Extracurricular’s Male Lead Kim Dong Hee Revealed to Have Admitted to Some School Age Bullying Allegations After Failing in Suing the Accuser of Defamation

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This case sounds a lot like the allegations against Jo Byung Kyu and both young actors got their big break in Sky Castle together to boot. Rising K-actor Kim Dong Hee, who had a major male supporting role in Itaewon Class and was the male lead in Extracurricular, was accusing last year in 2021 of bullying by a former elementary … Continue reading →

Yoo Seung Ho Reportedly Not to Renew Contract with Agency Story J and Goes on the Free Market

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New year and hopefully a new reboot for K-actor Yoo Seung Ho. K-ent is reporting that he’s parting ways with existing agency Story J after his contract expired but the agency replied that it’s still in discussions with Yoo Seung Ho. I think it’s a given he’s going the leave, his last dramas were all either meh to okay but … Continue reading →

New Substantive Previews for jTBC Drama Weather People Shows Subdued Park Min Young and Spirited Song Kang Connecting with Each Other

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So this is a much better preview for upcoming jTBC drama Weather People, I’ve also seen it called Forecasting Love and Weather which I like a whole lot better. The first previews were boring and weirdly anemic in showcasing any chemistry between leads Park Min Young and Song Kang. The age gap showed less that she looks old(er) but more … Continue reading →

Yook Sung Jae and Jung Chae Yeon Get Their Headlining Pairing for 2022 MBC Drama Golden Spoon

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It’s a case of back in the saddle for him and ready for her promotion for her. MBC has cast Yook Sung Jae and Jung Chae Yeon as the leads for its mid year 2022 airing K-drama Golden Spoon. It’s a fantasy romance life journey themed drama about a young man who uses a mysterious golden spoon to change his … Continue reading →

K-netizens Clamor for an IU and Lee Do Hyun Drama Reunion Pairing After He Presents Her the Best Song Daesang at the 2022 Golden Disc Awards

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Mememememe, count me in with the K-netizens! Actually the C-netizens are also jones-ing for this reunion pairing onscreen and if Lee Do Hyun can work with Go Min Si three times now the drama gods can and must absolutely give us his pairing with IU again. The two were in Hotel Del Luna together where she was the female lead … Continue reading →

Kim Tae Ri and Nam Joo Hyuk Bring the Push and Pull of a Youthful Romance in New Poster and Preview for Twenty Five Twenty One

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I’m in the minority as never having a problem with K-actor Nam Joo Hyuk in his dramas, sometimes he’s just passable but other times he’s perfectly cast and delivers. But he’s never bad to me ever since his School 2015 breakout. So having him cast with movie actress Kim Tae Ri who is one of the shining-est actresses of her … Continue reading →

J-actress Ishihara Satomi Announces Pregnancy After One Year of Marriage and Expecting Baby in Spring 2022

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Baby news with my favorites actresses is always a happy occasion with only the slight caveat when it comes to J-actresses. That industry has the tendency for actresses to genuinely retire from acting, sometimes after getting married and even more probable after having a baby. Cultural, I suppose. With that said, it’s still happy news that Ishihara Satomi is expecting … Continue reading →

Jung Hae In is the Main Good Thing in a Perplexingly Mediocre Drama Catching Up on jTBC’s Snowdrop Through Episode 9

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So I’m all caught up on Snowdrop through this weekend’s episodes 8-9, which helps now to review the drama on its actual narrative, acting, and directorial merits rather than following along with the controversy. Main takeaways are that Jisoo is not good enough at acting to carry a serious drama as the female lead but nowhere near abysmally awful, her … Continue reading →

Award Winning K-actor Oh Jung Se’s First Headlining K-drama Uncle on TV Chosun Becomes First Surprise Hit of 2022 as Epside 8 Hits 7.926% Ratings

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I’m glad it’s not all underwhelming or controversial dramas going on in K-ent right now, there is a big positive K-drama development that is finally getting mainstream recognition. Small cable network TV Chosun premiered the K-drama Uncle last month in December right before the holiday season ramp up and it started with 2.351% ratings. Not horrible for TV Chosun actually … Continue reading →

K-ent Reporter Writes Article Directly Criticizing Jisoo in Snowdrop and Kim Yo Han in School 2021 for Validating Why Its Not Good to Cast New Idol-Actors in Lead Roles Right Off the Bat

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There an article by a K-ent reporter this weekend that is garnering feedback because she is surveying the current landscape of “acting idols” and lamenting that it’s one step forward two steps back still. She writes that Junho of 2PM has taken 10 years of being an idol and acting in over 10 movies/dramas in total mostly in supporting roles … Continue reading →

Namgoong Min Offered the Male Lead in 2022 SBS Drama 1000 Won Lawyer

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I love how some K-netizen comments on this casting are that he should be doing a KBS drama next, lol totally my thought that he should go for the Triple Crown. K-actor Namgoong Min is absolutely an A-lister in South Korean drama land and has his pick of whatever script he wants at this point. He won the SBS Daesang … Continue reading →

SBS Romance Drama Now, We are Breaking Up with Song Hye Kyo and Jang Ki Yong Wraps with 6.7% Ratings in Final Episode 16

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There are hot mess dramas and the just concluded SBS Fri-Sat romance drama Now, We are Breaking Up is definitely not that. It’s big problem was that it was pretentiously boring, it thought it was more than it was trying to be, and less than it actually delivered. It’s the even more heightened gap between expectation and reality. This weekend … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi, Lee Da Hee, and Sung Si Kyung Host the 2022 Golden Disc Awards with Many Acting Stars in Attendance as Singer-Actress IU Wins Best Song

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This Saturday was the 2022 Golden Disc Awards in South Korea, after the spate of year end drama awards it’s a nice change to see the music side fete the notable achievements of 2021. Since I write about dramas and movies and only rarely follow the musical acts my interest in this ceremony and winners are only those who are … Continue reading →