Chosun News Passes the “God Screenwriter” Baton from Kim Eun Sook Failing with The King: Eternal Monarch to Park Ji Eun with Runaway Hit Crash Landing on You

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Complacency is the insidious foe, like termites you can’t see but it’s slowly eating away at the foundation. If I am the most successful drama screenwriter of all time in South Korea Kim Eun Sook and I just read the article from Chosun News that says the epic failure of The King: Eternal Monarch means it’s time to pass her … Continue reading →

Dramatic Movie Posters for Yoo Ah In and Park Shin Hye’s Zombie Movie #Alive Premiering June 2020

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All eyes have been on the upcoming K-movie Peninsula as the zombie flick to look forward to, being the bigger more action-packed sequel to hit movie Train to Busan. I totally forgot about the movie #Alive starring Yoo Ah In and Park Shin Hye but the latest news about the movie surprised me like sliding into my DMs. #Alive released … Continue reading →

Character Stills Showcases the Convenience Store Mood for SBS Drama Backstreet Rookie with Ji Chang Wook and Kim Yoo Jung

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Ok, I feel more relieved just by seeing Kim Yoo Jung‘s character still for SBS drama Backstreet Rookie (Convenience Store Morning Star) because the original webtoon uncomfortably sexualized the female lead character. Her character still in the new batch released for the entire drama is so adorable and I also love how earnest and dorky male lead Ji Chang Wook … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Ki and Moon Chae Won Lead Script Reading for Summer 2020 tvN Drama Flower of Evil

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Round two, here we go! The pairing of Lee Jun Ki and Moon Chae Won has always been a K-ent anticipation but their first drama together was the pure procedural Criminal Minds adaptation and didn’t give us their full talents in the natural K-drama glory. This time we get it with their reunited and it feels so painfully good sounding … Continue reading →

Dispatch Names 4 Famous Idols Jung Kook, Eun Woo, Jaehyun, and Mingyu as Visiting Itaewon Club in Late April during COVID-19 Outbreak There

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I am quite familiar with the K-actor ’87 line consisting of Lee Min Ho, Lee Seung Gi, Jang Geun Seok, Ji Chang Wook, Joo Won, Jung Il Woo, and Seo In Guk but today I learned about the idol ’97 line thanks to the mic Dispatch just dropped. Last week there were rumors and reports of idols visiting Itaewon Clubs, … Continue reading →

Yeo Jin Goo Considering jTBC K-drama Monster Airing Late 2020

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I really enjoyed Hotel Del Luna but it wasn’t for the OTP relationship. I loved the characters separately that were leads Man Wol played by IU and Yeo Jin Goo’s character Goo Chan Sung. Each had wonderfully rich development arcs but not together as a couple, I found them better as non-romantic but loving best friends if you will. They … Continue reading →

Episode 10 of The King: Eternal Monarch Gets 6.4% and 7.8% Ratings and Still Nothing Moves the Substantive Plot Forward

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I have major deja vu vibes from last fall watching Vagabond, writing about it each week hoping it gets better and getting those hopes dashed while watching my baby boy Lee Seung Gi valiantly hard carrying the nonsensical plot. At least that drama was well made but The King: Eternal Monarch fails on all levels and finishing up episode 10 … Continue reading →

The World of the Married Shatters Cable Ratings Ending with 28.271% in Final Episode 16

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The legs on this drama, now I wonder what it could have done if it was a 20-episode drama like former cable network ratings champion Sky Castle. Hit jTBC Fri-Sat drama The World of the Married signed off today with its final episode 16 bringing in 28.261% ratings. That’s so high in the stratosphere I don’t even know how to … Continue reading →

K-netizens Cast Votes for Their Pick for 2020 Lead Acting Drama Baeksang with Hyun Bin as Best Actor and Kim Hee Ae as Best Actress

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The Baeksang Awards doesn’t have a popularity award and for the most part it’s stayed relatively true to its determination of merit over buzz despite nearly all Korean entertainment awards devolving into a popularity contest to draw in viewers. It’s not immune to buzz but it does surprise still in picking left field winners. The 2020 ceremony is scheduled for … Continue reading →

Cha Eun Woo in Talks for Male Lead of K-drama Adaptation of Webtoon True Beauty

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The talk on the K-drama adaptation of popular webtoon True Beauty (Korean title Goddess Has Descended) has been going on for at least two years but it looks like the drama has a time slot and a male lead now. Idol-actor Cha Eun Woo is up for the role of the male lead and the drama is slated to air … Continue reading →

Episode 9 of The King: Eternal Monarch Drops in Ratings to 5.8% and 6.3% and the Most Memorable Part of the Episode is the Repeat in Awkwardly Inserted PPL

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Oh gosh what is going on with this drama. I am so incredibly perplexed by the entirety of episode 9 of The King: Eternal Monarch. It had a chance to reboot heading into the second half of its run and instead it stagnated and then gave me the giant middle finger that it wasn’t going to even try even if … Continue reading →

K-actress Lee Yeon Hee Announces June 2020 Wedding to Non-celeb Boyfriend

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Congratulations is in order for K-actress Lee Yeon Hee, who shared a super surprising update on her life this week. She’s getting married next month in June 2020 to a non-celebrity who she wants to spend the rest of her life with. No one even knew she was dating and she’s not been involved in any scandals so she really … Continue reading →

K-ent Spots Won Bin in the Wild Looking Handsome as Ever Filming CF

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A Won Bin sighting feels like a Big Foot sighting, and honestly no matter how much time passes he’s still just as frustratingly handsome as ever. If he was a crappy actor coasting on all of Korea approved good looks that would be one thing, but he’s a really really REALLY good actor. In 2009 during his last time actor … Continue reading →