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Jung Hae In and Jisoo are Framed in Shattered Glass in New Character Posters for jTBC Melodrama Snowdrop

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 30, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 29, 2021
Male character in dramatic portrait lighting.

The seesawing opinions on the promo stream for upcoming jTBC drama Snowdrop continues and this latest delivery is definitely high quality stuff. The character posters are out for the drama featuring leads Jung Hae In and Jisoo framed by a shattered glass to their right shoulder. They are facing the same direction in the posters but he’s looking downward and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jisoo, Jung Hae In, Snowdrop

Jung Woo Sung and Go Kyung Pyo Separately Test Positive for COVID-19 as Pandemic Appears to Surge Yet Again

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 29, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 29, 2021
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Erm, no need for panic? Yet? I don’t know, other than this is just two separate cases that happen to hit the news waves on the same day. First K-actor Go Kyung Pyo tests positive for COVID-19 and enters quarantine. Like I said last week, the positive tests in K-ent seems to be at least 1 a week but nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go Kyung Pyo, Jung Woo Sung

K-netizens Appalled at Whomever Chopped K-actress Song Ji Hyo’s Hair into a Haphazard Boy Cut

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 29, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 29, 2021
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I think K-ent went with the wrong lede when it said that fans and netizens were upset with Song Ji Hyo‘s new short hair. She’s had short hair before and short hair can look so fantastic and no fan or netizen would dislike short simply for being short. What happened with Song Ji Hyo is that it’s an abominable short … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Song Ji Hyo

Jang Hee Jin Gets Praise and Seo Hyo Rim Gets Criticism for Different Levels of Sageuk Acting in MBC Drama The Red Sleeve Cuff

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 29, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 29, 2021
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Not only are ratings rising for MBC Fri-Sat drama The Red Sleeve Cuff, it feels like viewers are actually watching the drama intently to the point of being able to solidly critique. Male lead Junho has been getting tsunami levels of praise as the Crown Prince, especially in the last two episodes, with so much more runway for him to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Hee Jin, Seo Hyo Rim, The Red Sleeve Cuff

Netflix Hit K-drama Hellbound to Get Second Season and Hopefully It Answers Questions and is Less Wearisome and Dreary

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 28, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 29, 2021
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I said I was going to use Thanksgiving weekend to catch up on dramas and in a case of eeny-meeny-miny-mo I landed on Netflix K-drama Hellbound. I should have finished Squid Game instead, because oh my god was I bored but also like a runner in a marathon stuck with it trying to get some answers and satisfaction. Sadly I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hellbound, Kim Hyun Joo, Lee Re, Park Jung Min, Won Jin Ah, Yoo Ah In

Park Hyung Sik Will Be the Male Lead in Upcoming Music Themed 4-episode Online Streaming Drama Sound Track with Han So Hee

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 28, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 28, 2021
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Wow this drama moves fast and is apparently filming already. Last month Han So Hee was announced to be doing a short musical drama but it’s later clarified to not include singing but instead is a music themed drama set in the industry and also a cohabitation drama between the leads who have been friends for 20 years before feelings … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han So Hee, Park Hyung Sik, Sound Track

Shin Ye Eun to Guest Star in Yumi’s Cells Season 2 as a Quick to Love Part Timer Working for Jinyoung’s Yoo Babi Character in Cute Reunion From He is Psychometric

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 28, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 27, 2021
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I love that Yumi’s Cells tells the story of Yumi first and foremost so that all the other leads are there to play the people in her lives without trying to claim the spotlight. Ahn Bo Hyun was amazing and perfect as first season lead Gu Woong but his period in Yumi’s life came to its natural conclusion and second … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jinyoung, Shin Ye Eun, Yumi's Cells

The Red Sleeve Cuff Gets Above 9% Ratings in Episode 6 as Rival Now, We are Breaking Up Remains Steady with 7.6%

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 27, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 27, 2021
Traditional Korean couple in emotional scenes.

This may be the last ratings related post for the direct ratings match up between Fri-Sat prime time competitors MBC‘s The Red Sleeve Cuff and Now, We are Breaking Up on SBS. Unless something drastic happens to shift the momentum in terms of the narrative to induce viewers to change channels, the victor is clearly with Red Sleeve which has … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Now We Are Breaking Up, The Red Sleeve Cuff

Wi Ha Joon Embraces His Wild Character With Straight Man Lee Dong Wook in Posters and Preview for tvN Drama Bad and Crazy

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 27, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 26, 2021
Action-packed poster for "Bad and Crazy."

Upcoming tvN drama Bad and Crazy has been coy about what the correlation or relation between the titular bad and crazy two male leads will be but it’s hard not to jump right into the Fight Club references especially since the promos play it up. Clearly Wi Ha Joon‘s crazy dude is Lee Dong Wook‘s bad guy’s subconscious good but … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bad and Crazy, Lee Dong Wook, Wi Ha Joon

Veteran 71 Year Old HK-singer Alan Tam Accused of Sleeping with 23 Year Old Fan By Her Boyfriend With Picture Proof with Man Wearing the Same Shoes

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 27, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 26, 2021
Man in athletic wear poses near a sofa.

Hahaha, what a way to get back in the news and create new memes for people. HK-singer Alan Tam, who I swear has been around for like 5 decades and I checked his age and yup he’s actually 71-years old now so my recollection isn’t that far off, went from semi-retirement and working when he feels like it to suddenly … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Alan Tam

MBC Sageuk The Red Sleeve Cuff with 8.8% Ratings Vaults Over SBS Competitor Now, We are Breaking Up with 7.0% in Episode 5

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 26, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 27, 2021
Man and woman exchanging tense glances

In the least surprising news ever, really just when and not if, episode 5 broke apart the competition in the Fri-Sat time slot between two direct prime time drama competitors. Both MBC sageuk The Red Sleeve Cuff and SBS romance Now, We are Breaking Up air at 10 pm and neither is a cable channel so it’s available to anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Now We Are Breaking Up, The Red Sleeve Cuff

Gong Yoo Denies Rumor That He Had a Lunch Date with Taylor Swift in NYC By Saying He Hasn’t Even Been in the US Recently

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 26, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 26, 2021
Portraits of two famous individuals side by side.

Well, I can’t decide which side could have been behind the rumor, the one with a drama coming out next month or the one with a mega re-release of an album and a record setting longest song ever. I’m teasing, can’t believe it’s either and more like some blurry eyed fan made it up because I dunno all tall Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gong Yoo

Squid Game Actress Lee Yoo Mi Gets First Leading Role in K-drama Mental Coach Je Gal Gil Opposite Jung Woo

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 26, 2021 by ockoalaNovember 25, 2021

She’s the other Squid Game actress, and actually the one who has toiled longer in the industry and absolutely deserves the breakout as well. I’m talking about Lee Yoo Mi who has over ten dramas and ten movies under her belt in either teen actress roles through supporting roles. but now has her chance to get further recognition after being … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Woo, Lee Yoo Mi, Mental Coach Je Gal Gil

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