Kim Yoo Jung, Byun Woo Seok, Park Jung Woo, and Roh Yoon Seo Promote Netflix Movie 20th Century Girl with Elle Korea November 2022 Pictorial

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I’m keeping my expectations in check for 20th Century Girl, a Netflix produced Korean movie that seems to be assembled from all those high school and missed chance stories but without a different hook from the promos. It’s just two girls and two guy besties and their crossed feelings and loyalties, set in the late 90’s and then pulled forward … Continue reading →

C-rumor of a Top Actress with Two Character Name Facing Tax Evasion Investigation and Netizens Zero in on Yang Zi

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On other countries tax evasion elicits just a yawn and a sense of paperwork drudgery but in Mainland China it can be a death knell for a star’s career. Fan Bing Bing fell from the very pinnacle and is only now 4 years later trying to slowly come back. Deng Lun and Zheng Shuang are cancelled forever, but Yuan Bing … Continue reading →

Popular Film Actor Ma Dong Seok Reveals He Registered Marriage to Long Time Girlfriend Ye Jung Hwa Last Year in 2021 During the Pandemic

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Awwww, what a belated happy news to share! While receiving an award this week, successful film actor Ma Dong Seok shared with the press that he’s a married man! Apparently last year he quietly registered his marriage with long time girlfriend Ye Jung Hwa, who is a health trainer, after dating for 6 years. The two met in 2015 and … Continue reading →

Yet Another Rumor of a Reunion of Under the Power Costars Tan Song Yun and Allen Ren in New C-drama

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Take this with the usual grain of melon salt but this week a C-ent article is raising the possibility of the long awaited reunion of fan favorite onscreen leads Allen Ren and Tan Song Yun in a new drama. It’s from the writer Mo Bao Fei Bao of the novel behind One and Only and if the leads accept will … Continue reading →

Smexy Ahjusshi Cha Seung Won Steals Seoul Runway and Considering Sageuk Movie Tyrant with Kim Sun Ho

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It’s a week with multiple Cha Seung Won news items and that makes me happy. First came his runway appearance at the Seoul Fall Fashion Week looking fly as can be. He’s always been a hot ahjusshi and year after year just builds upon it with maybe more white hair and wrinkles but also more charisma. Then came news that … Continue reading →

KBS Drama Curtain Releases Releases Uninspired Official Posters and New Preview Highlighting Kang Ha Neul and Ha Ji Won Playing Both Generations of Characters

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There may be a lot of meta in the upcoming KBS drama Curtain Call but right now it feels mega old school. It doesn’t help that it brings early aughts melodrama made famous leads Ha Ji Won and Kwon Sang Woo together though he’s likely not getting the girl as the second male lead this time. Kang Ha Neul throws … Continue reading →

Dylan Wang and Bai Lu Confirmed Now for 2023 Modern C-romance Love in Camp

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At least the confirmation came swiftly on the heels of the rumored casting for this one, saves a lot of speculation and maybe even potential early in fighting between fandom leads. C-drama Love in Camp (earlier title Accidental Love) is confirmed with leads Dylan Wang and Bai Lu and the earlier approval with 36-episodes has apparently been increased to 40-episodes. … Continue reading →

Kim Sun Ho to Make K-drama Comeback with Sageuk Romance Haesi’s Shinru From the Writer of Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

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The Kim Sun Ho comeback train continues and honestly it’s being done in such a measured way one kudos to his agency. He did a stage performance in the fall and has resumed more interviews and CFs, and now he’s likely picking up his first K-drama since his October 2021 scandal paused his then red hot career. The drama is … Continue reading →

One Dollar Lawyer Breaks 15% Ratings with Episode 8 as Lee Chung Ah Guest Stars and Fans Clamor for a Future Third Time Pairing with Namgoong Min

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There weren’t a lot of people that watched tvN drama Awaken (Night and Day) but I was hella hooked thanks to the initially very intriguing sci-fi plus procedural mystery. Then it was the Namgoong Min and Lee Chung Ah show as the two riffed off one another and build this simmering incredible chemistry that works as police partners and as … Continue reading →

Screenwriter Im Sung Han of the Crazy Makjang Dramas Gets Upset at K-reporters for Misreporting Her Next Drama Fairy Durian as the Romance of a Mother-in-law and Her Daughter-in-law

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Lololol I love this news story because there is so much meta especially when one knows the drama writing background of screenwriter Im Sung Han. She’s the writer of hit dramas Love ft. Marriage & Divorce, Princess Aurora, New Tales of Gisaeng, The Jewel Family and many more dramas that always throws the characters into the deep end of the … Continue reading →

Gong Hyo Jin Shares Subtle Shots From Her Wedding to Kevin Oh Including Three Wedding Dresses and Interesting Wedding Bouquet

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It’s a big wedding year for K-ent with four A-list wedding from the same generation of acting stars, two to each other heh – first Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin, then Namgoong Min to Jin Ah Reum, and now Gong Hyo Jin with Kevin Oh. It’s all billed as private friends and family wedding affairs but pictures leak and … Continue reading →

Elle Korea Showcases Top K-stars Gong Yoo, Kim Go Eun, Park Seo Joon, Lee Sung Kyung, Jennie, and G-Dragon for the 30th Anniversary Celebration

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It’s the 30th anniversary next month in November 2022 for Elle Korea and it feels like a later entry for the magazine into South Korea than expected. It started sharing and influencing fashion in the early 90’s but missed the fast growth transition years of the 80’s. But in the intervening three decades South Korea is now not just a … Continue reading →

Nam Joo Hyuk to Enlist for Military Service in December 2022 After Disney+ K-drama Vigilante Finishes Filming in November

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Oh what a difference a scandal makes, if he had enlisted in April 2022 there would have been such a groundswell of nostalgia and well-wishes but now it just feels like crickets. K-actor Nam Joo Hyuk will be heading off for his mandatory military service in December 2022 by year end as confirmed by his agency. He’s enlisting late as … Continue reading →