Kim Soo Hyun Reprises North Korean Spy From Secretly, Greatly in Cameo For Episode 10 of Crash Landing on You as Ratings Shoots Up to 14.633%

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tvN weekend drama Crash Landing on You keeps soaring higher and one upping itself. This Sunday’s episode 10 jumped 3% in ratings to hit 14.633% with still 6 more episodes to go. This could reach Goblin, Mr. Sunshine, and Answer Me 1988 territory for the network which would be exciting to see. I’ll save the actual plot developments for later … Continue reading →

Lee Min Jung, Lee Sang Yeob, and Oh Yoon Ah Headline Cast for KBS Weekend Drama I’ve Returned After One Marriage

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Weekend dramas have been quiet on the big three network front as cable networks have been really on fire in that time slot. But when the prime time dramas faltered in recent years the big three always had their weekend stalwarts and I’m just waiting for something to stir my interest and bring me back to the world of big … Continue reading →

Poster, Stills and Preview for MBC Thriller Drama The Game: Towards Zero with Taecyeon, Lee Yeon Hee, and Im Joo Hwan

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Start counting down to 1-22-20 because that’s the starting line for The Game: Towards Zero. The MBC drama takes over the Wed-Thurs time slot from quirky romance drama People With Flaws and marks the return to acting for Taecyeon after serving his military enlistment. He plays a prophet who can see the moment a person dies when he looks into … Continue reading →

Episode 9 of Crash Landing on You Maintains 11% Ratings and Finally Gets Son Ye Jin Back to South Korea So Hyun Bin Can Pine Beautifully

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I don’t think this is anything remotely worth spoiling about tvN drama Crash Landing on You because every single plot point has been cribbed from something before yet stitched together in such an addicting way. This Saturday’s episode 9 continued the high ratings of last week taking in 11.516% as the OTP was reunited from a brief separation only to … Continue reading →

Song Min Ho of WINNER is the First So Weird its Winning Airport Fashion of 2020

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Who is that unabashedly fashion loud grandma that all the K-paps are snapping pictures of at Incheon airport this week? It’s none other than rapper Song Min Ho of idol group WINNER, deciding that he was going to kick off the new year with new fashion leanings. His outfit is so out there it doesn’t even register on the good … Continue reading →

Ruby Lin, Vicky Zhao, Alex Su, and Leo Ku Reunite for 2020 Lunar New Year Celebrations 20 Years After Hit Drama Romance in the Rain

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It’s hard to say stars age better with time since being young and fresh faced pretty is the primary selling point of actors and actresses. But for the cast of popular period C-drama Romance in the Rain filmed in 2000 and airing in 2001, twenty years later leads Vicky Zhao, Leo Ku, Ruby Lin, and Alec Su can definitively take … Continue reading →

Striking Poster and Sneak Peek at SBS Drama Hyena with Kim Hye Soo and Joo Ji Hoon as Lawyers to the Uber Rich

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SBS is off to a good start with Hot Stove League doing well in Fri-Sat ratings so the stage is set for it’s successor drama Hyena when it takes over in late February. We already have a Shark and a Wolf in K-drama land so of course a Hyena wouldn’t be out of place especially as the predator that scavenges … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin’s Four North Korean Soldier Subordinates in Crash Landing on You Each Create Memorable Roles

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One reason why I’m enjoying Crash Landing on You so much is the rich and layered characterizations of the supporting and even ancillary characters. Even the small roles are memorable and even better perfectly cast, case in point North Korean military officer Hyun Bin’s four subordinate soldiers in his border squad Company Five. There’s Yang Kyung Won as the ornery but … Continue reading →

Another Top Star A Also Threatened by Same Hacker Who Released Joo Jin Mo Texts

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Get ready for the second wave to come of likely more depressing reveals about another K-star. K-ent is reporting that a Top Star A is also among the stars hacked by the recent blackmailer of Joo Jin Mo, whose texts with Jang Dong Gun from 2013 were released after he refused to pay up. Good for him, bad for his … Continue reading →

Krystal Joins Jang Dong Yoon in OCN Military Monster Action K-drama Search

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Rising K-actor Jang Dong Yoon‘s next drama the cable network OCN thriller Search is getting lots of attention thanks to his breakout performance in KBS sageuk The Tale of Nokdu. I loved his chemistry with female lead Kim So Hyun which was critical to the drama since its a romance first and foremost. Search is billed as an action thriller … Continue reading →

Park Min Young Glowing with Wavy Long Hair in New Drama Stills for I’ll Come Find You When the Weather is Good

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Just as I was not feeling Park Min Young‘s high school hair style in upcoming jTBC drama I’ll Come Find You When the Weather is Good, the drama allays my concerns with the first stills of her adult character looking very becoming. She’s sporting wavy locks with body and a simple chic middle-ish part. The makeup is very understated as … Continue reading →

Kim Yo Han, Center of Produce 101’s Now Disbanded X1, in Talks for Male Lead of School 2020

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I didn’t cover the disbandment of male idol group X1 two weeks ago, as rightfully so with the news that it’s entire season of Produce X 101 was fully vote rigged. The problem with the vote rigging isn’t that every winner out of the 10 would not have made it, it’s that we’ll never know who would have made it … Continue reading →

K-actor Go Kyung Pyo Discharged From Military Service

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The first big name K-star military discharge of 2020 honor goes to actor Go Kyung Pyo, who finished up his two years of mandatory service this week. His enlistment was rather low key and honestly I didn’t quite feel the gap left by his departure and that was due to his star rising just to the level of getting his … Continue reading →