Makjang Maestro Writer Im Sung Han Returns June 2023 with TV Chosun Time-travel Family Drama Lady Durian with Park Joo Mi and Choi Myung Gil

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After K-drama land’s wildest screenwriter Im Sung Han went on a viewer brain cell destroying rampage in the early 2010’s writing stupider and stupider dramas culminating in the Princess Aurora bloodbath following by the Apgujeong Midnight Sun controversy and her abrupt retirement, she took a 6 year break and has come back to major success with Marriage Lyrics and Divorce … Continue reading →

Yoo Seung Ho Serves Up Attitude in June 2023 Dazed Magazine Pictorial

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So this year 2023 K-actor Yoo Seung Ho is turning 30 years old as he was born in 1993, and imma need some valium to calmly let that sink in. He’s already 30 in Korean age and has long since finished his military service and done more than two decades in the industry in roles across movies and dramas. But … Continue reading →

K-ent and Fans Cannot Get Enough of Kim Byung Chul in His Comedic Bastard Husband Role in Doctor Cha Saying it was 18 Years in the Making

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Another weekend and another series of K-ent articles about jTBC weekend hit drama Doctor Cha male lead Kim Byung Chul. Frankly I’m not sick of it because he’s THAT GOOD and also this has been majorly overdue. The latest articles are discussing how he’s been acting for 18 years (!) and is always so perfect in side character roles in … Continue reading →

Kim Tae Ri and Oh Jung Se Get Ready to Battle the The Devil within in SBS Horror Drama Revenant

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I feel like SBS horror K-drama Revenant (literal title The Devil or Demon) is arriving one month early, with a late June release next month but Asian culture has ghost month being August in a lunar calendar. I still remember the August K-dramas always having at least one horror drama or anthology. Revenant comes with high prestige starring two Baeksang … Continue reading →

Wang Yibo Fans Cause Airplane Ruckus In-fighting Despite His Continuing to Maintain Pointed Distance with Fandom

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I find it funny that Wang Yibo fans love his cool and cold expression that he maintains all the time because some warmth and a cracked smile on occasion would be nice. But he’s definitely got a look and he sticks with it, and same goes for his attitude towards fans. It’s been reported he keeps a distance and recently … Continue reading →

K-netizens Rave Over Ahn Hyo Seob’s Trauma Acting in Accident Scene for Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 3

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To win over the very high standard K-netizens who have mocked him for the nearly the entirety of his acting career is quite a feat so slow clap for Ahn Hyo Seob. This weekend’s new episodes of Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 3 involved a building collapse scene that resulted in his character getting impaled by rebar through his hand. OUCH. … Continue reading →

Third Fox Spirit Matchmaker Drama Swaps Out Female Lead Yang Chao Yue for Yu Shu Xin After Dylan Wang Signs on as Male Lead

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The casting rumors for the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series have come true two out of three so far – the original Yue Hong chapter has Yang Mi and Gong Jun and the Zhu Ye chapter kicked off this month with Liu Shi Shi in the lead. The third chapter the Wang Quan chapter has gone through multiple lead rumors from … Continue reading →

Chae Soo Bin Offered One of the Female Lead Roles in K-movie Adaptation of Omniscient Reader Viewpoint with Lee Min Ho and Ahn Hyo Seob

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Seeing the cast of hit webtoon Omniscient Reader Viewpoint come onboard one by one makes me so happy knowing this highly anticipated project is moving steadily towards reality. Chae Soo Bin has been offered one of the female leads for the movie the character of Yoon Sang Ah, a coworker to Ahn Hyo Seob‘s main character Kim Dok Ja and … Continue reading →

Rain and Kim Ha Neul to Star in Disney+ Produced K-drama Romance Thriller Drama Red Swan

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When I heard this casting news I had to double check that these two top stars have never worked together before and yup this is a first but a long time coming. Rain and Kim Ha Neul will pair up on the small screen for the Disney+ K-drama Red Swan. She plays a top golfer married into a chaebol family … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi Holds First Fan-packed Concert in Manila After His March Wedding to Lee Da In

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So the complaints over Lee Seung Gi choosing to marry actress Lee Da In feels primarily coming from his domestic fans but one never knows if a male star can continue a popular career after settling down regardless. For Lee Seung Gi, this weekend he was in Manila, Philippines for his first concert after his wedding and it looks to … Continue reading →

Lost You Forever with Yang Zi Gets Airing Permit Approval for Part 1 with 35-episodes

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Man, as it gets closer to seeing my favorite C-novel Lost You Forever come to life on the small screen the more I’m nervous it will suck and the more I think it will never arrive to the circumstances political in nature. C-ent is reporting that the drama has gotten the airing permit approval for the part 1 slated to … Continue reading →

The Cast of Thriller K-movie The Childe Attend Press Conference Marking Return of K-actor Kim Sun Ho After 19 months

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I always felt like the personal life scandal of K-actor Kim Sun Ho in October 2021 was overblown due to how he suddenly got so popular in the year prior and also his ardent fans promoting his good guy image Otherwise it’s not a law-breaking issue merely messiness in a prior romantic relationship and it’s not one that K-ent finds … Continue reading →

Cha Eun Woo in Talks to Join Veterans Kim Nam Joo and Kim Kang Woo in Revenge Thriller Drama Wonderful World

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Okay, I think K-netizens are freaking out about this casting for the wrong reason because I don’t think there will be a love line coming. K-ent is reporting that Cha Eun Woo is in talks to join the K-drama Wonderful World which has already cast Kim Nam Joo as the female lead alongside Kim Kang Woo playing a pair of … Continue reading →