Kim Se Jung Beams on the Set of Today’s Webtoon After Getting Coffee Truck Support from Veteran Grandpa Lee Deok Hwa with Call Out to A Business Proposal

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Holy heck this is too cute not to share. K-actress Kim Se Jung rolled from A Business Proposal right into filming her next drama Today’s Webtoon before she can even fully bask in the success of that unexpectedly delightful rom-com confection. Lucky she took some of the happy connections with her as this week she received a coffee truck support … Continue reading →

ENA Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Explodes to 9.128% Ratings in Episode 5 and Enters How High Can This Go Territory

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If you like whales, smart female leads, awkward bumbling cuteness, and a satisfying resolution each and every episode then come on down to join the Extraordinary Attorney Woo party! This Wednesday’s episode 5 almost doubled the previous episode with an astronomical 9.128%. It’s high for any cable network, usually jTBC and tvN gets these numbers a few times a year, … Continue reading →

Kim So Hyun Shares SNS Update with Fans Showcasing Simple Elegant Summer Style

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Well this is a nice surprise, I haven’t seen much of K-actress Kim So Hyun in recent months but this week she updated her SNS with lots of pretty pictures. She shared a close up and two additional pictures showing her hanging out at a cafe. She’s wearing a simple black tank top with tan linen pants, a very pretty … Continue reading →

Coupang Play Increases 600K Subscribers Since Premiering K-drama Anna with Suzy and Vaults to Third Largest Streaming Platform in South Korea

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Call it the Suzy effect much like Park Eun Bin is rocketing the formerly unknown cable network ENA to superstardom thanks to her new drama. Streaming network Coupang Play is having a banner month thanks to K-drama Anna starring Suzy, Jung Eun Chae, and Kim Joon Han. It got great reviews for the directing by the female PD and also … Continue reading →

Yumi’s Cells 2 Sets Up Two Ex-boyfriends Vying for Her Heart Starting in Episode 11 with Four More Episodes to go

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Chingus! I’m so shook! Like, I love both guys for Yumi and I know my heart will break for one (or both) but at the same time happy with whatever choice Yumi makes (either guy or herself). This is the magic of Yumi’s Cells 2, with the second season continuing the wonderful storytelling of the first season with a new … Continue reading →

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 →