tvN Revenge Melodrama Eve with Seo Ye Ji, Park Byung Eun, and Lee Sang Yeob Releases Old School Poster and Previews

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The evolution of K-dramas really took an accelerated turn these past three years thanks to the involvement of international streaming platform Netflix driving shorter episode dramas and a more diverse offering that can only be done with investment. Stuff like The Silent Sea, Squid Game, Hellbound, and All of Us are Dead really took things to a more cinematic visuals … Continue reading →

Junho, Kim Tae Ri, Squid Game, and D.P. are the Big Television Side Winners at the 2022 Baeksang Arts Awards

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The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won the Best Acting prizes in their respective categories. Junho took home Best Actor Drama for The Red Sleeve Cuff and … Continue reading →

Kim Go Eun Blossoms Under a New Romance in First Posters for Yumi’s Cells 2 with Elevated New Male Lead Jinyoung

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From last summer as a surprise treat what was the K-drama adaptation of Yumi’s Cells comes this summer a new treat with Yumi’s Cells 2 premiering in early June 2022. The first season was an adaptation that stayed true to the original webtoon in both story line and vibe with both leads Kim Go Eun and Ahn Bo Hyun bringing … Continue reading →

Park Min Young, Go Kyung Pyo, and Kim Jae Young Confirmed for Rom-com Drama MonWedFriTuesThursSat

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A new rom-com has its main trio cast and includes one very hardworking female lead who keeps going back-to-back with her projects. Weeks after finishing up Forecasting Love and Weather, K-actress Park Min Young has accepted her next project the romance drama MonWedFriTuesThursSat opposite confirmed male leads Go Kyung Pyo and Kim Jae Young. She plays a woman who has … Continue reading →

Veteran K-film Actress Kang Soo Yeon Rushed to Hospital After Being Found Unconscious in Home in Critical Condition

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What a sad news to share as K-ent is reporting that veteran actress Kang Soo Yeon is in the hospital fighting for her life. She was found unconscious at home by her family and rushed to the ER where she is currently being treated for what is likely a stroke, a burst blood vessel in the brain. When the ambulance … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Beautifully Showcases Chaumet Jewelry in New CF Pictorial

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There are top tier A-list actresses in South Korea that I feel will stay at that level forever regardless of occasional low rated dramas or low box office movies. Song Hye Kyo is one of that elite group and she’s so teflon with her image, I just see a very steady measured pace with her when she does stuff and … Continue reading →

Filming Kicks Off for Tale of Gumiho: 1938 Telling the Story Gumiho Brothers Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum Time-traveling to 1938 and Solving a Mystery with Kim So Yeon

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This isn’t a sequel and now it’s not even a true prequel to tvN 2021 fantasy drama Tale of Gumiho (Tale of the Nine-tailed). It’s called Tale of Gumiho:1938 and from the date everyone thought it would deal with the lives of immortal gumiho leads Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum from that era. Now the spoiler is out that … Continue reading →

First Preview for K-movie Alien with Ryu Jun Yeol, Kim Tae Ri, Kim Woo Bin, So Ji Sub, and Yeom Jung Ah Brings the Batshit Crazy Joseon Era Crossed with Modern Day Aliens

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A new movie is headed to the theaters that has been in production for over two years and will come as a two part big name and big bucket action flick. Alien (part 1 and part 2) will be released this year and stars Ryu Jun Yeol and Kim Tae Ri as Joseon era Taoists battling Kim Woo Bin and … Continue reading →

Ahn Hyo Seob Leaves Agency Starhaus Entertainment and Forms Own Agency The Present Company

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There is so much agency move going on right now in K-ent and another hot star is making a change. Ahn Hyo Seob is leaving his original agency Starhaus Entertainment and forming his own solo agency called The Present Company. This would mark his third agency as he first started as a trainee for JYP Entertainment and was supposed to … Continue reading →

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 →