Married J-stars Watanabe Ann and Higashide Masahiro Separated After He’s Caught Cheating on Her with 20 Year Old Costar Karata Erika

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This sucks, why can’t men be faithful or simply not get married and make a promise they can’t keep. J-ent is starting the lunar new year off with a major scandal as a tabloid reported that married acting couple Watanabe Ann (daughter of Hollywood Japanese actor Ken Watanabe) and her actor husband Higashide Masahiro are separated. The reason is due to … Continue reading →

Go Sung Hee Joins Park Shi Hoo in Sageuk Drama Wind, Cloud, and Rain

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Breathing a sigh of relief here and none of my fave actresses are cast in this one. Go Sung Hee will be the lucky (or unlucky) leading lady to join Park Shi Hoo in his upcoming TV Chosun sageuk Wind, Cloud, and Rain. Knowing TV Chosun carving out a nice niche in sageuk dramas courtesy of Jin Se Yeon (who … Continue reading →

OTP Reuniting in South Korea Helps Tide Over the Airing Break for Crash Landing on You

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I would have loved new episodes of Crash Landing on You this weekend as a lunar new year present but oh wells, let’s use this as another exercise in patience. It helps that the last episode ended not on a sad separation cliffhanger but a sweet reunion moment. It’s so wonderful to see the screenwriter find creative and fast ways … Continue reading →

Jo Jung Seok, Jung Kyung Ho, Yoo Yeon Seok, and the Filming Cast of Wise Doctor Life Send Luna New Year Greetings

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This is a tough lunar new year with the biggest country celebrating the holiday quarantining cities and trying to contain a viral outbreak. But life goes on and this Saturday January 25th, 2020 is the start of a new lunar calendar year with this being the year of the rat. The cast of currently filming tvN drama Wise Doctor Life … Continue reading →

Kim Rae Won in Talks for Genetics Sci-fi K-drama LUCA

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When one door closes another opens, or when one star passes another pops up. Kim Rae Won is in talks for genetics based thriller K-drama Luca, which got press early on when Ji Chang Wook was considering it. He’s since passed and may take a rom-com opposite Kim Yoo Jung, whereas Kim Rae Won is now considering Luca and if … Continue reading →

Gong Hyo Jin Incurs Controversy After She Pleads with Fan to Stop Posting Her Old Works

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This seems like such a weird thing to do and I sorta get the blowback on it. K-actress Gong Hyo Jin, coming off what may be a career banner year with K-drama When the Camellia Blooms got her the KBS Drama Awards Daesang, is in the cross hairs of K-netizens this week after she posted a comment on one of … Continue reading →

Jay Chou Denies Rumors That He Traveled to Wuhan Coronavirus Stricken China in a Medical Isolation Pod

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This is funny because it’s a rumor but scary because of what is happening in Mainland China. TW-singer Jay Chou was rumored to have recently traveled to Wuhan coronavirus stricken China and moved about the airport in a medical isolation pod. It’s a picture spreading on social media and of course netizens are upset that someone rich and famous could … Continue reading →

Aaron Yan Posts Fear of Paparazzi After Article on Him Going to Movie With Male Friend

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K-ent and netizens have added to the pressures that have driven many K-stars to end their lives so its not like entertainment journalists don’t know that there could be a consequence to their writing. TW-actor Aaron Yan posted this week on yet another paparazzi intrusion into his life when he was photographed going to the movie with male friend Ah … Continue reading →

TW-stars Joanne Tseng and Calvin Chen of Fahrenheit Announce Surprise Marriage

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Woah, talk about a surprise and totally out of left field announcement. TW-stars Joanne Tseng and Calvin Chen are married! She announced it on her SNS on lunar new year’s eve that she was now Mrs. Chen, and honestly I didn’t even know they were dating or had ever been linked romantically via the super snoopy Taiwanese paparazzi. Calvin is … Continue reading →

Kang Na Neul Talks Dramas and Traveling in February 2020 Cosmopolitan Pictorial

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My favorite part of KBS drama When the Camellia Blooms was male lead Kang Ha Neul. He impressed me so much that I feel like a drama centered around his character and being a cop and a neighborhood good guy would be just as if not more entertaining. It’s impressive that everyone was talking about Gong Hyo Jin going into … Continue reading →

Kim Hyun Joo to Headline SBS Medical Drama I’m a Nurse, And a Human Too

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K-actress Kim Hyun Joo always gives off the impression that she can kick any profession in the butt and succeed. She’s just got this can do and no nonsense vibe that comes across as an actress in whatever role she tackles. Up next will be donning a nurse’s uniform as she’s in talks for the SBS adaptation of popular novel … Continue reading →

Eric Returns to Chef Life in First Stills for K-drama Yoobyeolna! Chef Moon

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I feel like I’m transitioning from one cooking drama to another, having just finished jTBC drama Chocolate and now looking at the first stills from Yoobyeolna! Chef Moon. Actor-idol Eric is widely acknowledged as an amazing chef, having revealed that to the world in 2016 via Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village, meticulous and precise and totally focused when it … Continue reading →

IU Shows Her Softer Side in J. Estina Jewelry Pictorial

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When I first saw IU as an actress as a teen in Dream High, nearly 10 years later and she’s transformed herself into various crowns of achievement. One of the unexpected was her fashion crown which was really solidified last year when she did Hotel Del Luna and swanned through every scene in a scene-stealing outfit. That drama can be … Continue reading →