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C-actress Liu Shi Shi Holds Her Own Against Top Hollywood Beauties in New Vogue Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 22, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 21, 2019
Four women in elegant red dresses.

One of the first events where C-media and netizens first thought that C-actress Liu Shi Shi may be pregnant was last October at the Omega watch event in Shanghai. Omega gathered Shi Shi and three other top stars endorsing the brand Cindy Crawford, Nicole Kidman, and Alessandra Ambrosia together and the dress code was red va-va-va-vroom gown. Shi Shi was … Continue reading →

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Two South Korean Men Arrested For Planting Hidden Cameras in 30 Motels and Live Streaming Unwitting Couples Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 22, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 22, 2019
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The pandemic of hidden camera recordings in South Korea hit another fever pitch this week outside of the current scandal with Korean entertainers doing hidden camera recordings personally. Two men have been arrested and charged with planting hidden cameras in over 30 motel rooms and live streaming over 1600 motel guests over the course of the past three months having … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Hidden Camera, South Korea

OCN Investigative Horror Drama The Guest Gets Movie Sequel with Same Leads Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook, and Jung Eun Chae

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 22, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 21, 2019
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The trio of priest, cop, and taxi-driving shaman is reuniting for the big screen and I have mixed feelings about it. OCN horror drama The Guest was a riveting watch for me last year and one of my favorites from 2018, and it ended with a cliffhanger on one hand with the big bad and a sorta happy ending for … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, K-dramas | Tagged Jung Eun Chae, Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook, The Guest

Park Shin Hye is a Pretty Nurse and Flight Attendant Hybrid at Clothing Store CF Event

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 21, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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K-actress Park Shin Hye continues her one step forward two steps back fashion yo-yo in real life and this week she modeled a new look for a store opening event of clothing brand Mojo.S.Phine. She was wearing a white double-breasted jacket dress with matching wide cinch waist belt and she honestly looked like either a minimalist flight attendant or a … Continue reading →

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Disgraced Singer Jung Joon Young Formally Arrested and Continues to Confess and Apologize to Victims

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 21, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 21, 2019
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Every alleged defendant in any common or civil law abiding country has the right to a competent defense and to argue one’s innocence. But that doesn’t need I don’t think a clearly guilty defendant isn’t the height of douchebaggery to elect that course of action, costing tax payers money in a trial and more importantly inflicting pain on the victims … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Jung Joon Young

C-ent Buzzing About Gao Yuan Yuan Expecting First Baby with Husband Mark Chao After She Postpones CF Engagement and Hides Belly

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 21, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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The C-ent and TW-ent baby watch of 2019 continues: starting with Ivy Chen delivering a baby last month, Nicky Wu and Liu Shi Shi expecting at the end of Spring, Yuan Hong and Zhang Xinyi welcoming a baby boy a few weeks ago, followed by Ady An announcing her pregnancy with first child, and now acknowledge goddess level actress Gao … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Dating, Gao Yuan Yuan, Mark Chao, Married

Kim Jae Wook is Art Himself and Park Min Young Prefers Pants Suits in New Stills From Her Private Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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It’s not like I want Touch Your Heart to end quickly….oh who am I kidding Touch Your Heart please end immediately so I can start injection the next tvN Wed-Thurs drama Her Private Life into my drama blood veins. The solo drama stills are out for the main leads Kim Jae Wook and Park Min Young and both are quite … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Her Private Life, Park Min Young

jTBC Drama The Light in Your Eyes Wraps with High 9.731% Ratings and Resounding Viewer Praise

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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The bar has been set for the best K-drama of 2019 and it’s jTBC Mon-Tues offering The Light in Your Eyes (Dazzling). Everyone else, to the left, to the left please. Starting with 3.185% ratings, the drama has gone up up and up in viewers to end with this Tuesday’s final episode 12 ratings of 9.731%. It’s officially jTBC’s third … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Nae Sang, Dazzling, Han Ji Min, Kim Ga Eun, Kim Hye Ja, Nam Joo Hyuk, Son Ho Jun, The Light in Your Eyes

Shin Mina Makes TV Comeback as Lee Jung Jae’s Leading Lady in Political K-drama Aide

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 20, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 20, 2019
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The name recognition and experience upgrade in the female lead in K-drama is like switching from JV to varsity overnight. K-actress Shin Mina is confirmed to make a return to the small screen as the leading lady in the political drama Aide. It would her first K-drama in 2 years since Tomorrow With You, which was meh for me and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Jung Jae, Shin Mina

Byun Yo Han Drops Out of Sci-fi K-drama City of Stars, Search for Male Lead Begins Anew

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 19, 2019
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Seems like no one wants to live in the City of Stars. The big budget sci-fi K-drama just lost its male lead Byun Yo Han, which speaks volumes since it’s his first big drama male lead role and still he passed. City of Stars first got on the radar in early 2018 with talks of having Hyun Bin and Jang … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Yo Han, City of Stars

South Korean President Moon Jae In Orders Further Investigation into Jang Ja Yeon, Former Minister Kim Ha Ui, and Current Seungri/Jung Joon Young Probe

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 19, 2019
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The South Korean public is hopping mad and one good thing to come out of this current Seungri into Jung Joon Young criminal probe is that two formerly swept-under-the-rug cases are being re-examined. South Korean President Moon Jae In has issued a decree to fully re-investigate the Jang Ja Yeon case and the former Vice-Minister Kim Hak Ui matter. Jang … Continue reading →

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Park Seo Joon Wins 2019 Asian Film Awards Rising Star Award

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2019
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Some bright and positive news to share in an otherwise dreary March in 2019 so far coming out of K-ent. Actor Park Seo Joon has been given the Asian Film Awards 2019 Rising Star Award. This year is the 13th annual AFA presented by the Hong Long International Film Festival Society and honors the excellence of film professionals across Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Park Seo Joon

Kim Sa Rang Turns into Park Bo Young in tvN Fantasy Drama Abyss

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2019 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2019
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This isn’t going to be as absurd as seeing Tae Hang Ho turn into Choi Jin Hyuk in An Empress’s Dignity after merely working out very hard to get revenge but it’s still a stretch in a different way. Upcoming tvN drama Abyss has cast bombshell K-actress Kim Sa Rang as the “other” female lead in the drama, being the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Abyss, Kim Sa Rang

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