All of South Korea, regular folks, entertainers, and even politicians are talking about the Nth Room (N Room or N Bang) vast criminal network unearthed after months of investigation. A Telegraph chat room started by a user GodGod offered up sex abuse videos and pictures and charged users to access it. The chat room was moderated by a user Cho … Continue reading →
I never liked K-actress Jung Eun Chae until I watched her in horror thriller The Guest in 2018 thanks to my love of her two male leads in that drama Kim Dong Wook and Kim Jae Wook. She was marvelous and the drama so dark and riveting, and her character as a cop totally grungy and lanky with restrained pain. … Continue reading →
If you’re a K-drama fan living among the 20% of the world population under home quarantine/shelter-at-home/safer-at-home local or national ordinances, enjoy your life line to sanity with two new K-drama offerings. The Mon-Tues time slot opened this week for tvN to premiere warm romance A Piece of Your Mind (Half of a Half) with Jung Hae In and Chae Soo … Continue reading →
The Sports Chosun 30th Anniversary poll of South Korean entertainment insiders on the Power People within the industry is definitely worth discussing especially in the drama category. For the film category it’s harder to have biases as movies remain a wall in K-ent where to become a film star one is a true A-lister. Far and away by like three … Continue reading →
K-actor Jang Dong Yoon is coming off a banner year 2019 with sageuk The Tale of Nokdu and it looks like he’s quick stepping his projects this year to capitalize on the momentum. He’s already confirmed for OCN thriller drama Search but he’s also in talks for later in the year jTBC romance drama Sunbae Please Don’t Put on that … Continue reading →
I’m surprised the internet is overrun with cute animal videos and memes more than ever as adorable furry creatures are an instantaneous balm for the anxious and sad emotional state. K-ent has a new doggo star named Io who is currently filming a daily K-drama and all little Io does is exist and is already a winner. Little Io doesn’t … Continue reading →
K-actress Jeon Ji Hyun has been in the news a lot in recent weeks and all positive reasons. The latest is confirmation that she will be making a K-drama return with Mount Jiri penned by the screenwriter Kim Eun Hee of Kingdom, Signal, Sign, Phantom, and Three Days. Mount Jiri is about the best park ranger working in the vast … Continue reading →
Movie land pushes the envelope a lot more since viewers can’t chance upon seeing a subject matter one doesn’t intentionally pay money to see. Which is why television is always slower and later in daring to show less than mainstream subject matter. C-ent is getting back to business after a bout with COVID-19 shut the industry out but during the … Continue reading →
I know the key word right now is “social distancing” to keep safe from viral spread but Taiwan has been getting kudos for the early and vigilant response to the COVID-19 spread since end of December. I would know, I was there and it was immediate and noticeable. That means cases remain low and everyone is careful with life mostly … Continue reading →
A new J-ent couple is here and many shipper fans will be thrilled. J-actress Komatsu Nana and J-actor Suda Masaki have confirmed that they are dating after their most recent romance movie together Tapestry in 2019. They also did an earlier romance movie Oboreru Knife in 2016 and their pairing has tons of fans. Komatus Nana was linked romantically with … Continue reading →
There’s no denying it now, K-actor Park Seo Joon is officially an A-lister and totally deserving of it. His headlining jTBC drama Itaewon Class finished this Saturday with a ratings high 16.548% which is a series high though not a network high as Sky Castle retains both the jTBC crown and the cable networks crown. The final episode seemed to make … Continue reading →
Consider me perpetually impressed with Kim Soo Hyun‘s popularity and staying power. This week Sports Chosun celebrated its 30th anniversary by conducting various polls of Korean industry insiders including agency heads, network presidents, PDs, screenwriters, and with over 100 votes the group was asked to pick their top Power People within K-drama land. Coming in first with 12 votes is … Continue reading →
K-actor Kim Jung Hyun‘s comeback was nothing short of a perfect drama pick on top of a perfect second male lead pick on top of a perfect performance. In short I’ve never seen such a 180 from flaming out mid-filming of a K-drama and getting tons of flack to returning in two years to hails of glory. Ultimately he needed … Continue reading →
