Kwak Dong Yeon and Koo Kyu Hwan Sign on for TVing X-files Type Drama Monstrous with the Script By the Director of Train to Busan and the Writer of My Holo Love

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A cool new drama and casting news to get excited about recently dropped. TVing is preparing a K-drama titled Monstrous that is being described like the Korean X-files. To which I say, everyone first go watch Joseon X-files. But I digress, this drama has signed on talented actor Kwak Dong Yeon and Koo Kyu Hwan as the male leads and … Continue reading →

Park Sung Hoon Out and Kim Kyung Nam in as Male Lead of Upcoming jTBC Drama Just One Person

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I would call this an even trade and I’m just glad the casting got switched up early and finalized quickly. Upcoming jTBC drama Just One Person is replacing one person for another person this week. Male lead Park Sung Hoon, who signed up for this drama three months ago after the Joseon Exorcist cancellation fiasco, has stepped down reportedly due … Continue reading →

Kim Ji Won’s Agency SALT Releases New Promo Pics that Showcase Her Diverse Aura

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The acting trajectory for Kim Ji Won has felt really roller coaster-ish to me, from breakouts to small hits to unexpected misses to arthouse fare. She’s definitely all over the place and I think ultimately in a good way, no bad press or weird gossip and she just gives it her all whenever I see her onscreen. Her last drama … Continue reading →

Media Reports on jTBC Mid-year Slump with Underperforming Monthly House and Nevertheless, Look Towards Jeon Do Yeon and Ryu Jun Yeol to Bring in Viewers with Arthouse Drama Human Disqualification

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Having a track record of success does make one keep expecting it so cable network jTBC looks like it made two missteps that just happened to be airing at the same time but overall is still very strong. K-ent is reporting that the network started the year strong with ratings and critical acclaim in dramas Beyond Evil, Law School, and … Continue reading →

K-netizens Impressed with the Acting and Enunciation of Rising Young Actress Jeon Hye Won as a New Breakout from Marriage Lyrics and Divorce Music

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You know a drama is popular with viewers not just on the ratings alone but also on the amount of discussion in the media. The TV Chosun drama Marriage Lyrics and Divorce Music is setting new ratings records for the smaller cable network and viewers are praising the family dynamics BUT not crazy (like resurrecting the dead over and over) … Continue reading →

Kim Tae Ri and Jeon Yeo Bin Leave Agency and Signs with Newly Formed Management mmm Created by Longtime Manager

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There’s exciting movement in the K-actress world and it’s a two-fer this week. Actresses Kim Tae Ri and Jeon Yeo Bin have made an agency change together, leaving their current agency J,wide Company and signing with a newly formed agency called Management mmm which was founded by their existing manager. J, wide released a statement explaining that the actresses contracts … Continue reading →

Rom-com Drama My Man is Cupid Courts Jang Dong Yoon for the Male Lead

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After the SBS zombie sageuk drama Joseon Exorcist debacle, I just hoped that none of the cast members would be negatively affected by the netizen witch hunt to yeet that drama out of existence. Male lead Jang Dong Yoon clearly was highly scrutinized to express appropriate levels of remorse for being involved with the drama and I’m not sure if … Continue reading →

Jang Geun Seok to Make Small Screen Return in 2022 Kakao TV Drama Unexpected Country Diary

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Oh this is such great news! K-actor Jang Geun Seok has been offered the male lead in upcoming early 2022 Kakao TV streaming drama Unexpected Country Diary and he’s expected to take it and make his small screen return in 4 years since SBS drama Switch: Change the World. The drama synopsis is about a man who falls in love … Continue reading →

Netizens Praise the Marriage Lyrics and Divorce Music 2nd Season as the Return of Makjang Queen Im Sung Han’s Addictive Writing

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Okay, it looks this this past weekend was prime delicious drama viewing time with not just one but two weekend dramas having a breakout. For TV Chosun drama Marriage Lyrics and Divorce Music written by queen of makjang Im Sung Han, this weekend hit a new high of 11.885% and more importantly viewers are mad praising the drama. The general … Continue reading →

Recently Premiered tvN Drama The Devil Judge Drops a Virtuoso Ending to Episode 4 as Audience Acclaim and Ratings Jump

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Sorry for not writing about recently premiered tvN drama The Devil Judge (Demon Judge) until now. I am way more interested in this drama from Ji Sung than I was in his wifey and also my darling Lee Bo Young‘s Mine which preceded this because nothing turns me off faster than rich people family makjang. But I didn’t love episode … Continue reading →

Fans Prepare to Remember Miura Haruma on the One Year Anniversary of His Passing as His Last Films are Posthumously Released This Year in 2021

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I recently took my first flight in 20 months and it was a long enough one that I could watch some movies that I know are best consumed as time fillers. One was the most recent Confidence Man offering in the series which started as a dorama and then got an SP, then a first movie, and now a second … Continue reading →

Kim So Hyun is Coolly Striking in New Y Noblesse July 2021 Pictorial

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Being a grown up child actress fairly guarantees double the attention, from those who still remember the child era and those who stumble upon in the adult era, and the intersectional in between. Kim So Hyun even as a kid got tons of comparisons to adult actresses she resembled in looks/acting and all the commentary was good, but as an … Continue reading →

Kim Sae Ron and Nam Da Reum are Ready to Kick Demon Ass and Take Names in First Poster and Teaser for Kakao TV Drama Shaman Girl Da Doo Shim

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I remember when K-dramas always had a scary/creepy/horror themed drama ready to air in late July/early August when it’s lunar new year ghost month. It’s doesn’t happen regularly anymore but this year there will be Shaman Girl Da Doo Shim streaming on Kakao TV in three weeks time. Starring Kim Sae Ron and Nam Da Reum, the drama centers around … Continue reading →