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Suzy Cast in Upcoming Coupang Play Streaming Drama The Second Anna

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 9, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 9, 2021

Okay this sounds like an interesting drama pick for Suzy. I also like she’s taking a drama first before the usual buzz over the male lead because she needs to either stand on her own or accept that she’s only able to do dramas with a equivalent male lead. Suzy has been cast in the Coupang Play thriller drama The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Suzy, The Second Anna

Kim Sun Ho, Shin Mina, and Lee Sang Yi Bring the Positive Energy in BTS Video of Hometown Cha Cha Cha Script Reading

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 8, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 8, 2021
Group of people reading scripts wearing masks.

I’m on the prowl for a new K-drama soon as my recent ones have ended or will end soon, and I wish tvN romance comedy drama Hometown Cha Cha Cha (formerly Seaside Village Cha Cha Cha) would be premiering this month or next especially since it seems so summery in vibe. Alas tvN hasn’t given it a confirmed time slot … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hometown Cha Cha Cha, Kim Sun Ho, Lee Sang Yi, Seaside Village ChaChacha, Shin Mina

Rookie Actress Park Hye Eun Fired From Upcoming Hong Sisters Fantasy Drama Return Reportedly Due to Poor Acting, Jung So Min Courted to Replace Her Immediately

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 8, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 8, 2021
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Well this is certainly a rarity in K-drama but clearly stuff really went off the rails during filming. Rookie actress Park Hye Eun (but she uses Park Hae Eun on her own SNS account) has been fired from the currently filming Hong Sisters fantasy drama Return (or Resurrection) as the female lead. Filming only started recently and has now been … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung So Min, Lee Jae Wook, Park Hae Eun, Park Hye Eun, Resurrection, Return

Im Soo Jung and Lee Do Hyun Confirmed for Teacher-Student Romance Drama Melancholia

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 8, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 7, 2021
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Hoo boy, now this is a drama casting I wish the male lead didn’t accept, even if it turns out to be good all the early signs are that it won’t be my cup of tea. Im Soo Jung and Lee Do Hyun are confirmed and will head into filming for romance drama Melancholia, depicting the love story of an … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Soo Jung, Lee Do Hyun, Melancholia

K-actress Jung Yumi of Rooftof Prince and Partners for Justice Stuns Netizens with Striking New Look

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 7, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 7, 2021
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All I ask of my actors/actress is that they be able to exercise their craft whether through visuals or physical expression but so often it comes up against the modern cheat sheet that is alterations. Whether someone went under the knife is for he/she to acknowledge and accept but as viewers we can only say someone looks the same or … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Yumi

SBS Releases Script Reading Stills for Upcoming Sageuk Romance Red Sky

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 7, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 7, 2021
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It’s been a mixed bag so far this year in 2021 with sageuks but overall it felt like I’m getting that genre satisfied nicely with the ones I’ve watched. It’s also nice that one finishes and another starts right after so I can focus on one at a time and up next is SBS drama Red Sky (Hong Chun Gi). … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Gong Myung, Kim Yoo Jung, Kwak Si Yang, Red Sky

Makjang Queen Screenwriter Im Sung Han’s Second Season of TV Chosun Drama Marriage Lyrics and Divorce Music Continues its Ratings Success and is Less Crazy that Penthouse

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 7, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2021
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I still remember the infamous Princess Aurora aka “Im Sung Han’s Death Note”, the drama where the behind-the-scenes shenanigans resulted in onscreen plot developments where character after character was either shipped off or killed off (and not resurrected). Writer Im Sung Han kinda lost her ratings touch after that maybe because actors didn’t want to work with her anymore and/or … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Sung Han, Marriage Lyrics and Divorce Music

Im Soo Hyang Cast in the K-drama Remake of Jane the Virgin

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2021
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K-actress Im Soo Hyang has had her show of hit dramas and flop dramas and many more in between, she’s one of the most consistently productive K-actresses with the amount of dramas she does on a regular clip. I’m glad she’s getting work but I do not get her appeal as an actress, she just doesn’t work for me so … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Im Soo Hyang

tvN Mon-Tues Drama You Are My Spring Premieres to 3.390% with Initial Viewer Feedback Mixed as to the Jarring Transition from Rom-com to Scary Mood

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2021
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Newly arrived tvN drama You are My Spring is……interesting to say the least. I watched episode 1 and can’t for the life of me decide if I like it or dislike it. If it wasn’t for leads Seo Hyun Jin and Kim Dong Wook both of whom I love, I probably would lean towards dislike but it’s not because the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Dong Wook, Nam Gyu Ri, Seo Hyun Jin, Yoon Park, You Are My Spring

K-ent Writer Posts Fawning Article Praising Han So Hee’s Charisma, Acting Ability, and Visuals to the Moon Despite the Ratings Disappointment of Nevertheless

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 6, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 6, 2021
Young woman in casual clothing, looking contemplative.

Okay, this K-ent article is so ridiculously over effusive I have no idea what the writer is thinking to write thousands of words on why Han So Hee has that “shocking charisma, like magic it can cover up any lacking areas.” The writer discusses how jTBC had high hopes for Nevertheless but the ratings keep dropping and now is in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han So Hee, Nevertheless

MBN Sageuk Bossam: Stealing Fate Ends with Network Record High 9.769% Ratings as Jung Il Woo, Yuri, and Shin Hyun Soo Bask in the Deserved Success

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 5, 2021
Family in traditional Korean hanbok attire.

This past weekend cable network sageuk Bossam: Stealing Fate ended its 20-episode run which saw the drama premiere with an already promising for the small MBN ratings of 2.498% and through the course of its run continue to rise until the final episode notched a network record ratings high of 9.759%. While it would have been symbolic to break 10% … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bossam: Stealing Fate, Jung Il Woo, Shin Hyun Soo, Yuri

Shin Se Kyung Joins IU and Signs with Agency Edam Entertaiment

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 5, 2021
"Poster for the series Run On."

Earlier I posted that Shin Se Kyung was looking for a new agency after her long time contract with Namoo Actors expired but it was not official and some fans believed she would end up re-signing. I don’t think it’s good or bad whether she leaves Namoo, the agency has shepherded her career through her entire twenties and she got … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Shin Se Kyung

Kim Tae Ri Tops K-ent Insiders Pick for Top Choice as Female Lead, Followed by Gong Hyo Jin and Song Hye Kyo

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 5, 2021 by ockoalaJuly 5, 2021
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The ladies version of the same insider polling results are out and deserves as much attention as the men. In a surprise (for me at least) pick, Kim Tae Ri got the most votes with 6 as the actress that industry insiders listed as their number 1 pick in casting the female lead. She was followed by Gong Hyo Jin … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged IU, Jeon Ji Hyun, Jeon Yeo Bin, KIm Tae Ri, Park Shin Hye, Song Hye Kyo, Song Hyo Jin

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