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Supporting Cast Member in Netflix Apocalypse Drama Goodbye Earth Laments All the Good Work that Will Never Be Broadcast

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 4, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 4, 2023
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K-actor Yoo Ah In actually has a few upcoming projects both movie and drama and the first confirmed news this week was Netflix replacing him in the yet to film Hellbound 2. But for the completed projects, today a supporting actor on the Netflix drama Goodbye Earth posted a lament on his SNS that it was such an honor to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Eun Jin, Goodbye Earth, Jeon Sung Woo, Kim Yoon Hye, Yoo Ah In

Jeon Do Yeon Goes From Mousy Mother Figure in tvN Drama to Contract Killer in Upcoming Netflix Movie Kill Boksoon

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 3, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 4, 2023
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Okay, this is CLEARLY the K-version gender swapped John Wick, no? Nothing wrong with that and having top actress Jeon Do Yeon completely go killer femme fatale is brilliant casting for upcoming Netflix movie Kill Boksoon. It’s also great counter programming to her currently airing tvN drama Crash Course in Romance where she got negative feedback for looking old and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Esom, Jeon Do Yeon, Kill Boksoon, Koo Kyo Hwan, Sol Kyung Gu

Official Character Stills for the Full Cast of Xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 3, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 2, 2023
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I have no idea what dang video I may have paused over a second too long on FB because the last few weeks I’ve been getting recommended videos for the xianxia drama Ancient Love Poetry. Still have no desire to watch it lol but it is interesting to see snippets and still think “yeah, Xu Kai and Zhou Dong Yu … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Hidden God, Li Yun Rui, The Last Immortal, Wang An Yu, Zhao Lu Si

Dilraba Dilmurat Emerges in CF Shoot After Months Out of the Public Eye with Svelte Figure Seemingly Refuting the Recent Rumors of Pregnancy with Reported Boyfriend Huang Jing Yu

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 3, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 3, 2023
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So there may be truth in one of these rumors but not the other, still it’s majorly entertaining. Last month in February 2023 there was a renewal of an earlier rumor that top drama actress Dilraba Dilmurat was pregnant, with the baby daddy being actor Huang Jing Yu (Johnny Huang), who has been linked with her since the two costarred … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dilraba Dilmurat

Top Stars Lee Byung Hyun, Kwon Sang Woo, Lee Min Ho and more Named in Recent Korean Tax Evasion Investigation

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 2, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 2, 2023
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So calling it the colloquial term tax evasion obviously inputs concerted wrongdoing, but calling it tax underpayment or additional owed taxes feels like just an ooopsie oversight. I don’t know if what happened here to embroil top Korean stars is the former or latter but this week the announcement of a government investigation into a large group of rich and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Tae Hee, Kwon Sang Woo, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Min Ho

Yoo Ah In Replaced with Kim Sung Cheol for Hellbound Season 2 on Netflix and His Agency Claims His Propofol Use was Due to Fear of Needles During Medical Procedures

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 2, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 2, 2023
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So it looks like Netflix is the first production company to take action against Yoo Ah In after his drug abuse scandal came to light. The streaming giant has announced that actor Kim Sung Cheol, currently one of the three stage Shakespeares cavorting around writing plays and falling in love, will be replacing Yoo Ah In but playing the same … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hellbound, Kim Sung Cheol, Yoo Ah In

Bai Lu’s Male Lead in Republic Era C-drama Northward Keeps Changing with Latest Candidate Being Ou Hao

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 2, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 1, 2023
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I’m here just to see if Bai Lu actually goes through the entire laundry list of same level male leads in her casting carousel for the Republic era C-drama Northward. First it was Tan Jian Ci, then to Wang Yi Bo and last week got the big name Yang Yang connected. Apparently over the weekend Gong Jun‘s name was thrown … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Northward, Ou Hao

Song Joong Ki Refutes Untrue Rumors About Wife Katy and Says Only Thing True Reported on Her Background is Her Education

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 1, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2023
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Well this will definitely end the discussions netizens have about Song Joong Ki marrying a woman with a complicated background. Turns out none of it is true and the couple probably just didn’t care to explain what was just randos making things up on the internet. When Song Joong Ki announced he was dating and then later married wife Katy … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Married, Song Joong Ki

Yoo Ah In Drug Use Scandal Increases in Severity as He Also Tests Positive for Cocaine and Ketamine in His System

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 1, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 1, 2023
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Holy crap how can this matter keep getting worse when it was already bad enough from the outset. Police have revealed today that actor Yoo Ah In has also tested positive for cocaine and ketamine in his drug test taken when he was first investigated. The initial investigation was for unauthorized and illegal repeated propofol abuse but has since yielded … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Yoo Ah In

Baek Jin Hee and Ahn Jae Hyun Make Comeback Together in KBS Weekend Drama The Real One Has Appeared

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 1, 2023 by ockoalaMarch 1, 2023
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It feels like the weekend drama The Real One Has Appeared is one of those meant to be stories and it’s pretty serendipitous that the two leads are on the same meant to be time line. The KBS drama starring Baek Jin Hee and Ahn Jae Hyun will air at the end of March taking over for the pretty meh … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Jae Hyun, Baek Jin Hee

Murdered HK Socialite Abby Choi’s Parents, Husband, and In-laws Visit the Crime Scene for the First Seven Funeral Rites to Summon Her Soul

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2023
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I don’t know if its the height of stupidity or avarice, most likely both, that led murdered sociality Abby Choi’s ex-husband and his extended family to think they could kill her and get away with it. She’s not just a semi-famous figure in HK-ent society pages but she has a full family and husband family who would obviously note that … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Abby Choi

Woo Do Hwan Transforms into the Joseon Lawyer in First Promos for the MBC Sageuk Costarring Bona

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2023
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Keeping expectations low so this one actually looks not bad. MBC Fri-Sat drama is currently Kokdu: Season of Deity which has neither ratings nor buzz and when it ends at the end of March will be succeeded by Joseon Lawyer starring Woo Do Hwan and Bona in what looks like a comedic romp about seeking justice in olden days using … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bona, Cha Hak Yeon, Joseon Lawyer, Woo Do Hwan

Long Languished on Shelf BL Novel Adapted C-drama Winner is King with Tan Jian Ci and Chen Zhe Yuan Reportedly to Drop March 2023

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 28, 2023
Two characters from "Feng Huo Liu Jin."

C-novelist Priest is well known for being prolific and also having a subset of BL novels that are wildly popular. Her BL novels have been adapted into dramas Word of Honor and Guardian and a third Sha Po Lang was filming in 2020 into the drama Winner is King (烽火流金) but has languished on the shelf due to the soft … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Tan Jian Ci, Winner is King

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