I’m quite amused with how popular Jasper Liu (Liu Yi Hao) is in South Korea now. He conquered Japan early on his career and I could see his offbeat and sweet nature appealing to the Japanese fans. But I didn’t quite envision he would one day be perhaps the most popular Taiwanese actor to the South Korean netizens. He’s also … Continue reading →
Looks like tvN was all ready for the switcheroo when it swapped Catch the Ghost with Moon Geun Young for Song Seung Heon‘s Great Show because two days after the news drops the first stills are here. Song Seung Heon and his never aging face and physique into his forties remains a miracle but his improved acting definitely came with … Continue reading →
There’s a reunion coming on MBC with two very pretty and hard working actors with differing levels of acting improvement over the years. Recently returned from military service Taecyeon will be joined by Lee Yeon Hee in a supernatural police procedural drama called The Game. He plays a guy with special vision who see death in others while she’s a … Continue reading →
TW-actress Ariel Lin was in Taipei this week to promote her hit C-drama I Will Never Let You Go (Xiao Nu Hua Bu Qi) which will premiere on the small screen in Taiwan next week. It’s great to see her out and looking so happy and healthy, and turns out she’s been turning down acting offers left and right for … Continue reading →
This is a surprise, super duper surprise hit of the summer, with disaster comedy movie Exit premiering top of the box office this week. Watching the trailer after I heard about how well the movie did made me realize it was totally primed to succeed, Jo Jung Seok and Yoona are hitting all the right comedy and scared buttons as … Continue reading →
I love how Netflix is all over the map with the genres of K-dramas it picks up, with upcoming Love Alarm doing the classic high school romance love triangle that can be so sweetly angsty when done right. Starring Kim So Hyun with two rising male actors Song Kang and Jung Ga Ram, I’m the first to say she’s the … Continue reading →
There’s a switcheroo with the tvN Mon-Tues K-drama airing time slot. The network is delaying subway police drama Catch the Ghost until October rather last minute and and will family political drama Great Show first in August after Designated Survivor. So Moon Geun Young and Song Seung Heon are switching spots and I’m good with that. The reason given is … Continue reading →
Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin are getting their passports ready as they are headed to Switzerland to film the overseas portion of their upcoming K-drama Crash Landed Love (Love’s Crash Landing). I’m not sure what Switzerland is supposed to play in the drama – it’s either going to actually be Switzerland or the Swiss countryside a stand in for … Continue reading →
This is an unexpected mid-summer surprise dating news! K-ent is reporting that actor Lee Jong Seok, who is currently enlisted in the military doing public service duty due to a prior physical injury, is dating idol-turned-actress Kwon Nara. I had to Google her and found out that she was formerly a member of sexy idol girl group Hello Venus and … Continue reading →
Korean acting agency Blossom Entertainment is best known for a strong male actor roster led by the dual Hallyu popular leading men Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Gum. Blossom will get a much needed boost of female talent this week with news that Jung So Min will be joining the agency. She started with SM C&C and then with … Continue reading →
Dang, KBS is aiming for the big guns as K-ent is reporting that the network is eagerly wooing Kim Hye Soo for the female lead of its upcoming legal drama Hyena. The drama has signed on male lead Joo Ji Hoon and reached out to Song Hye Kyo for the female lead early on. She was interested but ultimately passed … Continue reading →
Two bigwigs are working together soon, with box office champ Hwang Jung Min already confirmed talks are ongoing with Hyun Bin to make this pairing happen. The movie in question is a political thriller called Bargaining, not to be confused with Binnie’s last movie The Negotiation despite the similar titles. He was the antagonist in The Negotiation but in Bargaining … Continue reading →
