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C-drama Love Beyond the Grave with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Fei Yu Wraps Filming

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2025
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I swear this drama seemed to be in production for at least half a year or longer for it to have just wrapped right now, or maybe I’m just misremembering since there was so much online hullabaloo when it first started what with ugly costume and makeup allegations and in fighting between the two leads fandom already. Good times, good … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love Beyond the Grave, Wei Zhe Ming, Zhang Li | 5 Replies

Cine21 Magazine Names Top 5 Best Works in 2024 with Exhuma Followed by Queen of Tears

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2025
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The year end top lists all came out at the end of 2024 in December but here comes Cine21 with their own take. The top K-ent magazine released it’s own list of both successful hits of 2024 as well as people and projects to watch in 2025. Let’s start with what the magazine found to be the best projects of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Doubt, Exhuma, Lovely Runner, Queen of Tears, Squid Game | 3 Replies

Tang Dynasty C-drama Kill My Sins with Liu Shi Shi and Shawn Dou Premieres Today on February 7th

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2025
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So earlier this week I already covered the news that xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree with Deng Wei was confirmed to air on February 7th this Friday on iQiyi. A few days later Youku announced that it was airing Tang dynasty C-drama Kill My Sins with Liu Shi Shi, Shawn Dou, and Zheng Ye Cheng also on February … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Kill My Sins, Liu Shi Shi, Shawn Dou, Zheng Ye Cheng | 8 Replies

Yoo Yeon Seok and Jung Kyung Ho to Make Guest Starring Appearance in tvN K-drama Resident Playbook Tentatively Scheduled for April 2025 Release

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2025
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Last year all of K-netizens hated doctors in real life after the doctor strike so even medical K-dramas got delayed from premiere due to the anticipated backlash. The most high profile being Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung leading a cast of young stars all playing med school residents in the same medical universe as the veteran doctors from hit … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Yoon Jung, Hospital Playlist, Jung Kyung Ho, Resident Playbook, Yoo Yeon Seok | 11 Replies

TW-star Barbie Hsu’s Ashes Brought Back to Taiwan and Sister Dee Hsu Announces There Will be No Memorial Service and to Remember Da S Fondly in One’s Heart

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2025
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The media circus that was expected around the passing of TW-star Barbie Hsu (Da S) will not be happening, and thank goodness for that. Media camped out at the airport waiting for her sister Dee Hsu (Xiao S), their mother, and Da S’s South Korean musician husband DJ Koo to return from Japan with her cremated ashes, but the family … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Barbie Hsu, Da S | 19 Replies

Wang Yibo and Zhao Lu Si Has the Most Brand CFs Respectively for Male and Female Stars as of the Start of 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2025
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There is a newly release list of famous Chinese stars and the number of brand CFs each has as of end of January 2025 so it’s all famous buzzy/liuliang/popular names. Let’s start off with the male celebs: it’s Wang Yibo with the most at 30 brands followed by Jay Chou with 22, Xiao Zhan and Cheng Yi tied at 21, … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yibo, Zhao Lu Si | 27 Replies

First Official Stills of Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung in Netflix Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2025
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This week a lot of new stills came out for upcoming K-dramas and I’ve been sifting through the ones that interest me. Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated with Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung dropped three official stills showing the leads visuals solo and in one interacting shot. Kim Sun Ho plays a translator and Go Yoon … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Can This Love be Translated, Go Yoon Jung, Kim Sun Ho | 12 Replies

Hitman 2 with Kwon Sang Woo Rises in 2nd Week to Claim Top Spot in Korean Box Office as Dark Nuns 2 Experiences Steep Drop

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2025
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The first and second place contestants in the South Korean box office took a major change in position in the second weekend of release in direct competition between Dark Nuns and Hitman 2. In the first weekend Dark Nuns with Song Hye Kyo and Jeon Yeo Bin came in first with Hitman 2 starring Kwon Sang Woo in second, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Dark Nuns, Hitman 2, Jeon Yeo Bin, Kwon Sang Woo, Song Hye Kyo | 18 Replies

Choi Woo Shik and Jung So Min Confirmed for SBS Romance K-drama Will You Marry Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2025
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So the earlier casting rumors have come true and K-ent is reporting that Jung So Min and Choi Woo Shik will be partnering up onscreen for a new rom-com K-drama. It’s title Will You Marry Me and is a fake marriage set up story. What’s funny is that this casting confirmation led one reporter to write an article with the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Woo Shik, Jung So Min, Will You Marry Me | 19 Replies

iQiyi Airdrops Long Shelved Republic Era C-drama Back For You with Angelababy and Wang An Yu Today on February 4th

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2025
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So the airing of Everlasting Longing without any problems has clearly led to iQiyi also making the smart move to airdrop its own long shelved other Angelababy starring C-drama. It’s titled Back For You and is a short 12-episoder with her and Wang An Yu about a police officer solving crimes and the female lead is a woman who awakens … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Angelababy, Back For You, Wang An Yu | 7 Replies

First Official Stills of Suzy and Kim Woo Bin in Netflix K-drama Everything Will Come True by Writer Kim Eun Sook

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2025
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I feel like this drama was my version of Everything Will Come True. I had a wish that Suzy and Kim Woo Bin would do a drama together, the universe made it happen a decade ago with Uncontrollably Fond and with one of my favorite screenwriters Lee Kyung Hee, and it was such a rollercoaster of an experience for me. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Everything Will Come True, Kim Woo Bin, Suzy | 13 Replies

Media Coverage and Loved Ones Condolences Pour in on the Shocking Passing of TW-actress Barbie Hsu

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 3, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2025
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TW-actress Barbie Hsu (Da S) may very well be one of the most famous TW-stars of all time, in a combination of the timing of her rise and her colorful personal life and strong personality. She transitioned from singing and variety hosting to acting right at the year 2001 with Meteor Garden, which is based on a wildly popular Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Barbie Hsu, Da S | 12 Replies

iQiyi Confirms Release of Xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree on February 7th and Releases New Preview and Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 3, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 2, 2025
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This drama feels like it’s been on deck for much too longer and not for any problems with it, there is just a lot of C-dramas filmed all playing Jenga for the right airing slot. Xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree, which I said was one of three big period C-dramas airing this month, has confirmed a February 7th … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Xin Hai, Deng Wei, Love of the Divine Tree, Xiang Han Zhi | 3 Replies

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