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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
I don’t know what this is since it’s brand spanking new and could be a precursor for what is already being deemed a complete shitshow that will be the year end 2022 SBS Drama Awards. There are FOUR top actor/actress that could get the Daesang and three have already aired dramas to rave reviews and ratings. There is Kim Nam … Continue reading →
Waaaaaah, the first look is here! Does it look potentially amazing or nah I’m still not feeling it? Top stars Gong Hyo Jin and Lee Min Ho have been filming sci-fi romance drama Ask the Stars for the last few months but this weekend they posted selfies on SNS that are adorbs! I mean, they look cute and charming together … Continue reading →
When I love a K-drama to bits from the very start, it also imbues me with a stronger sense of anxiety because if the drama takes a turn to dumpsville then it means a lot more to me than if I didn’t care much for the drama to begin with. That’s how I feel each Friday as new episodes of … Continue reading →
This is probably the legal version of Good Doctor and like that drama seems off to a garnering great reviews. ENA cable network drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) premiered this week airing on Wed-Thurs and the first episode got 0.948% ratings but the next night the second episode doubled that to 1.805%. That is extraordinary in … Continue reading →
The K-drama breakouts of 2021 are done and it’s up to those actors and actresses to capitalize on that unique opportunity. We’re nearly halfway done with 2022 and so far there have been few true newbie breakouts and one of them is Kim Min Ha, the female lead of Apple TV+ show Pachinko. It’s an ensemble generational drama but playing … Continue reading →
When I saw the first poster and preview for upcoming tvN drama Adamas, it suddenly reminded me of the fantastic J-dorama Ourorboros. It stems from the use of an ancient figure, the Ouroboros is both Egyptian and Greek and Adamas is a Trojan War character, and from the collaboration of two guys to solve a decades old murder and uncover … Continue reading →
Dang, not only is this drama doing well domestically it’s also rocking on Netflix which has streaming rights. For the week of June 26th Alchemy of Souls reached 10th worldwide which is quite a feat considering it’s a sageuk which has less immediate lure than a modern show. I’m pleased to see Netflix actually promoting it with tweets and now … Continue reading →
