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Lee Min Ho Shares Pictures From the Set of When the Stars Gossip with Costars Gong Hyo Jin, Oh Jung Se, and Kim Joo Hun as Drama Wraps Filming

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2023
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K-actor Lee Min Ho really seems at ease playing an OB/GYN doctor in his next upcoming K-drama, fully comfortable with the purple scrubs and Crocs lol. The drama When the Stars Gossip (Korean title Ask the Stars) has wrapped filming and this week Lee Min Ho shared pictures from the set of him hanging with his costars. There is Gong … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin, Kim Joo Hun, Lee Min Ho, Oh Jung Se, When the Stars Gossip

Major Reunion Coming for TW Complicated Romance Anthology Series Starring Ariel Lin, Tiffany Ann Hsu, Mike He, and Kai Ko

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2023
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The musical chairs of TW-casting totally hit a homerun here and brought up a complete reunion of all four leads. This week TW-ent announced and upcoming anthology series titled Not Kind Enough Us (不夠善良的我們) with dual female leads Ariel Lin and Tiffany Ann Hsu playing onscreen romance rivals for 12 years. Man, is the It Started with a Kiss rivalry … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ann Hsu, Ariel Lin, Kai Ko, Mike He

The Talented Sextet of Leads for Stage Production of Shakespeare in Love Show Off Charm at Press Conference

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2023
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So this is genuinely one of those incredible projects that most K-drama lovers will not be able to experience but I can still follow along as a fan of talented stars taking on cool challenges. The three actress and three actor leads for the stage production of Shakespeare in Love attended the press conference this week ahead of the upcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Chae Soo Bin, Jung Moon Sung, Jung So Min, Kim Sung Cheol, Kim Yoo Jung, Lee Sang Yi

Netizen Murmurs Lead to Speculation that Cancelled C-actor Zhang Zhe Han is Prepping the Release of an Album in Taiwan for a Career Reboot

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2023
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The cancellations in C-ent have been always been fast and furious and such is the price of promoting in an industry that demands adherence to certain norms. C-actor Zhang Zhe Han‘s complete career destruction has been one of those that is either justified or totally blown out of proportion. It’s clear he has no chance of coming back in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Zhang Zhe Han

Lee Seung Gi Posts Handwritten Note Announcing April 7th Wedding to Girlfriend Lee Da In

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2023
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When we watch dramas and it seems so unnecessarily complicated for two people to getogether and in real life someone actually gets together let’s just be happy for them. K-ent has another major wedding announcement to kick off February, with Lee Seung Gi announcing that he’s tying the knot with long time girlfriend Lee Da In. The couple have gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Lee Da In, Lee Seung Gi, Married, Wedding

Wang Yibo Trends as “The Hopeless Illiterate” After Whiffing Interview Questions at the Press Conference for Movie Hidden Blade

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 29, 2024
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So this was a major trending topic on C-ent last week, but it’s kinda already happened before type of news in that similar callouts have happened before with this actor yet he’s still getting big gigs. Last week Wang Yibo attended a press conference with the director for the movie Hidden Blade where he costars with acting legend Tony Leung. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Wang Yibo

First Official Posters and Stills for Xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal with Zhao Lu Si and Wang An Yu

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2023
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So this official promo drop came from nowhere so I didn’t see it until a few days later but no fret here it is, the first posters and stills for the upcoming xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal (Hidden Gods). Starring Zhao Lu Si and Wang An Yu, the drama is a sequel of sorts to Ancient Love Poetry which starred … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Hidden Gods, The Last Immortal, Wang An Yu, Zhao Lu Si

Crash Course in Romance Hits 11.823% Ratings for Episode 8 as the Found Family Dynamic and the Rigors of High School Tutoring Continue to Interest Viewers

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2023
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Now midway through airing, tvN weekend rom-com Crash Course on Romance is a winner through and through. It’s just a good drama, but from a long time K-drama viewer I think the drama is made better thanks to Jung Kyung Ho‘s sparkling performance as the beta male lead with boatloads of emotional hangups but also could be a better “romance” … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Course in Romance

Song Hye Kyo’s Tour of Winter Paris with Friends is the Perfect Insta Star Being a Normal Person Inspo

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2023
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Paris in winter is definitely dreamy especially for the visitor that can pick the best stuff for a short curated sojourn. K-actress Song Hye Kyo was in the city recently and shared on her Instagram normal and rather casual pictures of her time in the city. She’s with friends, enjoying French food, and of course just out and about to … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Song Hye Kyo

Park Hyung Sik and Jeon So Nee Attend Press Conference with Cast of Our Blooming Youth Ahead of Monday Premiere on tvN

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2023
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I have high hopes for tvN‘s next Mon-Tues drama, the sageuk Our Blooming Youth, simply with the soon to end The Interest of Love I’ll need another weekday drama to follow along with. The routine is comforting for me as it marks the passage of time with a story that develops in a way I want to find out how … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon So Nee, Our Blooming Youth, Park Hyung Sik

Wang Yibo’s Agency Denies Rumor That He’s Dating a Top Older Female Star and That’s the Reason He Re-signed with Yue Hua Entertainment

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2023
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It’s a slow news week in C-ent but anything to do with C-actor Wang Yibo gets netizens attention. This week a popular and frequent C-ent gossiper claimed that Wang Yibo was in a some (more than friends) relationship with an older female top star and that it was an open secret in the industry. She takes good care of him … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Wang Yibo

The Interest of Love Takes Steps Forward in Unraveling Emotional Tangles But One Character Remains Frustratingly Masochistic

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2023
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It’s the second to last week airing of The Interest of Love, with episodes 13 and 14 like expecting to watch a horror movie through hands over the eyes but with tiny slits to peek through. Thankfully it wasn’t that painful and actually had a lot of breakthroughs. Mi Kyung finally accepted how toxic her rich family was and how … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Moon Ga Young, The Interest in Love, Yoo Yeon Seok

Jung Kyung Ho Rockets Up the Buzz Charts Again as the Perfect Beta Male Lead Thanks to Impeccable Performance in Crash Course on Romance

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2023 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2023
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If I haven’t watched Jung Kyung Ho stretch his acting (and genre) chops so much in his nearly two decade long career I would absolutely believe that he is always acting as himself, the perfect beta male lead. It started with Smile, You as his breakout drama and has continued off and on until now it’s back in the spotlight … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Crash Course in Romance, Jung Kyung Ho

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