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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 7, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 7, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Kang Tae Oh, Park Eun Bin

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2022
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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 →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Love Like the Galaxy, Wu Lei, Zhao Lu Si

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2022
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Nam Joo Hyuk

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hwang In Yeop, Seo Hyun Jin, Why Her

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 5, 2022
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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 →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Love Like the Galaxy, Wu Lei, Zhao Lu Si

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 4, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Yoo Sun

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 3, 2022
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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 →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Hye Kyo

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 4, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 4, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Nam Joo Hyuk

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 4, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 4, 2022
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Crystal Yuan, Yuan Bing Yan

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 4, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 2, 2022
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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 →

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 3, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Alchemy of Souls, Jung So Min, Lee Jae Wook, Minhyun

Kim Nam Gil Receives From SBS on Behalf of Through the Darkness a Special First Half of 2022 Drama Award

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 3, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Nam Gil, Through the Darkness

First Look at Lee Min Ho and Gong Hyo Jin Filming Big Budget Sci-fi Romance Drama Ask the Stars

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2022 by ockoalaJuly 2, 2022
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ask the Stars, Gong Hyo Jin, Lee Min Ho

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