Baeksang Awards 2022 Voting Results are Out with Squid Game the Unanimous Pick for Daesang and Competition Fierce in the Male Lead Category with Junho Victorious

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Oh I love seeing how the cheese is made! This also gives more legitimacy so here goes – the 2022 Baeksang Awards was last Friday and the judges have announced how the voting went. I’m only covering the television side, and the Daesang there went to the Netflix drama Squid Game and after the first round of voting in the … Continue reading →

Kim Sun Ho Returns to Instagram 8 Months After October 2021 Scandal, Apologizes to Fans and Thanks Them for Their Support and Birthday Wishes

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Okay, sounds like the comeback train is leaving the station, with what will likely be a measured and paced return. K-actor Kim Sun Ho posted on his high follower count Instagram account this weekend, a picture of the moon in the day sky. He also wrote an apology to his fans for his shortcomings, thanked them for celebrating his birthday … Continue reading →

Netflix K-drama The Sound of Magic is Off to a Promising Start with First Day Ranking #7 Worldwide

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It did feel like The Sound of Magic was in preparation for quite some time and now it’s finally here with a huge sigh of relief. It’s taking on a new fantasy genre for Netflix which has skewed supernatural and thriller, and the first day ranking got it up to #7 worldwide. That’s a great start but only time will … Continue reading →

Jung So Min and Lee Jae Wook Tease a Fantastical Broody Ancient World in First Look at tvN Drama Return From the Hong Sisters

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The first teasers are out for upcoming tvN fantasy period drama Return, which I’ve also seen called Soul Marriage, and it looks beautiful and broody beyond belief. Starring Jung So Min and Lee Jae Wook, this drama made headlines first for being the Hong Sisters first drama since their 2019 hit Hotel Del Luna and then later for essentially firing … Continue reading →

Award Winning K-movie Actress Kang Soo Yeon Passes Away at 55 Years Old After Suffering Sudden Stroke

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It’s with a sad heart to hear the news that K-actress Kang Soo Yeon has passed away. She suffered what was reportedly a stroke in her home three days ago and when the paramedics arrived she was in cardiac arrest as well. She was rushed to the hospital and has been undergoing medical treatment but unfortunately it was not enough … Continue reading →

K-netizens Have a New Frontrunner Pairing for the Goong Remake with Park Bo Gum and Suzy

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Okay, I can totally see this but also totally never see it happening. But if fan casting and fan fiction wants to run with it then it’s a very suitable pairing. Suzy and Park Bo Gum have worked together multiple times hosting and the most recent at the 2022 Baeksang Arts Awards. Their interaction at the ceremony especially with the … Continue reading →

tvN Revenge Melodrama Eve with Seo Ye Ji, Park Byung Eun, and Lee Sang Yeob Releases Old School Poster and Previews

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The evolution of K-dramas really took an accelerated turn these past three years thanks to the involvement of international streaming platform Netflix driving shorter episode dramas and a more diverse offering that can only be done with investment. Stuff like The Silent Sea, Squid Game, Hellbound, and All of Us are Dead really took things to a more cinematic visuals … Continue reading →

Junho, Kim Tae Ri, Squid Game, and D.P. are the Big Television Side Winners at the 2022 Baeksang Arts Awards

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The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won the Best Acting prizes in their respective categories. Junho took home Best Actor Drama for The Red Sleeve Cuff and … Continue reading →

Kim Go Eun Blossoms Under a New Romance in First Posters for Yumi’s Cells 2 with Elevated New Male Lead Jinyoung

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From last summer as a surprise treat what was the K-drama adaptation of Yumi’s Cells comes this summer a new treat with Yumi’s Cells 2 premiering in early June 2022. The first season was an adaptation that stayed true to the original webtoon in both story line and vibe with both leads Kim Go Eun and Ahn Bo Hyun bringing … Continue reading →

Park Min Young, Go Kyung Pyo, and Kim Jae Young Confirmed for Rom-com Drama MonWedFriTuesThursSat

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A new rom-com has its main trio cast and includes one very hardworking female lead who keeps going back-to-back with her projects. Weeks after finishing up Forecasting Love and Weather, K-actress Park Min Young has accepted her next project the romance drama MonWedFriTuesThursSat opposite confirmed male leads Go Kyung Pyo and Kim Jae Young. She plays a woman who has … Continue reading →

Veteran K-film Actress Kang Soo Yeon Rushed to Hospital After Being Found Unconscious in Home in Critical Condition

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What a sad news to share as K-ent is reporting that veteran actress Kang Soo Yeon is in the hospital fighting for her life. She was found unconscious at home by her family and rushed to the ER where she is currently being treated for what is likely a stroke, a burst blood vessel in the brain. When the ambulance … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Beautifully Showcases Chaumet Jewelry in New CF Pictorial

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There are top tier A-list actresses in South Korea that I feel will stay at that level forever regardless of occasional low rated dramas or low box office movies. Song Hye Kyo is one of that elite group and she’s so teflon with her image, I just see a very steady measured pace with her when she does stuff and … Continue reading →

Filming Kicks Off for Tale of Gumiho: 1938 Telling the Story Gumiho Brothers Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum Time-traveling to 1938 and Solving a Mystery with Kim So Yeon

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This isn’t a sequel and now it’s not even a true prequel to tvN 2021 fantasy drama Tale of Gumiho (Tale of the Nine-tailed). It’s called Tale of Gumiho:1938 and from the date everyone thought it would deal with the lives of immortal gumiho leads Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum from that era. Now the spoiler is out that … Continue reading →