The 2022 is more than half over but some things don’t change. I feel like the folks on the top 10 lists in South Korea rarely change and this new aggregation of the top earners for 2022 so far is a collection of the same names. Making the list as the only solo female star is Jeon Ji Hyun at … Continue reading →
Time for a laugh inducing post, chingus! Other than everyone and their grandmothers and even people who just came out of a coma all eating at Subways for breakfast/lunch/dinner/dream sequences, there are many other examples of egregious PPL (product placement) in K-dramas. A recent set of GIFs and stills helpfully collected it so you can see with your own eyes … Continue reading →
When the C-ent gossip netizens who claimed last week that HK-actor Jacky Heung cheated on his TW-actress wife Bea Hayden during her second pregnancy by taking a girl back to their condo, and further claimed he’s done this many times before, they also threatened to drop more tea because Jacky’s momma bear mother Tiffany Chen went on the offensive claiming … Continue reading →
This Tuesday saw the conclusion of Link: Eat, Love, Kill with Yeo Jin Gu and Moon Ga Young in what is best described as an underwhelming run. Ratings started at 3.124% and then went downhill from there with a series low at one point of 1.423% and overall averaging 2.108%. The drama however appears to have a noted ardent following … Continue reading →
The actors or actresses who attend prestigious acting colleges like the most prestigious Beijing Film Academy tend to debut later after graduating, though there are the rare ones like grown up child actor Wu Lei who got accepted after he made a name for himself in multiple dramas and now continues to act and study at the same time. And … Continue reading →
Well this is either going to be epic or a hot mess, and I’m hoping for epic and think it will actually work out. Thirty years after the release of super popular and beloved shonen manga Yu Yu Hakusho, still readable today and stands the test of time, it’s finally getting a live action adaptation. Netflix will be producing the … Continue reading →
The contrast could not be greater between Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young in their upcoming drama Love by Law, versus each other in this drama and versus their characters in their previous drama that they first worked together on A Korean Odyssey (Hwayugi). She’s all grown up, with a good head on her shoulders as a capable lawyer, … Continue reading →
Well one of these two is looking mighty fine, but then again, I’m partial that her to begin with. The first stills are out of the two leads for the upcoming C-drama The Legend of Shen Li adapted from the novel Yu Feng Xing (Traveling with the Phoenix). Zhao Li Ying plays a female general and she looks kickass, love … Continue reading →
To dominate for as long as Dilraba Dlimarut has, a good 8 years if you ask me, is quite a feat especially for fickle C-ent. She’s been crowned the most beautiful Xinjiang region female entertainer year after year and it’s not even close for other equally beautiful but just a smidge less popular fellow Xinjiang born actresses Guli Nezha and … Continue reading →
I love this casting and also love this rising actress getting her big break. K-actress Ha Yoon Kyung is currently the second female lead in ENA drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo and her character is nuanced and complex and also super caring towards everyone’s fave whale-loving autistic lawyer Woo Young Woo. She’s now going to jump into a high profile next … Continue reading →
I feel like period C-dramas are once again leveling up, not just putting pretty faces on screen with flashy costumes and special effects, some recent dramas have delivered tightly directed visuals that play a big part in the overall production being so good. This year alone I’ve seen it in A Dream of Splendor and now with Love Like the … Continue reading →
The schizophrenic ratings swing from Saturday to Sunday airings of Alchemy of Souls was particularly jarring this week, with a new ratings low one night leading to a new ratings high the next night. Tonally this episode 12 was much better for me, tighter in narrative progression and actual stakes rather than one long Wook training montage. The best part … Continue reading →
Wedding bells are a-ringing! And wow in my mind she’s still so young but retired Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater Kim Yuna is already 31 years old (32 in Korean age) and this morning announced her upcoming marriage. She will be tying the knot with singer Ko Woo Rim of Forestella, a male vocal quartet. This official announcement came on … Continue reading →
