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Park Bo Gum in Talks for Next Drama and Also Brings Back Answer Me 1988 OTP Throwback with Hyeri Backstage at the 2025 Baeksang

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 10, 2025 by ockoalaMay 9, 2025
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The cast of Answer Me 1988 is/was very close and in the past would get together from time to time in the intervening 10 years since the drama aired. I say was now because two costars dated and then broke up so not sure if the full group hangouts be happening go forward. But I rarely saw leads Park Bo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Answer Me 1988, Hyeri, Night Traveler, Park Bo Gum

Posters and Preview Ramp Up Excitement for Modern Romance C-drama Our Generation with Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He in Second Time Working Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 9, 2025 by ockoalaMay 9, 2025
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So this is one of the fastest reunions in C-dramas among OTP leads and I couldn’t be happier. Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He went from their period C-drama The Princess Royal airing to good reviews and reception to being reunited and kicking off filming of modern growth romance C-drama Our Generation (Chinese title 樱桃琥珀 Ying Tao Hu Puo … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cherry Amber, Our Generation, Zhang Ling He, Zhao Jin Mai

Tencent Releases New Teaser for Legend of the Female General with Zhou Ye and Cheng Lei and Reportedly Schedules it After Serendipity Ends Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 9, 2025 by ockoalaMay 8, 2025
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The wait for Legend of the Female General may be nearing the end, after an aborted attempt to premiere early this year in January got scuttled due to the scandal of a major male supporting lead. The production quickly decided to re-film his scenes with a new actor and AI face swap into the drama. That has been finished now … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Lei, Legend of the Female General, Zhou Ye

Judges Reveal Joo Ji Hoon Wins 20205 Baeksang Drama Best Actor Over Park Bo Gum While Kim Tae Ri Was Unanimous Vote for Best Actress

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 8, 2025 by ockoalaMay 9, 2025
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I love getting a peek into any voting process (let me inside Conclave!) and for the 2025 Baeksang Awards the judges are revealing the votes behind the scenes. For the Best Actor and Best Actress, the most coveted for the acting industry, it was not what I was thinking behind the scenes. Kim Tae Ri was near unanimous in getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, K-dramas | Tagged Joo Ji Hoon, KIm Tae Ri

Mango TV Modern Romance C-drama Dazzling with Li Yun Rui Abruptly Changes Female Lead From Sun Zhenni to Guan Xiaotong Days Before Filming Start

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 8, 2025 by ockoalaMay 7, 2025
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Well this sucks majorly for cutie pie Sun Zhenni! I’m not going to say this doesn’t happen on occasion in C-ent but still sucks to have to happen to an actress that recently had a small breakout thanks to her last drama and was primed for a really great next role. The Mango TV produced modern C-drama Dazzling is scheduled … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dazzling, Guan Xiao Tong, Li Yun Rui, Sun Zhenni

jTBC Sports and Police Procedural K-drama Good Boy with Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun Releases Striking New Character Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 7, 2025 by ockoalaMay 7, 2025
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Ooooh, I love this gritty and bold vibe for the character posters just released by jTBC for the K-drama Good Boy. The six main leads are Park Bo Gum, Kim So Hyun, Lee Sang Yi, Heo Sung Tae, Oh Jung Se, and Tae Won Seok with the majority playing former Olympic level sporting champs turned cops. It’s been a few … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Good Boy, Heo Sung Tae, Kim So Hyun, Lee Sang Yi, Oh Jung Se, Park Bo Gum, Tae Won Seok

Chen Zhe Yuan in Talks for Director Guo Jingming’s Next Period C-drama Inferno of Wings

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 7, 2025 by ockoalaMay 6, 2025
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So this feels like a perfect match to me, and one that feels inevitable. Director Guo Jingming is a visual above all else director and producer and it’s only a matter of time before he goes through all the visual male leads in C-drama land. This time he’s landed on Chen Zhe Yuan who casting rumors say will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Guo Jingming, Inferno of Wing, Ran Yu

C-actress Zhang Jing Yi Reportedly Cast as Female Lead in High Profile Xianxia C-drama A Beautiful Destiny

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 6, 2025 by ockoalaMay 6, 2025
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So this is the C-drama that last week was rumored to possibly be considering Zhao Lu Si until it ran into her working with the director of the unfinished drama Almost Lover. The English title is A Beautiful Destiny and the Chinese title is 月都花落 Yue Du Hua Luo adapted from the novel 月都花落,沧海花开 Yue Du Hua Luo, Cang Hai … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged A Beautiful Destiny, Zhang Jing Yi

Chen Du Ling and Zhou Yi Ran Cast in Period C-drama Adapted From the Novel Empress Chu

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 6, 2025 by ockoalaMay 5, 2025
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So there was a lot of movement around this drama which has been in prep for quite some time but with the recent hits and misses in C-dramas the production is ready to move forward and the leads are all but inked. The drama is titled 翘楚 Qiao Chu and is adapted from the novel 楚后 Chu Hou or Empress … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Du Ling, Empress Chu, Zhou Yi Ran

Joo Ji Hoon and Kim Tae Ri Wins Television Category Best Acting Awards at the 2025 Baeksang with When Life Gives You Tangerines Taking Home Best Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 5, 2025 by ockoalaMay 5, 2025
Two award winners at Baeksang Awards.

So this is both a surprise and not a surprise, I think anyone of the five nominees in both the television side best actor and best actress categories could win but the winners were not who I thought would win. Joo Ji Hoon won Best Actor for Trauma Code: Heroes on Call while Kim Tae Ri became a two-time television … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Byun Woo Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, Kim Hye Yoon, KIm Tae Ri, When Life Gives You Tangerines

Married TW- stars Tiffany Ann Hsu and Roy Qiu Confirm They Are Expecting First Baby

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 5, 2025 by ockoalaMay 5, 2025
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Awwwww, what fantastic news to share! Married TW-stars Roy Qiu and Tiffany Ann Hsu announced today that they are expecting a baby. She’s about 4 months along and recently was at an event and very expertly hid her belly which made the media already pounce on this possibility. The two have been married for three years and quietly dated for … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ann Hsu, Baby, Dating, Married, Roy Qiu, Tiffany Hsu

New Stills for jTBC’s Good Boy with Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun as Drama Gets Wider Streaming Release

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 5, 2025 by ockoalaMay 4, 2025
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There is a first for everything and it looks like Good Boy is indeed the goodest of boys what with the broader than usual release. The jTBC airing K-drama will be available for streaming on both Netflix and Disney+ in Korea at the same time, the first that the competitor platforms have agreed to a simulstream situation. This will only … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Good Boy, Kim So Hyun, Park Bo Gum

Mango TV May Finally Release Republic Era Period C-drama The Love of Hypnosis with Crystal Liu and Jing Bo Ran This Summer of 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 4, 2025 by ockoalaMay 9, 2025
Two people in elegant, historical attire.

This may be the longest on the shelf C-drama with now going on 7-years that The Love of Hypnosis has been sitting in statis. It was filmed in 2017-2018 and was then a huge budget high profile drama with Crystal Liu as the top billed female lead with Jing Bo Ran as the male lead. Then the second male lead … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jing Bo Ran, Liu Yi Fei, The Love of Hypnosis

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