Kim Yoo Jung Captures Pure Teen Romance in Poster and Preview for Netflix Movie 20th Century Girl with Byun Woo Seok and Park Jung Woo

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This upcoming Netflix K-movie looks so sweet and darling, evincing the same playbook as many such predecessors which take the young love from an earlier era and bring it forth to today as adults. Introduction to Architecture did it with juxtaposing time periods but for 20th Century Girl it looks like the movie will stick with the 1999 period high … Continue reading →

First Look at Cheng Yi with Zeng Shun Xi and Xiao Xun Yao in Three Male Lead Bromance Wuxia Drama Mysterious Lotus Casebook

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C-actor Cheng Yi just had this delicate male lead aura, which suits him playing gods in xianxia drama male leads and has in my mind pegged him in a certain mold. He’s tried breaking out obviously with modern dramas and now with an upcoming straight wuxia drama and still he looks like a xianxia god in the mortal realm doing … Continue reading →

Modern C-romance She and Her Perfect Husband with Yang Mi and Xu Kai Reportedly to Premiere This Week on October 12th

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Okay, so it is likely October 12th but may be October 13th, but this week it will happen as C-ent is reporting that modern romance drama She and Her Perfect Husband (爱的二八定律) is dropping in the usual air drop suddenly scheme that C-dramas do. I don’t know when the last modern C-drama I watched all the way through was, perhaps … Continue reading →

Kim Se Jung and Ahn Hyo Seob Reunite as Brand Ambassadors for Indonesian Company Realfood

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It’s 0-1 right now with the post A Business Proposal drama successes for the four leads who all benefited from the hit series. Kim Se Jung was first out of the gate with Today’s Webtoon and it’s one drama that I’ve heard really mixed reviews about in substantive ways. Those who don’t like it explain clearly why it’s a lackluster … Continue reading →

Chae Jong Hyeob to Join Kim So Hyun in Second Chance Romance K-drama Is It Coincidence

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Oh I like this male lead pick! A day after news that Kim So Hyun was taking on modern romance K-drama Is It Coincidence the male lead has been announced as likely Chae Jong Hyeob. He was the best thing in the messiest of hot mess dramas that was Sisyphus: The Myth but hasn’t since delivered on that potential in … Continue reading →

2022 Asia Star Awards Held at BIFF Manages to Take the Uninspiring Korean Awards Dressing to New Heights of Ugh

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Soooooo many memes work with this running joke about how poorly (selected) the South Korean stars look at red carpet events ranging from awards to festivals. It’s like they go out of their way to be beyond boring or intentionally fugly. The 2022 Asia Star Awards held at the Busan International Film Festival was like an episode of Project Runway … Continue reading →

Namgoong Min as the One Dollar Lawyer Delivers the Biggest Primetime Hit for SBS in 2022

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SBS Fri-Sat drama One Dollar Lawyer (Thousand Won Lawyer) already broke 10% ratings in episode 3 when it hit 12.9% but this most recent episode 5 one upped itself with 14.9% ratings. That shows after the week break more viewers got onboard and started watching, a very good sign for SBS. This is now the biggest ratings hit for the … Continue reading →

Namgoong Min and Jin Ah Reum Get Married in Seoul in Chic and Joyful Wedding Ceremony

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There is so much love and happiness radiating from these pictures it’s infectious. K-actor Namgoong Min and his lifetime girlfriend model-actress Jin Ah Reum tied the knot on Friday in Seoul after 6 years of dating. The bride and groom were beaming in all the pictures I saw especially Namgoong Min the man could not stop smiling. The guests were … Continue reading →

Supernatural Fantasy K-drama Island Confirmed for December 2022 Airing on TVing with Cast of Kim Nam Gil, Lee Da Hee, Cha Eun Woo, and Sung Joon

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So I didn’t hear much about upcoming K-drama Island after the final casting confirmation earlier this year but it’s apparently been filming/filmed and now has a date and network. The drama will air on streaming platform TVing this December 2022. Starring Kim Nam Gil, Lee Da Hee, Cha Eun Woo, and Sung Joon, it’s adapted from the same name manhua … Continue reading →

Rain and Jo Jung Seok Strongly Deny Magazine Rumor that Each is Having Affairs with Female Golfer

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Welp, be ready for legal consequences either way, when a publication says something it better be true or don’t spread it. A Korean magazine published an article that two married top stars with wives who are also famous is having an affair with a pretty female golfer. Netizens linked it to Rain and Jo Jung Seok and both actors have … Continue reading →

2022 Busan International Film Festival Kicks Off Opening Night Festivities Feting Legendary HK Actor Tony Leung and Bringing K-stars Galore Ready to Screen New Films

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This year is the 27th annual Busan International Film Festival and it’s back to the star-studded glory days of red carpet throngs and plenty of slow waves. Unfortunately the K-stars stuck to their tried and true boring fashion, a slew of black dresses with the rare color showing up. The men fared much better as the classic tux is never … Continue reading →

C-netizens Spot Disgraced Actor Li Yi Feng Back in Home Province of Sichuan After Multiple Arrests for Prostitution Ends Career

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Former high flying actor-singer Li Yi Feng is one of the 2022 casualties of the high standards of C-ent in terms of violating moral, ethical, and actual crimes. He did all three and while there hasn’t been news post his last arrest for prostitution in September last month it’s clear his career is over for good. It was revealed that … Continue reading →

Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si Reportedly Cast in Modern Romance C-drama Cherry Amber Making it the Third Time Working Together After Love Like the Galaxy and The Long Ballad

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It’s annoying when fandoms of popular well-liked onscreen couples turn against each other and such has happened in C-ent with summer hit drama Love Like the Galaxy leads Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si. Aside from CP fans, their individual fandoms have been at odds since the drama wrapped for various reasons so they don’t like this news much but … Continue reading →