Legendary Japanese Singer and Actress Yamaguchi Momoe Still Makes News 40 Years After Her Retirement at 21 Years Old to Marry Costar Miura Tomokazu

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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 →

AOA’s Mina Alleges Decade Long Bullying From Group Leader Jimin Leading to Depression and Attempted Suicides

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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 →

Lee Seo Jin Pairs Up with Lee Joo Young for Journalistic Thriller K-drama Times

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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 →

Oh Jung Se Joins Jeon Ji Hyun in Mount Jiri and Pulling Double Duty Now in tvN Drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay and jTBC Drama The Good Detective

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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 →

Script Reading Stills for tvN Acting Themed K-drama The Moment with Park Bo Gum, Park So Dam, and Byun Woo Seok

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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 →

Jinyoung in Talks to Join Kim Da Mi and Jeon So Ni in Remake of C-movie Soulmate

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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 →

Song Joong Ki Seriously Considering tvN Drama Vincenzo with Reported Female Lead Jeon Yeo Bin

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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 →

Seo In Guk to Join Park Bo Young in Upcoming K-drama One Day Destruction Came to My Door

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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 →

K-drama to Remake its Own 2004 Early Hallyu Hit Phoenix Which Starred Lee Seo Jin, the late Lee Eun Ju, and Eric

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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 →

It’s Okay to Not be Okay, Kim Soo Hyun, and Seo Ye Ji Remain Top of the Good Data Top 10 Online Search for the 4th Week of June 2020

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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 →

Kim Yoo Jung the First Pick of Netizens for Female Lead of Sageuk Drama Hong Chun Gi with Ahn Hyo Seob by the Writer of The Moon Embraces the Sun

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I always felt that Han Ga In was not right for the female lead role in hit sageuk The Moon Embraces the Sun, the age gap with Kim Soo Hyun, her acting limitations (he was acting circles around her), and that the age of the character really suited a early 20s actress. There’s a chance to cast right for Hong … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun and Hyun Bin Top the 2020 Highest Paid Korean Actors in Television

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This list will likely change heading into 2021 but for now we’re in 2020 so let’s take a look at who among the K-actors is leading the bankability and raking in the dough on K-drama land. Kim Soo Hyun comes back from military service and immediately resumed the top spot as the highest paid actor in television with $85,000 USD … Continue reading →

Jang Geun Seok Dives Right into Entertainment Return with Fan Meeting and Promotions

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I’m going to say it again, seeing the latest pictures of Jang Geun Seok feels like the last ten years have been erased and he’s back to being the young actor on the cusp of stardom from a wildly promising child actor career. His fans can believe he’s done solid projects this entire time but he really hasn’t especially compared … Continue reading →