If tvN is the most mainstream of the cable networks, OCN has carved out procedurals/thrillers, Chosun TV has one hit a year with sageuks, then jTBC is the indie that’s riding the dark horse all the way to the deepest recesses of the human psyche. On the heels of two record breaking K-dramas with Sky Castle and The World of … Continue reading →
It feels like K-actor Song Joong Ki is gearing up for a K-ent return, not that he left but he’s definitely been in prep mode for the past year. He left long time agency Blossom and formed his new agency History D&C and has been focused more on movies filming Bogota (paused during COVID-19) and upcoming Space Sweepers which was … Continue reading →
Okay, I may legit lowkey ship these two to do a romance K-drama now. I thought it was fine that Yoo Ah In and Park Shin Hye finally got to work together in upcoming zombie movie #Alive, knowing that it’s likely just them trying to survive solo and then later joining forces, with nary a romance line since who cares … Continue reading →
Filming is already underway for second half 2020 tvN drama The Moment (Record of Youth) set in the acting and modeling entertainment world. Starring Park Bo Gum and Park So Dam, the drama is starting to announce more cast members and this week it’s three famous faces. Seo Hyun Jin will be doing a cameo guest appearance in the drama … Continue reading →
Writing this articles make me feel old, sad, happy, and nostalgic, so basically all those emotions that remind us that life is full of memories and still we must look ahead. This weekend HK-ent covered the funeral of actor Felix Wong‘s wife former actress Leung Kit Wah, passing away at 59 year old after a 7 year battle with acute … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
