J-actress Asina Sei and Veteran Actor Fujiki Takashi Commit Suicide in Same Week, Third Cast Member of Bloody Monday after Miura Haruma’s Passing Two Months Ago

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At this point, I suggest J-ent send bodyguards and mental health professionals over to keep Sato Takeru and Matsushige Yutaka safe because three stars who have worked in the J-dorama Bloody Monday are joined together in a terrible coincidence of taking their own lives. In the past week, two more cast members from that 2008 dorama have passed away, both … Continue reading →

jTBC Drama Snowdrop Adds More Cast Members in Yoo In Na, Jang Seung Jo, Yoon Se Ah, and Jung Yoo Jin

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Upcoming jTBC drama Snowdrop is fast tracking the casting and in one week the production has added four new talents to the drama. Yoo In Na, Jang Seung Jo, Yoon Se Ah, and Jung Yoo Jin are all in talks to join the series, with leads already casted in Kim Hye Yoon, Jung Hae In, and Ji Soo of the … Continue reading →

Marie Claire Styles Kim Go Eun as a Gothic Horror Housekeeper in New Pictorial with Maximus From The King: Eternal Monarch

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This was NOT a welcome walk down the memory lane and in fact I feel so bad for K-actress Kim Go Eun and think there is an anti of hers working at Marie Claire Korea. It’s been three months since her last drama The King: Eternal Monarch, and I hope she had a fun relaxing summer off because she worked … Continue reading →

Rainie Yang Leads the Parade of TW-stars Paying Visit to Alien Huang’s Memorial on the First Day of Service

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I can’t fault the hordes of media stationed outside the memorial location for deceased singer-actor Alien Huang (Xiao Gui), it’s the biggest entertainment news on the island and remains such a shocker. Alien was confirmed to have passed from a massive heartache brought on by aortic dissection, when there is a fatal tear in his heart aorta. He was friends … Continue reading →

Yoona Starts Off Her 30s in Stunning Royal Blue Fashion for Estee Lauder CF

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I think we’re in like the 5th or 6th generation of Hallyu K-pop and the reigning girl group of whatever her generation is is undoubtedly Girl’s Generation and Yoona is the center. I think SM pushed her too early to act because I really didn’t like her early efforts and felt she could have been better served to go the … Continue reading →

Suzy and Nam Joo Hyuk Tackle Start-Up Dreams and Find Kindred Romance in New Drama Poster and Stills

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The underwhelming promotion cycle for upcoming tvN drama Start-Up continues, at least it’s consistent and on a roll albeit heading in the wrong direction lol. The new poster is from the same shoot that had the four leads sitting on the bleacher, and this one takes main leads Nam Joo Hyuk and Suzy and makes them sit shoulder pressed without … Continue reading →

TW Singer-Actor Alien Huang Passed Away at 36 Years Old Likely Instantly From Aortic Dissection After Autopsy Confirmation

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This next two weeks will be tough on TW-ent as recently deceased singer-actor Alien Huang (Xiao Gui) was a mainstay and friends with so many stars veterans to newbies. Funeral services in Taiwan are usually over the span of two weeks after passing, with memorials and chanting ceremonies and a host of events before the actual internment. Xiao Gui’s memorial … Continue reading →

The Hyun Soo-Hee Sung Showdown Finally Arrives in Episode 15 of Flower of Evil Along with New Ratings High of 5.083%

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There is one more week and one more episode left of Flower of Evil and I am going to miss the bloom off this incredibly assembled drama. From writing, directing, to acting, the entire piece hums strongly and despite a tiny slowdown in episodes 13-14 has now fully hit its stride in the denouement. If this drama gets awards then … Continue reading →

Lee Yoo Ri and Yeon Jung Hoon’s Channel A Melodrama Lies of Lies Sets New Network Ratings Record with 4.276% in Episode 4

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It’s not hard to root for a wronged woman, and a wronged mom makes it double the edge. Recently premiered Channel A makjang drama Lies of Lies (hahaha even the title is so makjang) recorded a 4.276% ratings in the most recently aired episode 4. That’s the highest ratings ever for a Channel A drama and there is so many … Continue reading →

Eric, Yoo In Na, and Im Joo Hwan Make Striking First Impression in Poster and Teaser for MBC Drama The Spies Who Loved Me

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Oooooh, I really love this poster. It’s not groundbreaking but it’s very striking and frames the leads beautifully in gorgeous primary colors. MBC‘s next romance drama will be The Spies Who Loved Me, taking over the time slot from When I was Most Beautiful. I haven’t heard much about it as it was quietly filming last few months but it … Continue reading →

Coffee Prince 13th Anniversary Reunion Drops 2nd Teaser as Cast Members Pair Off to Reminisce

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The wait was all worth it, that Coffee Prince leads Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun Hye have never worked together again after CP so that we can get this perfect moment. If they worked together again post CP it could be a project that sucks and ruins our memories but now we just take a walk down the memory like … Continue reading →

Park Seo Joon to Cameo in Record of Youth and His Agency May Sign Free Agent Kim Yoo Jung

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Big news around K-actor Park Seo Joon this week and both are very positive. He’s revealed to be cameo-ing in the currently airing tvN drama Record of Youth, as he worked with the screenwriter in One Warm Word and also male lead of RoY Park Bo Gum guest starred in his most recent drama Itaewon Class. I feel like the … Continue reading →

Episode 14 of Flower of Evil Hits New Ratings High of 4.767% as Hyun Soo and Ji Won Stay Aligned to Capture Accomplice Baddie Hee Sung

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Wed-Thurs tvN drama Flower of Evil is in its final bloom, just two more episodes left after today’s episode 14. Truth be told the intensity has waned a bit for, lost the luster of the early Is-He-Isn’t-He mystery along with the conviction that Hyun Soo is the smartest of them all. Episode 14 felt like he was human, just like … Continue reading →