Hyun Bin and Song Hye Kyo Reunited Dating Rumors Heat Up Again After Netizen Claims to Have Seen Them Out Walking Their Dog Late at Night with Blurry Picture Proof

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Okay, pass the popcorn m’kay? I am soooooo here for the popcorn, and if this turns out to be another one of those “netizens eagle-eye knows it all from the beginning” type truth even if far-fetched imma have to bow down again. This week the persistent rumor, since earlier this year starting in February 202, that former couple Song Hye … Continue reading →

Lee Yu Ri Tells Lies of Lies to Become the Stepmother to Her Own Daughter in New Channel A Drama with Yeon Jung Hoon

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My takeaways from the posters, stills, and synopsis for upcoming Channel A melodrama Lie of Lies is that it’s like a prison sentence in and of itself to marry into a chaebol family and lies beget more lies. K-actress Lee Yu Ri turns to the dark side for her own flesh and blood in Lies of Lies, playing a mother … Continue reading →

NU-EST AND Wanna One Member Minhyun Turns Actor in jTBC Drama Live On with Jung Da Bin

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There’s always a handful of youth romance K-dramas every year and the ones that interest me either come from the casting of leads I like or from positive word of mouth after the drama airs. I’m interested in upcoming jTBC romance Live On with Minhyun (Hwang Min Hyun) of the boy group NU-EST and also Wanna One acting opposite grown … Continue reading →

Kim Ha Neul is Caught Between Older Hubby Yoon Sang Hyun and High School First Love Lee Do Hyun in Hilarious First Teaser for jTBC Drama 18 Again

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Bwahahahaha, OMG wiping away tears here. The first teaser is out for upcoming jTBC second chance drama 18 Again and its come out of nowhere level funny. Like, was not expecting this. The first half of the teaser has leads Kim Ha Neul and Yoon Sang Hyun seriously with melo music galore discussing the failure of their marriage and she’s … Continue reading →

Hottest Kings, Emperors, and Princes in K-dramas Through 2020

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I realized that nearly all of the most popular younger generation K-actors have had a chance now to play a sageuk king, prince, or even fictional modern day Korean king/emperor. It’s totally an excuse for me to collect the entire menagerie of regal hotness for a question – who is your hottest His Majesty or His Royal Highness? For me … Continue reading →

Flower of Evil Drops in Second Episode Ratings to 2.860% Despite Early Positive Reviews

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Since I’ve yet to start new tvN Wed-Thurs drama Flower of Evil I can’t comment on the plot, acting, or production yet but purely on audience interest it’s not off the the right trajectory start. Episode 1 got 3.4% ratings but dropped to 2.860% in episode 2, despite audience interest and early positive reviews and commentary, not to mention popular … Continue reading →

tvN drama The Moment with Park Bo Gum and Park So Dam Drops Second Teaser and Confirms Streaming on Netflix

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A lot of confirmations this week with respect to upcoming tvN drama The Moment. It will premiere on September 7th, and will also be streaming on Netflix like many recent dramas The King: Eternal Monarch, It’s Okay to Not be Okay, and Crash Landing on You. Male lead Park Bo Gum is enlisting for military service next month so the … Continue reading →

Flower of Evil with Lee Jun Ki and Moon Chae Won Starts to Bloom as Episode 1 Gets 3.4% Ratings

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This Wednesday was the arrival of new tvN Wed-Thurs drama Flower of Evil and honestly I thought it was August already but it’s only the very very end of July and oh my god I’m so excited this drama is here but can this month end already?! Back to Flower starring Lee Jun Ki and Moon Chae Won, the first … Continue reading →

Taecyeon Joins K-drama Vincenzo as Aspiring Drug Kingpin Baddie Opposite Song Joong Ki and Jeon Yeo Bin

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Ooooooh this is such a great casting development, and so random too! Actor-singer Taecyeon will be joining the cast of upcoming tvN K-drama Vincenzo which is currently headlining Song Joong Ki and Jeon Yeo Bin as the male and female leads. The character Taec plays is a the head of a pharmaceutical company without morals and willing to do anything … Continue reading →

TW-star Hitomi Wang and Boyfriend Ai Cheng Announce Marriage Less Than Year After Her Public Cheating Debacle with Costar Mars Ma

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Man, even writing this article feels so fraught with landmines, I guess the old fashion idea of cheating still feels like it deserves some biblical punishment of sorts. Or not, leave it up to the people involved. And the people involved in this cheating scandal has quite a lot going on right now. TW-ent is abuzz with the sudden announcement … Continue reading →

First Look at Ong Seung Woo and Shin Ye Eun for jTBC Romance Drama Number of Cases

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I’ve been so much chatter about Ong Seung Woo, the rising young actor who got his start as a member of Wanna One after coming in 5th in Produce 101 second season. Apparently he trained as an actor but was also talented in singing and dancing so his agency sent him to Produce to get some experience. Last year he … Continue reading →

South Korean Box Office Regains Life During Summer of COVID Thanks to Back-to-Back Zombie Movies Peninsula and #Alive

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First off, the South Korean movie theaters have been re-opened since June but there is always going to be asterisk on tickets sold for movies during this COVID-19 period. The theaters are blocking every other seat so each showing can only sell half the tickets as before so it will never be apples to apples to compare a movie that … Continue reading →

It’s Okay to Not be Okay and Its Three Leads Top the Good Data Search Rankings for the 4th Week of July 2020

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Grah, freaking July feels like a slog made worse than the usual dog days of summer by COVID-19 ennui and the never ending stay at home as much as you can self-preservation game plan. For the entirety of its 5-week run so far, tvN drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay and male lead Kim Soo Hyun has topped the … Continue reading →