K-netizens Go Wild as YG Entertainment Claims it Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny that its Stars Kang Dong Won and Blackpink’s Rose are Dating

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This is a fresh news dating news and the quick non-response makes the rumor even more exciting to ponder. Monday morning in Seoul came with the rumor that A-list movie star Kang Dong Won is dating his same agency hoobae Blackpink‘s Rose who is currently in LA having just performed at Coachella. After the news broke, YG Entertainment was asked … Continue reading →

C-netizens Discussed Casting Rumor of Jackson Yee and Zhao Lu Si in Director Zhang Yimou’s C-drama League of Legends

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Well this is one huge melon if I ever saw one, but in C-rumor land nothing is ever 100% untrue until the official announcement otherwise. C-ent this week has a rumor that Jackson Yee (Yi Yang Qian Xi) and Zhao Lu Si will be pairing up for a big budget C-drama League of Legends directed by award winning director Zhang … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Makes Fendi Feel Younger in New SNS Pictures From Italy

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For the European couture brands that have selected South Korea stars as brand spokespersons, most of the times it feels like the brands doesn’t really need the star to give it extra boost but for Fendi picking Song Hye Kyo I totally think its the other way around. She’s been a top actress for nearly twenty five years and still … Continue reading →

SBS Fri-Sat Drama Taxi Driver 2 Ends with 21% Ratings Setting the Ceiling for Prime Time Dramas in 2023

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It’s a fantastic ending for SBS Fri-Sat drama Taxi Driver 2 (Model Taxi 2) which took a solid and decently rated first season and upped the success quotient for the second go-around. The final episode brought in 21% ratings which puts it on the highest rating for any prime time drama in 2023, a nice continuation of the recent successes … Continue reading →

Scheduling Rumors has Period C-drama Story of Kunning Palace with Bai Lu and Zhang Ling He Airing within Next Month and May Overlap with Till the End of the Moon

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So this is either great publicity drumming or a way to counterprogram. There were a lot of C-dramas finished in 2021 and 2022 that fans have been dying to watch and the released earlier this month of Till the End of the Moon was the oasis water for period fans parched desert thirst. But now comes rumors that Story of … Continue reading →

K-actor Ong Seung Woo Shares Shaved Head Livestream Ahead of Military Enlistment

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Okay, I totally didn’t know this talented cutie is off to the army so it’s a surprise and a happy one to see him ready to serve. Ong Seung Woo is enlisting on April 17th and will be an active duty soldier, go get ’em youg whipper snapper! He shared a quick live stream this week showing off his freshly … Continue reading →

Kim Woo Bin Turns Apocalyptic Delivery Driver in Poster and First Teaser for Netflix Drama Black Knight

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So the last three months I flew a lot to and from Asia and those long haul trans-Pacific flights were perfect for catching up on movies I’ve been waiting to watch because I’m too lazy to go to the theater. One movie that I have been meaning to watch as Alienoid Part 1 and it was the perfect plane movie, … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won’s Romance Thriller Drama The Queen of Tears Scheduled for December 2023 Premiere on tvN Weekend Slot

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tvN has put the big budget big production K-drama The Queen of Tears on its 2023 schedule formally, squeezing it in at the end of the year in December 2023. The drama was already anticipated coming from screenwriter Park Ji Eun of Crash Landing on You, Legend of the Blue Sea, and You From Another Star, then it got even … Continue reading →

Park Seo Joon Adorably Shares New SNS Pictures of Him Fixing His Hair Days After The Marvels Trailer Where His Hair Triggered Massive Complaints

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We all know stars are humans and are either on their SNS for professional reasons or just because they want to know what’s going on. And in the day since the released of the first trailer for Hollywood superhero movie The Marvels where Park Seo Joon gets his big US movie break all the commentary is about how derpy he … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin Spotted Vacationing in Japan on their First Year Wedding Anniversary

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Well these two continue to be married goals, from decent length of dating to honeymoon period baby to now celebrating their first anniversary with a quick fun jaunt to the current It Vacation Spot that is Japan. K-stars Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin were spotted in Japan recently with reports that they went their for their one year anniversary, … Continue reading →

Taxi Driver 2 with Lee Je Hoon is a Bigger Hit than First Season and May Even Break 20% Ratings for SBS in Finale Weekend

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Since I didn’t finish Taxi Driver (Model Taxi) despite liking the first few episodes (just lost track of it), the second season which premiered this past February was not a series I tracked. But for SBS, the decision to greenlight Taxi Driver 2 has paid off as the ratings for this season has surpassed the original with an episode high … Continue reading →

Son Seok Gu in Talks for Next Hong Sisters Romance Drama Can This Love be Translated

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Well this is certainly a get for the Hong Sisters if this actor does indeed confirm for their next K-drama. Son Seok Gu is in talks for romance drama Can This Love be Translated, which is the next Hong Sisters drama and takes them back to pure romance land away from their previous three dramas which all had fantasy elements … Continue reading →

K-rapper Ravi of VIXX and 2 Days 1 Night Faces Two Years Jail Sentence for Falsifying Medical Records for Military Service Exemption or Downgrade

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So this may be one of the toughest celeb military enlistment scandals that I can remember in terms of the severity of the punishment. K-rapper Ravi of the group VIXX and former popular member of variety 2 Days 1 Night was under investigation since last year after a group of brokers were captured by police as running a military service … Continue reading →