The motto of Squid Game 2 is clearly go big(ger) or go home because holy is this an insanely packed drama cast. The main leads attended the script reading and Netflix released the pictures showing Lee Jung Jae and Lee Byung Hun as the two heavyweight A-list leads with returning Wi Ha Joon and new arrivals Im Shi Wan, Kang … Continue reading →
I feel like tvN has gotten its hands on a sure fire IP with airing the second season of The Uncanny Counter, with the first season of the webtoon adapted drama making waves on OCN. The second season called The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch brings back all five main leads and adds on four new villains played by high … Continue reading →
tvN drama Useless Lies is still a whole month out premiering at the end of July but I’m really stoked to see Kim So Hyun back on the small screen and with cutie pie Minhyun as her male lead. The three new drama posters are kinda mid but it’s not that big a deal this drama doesn’t seem to need … Continue reading →
There is no shortage of star scandals in any industry but also time keeps passing so some are able/insistent on making comebacks and there is another one in K-ent. Former lead actor Uhm Tae Woong is joining the cast of K-drama I Kill You which has leads Kang Ji Young and Lee Ki Kwang and has already started filming. It’s … Continue reading →
After a few days of no new allegations on the TW-entertainment Me Too front, another big name is now being accused of sexual misconduct. Ta Ya, an entertainer and variety star who got her start in 2011 on the music making show Blackie’s Teenage Club produced and hosted by Blackie (Blackie Chen or Chen Chien Chou, a basketball player turned … Continue reading →
A warm, comforting and familiar meal absolutely deserves to be enjoyed and praised when done right, not everything needs to be cutting edge and innovative. jTBC rom-com King the Land has risen to the top in the second week of airing, nearly doubling the ratings of tvN‘s See You in My 19th Life and also getting close to breaking 10% … Continue reading →
The success of classic K-drama rom-com King the Land may give more wind under the sails for upcoming rom-coms and hopefully more of it. Another one in the works is Because I Don’t Want to Lose and has inked Shin Mina as the female lead. The story is about a really put upon young woman who has nothing good in … Continue reading →
This drama may require us adapting the Taylor Swift lyrics to sing It is “never, ever, ever going to” air. I am talking about Immortality (Hao Yi Xing) adapted from the beloved BL novel The Husky and His White Cat Shizun also known as Er Ha. Starring Luo Yun Xi and Chen Fei Yu, the drama has been done filming … Continue reading →
Filming is underway for the second installment of the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series the Zhu Ye chapter. With the word bamboo in the title and in female lead Liu Shi Shi‘s character name the first official character posters leaned wholly into the color green. But it appears Shi Shi’s character may flirt with the dark side as new filming stills … Continue reading →
Taiwan entertainment’s Me Too revelations from last week continue on and the one involving singer-actor Aaron Yan will have additional ramifications it appears. His accuser the TikTok star Yao Le (Raku) updated his SNS today that he went in to give his statement (to the authorities) and everything will await a formal legal investigation. His accusations against Aaron include unlawful … Continue reading →
Well a new day and a new spate and this one is from C-ent and revolved around just premiered modern school age romance Hidden Love. The drama stars Chen Zhe Yuan and Zhao Lu Si adapted from a web novel about a teenage girl that crushes on her older brother’s college age best friend and after she grows up gets … Continue reading →
A big round of applause to consummate professional K-actress Yoon Hae Young for not losing her marbles when acting out a ten minute long scene opposite Choi Myung Gil in the premiere episode of TV Chosun drama Durian’s Affair (Lady Durian) that has all of K-viewers abuzz. Mega makjang screenwriter Im Sang Han is back with her particular brand of … Continue reading →
If disgraced star Mickey Huang personally produced the variety show Big Boss then that is the only reason for the show not dropping him as the host when every other one of his other hosted shows have done so in the aftermath of sexual harassment allegations against him. The veteran host is now out of the hospital from his suicide … Continue reading →
