Hooboy, I am now more excited and also more nervous for upcoming xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal. I’m more excited because I quite liked the first teaser just released, not love yet but it doesn’t have too much of the annoying xianxia tropes. I’m nervous because of Zhao Lu Si‘s dialogue reading, OMG she is going to be raked through … Continue reading →
K-celebs were out on Friday night in Seoul for a Christian Dior brand event that feels like fall is for sure coming from the brand outfits on display. Jisoo has been a very public and touted CD brand spokesperson especially with all the clothes she wears on tour and for her solo debut MVs so she’s at the forefront of … Continue reading →
So in less than 24-hours C-actress Song Zu Er is being erased from the traces of her entertainment career. Since news broke that she had been reported for tax evasion and fraud, The allegations were that an agency employee reported her, under her real name and not her stage name, to the tax authorities for tax evasion and fraud to … Continue reading →
Wow, I thought the zombie wave was over who thought it would be resurrected, pun intended har har. Coupang Play is planning a new K-drama titled Influenza and offers are out to Park Jung Min and Jisoo of Blackpink as the leads. It’s from a same name novel about about a soldier and the girlfriend is is breaking up with … Continue reading →
So there is an unexpected late summer bombshell on what has been a relatively scandal free few months in C-ent with more dramas than usual all airing to provide a glut of entertainment for consumption. Today C-ent reported that actress Song Zu Er has been reported to the tax authorities for tax evasion and tax fraud, reportedly by an employee … Continue reading →
I’ve heard so much good feedback for My Lovely Liar that I wish the ratings were higher. I haven’t started yet and it’s getting far along in airing I’m inclined to wait and binge but the feedback per usual is great for Kim So Hyun and happily for Minhyun also more positives than detractors. A good story, good acting, and … Continue reading →
A new K-drama is casting with offers out to Park Hae Soo and Shin Mina, in a thriller that doesn’t seem like a happy ending in sight. It’s called Ill Fate (Evil Fate or Bad Destiny) adapted from a webtoon and is about the female lead who is a doctor dealing with a childhood traumatic memory and a man who … Continue reading →
C-actor Xiao Zhan is about to make 2023 a triple success year for him. CCTV has announced the premiere of modern workplace romance drama Sunshine by My Side (Sunshine With Me) for September 1st which is later this week. It will also stream on iQiyi and Tencent so I expect this drama to get lots of exposure. Xiao Zhan is … Continue reading →
Awwwwww, Anchor-nim is getting married! Congrats so much to this news that K-actor Kim Dong Wook is settling down. His agency confirmed earlier today news reports about him tying the knot, saying that his future wife is a non-celeb so there will be no further information about her and the couple will have a private wedding later this year in … Continue reading →
So K-actress Jung So Min is in the news this week for two separate but kinda connected things. Her new Korean rom-com movie 30 Days opposite Kang Ha Neul is coming out next month on October 3rd so promos are starting up. But she’s also leaving his agency TH Company after signing last year, the agency was formed by Kang … Continue reading →
I can’t get over the irony of Disney+ finally having a massive hit with Moving in everything (casting, directing, writing) when there feels like a downtown in K-drama trends overall. This week there are new really charismatic and strong visual stills of the three older parent gen leads Jo In Sung, Ryu Seung Ryong, and Han Hyo Joo. I’m finally … Continue reading →
Currently airing period drama The Legend of Zhuohua is not a bad story but C-netizens are crapping all over how old and visually unappealing Feng Shao Feng looks and feeling bad for Jing Tian and it’s just not a happy watch. But the story of a cold on the outside and kind on the inside royal male lead and a … Continue reading →
So this is going to be an interesting drama to watch when it comes out because eagle-eyed fans are going to wonder what was re-filmed and whether the three year gap made some of the OG cast look different when back for the reshoots. The Golden Hairpin has been on ice since male lead Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) was … Continue reading →
