Goodness, can this person’s skin be any thicker. Per perhaps he truly has enough fans left that he is doing this for him and it’s a mutually agreeable arrangement. Disgraced idol-actor Park Yoochun is back and this after two separate scandals/criminal investigations under his belt. Yoochun has launched his own official solo fan club called Blue Cielo, and eager and … Continue reading →
Awwwwwww, maybe it’s the stay at home ennui or maybe their non-compete expired, who knows but Javabeans and Girlfriday from Dramabeans are back baby! The OG of K-drama and her sidekick left their website about two years back to return to the world of real life, alas blogging isn’t the life sustaining occupation we all wish it was despite the … Continue reading →
KBS drama School 2020 may have been cancelled to air on the network but there is another school-esque drama coming over at SBS. The network is airing Do You Like Brahms starring confirmed leads Kim Min Jae and Park Eun Bin, with the title clearly giving away the subject matter of music. It’s the story of aspiring young musicians attending … Continue reading →
The original cast of hit sageuk swashbuckling 2014 movie Pirates have jumped ship for the long in the works sequel but the new cast isn’t shabby at all. The original was a big box office smash starring Kim Nam Gil, Son Ye Jin, Yoo Hae Jin, and Sulli, but everyone has moved on in different ways and the original same … Continue reading →
Talk about award packed with the cast and crew. Gong Yoo is considering a return to the small screen with the Netflix produced prestige K-drama Ocean of Silence, which last week was announced starring Bae Doo Na and directed by K-actor turned director Jung Woo Sung. Ratings or not this drama is primed to be just good if not great … Continue reading →
Viewers better get used to working hard and likely never reaching the goal because the upcoming jTBC drama Sisyphus: The Myth is about to start rolling. The drama adds veteran actor Sung Dong Il to the cast of confirmed leads Jo Seung Woo and Park Shin Hye, which bodes well for the quality of acting from the male leads and … Continue reading →
I think everyone who has a Netflix subscription these past few months have more than made up the cost of it, and perhaps it’s time to add other streaming subscriptions like Disney+ and Hulu to the roster what with standard movie going experiences likely permanently altered even after coming back from COVID-19. K-thriller movie Time to Hunt with Choi Woo … Continue reading →
A 20-year marriage is a meaningful milestone and especially when it comes with top star couples under the brightest of limelight. Top J-star Kimura Takuya and his two daughters celebrated the 50th birthday of Kudo Shizuka this past week, she’s a few years older than KimuTaku and back then it was yet another ding against her when news broke that … Continue reading →
The way to wear all black, including with long sleeves and turtleneck and long skirt, is by being young hahaha. Seriously, the older ladies get the harder it is to pull this darkness off without being vampy and looking like Elvira. Suzy has youth and gobs of it on her side and looks wonderfully radiant and fresh at a Lancome … Continue reading →
Now it’s just a matter of how high can it go, as jTBC Fri-Sat drama The World of the Married crossed over the impressive and vaunted 20% ratings mark on its episode 8 with 8 more episodes to go. Sky Castle, the current network and cable ratings leader didn’t break 20% until episode 18 and holds the crown at over … Continue reading →
It’s episode 2 time for SBS Fri-Sat night drama The King: Eternal Monarch, and there are ever only three ways a second episode could go: up, same, or down. I thought The King would increase in ratings but it stayed basically the same with second episode ratings of 8.4% and 11.6% in half episode increments. I found the world building … Continue reading →
It’s kinda telling that the three lowest rating single episode ratings for a Big Three network K-drama are all with KBS. There may be a new champion in highest rated cable drama soon if The World of the Married continues its trajectory with the chance to surpass Sky Castle, but the other way has a new champion this week. KBS … Continue reading →
PD Shin Won Ho has gone from growing up stories in his hit Answer Me series to professional and situation slice-of-life dramas. His Wise Prison Life (Prison Playbook) has now moved quite timely to the currently airing Wise Doctor Life (Hospital Playlist) and there will be a familiar face showing up in an upcoming episode. Go Ara who was the … Continue reading →
