Singer Jay Chou and Model-Actress Wife Hannah Quinlivan are Expecting Third Child After Earlier Rumors Start When She’s Spotting Concealing Her Stomach

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It’s now 7-years and three babies for married Taiwanese stars Jay Chou and Hannah Quinlivan. The couple confirmed that they are expecting baby number three after Taiwanese ent started discussing the possibility after Hannah was seen concealing her mid region in a giant teddy coat and wearing flat Uggs while celebrating Jay’s birthday a few days earlier. Once the rumors … Continue reading →

Idol-actress Yeonwoo Changes Agency to 9ato and is Cast as Second Female Lead in Upcoming MBC Drama Golden Spoon with Yook Sung Jae and Jung Chae Yeon

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My favorite rom-com last year in 2021 was Dali and the Cocky Prince (Dal Ri and Gamjatang) and it was there I got to meet idol turned actress Yeonwoo for the first time. It was a slight type of role, nothing memorable, but she was cute and brought a strong onscreen charm and no glaring acting flaws to detract from … Continue reading →

K-netizens Starting to Get Annoyed at MBC for Mismanaging the Final Weeks The Red Sleeve Cuff’s Success and Afterwards Milking it to Death

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It’s still the hot topic du jour in K-drama land and The Red Sleeve Cuff remains at the top of trending topics even two weeks after it ended. But a K-ent reporter is calling out MBC for just sucking at the airing management of it’s biggest hit prime time drama in 3 years, not since Terrius Behind Me (My Secret … Continue reading →

Supporting K-actor Choi Sung Won Most Memorable for Playing Hyeri’s Younger Brother in Answer Me 1998 Makes Second Recovery from Leukemia Treatment and Returns in Upcoming MBC Drama Showtime Begins

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This is a happy positive update to share on a recognizable face in K-drama land supporting roles. K-actor Choi Sung Won, best known for playing Hyeri’s character Deok Sun’s younger brother (with an old face) in Answer Me 1988 has been dealing with a recurring serious health condition for many years. In 2016 he was diagnosed with leukemia and took … Continue reading →

First Look at MBC Crisis Management Team Drama Tomorrow with Kim Hee Sun, Ro Woon, and Lee Soo Hyuk

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A dark or uncomfortable topic often makes for a meaningful watch if it delivers a compelling story around the subject matter. Upcoming MBC Fri-Sat drama Tomorrow is adapted from the same name webtoon and deals with the members of a crisis management team tasked with saving suicidal people. The suicide rate in South Korea is extraordinarily high for a first … Continue reading →

Song Kang is Intrigued by Capable Sunbae Park Min Young in New Preview for jTBC Romance Forecasting Love and Weather

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This drama gives off exactly the same vibes as last year’s jTBC Romance Sunbae Please Don’t Put on That Lipstick (She Will Never Know) just with a different workplace setting and different OTP leads. Change out the cosmetics office space for the weather forecasting meteorological bureau in upcoming Forecasting Love and Weather (Office Romance Cruelty) and it’s the same chemistry … Continue reading →

Han So Hee Leans into the Chic Bad Girl Image for Allure Korea February 2022 Edition

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K-actress Han So Hee was one of the female star breakouts of 2021 so it will be interesting to keep tabs on her career in 2022 to see where it goes from that high point. Not every project was a hit for her but she always came out fine if not better and that’s a sign that she either has … Continue reading →

Park Sung Hoon Signs onto Kim Eun Sook Drama The Glory Joining Song Hye Kyo, Lee Do Hyun, and Lim Ji Yeon

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Screenwriter Kim Eun Sook typically does a drama every two years and it’s been that long since her last drama The King: Eternal Monarch in 2020. She is coming back this year with revenge melodrama The Glory, which is being split into 8-episode multi-seasons like Penthouse. The drama is set to start filming shortly and the casting train this added … Continue reading →

The Cast of The Red Sleeve Cuff Led by Junho and Lee Se Young to Film One-off MBC Variety Program Airing During Lunar New Year 2022

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Those still missing the talented cuties in MBC sageuk The Red Sleeve Cuff will have a treat coming up, the network has re-assembled the cast for a one-episode variety program to film this month on January 20th. It’s a talk show style discussion and fun games program that will air for Lunar New Year 2022. The cast led by Junho, … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Young and Seohyun Tease Spicy Tastes with Sweet Chemistry in First Posters and Teaser for Netflix K-movie Moral Sense

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I feel like the normalization of the fringes of tastes and desires starts when the average person knows someone who likes it, or someone who knows someone. It’s not necessarily a moral decision but more a comfort level, and the upcoming Netflix K-movie Moral Sense (Love and Leashes) will take on a new topic in the traditionally vanilla spaces of … Continue reading →

Honey Lee Announces Pregnancy and Expecting Baby in June 2022 with Newlywed Husband

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It’s both not super surprising but also no big deal. K-actress Honey Lee will not be following up her ratings successful last drama One: The Woman with a drama this year in 2022, instead she’ll be welcoming a baby! She announced this weekend that she’s 5 months pregnant and the baby is due in June 2022. The actress got married … Continue reading →

SHINee’s Taemin to Transfer to Public Service for Remainder of Military Enlistment After Worsening Anxiety and Depression

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I don’t follow K-pop much beyond having a playlist and whenever idols decide to also act, but some news is worth sharing broadly to bring more positive attention to it. SM Entertainment‘s second gen idol group SHINee has been through ups and downs and has such a positive and strong image even a non K-pop follower like me feels warm … Continue reading →

K-ent Critic Discuss the Two Positives and Two Negatives with Song Hye Kyo Performance in Latest Drama Now, We are Breaking Up

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This was a very interesting and meaty article last week from a K-ent drama critics and you can take from it what you agree/disagree but at least someone did a deep dive into Song Hye Kyo and her latest drama Now, We are Breaking Up. The articles discusses two positives and two negatives with her choice, performance, and outcome with … Continue reading →