K-actor Choi Woo Shik started out as a drama supporting role and it’s pretty incredible how he’s now got a major movie career that is way more successful than what he’s done on the small screen. He picks films that are hits and if I were a bettor I’d piggyback on his choices – his first film role was in … Continue reading →
Seeing a star totally stripped of all artifice and accoutrements is a good reminder and underneath is just a person. And underneath a top star career spanning 15 years is now disgraced singer-actor Park Yoochun who has managed to go even lower than his sex scandal three years ago. Yoochun was released from police detention today after over two months … Continue reading →
We may think K-ent is going through dark days but honestly those who have followed along for over a decade remembers as dark if not darker times long ago. On June 30, 2010, K-actor Park Yong Ha succumbed to his depression and committed suicide at home. It’s been 9 years since and I still remember that news breaking like it … Continue reading →
Well this is bad for the two dozen or so actors and actresses under JYP Entertainment‘s acting label. The company has decided to close down it’s acting division and focus on the more profitable and prominent idol side. JYP currently produces popular groups TWICE, Got7, Stray Kids, Day6, 2PM, and Itzy, and is also best known for being idol-turned-actress Suzy‘s … Continue reading →
It’s the end of an era, and there seems to be a lot of that going on in recent years. Change happens too fast and it’s sometimes impossible to keep up. With TV viewership migrating to streaming and non-scripted show related other entertainment, the drop in traditional television ad revenue has been catastrophic and now the other shoe has dropped. … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Hotel Del Luna, you can check in but you can’t check out. Oh wait, you probably can’t check in since it’s for the supernatural beings only. The drama released the official poster to start off the week showing all the leads together in the lobby of their art deco and slightly run down hotel. See the cobwebs … Continue reading →
The divorce between top Korean stars Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo could be/become contentious but at least one third party will not be embroiled in it further. One of the various rumors bandied out for the reason behind the Song-Song couple divorce was that Song Hye Kyo hooked up with her Boyfriend (Encounter) costar Park Bo Gum, which … Continue reading →
K-actress Jeon Mi Sun was someone I took for granted, she was in so many movies and dramas and I always knew she would deliver an impeccable performance whatever the role but without the high profile recognition that goes to the leads. She passed much too early, leaving behind a director husband and their 11-year old son after being found … Continue reading →
Finally a happy news to break up the bad news week that was last week in K-ent. Top K-actor Kim Soo Hyun has been discharged from military service! His nearly two years felt much longer (to me) for some reason and on July 1st the quintessential boy-next-door completed his civic duty to the country and will be diving back to … Continue reading →
Let’s end the downer news week on a high note, shall we? MBC romance sageuk drama Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung released drama and character posters that tickle my fancy bone with a shot of creative pretty. I’m so enamored of the colors in this drama, pastels that aren’t washed out and plenty of artistic touches and details in the … Continue reading →
K-actor Hyun Bin‘s last drama Memories of Alhambra had not one but three woeful “romances” for his male lead character. He’s getting some karma with his upcoming drama Crash Landed Love (Love’s Emergency Landing) with first reuniting with Son Ye Jin as his female lead and now getting Seo Ji Hye as the second female lead. Look left, gorgeous, look … Continue reading →
Who could have imagined that 2019 could have a bigger K-ent news story than the Burning Sun/Seungri/YG/Jung Joon Young collective scandal. Sadly we’re only halfway through the year and the shocking Soong Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo divorce could eclipse it, currently it’s the only thing K-ent news media is talking about. Some further updates: reportedly Song Joong Ki … Continue reading →
Hearing dating rumors this week just makes me think “how nice and quaint” when the world of star romance shipping has been torn asunder. Kim Jae Wook and Lee El are caught up in dating rumors, again, and this time it’s from some rings and a finger mole. Lee El posted an SNS picture of her hand wearing two rings, … Continue reading →
