuxia dramas, the mainstream dramas that air on CCTV and other established channels continue to be where the prestige is earned. It’s only two months into the new year 2024 but there is already a mega hit called Always on the Move (Chinese title Going South … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Always on the Move, Bai Jing Ting, Jin Chen

Dispatch Drops Dating Bombshell Between K-pop Idol Aespa’s Karina and K-actor Lee Jae Wook and Both Sides Confirm

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2024
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Oooooh this is a juicy and if true totally cute new dating couple. Dispatch released pictures and a news report that Lee Jae Wook is dating Aespa member Karina, and goodness are these two equally attractive in that tall, sleek, charismatic way. They couple reportedly fell for each other at first sight last month meeting at the Milan fashion show … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Karina, Lee Jae Wook

Occult Horror Movie Exhuma Hits 2 Million Tickets in Premiere Weekend as Biggest Domestic Film Opening in Two Years Amid Rave Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2024
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The doldrums of the South Korean box office was happily shattered this past weekend with what is now the biggest domestic Korean movie opening in more than two years since The Roundup: No Way Out in 2022. The occult supernatural horror movie Exhuma had over 2 million admissions in its opening weekend (2.29m from Thurs through Sunday) and also got … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Choi Min Sik, Exhuma, Kim Go Eun, Lee Do Hyun, Yoo Hae Jin

C-actress Yuan Bing Yan Reportedly Gives Up on Post Tax Evasion Comeback and Transitions to Stage Acting

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2024
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So not every tax evasion scandal with C-celebrities have the same consequences and it really depends on severity and scope. C-actress Yuan Bing Yan‘s tax scandal details I won’t rehash but her case was actually on the not as severe side until her side decided to fight it with the government and argue her case. It was that response which … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yuan Bing Yan

College Age Romance C-drama Everyone Loves Me with Zhou Ye and Lin Yi Drops Preview and Posters with Rumored Premiere

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2024
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So this is one of those cheaper to produce but could be a small hit C-dramas that are so prolific in C-ent. The reportedly soon to air college age romance C-drama Everyone Loves Me starring Lin Yi and Zhou Ye is adapted from the same name novel but honestly from the story line and previews borrows so many elements from … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Everyone Loves Me, Lin Yi, Zhou Ye

Period Spy Thriller C-drama Deep Lurk with Cheng Yi and Ying Er Reportedly to Air Drop Next Month

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2024
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This may be one of the most inadvertently apropos drama titles ever. The period spy thriller C-drama Deep Lurk was filmed in 20219 which is so far pre-COVID it was like a different lifetime ago. The drama stars Cheng Yi and Ying Er and if it’s Cheng Yi pre-Love and Redemption he hadn’t broken out yet. The drama is set … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Yi, Deep Lurk, Ying Er

K-netizens Criticize Moon Ga Young’s Outfit at the Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Show as Ill-fitting and Unattractive

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2024
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In earlier days I would say the primarily critique of K-actress Moon Ga Young and her outfit at the fashion show would be that it was too risque and inappropriate. No one really thinks that in this day and age but the Dolce & Gabbana black bra top with hot pants and garter with what resembles pantyhose as waders look … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Moon Ga Young

Tan Song Yun and Hou Ming Hao Kick Off Filming for Xianxia C-drama Xiao Yao

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2024 by ockoalaNovember 15, 2024
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So another C-drama just started filming after the lunar new year holidays and it’s called Xiao Yao (逍遥 which means carefree). It stars Tan Song Yun as the titular Xiao Yao named female lead and Hou Ming Hao which for some reason evokes Hou Ming Hao and his last drama pairing with Zhou Ye in Back From the Brink. This … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Hou Ming Hao, Tan Song Yun, Xiao Yao

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