Crystal Yuan Swapped Out with Zhu Xu Dan in Upcoming High Profile Xianxia Drama Fox Spirit Matchmaker with Yang Mi and Gong Jun

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C-actress Crystal Yuan (Yuan Bing Yan) is the latest celeb to be association with tax evasion in Mainland China’s crackdown on tax dodging. It’s not for her personal income tax payment but a company caught underreporting income and therefore underpaid taxes and she was an executive director, manager, and shareholder in that company. Reportedly her ban will not be as … Continue reading →

Hwang Bora Announces Wedding to Boyfriend of 10 Years Kim Young Hoon Who is Top Actor Ha Jung Woo’s Younger Brother

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Wedding bells are ahead for actress Hwang Bora, who is just an impeccable comedic talent and always makes any drama better that she is in. She’s a character actress and in so many hit dramas adding her deft timing and expressive performance that she totally has carved out her own niche. Now she’s heading into the next phase in her … Continue reading →

ENA Cable Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Leaps to 4.032% Ratings in Episode 3 After Near Unanimous Praise in Premiere Week

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Watching the totally unexpected and frankly quite extraordinary ratings of ENA cable drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) will be a lot of fun in the coming weeks. And I definitely will check this out sooner rather than later so I can understand and partake of the hype. This Wednesday aired episode 3 and the ratings are … Continue reading →

Love Like the Galaxy Premieres to Critical Dumping from Critics and Viewer Complaints About Wu Lei Being Too Skinny and Zhao Lu Si’s Terrible Own Voice Dialogue Reading

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This isn’t a total dumpster fire (yet) but it’s certainly the leading news story in the C-ent rags this week with the premiere of big budget period C-drama Love Like the Galaxy hitting like a sack of bricks. It’s predecessor drama A Dream of Splendor with Crystal Liu and Chen Xiao was a massive hit and even more impressive was … Continue reading →

Third Accuser Claims Nam Joo Hyuk and Friends Verbally Harassed Her in Kakao Chat During Their School Days and His Agency Again Denies

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There is a South Korea slang called “Kakao Hell” which means when the chat app is used to verbally harass and bully someone. This week a third accuser, this one is a woman whereas the first two accusers are both men, claiming that Nam Joo Hyuk subjected her to Kakao Hell. She said that another one of his friends started … Continue reading →

Hwang In Yeop Criticized for His Acting in Why Her But Entertainment Writer Places the Falling Ratings on the Poor Script Wasting a Stellar Performance by Seo Hyun Jin

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An article over the weekend discussing Sat-Sun SBS drama Why Her (Why Oh Soo Jae) delved into trying to analyze why the drama went from red hot start to a u-turned trajectory in the span of three weeks. The drama broke 10% ratings by episode 4 but since then has only gone down in ratings and the most recent episode … Continue reading →

C-drama Love Like the Galaxy with Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si Tries to Weather Costume Controversy Prior to July 5th Premiere

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Hit period C-drama A Dream of Splendor ended last week and taking its place was supposed to be another highly anticipated period C-drama Love Like the Galaxy (Xin Han Can Lan). Starring Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si, the drama has instead had to deal with more articles being written about the costume (and to a lesser extent hairstyle) controversy. … Continue reading →

Yoo Sun Receives High Praise for Delivering Intense Entitled Rich Bitch Role in tvN Makjang Drama Eve

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Quite a few K-actresses have made a mark playing a crazy type character and it’s almost always a uber rich and powerful crazy wife or daughter type role in a makjang or melodrama story line. K-actress Yoo Sun went from playing many a supporting roles over two decades to a big break in currently airing tvN drama Eve thanks to … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Lets Her Radiant Beauty and Exquisite Chaumet Jewelry Speak for Itself Attending July 2022 Fashion Show in Paris

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The Paris fashion shows are back this year in full force rather than the reduced events of the past two years during the height of the Pandemic era, and with it I feel like even more stars are in attendance to make up for the lost years. Song Hye Kyo has been the face of Chaumet jewelry for many years … Continue reading →

Dispatch Releases Interview with 18 Classmates and 2 Teachers of Nam Joo Hyuk Disputing Claims of Bullying and Describing Him as a Sunny Disposition Student

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A week after news broke that first one accuser and days later a second accuser pointed fingers at K-actor Nam Joo Hyuk for bullying them during his school days, tabloid newspaper Dispatch has released an article that includes interviews with 18 classmates and 2 teachers that refute the bullying accusations. The interviews present the narrative that Nam Joo Hyuk did … Continue reading →

C-actress Crystal Yuan’s Production House Fined for Tax Evasion and She Posts Apology Resigns Her Director Position

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There have been so many big name A-list C-stars cancelled in China for tax evasion, the most recently being Deng Lun, that B-list stars and below should know better and yet there is still this happening. This weekend it was revealed that actress Crystal Yuan (Yuan Bing Yan) best known for the period drama Love and Redemption and most recently … Continue reading →

Fans of Yumi’s Cells 2 Soak Up the Sweet Romance in the First Part as the Hint of Turbulence Ahead Arises Starting in Episode 9

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So my life feels like two extremes during the COVID pandemic era. I suddenly went from flying all the time for work to flying not at all and then recently flying all the time for personal family emergency reasons with no equilibrium. One thing I realized is that I hate flying in any situation but hearing the familiar safety video … Continue reading →

Alchemy of Souls Rises Above 6% Again in Episode 6 as Mu Duk Navigates the Fine Lines Between Three Male Leads

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Sigh, it’s another LONG week before my next fix of Alchemy of Souls and the crack that the Hong Sisters are doling out in very controlled portions. Because the drama is so good it makes the wait harder and also each weekend’s new episodes to be savored. This weekend the ratings stayed the same to last weekend, with Sunday’s episode … Continue reading →