Brilliant Legacy Costars Lee Seung Gi and Han Hyo Joo Share Hanging Out Pictures Showing Decade Long Friendship

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Some stars make movies and dramas and it’s just work and everyone goes their separate ways. For others the time spent filming together actually develops into a real life friendship and that’s especially nice when the two leads created a memorable pairing onscreen. Hit drama Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance remains one of those watch experiences that brings back warm and fuzzies … Continue reading →

Im Soo Hyang is the Charming and Overwhelmed Woori the Virgin in New Previews for the SBS Drama

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The romance and rom-com spate of K-dramas to start 2022 ended last month but this month in May comes Woori the Virgin, which is a remake of Jane the Virgin which started as a Venezualan telenovela which became a popular US show and is now getting the Korean take. I loved the first set of official posters, so pretty and … Continue reading →

Lee Jong Seok’s Solo Agency A-Man Project Merges into Song Joong Ki’s Agency History D&C and His Staff Moves Over

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Woah, what a surprising turn of events. Today Lee Jong Seok who is repped by his own agency that he started in 2018 A-Man Project has been merged into Song Joong Ki‘s own established agency History D&C. Him and his staff will move over to History D&C but it’s unclear if A-Man Project will remain but managed under History D&C … Continue reading →

KBS Premieres Mon-Tues Sageuk Red Single Heart with Lee Joon, Jang Hyuk, and Kang Han Na with 6.3% Episode 1 Ratings

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The back-to-back-to-back-to-back spate of sageuks in K-ent in 2021 went on a pause after The Red Sleeve Cuff ended, and that was preceded by The King’s Affection, Lovers of the Red Sky, and River Where the Moon Rises. All four had a more youthful bent but now a new darker sageuk is here with KBS premiering Red Single Heart (Bloody … Continue reading →

Taecyeon Offered Male Lead in Streaming K-drama Taereung Zombie Center Adapted From Webtoon

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Man, the zombie genre has become likes the zombies themselves, spawning and unable to be killed. It helps sustain the genre when there are always a hit to be mined from time to time and the most recent zombie outbreak at a school Netflix drama All of Us are Dead confirms it. Now Taecyeon is in talks to star in … Continue reading →

K-ent Continues to Ponder Over the Exceedingly Low Ratings of MBC Fri-Sat Fantasy Drama Tomorrow with Kim Hee Sun, Ro Woon, and Lee Soo Hyuk

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The MBC Fri-Sat night fantasy grim reapers suicide prevention squad drama Tomorrow is getting headlines for all the wrong reasons, and the most fascinating thing is that this drama should work but isn’t working at all to such a noticeable degree it’s making pundit ponder what went wrong. The drama started off with a very promising 7.6% ratings but then … Continue reading →

The Sound of Magic with Ji Chang Wook, Choi Sung Eun, and Hwang In Yeop Prepares to Enchant on May 6th Premiere on Netflix

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The types of K-dramas that do well on Netflix run the entire gamut of genres and now we have a fresh new entry in a story line that is quite different. This May 6th the streaming platform will premiere The Sound of Magic adapted from the webtoon Annarasumanara about a magician in a rundown theme part who impacts the lives … Continue reading →

C-netizens Bring to Light How New C-drama A New Home Blatantly Copied the Opening Credits of K-drama Her Private Life

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There is a Chinese saying that the elbow point inward, and it means that a person will tend to support/favor those closest to him/her and it usually means family. For example, a parent will say that their precious child did nothing wrong despite the facts. C-netizens go crazy on certain things that are so apt with this saying, but it’s … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum’s First Post Military Appearance Will be Hosting the 2022 Baeksang Arts Awards and He Posts Adorable Homage to His Army Service in Latest SNS Update

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I can absolutely accept and understand why Park Bo Gum may not work for everyone, he’s not exactly polarizing but there can be a whiff of try hard with him. But I’m watching Winning Time these past few weeks, partly cuz I bleed purple and gold and partly cuz Mr. Koala is addicted (and I tolerate the wildly dramatized versions … Continue reading →

IU Gets Up Close and Floral in New Vogue Korea May 2022 Pictorial

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There is a lot of flower motifs in this latest pictorial featuring top singer-actress IU in the May 2022 edition of Vogue Korea, but also exceptionally intricate nail art and lots and lots of close up. I’m guess it’s either a lipstick and/or jewelry theme spread and I’m leaning towards lipstick because of how much IU’s face is featured with … Continue reading →

Nam Joo Hyuk, Suzy, Jung Hae In, Jisoo and Many More K-stars Attend the Dior Event in Seoul for a Fashion Parade Day

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Usually fashion events in K-ent have a handful of stars attending, if I see six or more then it’s a solid event but this weekend’s Christian Dior soiree in Seoul had easily a dozen probably more big name and popular stars in attendance for a full fete. There were actual drama reunions such as Suzy and Nam Joo Hyuk, so … Continue reading →

Lee Byung Hun Revealed to Have Saved Kim Woo Bin’s Life by Urging Him to Get a Medical Checkup in 2017 Which Revealed His Cancer Diagnosis

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Oh wow, this is such an important story for many reasons. The first is, thank you Lee Byung Hun! The top actor has been revealed as a key person that helped save Kim Woo Bin‘s life. The actor was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in 2017 and the diagnosis came after Lee Byung Hun urged Kim Woo Bin to go see … Continue reading →

Food and a Murder Mystery Form the Basis of the Striking Official Posters for Upcoming tvN Drama Link: Eat, Love, Die with Yeo Jin Gu and Moon Ga Young

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I’m ambivalent towards when K-romances throw in a death, murder, mystery angle, not that it can’t work or that I’ve never liked one before, it’s just not my favorite two things to combine together. From The Girl Who Sees Smells to Suspicious Partner to When the Camellia Blooms, now we’re getting tvN early summer drama Link: Eat, Love, Die and … Continue reading →