The lawsuits are definitely flying in the Kim Soo Hyun scandal where he is alleged to have dated actress Kim Sae Ron when she was 15 years old and still a minor. This new one is now the third lawsuit, the first was Kim Sae Ron‘s family against Youtuber Lee Jin Ho, then came Kim Soo Hyun’s agency Gold Medalist … Continue reading →
The Han Dynasty has so much great real life pathos and love/loss/war to mine for drama land and it sucks that novelist Tong Hua‘s fictional takes with Da Mo Yao (Ballad of the Desert) and Yun Zhong Ge (Song in the Clouds) got massacred in the drama adaptations thanks to wildly unsuitable casting for many of the roles and poor … Continue reading →
If I didn’t see the captions underneath his pictures I legit would not have guessed this was the same person. HK-star Jacky Heung (Xiang Zuo 向佐) the OG nepo baby and only child born to HK-ent’s super power couple actor Charles Heung and his wife Tiffany Chen best known as Heung Tai, has undergone a visual transformation to his looks … Continue reading →
The making of C-drama Rebirth the sequel to Princess Agents 2 has taken 8 years start production but now it feels like the long wait was for timing to be right. It allowed the casting of original child actress Huang Yang Tian Tian in the lead role and pair her with younger aged down Li Yun Rui. When both were … Continue reading →
I’m not a fan of the Bulgari Serpenti collection but seeing it worn beautifully by K-actress Kim Ji Won has made me do a second thought on maybe adding a Viper bracelet to my stack. She’s been with Bulgari as few years as a brand ambassador and this past week she was spotted at the airport jetting to Hong Kong … Continue reading →
This is so sweet and wonderful to see, old coworkers still friends and together again in support. Park Bo Gum is doing double duty this March as an actor with his Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines and also hosting a new variety stage show The Seasons: Park Bo Gum’s Cantabile. Nearly all his leading cast costars from the … Continue reading →
April is tax season here in the US but every month is a possible audit and owed taxes season for anyone especially for the higher earners. Statistics show that high earners are way more likely to be regularly audited and in South Korea it seems to be opens season on entertainers. So far in a month we heard of Honey … Continue reading →
A lot has happened in the last few days so hold on to your hats, I’ll do my best to summarize the mudslinging from both sides – Kim Soo Hyun‘s agency Gold Medalist and Youtuber Lee Jin Ho versus deceased actress Kim Sae Ron‘s family and Youtube channel Garo Sero Institute. First off, Disney+ has officially postponed/delayed the release of … Continue reading →
Yet another sign that kids grow up eventually and turn out in ways not always the first path taken. K-star Junho (Lee Jun Ho) has always been a k-pop idol for me for so long until only the recent few years that I’ve taken him seriously as an actor. But he’s earned it with The Red Sleeve and also many … Continue reading →
I remember reading about how the fashion styling for the Oscars is always a multi variable and dimensional game of chess to dress actresses by the various brands and also to avoid showing up in similar outfits, something another actress wore before, or god forbid the same gown. “Smacking shirts” the Chinese phrase for wearing the same outhit has happened … Continue reading →
Ye old blossom has returned and this one has power to boot! Tencent announced this week the finalized casting for its upcoming period C-drama Blossoms of Power with the Chinese title 百花杀 Bai Hua Sha or Hundred Flower Kill which was originally titled in Chinese 东风信 Dong Feng Xin or Eastern Wind Letter. The coveted female lead role goes to … Continue reading →
Well this is becoming a case of which star can top the next tax audit bill for unpaid amounts in South Korea. Last month Honey Lee was hit with a 6 billion won of owed taxes after an audit that started with her agency, and not a month later we have Yoo Yeon Seok topping that amount with a 7 … Continue reading →
It happens more often that I want to see, covering the marriage of a celeb only to years later cover the dissolution of said marriage. Another K-star is joining the ranks of tried it but couldn’t make it work, with news this week that actress Lee Shi Young and her businessman husband of 8-years are getting a divorce. They have … Continue reading →
