J-ent Tabloid Catches Top Stars Yamazaki Kento and Hirose Suzu Out on a Date 6 Years After 2016 Romance Movie Your Lie in April

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Ooooh, a new (or old but newly confirmed) couple out of J-ent, and it’s equivalent level top young stars each with major fanbases. Japanese news magazine Shukan Bunshun last week reported, along with pictures, that actor Yamazaki Kento and actress Hirose Suzu are dating and it’s serious enough that they are maybe cohabitating. The two costarred together in the 2016 … Continue reading →

Love Like the Galaxy with Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si Gains Positive Review Traction 10 Episodes in After Rocky Start

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C-drama Love Like the Galaxy was high profile prior to airing because it was adapted from the novel by the same writer as The Story of Minglan and had two reuniting leads Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si who costarred in The Long Ballad though not as the OTP in there. I got interested due to the bit of pre-airing … Continue reading →

Alchemy of Souls Part 1 Consists of 20 Episodes with Jung So Min’s Story as the Center, Part 2 with 10 Episodes Changes to Go Yoon Jung as Female Lead

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Omo, come again? Like, way to harsh my buzz Hong Sisters! News broke today about the structure of Alchemy of Souls, which announced prior to airing that it would consist of Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1 is scheduled for 20-episodes and the subsequent Part 2 would have 10-episodes. Now the production is explaining that Jung So Min will … Continue reading →

ENA Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Tops Good Data Buzz Rankings in Second Week of Airing at 53.86% Domination

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It’s only aired two weeks and four episodes but now I’m way curious to see how high this little drama that could will go. ENA drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) has already broken 5% ratings for a relatively unknown and little promoted drama on a tiny cable network by episode 4. Now it’s out that the … Continue reading →

First Look at Park Hyung Sik and Jeon So Nee in K-drama Adaptation of The Golden Hairpin

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I know this drama will get a proper English title eventually but it’s weird to keep calling it Youth, Climb the Barrier because it has like, nothing to recommend what it’s about. I’m talking about the K-drama adaptation of the Chinese novel The Golden Hairpin which was already filmed as a C-drama adaptation but that remains unable to air due … Continue reading →

Jang Wook Battles Attempted Soul Swapping and the Crown Prince to Level Up Again in Episode 8 of Alchemy of Souls

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As expected, the see-saw Saturday to Sunday ratings pattern remains steady and this Sunday’s episode 8 of Alchemy of Souls went back up past 6%, in the same vein as Jang Wook takes one step back but really two steps forward. The attempted soul swapping was thwarted by the OG soul of Mu Duk, who somehow found Wook in the … Continue reading →

jTBC and Disney+ Teases Bromance Variety Show In the Soop Capturing the Trip Taken By Real Life Good Friends Park Seo Joon, V, Choi Woo Sik, Park Hyung Sik, and Peakboy

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I remember a former EA who worked in Hollywood production explaining the rise of reality shows around two decades around in the early aughts. It was cheaper to produce was the bottom line, and such is the case that reality and variety has exploded around the world and taken over streaming on a personal level where anyone can broadcast. But … Continue reading →

C-drama The Legendary Life of Queen Lau Reportedly Removed from Streaming After Complaints of Japanese Cultural Influences to Costumes and Food

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Dang, I hope the rumors are not true and that C-netizens are targeting Love Like the Galaxy next, because I’m caught up on that one and its growing on me. But back to what just happened to a recently aired C-drama The Legendary Life of Queen Lau, which premiered in June and just finished airing. From the outset C-netizens criticized … Continue reading →

Episode 7 of Alchemy of Souls Creates More Mysteries While Probing the Heart of the Leads

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I’ll report on the ratings for Alchemy of Souls if there is any meaningful change but it’s been staying around 5.3% and 6.5% on Sundays for two weeks now and it’s more interesting to keep tabs on the actual plot development. This world that the Hong Sisters created, cobbled together from a bajillion prior novel, drama, movie, play bits and … Continue reading →

Yang Mi and Gong Jun are Equally Stunning in First Character Posters for Xianxia Period Drama Fox Spirit Matchmaker

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So I majorly did this even if it’s like a mashup of previous drama costumes and also even costumes from these two stars own prior dramas. It’s just so eye catching and gorgeous, the first character posters of Yang Mi and Gong Jun in the upcoming C-drama Fox Spirit Matchmaker. Yang Mi going from the pure white ethereal fox goddess … Continue reading →

Ji Sung Ventures into a Rich Secretive World in First Preview for Adamas with Seo Ji Hye and Lee Soo Kyung

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When there are twins in a drama its typical to style them differently but Ji Sung as twin brothers in Adamas just switches clothes lol. New stills and an action suspense laden new preview is out and the drama is giving off a weird secretive world of rich and powerful people vibes. Seo Ji Hye is framed as the rich … Continue reading →

The Three Men in Mu Duk’s Life Assemble to Save Her in New Stills for Episode 7 of Alchemy of Souls

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The Crown Prince is majorly growing on me and so is actor Shin Seung Ho. He’s got this unconventionally large square face so I don’t find him handsome but his acting is super charming and his voice is insanely sexy so he’s come out of nowhere among the male leads in catching my interest. I thought it was a two … Continue reading →

Park Hae Jin Signs with Artist Company Joining Lee Jung Jae and Jung Woo Sung

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Another artist has joined Artist Company, the agency formed by two besties and top stars Jung Woo Sung and Lee Jung Jae in 2016. It’s proven a success for them two and the agency has added stars in the ensuing years, and now lands a big fish with actor Park Hae Jin who was looking for a new home after … Continue reading →