Oh My Girl’s Arin and Minhyun of NU’EST Drop Modern Vibes All Over in New Character Stills for tvN Drama Alchemy of Souls

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If having no clue what to expect is a good thing then everything about upcoming tvN drama Alchemy of Souls (Korean title Return) fits that bill. I genuinely don’t know what the broader story or even world building construct is like other than souls in reincarnation perhaps and a lot of anachronisms intentionally done. The setting is a fictional historical … Continue reading →

Kim Sae Ron’s Blood Test Results for Drunk Driving Incident Reportedly at a Level that Would Get Her License Revoked

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It’s like the facts around Kim Sae Ron‘s drunk driving case from two weeks ago can’t get worse and then it gets worse. K-ent is reporting that the results of her blood test, taken at the hospital as she requested it rather than a breathalyzer test taken on site, is at a level that would get her license revoke. This … Continue reading →

Married K-couple Park Shin Hye and Choi Tae Joon Welcome First Child a Baby Boy

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The May baby is here, and since it’s the end of the month it’s a Gemini boy which I love since I’m a Gemini too! Park Shin Hye and Choi Tae Joon announced the arrival of their first born to start week, a baby boy. Mother and child are healthy so that’s great to hear. The couple married earlier this … Continue reading →

Netflix Pulls a Vanity Fair Hollywood Edition in Too Many Stars to Fit in a Shot Pictorial for Upcoming Money Heist: Korea

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I love that there is still so much runway for Korean entertainment in both movies and dramas before it feels like fickle viewers are off to the next thing. Netflix investing in producing its own K-dramas since 2017 has paid off in the runaway hits like Squid Game and also expanding options for its subscribers in other popular dramas. Up … Continue reading →

Lee Se Young Blossoms in Blue for Versace Spread in May 2022 Edition of Marie Claire Korea

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How does one follow up on arguably the biggest role and drama to date, and one that was twenty years in the making. Lee Se Young was a true child actress, starting very young and one of her first roles was as the younger version of a female lead in Dae Jang Geum in 2003. So sageuks are part of … Continue reading →

Kim Go Eun and Jinyoung’s Romance Gears Up in Yumi’s Cells 2 Showing Sweet Chemistry in New Poster and Stills

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I think if I didn’t watch and enjoyed so much the first season of Yumi’s Cells I would probably not be feeling the pairing of Kim Go Eun and Jinyoung in the upcoming Yumi’s Cells 2. There is a noona romance vibe from the stills but in the drama they are colleagues (I think same age) and their chemistry is … Continue reading →

Seohyun Vows to Change Na In Woo’s Bad Luck in New Poster and Teaser for Jinxed at First

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Fortune favors the bold and I absolutely think luck is one of those things that if you think you’re lucky then it feels like 51% of the time things go your way. But upcoming K-drama Jinxed at First (The Jinx’s Lover) has a male lead that is extraordinarily and always unlucky, crossing paths with the female lead that vows to … Continue reading →

jTBC Weekend Drama My Liberation Notes Ends with Rapturous Audience Reception and 6.728% Ratings More than Doubling its Premiere

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Ratings is definitely important and more often than not correlated with how popular a drama is. But the rare instances a drama can get lower ratings but higher online buzz and that’s the cast with My Liberation Notes. For a jTBC cable drama it started with 2.941% which is not super low but the network has seem many dramas premiere … Continue reading →

Stills and More Stills for Upcoming KBS Mon-Tues Investigative Drama Minamdang with Seo In Guk and Oh Yeon Seo

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Well Bloody Heart (Red Single Heart) is now officially a bloody underwhelming entry into the sageuk drama oeuvre, it may end up being a good drama overall but ratings and reception wise it’s a downer for KBS. The network will switch gears in the time slot next with Minamdang premiering at the end of June, a quirky sounding investigative drama … Continue reading →

Son Ye Jin Posts Close Up of Herself on SNS for the First Time Since Her Wedding to Hyun Bin and All Fan Eyes are on Her Stomach

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The K-ent celebrity wedding of the year in 2022 is over but fan love remains strong for the union of top stars Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin. Sadly their honeymoon to LA, NY, and Hawaii was marred at times from ardent and annoying fans but still, it’s a fairytale reel to real dream come true for sure. She’s been … Continue reading →

Seo Ye Ji Sued by Brand Company for Advertising Damages After Contract Termination in 2021 Post Gaslighting Kim Jung Hyun Scandal

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So one out of seven isn’t bad but still, right on the cusp of her new drama premiere is definitely bad timing. This week K-ent is reporting that K-actress Seo Ye Ji has been sued by a company which hired her as a brand CF but terminated the contract last year in 2021 after she was revealed to have gaslighted … Continue reading →

Decision to Leave Gets Highest Jury Marks with Broker Coming in Near the Bottom of Movies in Contention at 2022 Cannes Film Festival

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So this is just the jury votes and doesn’t mean the movies are bad if its gets on the low side of the marks, it just isn’t as good as the higher voted ones. Of the two K-movies in contention at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival they occupy the top and bottom of the vote spread. Korean direct Park Chan … Continue reading →

Yang Mi Lives the Dreamy Noona Romance with Xu Kai in Modern Romance C-drama She and Her Perfect Husband

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Haha, this is like every K-drama noona romance paired with Kimi wa Petto but she acquires a fake husband instead of a pretend pet. Upcoming Tencent modern C-drama romance She and Her Perfect Husband (爱的二八定律 Love’s Two Eight Principle) caught my eyes because ahhhhh Xu Kai holy perfect flower boy loverboy in the making. The drama has Yang Mi as … Continue reading →