Rather than a train journey of steady speed, tvN drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay is looking more like a car drive down the coast. At times electrifying with the astounding view and now we see a slow down of quiet contemplation. Episode 5 was a lovely interlude of sorts, bringing Kang Tae and Moon Young into each other’s … Continue reading →
The consequences are swift with this latest scandal in K-ent and hopefully the victim can start recovering and the alleged abuser can learn to be a better person going forward. FNC Entertainment announced today that AOA leader Jimin (Shin Ji Min) will be leaving the group and also leaving the entertainment industry as a whole. This comes two days after … Continue reading →
We’re wrapping up June 2020 and coming in the end of July will be new K-drama Flower of Evil, starring the flower of niceness Lee Jun Ki himself finally tapping into his evil/nice dichotomy. Promotions are starting and the first is Lee Jun Ki chilling in casual wear in the pages of GQ Korea. He deftly switches between blinding smile … Continue reading →
It’s rare to be a Legend of such magnitude and I mean in both fronts: career success and personal success. Last month Japanese news reported, and subsequently also made the Chinese speaking media, that long retired Japanese actress and singer Yamaguchi Momoe can add mother-in-law to her long list of roles. Her oldest son the 36-year old rock star Miura … Continue reading →
Speaking out is just as hard as the courage it takes to endure and survive bullying so this is really such a difficult story to hear come to light. Popular girl’s group AOA is all over K-news this weekend after former member Mina (Kwon Min Ah) went public via multiple lengthy SNS posts alleging a decade’s long bullying she suffered … Continue reading →
This drama sounds like a mashup of multiple elements from recent thriller themed dramas but heck if done right then go right ahead and try. Lee Seo Jin will be making his first full length drama return in Times, playing a news reporter from 2015 that crosses path through time with the daughter of the South Korean president in 2020. … Continue reading →
Long time supporting actor Oh Jung Se is getting his long overdue lime light this year despite still playing supporting roles. Like, best development EVAR! He’s winning raves for his second male lead role in It’s Okay to Not be Okay playing an autistic man and next week he can be seen in the upcoming jTBC drama The Good Detective … Continue reading →
The first things to jump out at me from the script reading stills of upcoming K-drama The Moment (Record of Youth) took me down a rabbit hole before I came back to write this post. Male lead Park Bo Gum looks like he stepped straight off the stage in The Book of Mormon to attend this table read lol. Hello … Continue reading →
Okay, this is so not fair to one female lead and tips the romance pre-release in favor of the other just by casting alone, lol. K-actor Park Jin Young is considering the male lead role in the female-centric best friends for live K-movie remake of the hit C-movie Soulmate (Qi Yue Yu An Sheng). The female leads are Kim Da … Continue reading →
Wow, talk about news from way left field. K-ent is reporting that K-actor Song Joong Ki is in serious talks for his drama return in the upcoming tvN drama Vincenzo slated to air in December 2020. He met with the PD last week for a multi-hour meeting already. The drama is a romantic comedy about a mob consigliere who escapes … Continue reading →
This is such a great onscreen casting and the story sounds super interesting as well, very promising. Seo In Guk and Park Bo Young are signed on for the upcoming fantasy romance K-drama One Day Destruction Came to My Door. Park Bo Young plays a woman burdened since childhood while Seo In Guk is the supernatural “destruction” that can destroy … Continue reading →
Have we gotten to the point of remaking one’s own dramas, the answer is yes it seems though a few have been discussed over the years and never panned out. K-ent is reporting that the is a plan to remake the 2004 hit melodrama romance Phoenix (Firebird) though turning it from a prime time drama to a daily morning series. … Continue reading →
One drama is no surprise to stay hot on the search list but another keeps jumping around like a hot potato. The 4th week of June 2020 is done and staying most searched in K-drama key words as compiled by Good Data is tvN weekend drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay. Second is weekend drama Once Again with SBS … Continue reading →
