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Kim Soo Hyun Internalizes Melancholy in New Stills for tvN Drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 14, 2020 by ockoalaJune 14, 2020
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Ever since I laid eyes on this boy ten years ago I knew he was destined to go places. He was the younger versions of male leads in Giant and Will it Snow for Christmas and his sections were in ways even more interesting that the ensuing story. He does the set up, so much angst and hope and dreams … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Its Okay to Not be Okay, Kim Soo Hyun

Yoon Shi Yoon Teams Up with Himself to Solve Crime in Parallel Universe OCN Thriller Train

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 14, 2020 by ockoalaJune 13, 2020
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Blue hued and red hued visuals are going to be the parallel universe identifiers in upcoming OCN murder mystery thriller Train. Male lead Yoon Shi Yoon is a detective in one world and loses his beloved and afterwards crosses over into a parallel world to solve her murder. I hope his world hopping is more better thought out than baddie … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kyung Soo Jin, Train, Yoon Shi Yoon

J-actor Ikuta Toma Married Rumored Girlfriend Actress Seino Nana

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 14, 2020 by ockoalaJune 13, 2020
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The couple that dresses in cool kids couple wear while on a covert date stays together, lol. It’s not the best week in J-ent to announce a marriage but eh any time is good for one’s own happiness. J-actor Ikuta Toma is done with bachelorhood as the long time popular and critically acclaimed star announced that he and long time … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Ikuta Toma, Married

Kim Yoo Jung and Ji Chang Wook Turn Convenience Store Drudgery into Romance in New Stills for SBS Drama Backstreet Rookie

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2020 by ockoalaJune 12, 2020
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I’ll say that if upcoming SBS Fri-Sat drama Backstreet Rookie is at least good then it’s already a winner. The expectations are low and this is a low budget drama anyways, at least compared to its time slot predecessor world building fantasy quest The King: Eternal Monarch. BR is a webtoon adaptation, and a crappy original source material if you … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Backstreet Rookie, Ji Chang Wook, Kim Yoo Jung

Changmin of DBSK Announces September 2020 Wedding to Non-celeb Girlfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2020 by ockoalaJune 12, 2020
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There’s happy relationship news to share on the K-ent front this week, Changmin of the idol group DBSK is getting married! The maknae is a youngster no more, being 32 years old now and served his military duty and is back in business of promoting successfully with zero scandal under his belt. It’s sad to see what paths some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Changmin, Dating, Married

Kim Da Mi and Jeon So Ni Play Best Friends in the K-movie Remake of Award Winning C-movie Soulmate

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 13, 2020 by ockoalaJune 13, 2020
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Newly minted Best New Actress award winner at this year’s 2020 Baeksang Arts Awards Kim Da Mi has her next role lined up and it’s a high profile one. Kim Da Mi will be the female lead in the official Korean movie adaptation of the award winning and box office hit Chinese movie Soulmate (Qi Yue and An Sheng). The … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Jeon So Nee, Kim Da Mi, Soulmate

Past and Present is Rewritten in Final Episode 16 of The King: Eternal Monarch Ending with 5.8%, 8.1% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2020 by ockoalaJune 13, 2020
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It’s weird how time tempers disappointment. I’ll likely remember The King: Eternal Monarch fondly now that it’s over, the earlier episodes were just so inexplicably terrible and made for drastic expectation rewritting but as the episodes went on I settled into a nice rhythm with it. Each week I hoped it would make better sense and it never did but … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Eun Chae, Kim Go Eun, Kim Kyung Nam, Lee Min Ho, The King: Eternal Monarch, Woo Do Hwan

J-ent Rocked by Scandal as Comedian Watabe Ken Exposed as Cheating on Multiple Women Despite Married to Top Actress Beauty Sasaki Nozomi

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2020 by ockoalaJune 12, 2020
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Dang, another cheating trash exposed but goodness it just makes me nauseous to read the details. Comedian 49-year old Watabe Ken was exposed by a tabloid doing detailed investigation that he had been cheating on his wife of three years 33-year old actress and model Sasaki Nozomi who is widely considered always among the lists of most beautiful Japanese entertainers … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Cheating, Married, Nozomi Sasaki, Watabe Ken

Kim Soo Hyun and Seo Ye Ji Deliver Warm Hopes at Press Conference for tvN Drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 12, 2020 by ockoalaJune 11, 2020
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The press conference for tvN drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay seemed to arrive super early, seeing as the drama doesn’t premiere for another week on June 20th. Or perhaps I’m used to the last minute scramble and do appreciate how on top of things this production seems to be. The cast got the black and white dress code … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Its Okay to Not be Okay, Kim Soo Hyun, Oh Jung Se, Seo Ye Ji

TW-actor Ming Dao Announces Birth of Baby Son and Married Since Last Year 2019

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2020 by ockoalaJune 11, 2020
Man in a patterned shirt and baby feet.

Well, another surprise not quite surprise marriage and baby announcement. In 2020 you would think celebs would be fine just living openly as fans have long since moved past caring about their perceived “single and eligible” status. This week TW-actor Ming Dao revealed that he was married and now the father to a newborn baby son. Congrats dude, but what’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Dating, Married, Ming Dao

The King: Eternal Monarch Releases Spoilery Stills with Kim Go Eun in Danger Ahead of Tomorrow’s Final Episode

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2020 by ockoalaJune 11, 2020
Woman in distress in a bamboo forest.

I’ve been rewatching the best bits of both Lee Min Go and Kim Go Eun‘s last dramas, to remind myself of what could have been better and actually elicited emotion from me. I didn’t much care for the OTP in either drama but in Legend of the Blue Sea I really needed to see Lee Min Ho’s character find his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged The King: Eternal Monarch

Yoon Kye Sang and Honey Lee Confirm Breakup After 7 Year Dating

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 11, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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Awwww, I loved this couple! At least as much as I could from afar as simply a fan and wishing for happy endings. K-actor Yoon Kye Sang and actress Honey Lee have broken up, confirmed by their agencies today after weathering earlier rumors of breakups which were denied. They have been dating for 7 years and it’s always low key, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Breakup, Dating, Honey Lee, Yoon Kyun Sang

Ji Sung, Woo Do Hwan, Jang Ki Yong, and L Each Considering New K-dramas for Later in 2020

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 10, 2020 by ockoalaJune 10, 2020
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It’s a busy week with K-drama casting dropping like candy from the sky. First up is veteran Ji Sung who takes on dramas when wifey Lee Bo Young isn’t working as the two top stars switch on and off to be home with their little daughters. She’s almost done with her drama When My Love Blooms but hubby is going … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Ki Yong, Woo Do Hwan

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