Doom at Your Service is the Pretentious Drama We Knew Would Arrive One Day: Anchored by Visuals, a Lot of Staring, and Copious Amounts of Self-importance

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It’s midway through the airing of tvN Mon-Tues drama Doom at Your Service (One Day Destruction Came to My Door) and this is a good time to discuss and have more substantive feedback to add to the first impression. The ratings are trending the wrong way for this drama, starting with 4.118% in episode 1, reaching a high in episode … Continue reading →

Yeon Woo Jin and Lee Moo Saeng Offered Male Lead Roles in Upcoming Female Friendship K-drama Thirty Nine with Son Ye Jin, Jeon Mi Do, and Ahn So Hee

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The casting of male leads for upcoming jTBC drama Thirty Nine (39) is underway and it looks like the production has an eye for talented actors who will be complementary support to the three female leads for a female-centric drama. Yeon Woo Jin and Lee Moo Saeng are the first two actors offered the male lead roles in the drama … Continue reading →

Shin Hyun Bin Offered the Female Lead of Revenge K-drama The Youngest Son of Sunyoung Opposite Song Joong Ki

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The winds of casting gods shifts and turns and this time it’s a great surprise. The female lead offer is officially out for the upcoming K-drama adaptation of revenge novel The Youngest Son of Sunyoung (The Chaebol’s Youngest Son) and the prize has been presented to K-actress Shin Hyun Bin. I’m dying here because she’s totally different in every way … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi’s Official Korean Fan Club Releases Statement that the Club Did Not Hire the Truck Chastising Him on Dating Lee Da In, But Some Individual Fans Did Do That

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Oooh, pass the popcorn, there’s a schism and fight fight fight going on within Lee Seung Gi‘s official South Korean fan club also known as Airen. Last week Lee Seung Gi confirmed he was dating actress Lee Da In, and days later a truck with an LED billboard was seen driving around Seoul scrolling a message warning to Lee Seung … Continue reading →

Go Kyung Pyo to Guest Star in tvN Drama My Roommate is a Gumiho Reuniting with Hyeri After Answer Me 1988

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As if I need another reason to love newly arrived tvN fantasy romance My Roommate is a Gumiho, a guest star is arriving that adds another layer of cuteness plus nostalgia. Sadly Ryu Jun Yeol is filming a drama and Park Bo Gum is off in the army, but another Answer Me 1988 male lead is showing up to reunite … Continue reading →

K-ent Discusses Why So Many K-dramas Airing in the Second Half of 2021 are All Noona-Dongsaeng Romances

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Yup, when you assemble it together like the Avengers its hard not to see the way wind trends are blowing for the second half of 2022. K-ent discussed that six big name female lead K-dramas scheduled for the second half of 2021 are all noona-dongsaeng romances or pairings, with an older woman and (much) younger man. We have Song Hye … Continue reading →

Kim Dong Wook Joins Seo Hyun Jin’s Outdoor Stroll in First Teaser for tvN Healing Romance Drama You Are My Spring

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The first teaser is here for upcoming tvN Mon-Tues drama You Are My Spring and it’s arriving in the middle of Summer on July 5th but I’m all for the abundance of spring time vibes forthcoming. The first teaser shows us female lead Seo Hyun Jin strolling in the spring time outdoors, dressed in a cute dress with her hair … Continue reading →

Park Shin Hye Changes Out of Her Apocalyptic Gear for Frilly Dresses in New Mojo.S.Phine CF Pictorial

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I’m still perplexed as to how jTBC greenlit Sisphus: The Myth and landed so many A-listers to star. Park Shin Hye could not have chosen better on what she could have known, though I would say reading the script for the first four episodes would have had me running for the exit. Who knows, she got to act with Jo … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin Pumps Up His Intensity in BTS Video for Making of Under Armour CF

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I still remember the early days of Hyun Bin‘s career when he was the scrawny flower boy type, cut away to nearly twenty years later and he’s channeling The Rock physique more and more. He’s got a way broader set of shoulders and muscles underneath his suits and shirts that we see onscreen when he’s playing a character. He’s also … Continue reading →

SBS Fri-Sat Drama Taxi Driver with Lee Je Hoon and Esom Wraps Up with Average Ratings of 12.6%

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This weekend saw the conclusion of SBS Fri-Sat night drama Taxi Driver (Deluxe Taxi), which was more than just a placeholder between seasons of Penthouse. The justice by extra legal means drama starring Lee Je Hoon, Esom, and Pyo Ye Jin overcame multiple unexpected bumps from replacing the second female lead Lee Na Eun due to her bullying scandal to … Continue reading →

Kim Woo Bin Embraces Spring 2021 in New Elle Korea Pictorial

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I wonder how those new to K-dramas who were not around during Kim Woo Bin‘s ascension to A-list young between 2013-2015 would react to him today with his comeback forthcoming. Sure one can watch dramas and movies with him but living through the rise of a talented new actor or actress is always a memorable experience in and of itself. … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi’s Korean Fan Club Publicly Protests His Relationship with Lee Da In

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Aish, this is no good either way. If he breaks up with her it just seems like public pressure and if he keeps dating her I can’t imagine the escalation from his fan club. Lee Seung Gi confirmed earlier in the week that he was dating actress Lee Da In and his domestic fan club has since gone crazy. The … Continue reading →

Insider Casting Rumors Says Suzy Will be the Female Lead Opposite Song Joong Ki in the K-drama Adaptation of The Youngest Son of Sunyoung

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Welp, get ready for a wild and slinging comments section lol. With the news that Song Joong Ki will be the male lead of the K-drama adaptation of revenge novel The Youngest Son of Sunyoung (Korean title is The Chaebol’s Youngest Son), of course all eyes are on who will be the female lead. The novel has actually very little … Continue reading →