Junho Handily Wins the Voting for the 2022 Baeksang Popularity Award while Kim Tae Ri Narrowly Beats Lee Se Young to Upset The Red Sleeve Cuff Reunion

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The Baeksang Awards has a dedicated Popularity Award for Male and Female Star and it’s a free for all among every single nominee in any category. That means the best song nominee is competing with the movie category nominee with the television category nominee, which is great because it’s the very definition of popular. But in Korea its about how … Continue reading →

Ahn Hyo Seob Showcases Tiffany in New Jewelry Pictorial Continuing His Surge of Popularity After A Business Proposal

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The everywhere-ness of Ahn Hyo Seob continues and he’s not yet reach mass saturation point so I’m good still sharing on his latest spate of exposure. He’s the face of top jewelry brand Tiffany’s in South Korea and right in time for Mother’s Day so don’t forget to treat mom with a side of Ahn Hyo Seob eye candy. As … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin Return from US Honeymoon Trip and Get Mobbed at Incheon Airport

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At least they expected to be swarmed by the media and fans but still, I wish these two could have done the entire honeymoon incognito. For the last two weeks, Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin have been in the US on their honeymoon, stopping in Los Angeles, New York, and reportedly Hawaii. They were spotted in LA and NYC … Continue reading →

Park Seo Joon Takes the First Rate Route in the May 2022 Edition of Bazaar Taiwan Pictorial

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The Chinese title for K-drama Fight My Way is The Third Rate Route, which refers to the path taken by losers. But for male lead Park Seo Joon‘s most recent pictorial in Bazaar Taiwan, the magazine titled that he was taking The First Rate Route which is absolutely fitting. Even as new male leads are cemented in K-drama land with … Continue reading →

Seo Ye Ji is a Striking Lady Revenge in First Poster for tvN Wed-Thurs Drama Eve Premiering May 2022

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At this point I wouldn’t even say K-actress Seo Ye Ji is attempting a “comeback” after her being a manipulative gaslighter girlfriend to Kim Jung Hyun scandal from February 2021 last year. It feels like she merely passed on one project and landed on another and next month she’s back on the small screen with Eve in the Wed-Thurs time … Continue reading →

Mon-Tues Drama Military Prosecutor Doberman with Ahn Bo Hyun and Jo Boa is tvN’s Second Biggest Hit in 2022 Thus Far with Final Episode Breaking 10% Ratings

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The question in the next few weeks is whether just finished tvN Mon-Tues drama Military Prosecutor Doberman will remain in the 2nd spot or drop to 3rd with the similar high ratings of still airing tvN weekend drama Our Blues. Military Prosecutor Doberman concluded this week and this drama actually had really high ratings for tvN but remains quite underrated … Continue reading →

Im Soo Hyang is Radiant in All Three Official Drama Posters for SBS Drama Woori the Virgin with Baby Daddy Sung Hoon and Boyfriend Shin Dong Wook

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It’s not a bad place to be Im Soo Hyang as the titular Woori the Virgin in the upcoming SBS drama, but for the fact that she’s going to be a mom and hasn’t even had sex haha. It’s the remake of the show Jane the Virgin which has broad awareness and seems like a perfect fit for a K-drama … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Young in Talks for K-drama Ildangbaek Butler Opposite Hyeri After Yoon Do Joon Declines the Male Lead

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This is another one of those 1-for-1 swaps that I’m good with either way. K-ent is reporting that Lee Jun Young (Jun) has been offered the male lead in the upcoming K-drama Ildangbaek Butler, the role that last month was in talks with Yoon Do Joon but he’s now passed on the offer. The female lead is going to be … Continue reading →

D.O. Catches COVID and Filming Halted on Upcoming Legal Drama True Sword Battle with Lee Se Hee

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Oops, another blip in the filming radar but these are becoming commonplace and may even be built into production time lines from now on. D.O. (Do Kyung Soo) has joined the ranks of the COVID-19 positives and he’s currently asymptomatic and at home in quarantine. He’s been filming the legal drama True Sword Battle which despite the title is not … Continue reading →

Namgoong Min Transforms into the One Thousand Won Lawyer in First Look from the SBS Drama

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Filming is underway for the upcoming SBS legal drama One Thousand Won Lawyer (1000 Won Lawyer) which has a script that won the network’s contest in 2015 but has been in pre-production until securing the cast late last year. Headlining is award winning actor Namgoong Min who once again proves he’s not just a thespian but has the method actor … Continue reading →

Ha Ji Won, Kang Ha Neul, and Jung Hae In Confirmed for Big Budget K-drama Curtain Call Formerly Titled Tree Dies on Their Feet

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Well this new drama title certainly captures the “hire an actor to play a fake grandson” central plot a whole lot more. The K-drama formerly titled Tree Dies on Their Feet is now called Curtain Call and has secured the actors and actress who will be taking their curtain call once the drama is all over. Ha Ji Won has … Continue reading →

Seol In Ah Takes the Spotlight in New CF Pictorial Post A Business Proposal Success

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It’s not fair for the men to get all the attention from the A Business Proposal so this is second female lead Seol In Ah‘s turn to shine. She’s in a new CF pictorial today and it’s a simple elegant khaki colored chic spread. I noticed that her early days she looked much more classic young woman K-beauty with the … Continue reading →

Kim Min Kyu Delivers Eclectic Vibes in May 2022 Elle Korea Pictorial

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The speed at which K-ent and the ancillary media moves always impresses me. It’s definitely not lugubrious at a dinosaur pace, whenever there is a breakout or even the inklings of on the casting agents descend from both film to print. A Business Proposal delivered second male lead Kim Min Kyu the exposure he’s been missing until now and the … Continue reading →