Crash Course in Romance Episodes 9-10 Put on a Lesson in Wonderfully Decent People Thoughtfully Working Through Feelings and Frustrations as Ratings Roar to 13.501%

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The audience love for Crash Course in Romance continues and the more I watch the more the things I love about it outweigh the few that I don’t. There was emotional breakthroughs for both leads, candid conversations, and even a drunken kiss that felt so sweetly orchestrated, this rom-com is doing wonders for reminding viewers that not all K-drama romance … Continue reading →

Endorsements and Brands Start to Drop Yoo Ah In During His Drug Use Investigation and He’s Likely on the Hook for Extensive Penalties

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This is so been there done that in C-ent, the moment a scandal breaks the star is dropped like a hot potato by brands AND on the hook thereafter for penalties stemming from breach of contract with the image and morality clause. You can question the fairness of such a clause but in contracts when one party pays for something … Continue reading →

Honey Lee Pairs Up with Fast Rising Young Actor Lee Jong Won for Sageuk Rom-com Flower that Blooms at Night

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Well this is an mighty strange casting pair but who knows, stranger things have worked. A new sageuk drama is being prepped titled Flower that Blooms at Night and late last year was reported to be starring Honey Lee in her first acting project after having a baby. Now her male lead has been cast with young rising actor Lee … Continue reading →

jTBC Drama The Interest of Love Headdesks its Way into An Ending That Stays True to the Entire Frustrating Story

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OMG, it’s been a LOOOOOONG time since I remember watching a K-drama as headdesk frustrating as this one. The Interest of Love wasn’t bad per se, it was just a story with four awful leads acting like they were emotionally blind and walking into walls and each other the entire time when everyone could just open their eyes like normal … Continue reading →

K-netizens Discuss the Complex Collapse of Once Hit Drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal in that Only One of the Leads is Scandal Free

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I thought Sungkyunkwan Scandal was basically un-re-watchable after the Park Yoochun toilet scandal, and even more so with his drug arrest and myriad additional subsequent scandals after. But now K-netizens are saying its unfathomable levels of un-re-watchable with only one remaining non-scandal ridden star among the four leads namely Song Joong Ki. With Yoo Ah In‘s propofol investigation and Park … Continue reading →

Liu Shi Shi Leads a Gorgeous Female Cast in New Promo Stills for Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love

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There are new stills out for C-drama A Journey to Love and it’s all the ladies but I’m not complaining! Starring Liu Shi Shi in her first drama in a few years and even better has a male lead Liu Yu Ning that I’m actually intrigued to watch due to his improvement from project to project. The stills of the … Continue reading →

Jang Ki Yong in Talks for Fantasy K-drama Though Not a Hero as First Project Post Military Discharge

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I felt like K-actor Jang Ki Yong hasn’t been gone for military enlistment for that long but that’s due to him having a drama air months after he enlisted, namely Now, We are Breaking Up. That one was a raging snoozer but I did enjoy the one before My Roommate is a Gumiho. Maybe fantasy is his genre so this … Continue reading →

K-ent is Reporting that Yoo Ah In has Tested Positive for Marijuana in Addition to His Illegal Propofol Use Investigation

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The situation is getting worse for K-actor Yoo Ah In and it will need to be seen whether he will face any heavy legal consequences or just be fined. Today K-ent has reported that during the investigation into Yoo Ah In’s alleged illegal propofol abuse, he was ordered to test for other substances and his urine test came back positive … Continue reading →

K-netizens So Happy to Learn that Prolific Supporting Actress Lee Bong Ryun Most Recently in Crash Course in Romance is Married to Scene-stealing Supporting Actor Lee Gyu Hoe

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Fans of K-dramas must recognize these two on sight but I’m ashamed to admit, myself included, that most don’t know their names. We do now! K-netizens are chattering about the recent discovery that supporting leads Lee Bong Ryun and Lee Gyu Hoe are married in real life. Lee Bong Ryun is most recently in Crash Course in Romance as the … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In’s Investigation into Illegal Propofol Abuse Tied to Broader Sweep of Over 50 Individuals Identified by the Ministry of Food and Drug

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Looks like the system Korea has in place to investigate illegal use of prescription drugs is working. K-actor Yoo Ah In is under investigation for illegal propofol abuse and his agency has said he is fully cooperating. Turns out his name was merely one of over 50 individuals identified by the state Ministry of Food and Drug Safety after they … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo is Ready to Take Her Revenge to the Destructive End in Posters and Preview for Part 2 of Netflix Drama The Glory

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Anticipation and making her enemies wait for what she has in store is part of the torture of unknown revenge that Song Hye Kyo is dishing out as her character in Netflix drama The Glory. Perhaps that is why the drama was split into two parts, because unlike multi season shows where there is an end of sorts splitting this … Continue reading →

Nearly Every K-star from Song Hye Kyo to Lee Min Ho are Fashion Fails at Fendi Event in Seoul

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Oh god I hope everyone was paid in cash rather than clothes/accessories for attending the Fendi fashion event in Seoul this week. It was such a tragic fashion fail, from the ugly clothes to everyone including the men carrying purses to the too shiny faces on most of the faces. It actually highlights how bad this season’s Fendi styles look … Continue reading →

First Poster and Teaser for KBS Period Young Romance Drama Oasis with Jang Dong Yoon, Seok In Ah, and Choo Yeong Woo

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Period set in the 1980’s youth dramas are pretty trendy in the last few years there was Youth of May and Snowdrop and coming up on KBS Mon-Tues will be Oasis. I expect conflict in the form of political protest transgressions and someone going to jail, and lo and behold in the preview that’s exactly what’s shown. Nothing wrong with … Continue reading →