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Mark Chao Confirms Wife Gao Yuan Yuan is Pregnant with First Child

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2019 by ockoalaApril 9, 2019
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The rumors are correct yet again coming from eagle-eyed C-netizens and the always gleeful to spread gossip C-news. Top married acting couple Mark Chao and Gao Yuan Yuan are indeed expecting a baby, their first child after 5 years of marriage and unending questions about when they were going to create progeny with their enviable visual genes. In March the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gao Yuan Yuan, Mark Chao

Kim So Hyun and Jang Dong Yoon Cast for KBS Cross-dressing Youth Sageuk Romance Mung Bean Chronicles

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2019 by ockoalaApril 14, 2019
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This drama just rocketed up my to-watch and if done right can fill a void in a similar drama that is unwatchable now. KBS is prepping an early fall 2019 Mon-Tues drama adapted from a popular webtoon called Mung Bean Chronicles. I wrote about this adaptation a few months ago when it was announced and now it has a lead … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Dong Yoon, Kim So Hyun, Mung Bean Chronicles

Suzy Confirmed to Join Soop Management the Same Agency as Gong Yoo

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2019 by ockoalaApril 8, 2019
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There is two confirmed news about Suzy, all breaking on the same Monday morning in Seoul. First confirmed news is that after leaving longtime agency JYP she has signed with SOOP Management, the same rumored agency she was headed to and the same agency as top movie star Gong Yoo and other famous stars including Gong Hyo Jin, Kim Jae … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Suzy

K-actress Lee Jung Hyun Gets Married with Star-studded Attendance

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2019 by ockoalaApril 7, 2019
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The cherry blossoms are blooming and what a beautiful season to hold a wedding. The Shilla Hotel in Seoul was the site of a star-studded celebrity wedding this weekend, the marriage of singer-actress Lee Jung Hyun to her non-celebrity husband. She’s been in the industry since the late 90’s but has a rather intermittent portfolio due to taking a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baek Ji Young, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Jung Hyun, Lee Min Jung, Sung Yuri, Wedding

Lee Min Ho and Ji Chang Wook to be Discharged From Military Service End of April 2019

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2019 by ockoalaApril 6, 2019
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Two more 87-line K-actors are coming back, and hooboy this isn’t the best time to return to K-ent what with the fire power of scandal swirling around. Lee Min Ho and Ji Chang Wook enlisted within days of each other and both will be discharged at the end of April 2019. Ji Chang Wook served in the army performing arts … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ji Chang Wook

J-viewer Poll on the Top Beauties of the Heisei 30-year Era Puts Kitagawa Keiko as Number 1

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2019 by ockoalaApril 5, 2019
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The week marked the start of the end of the 30-year run Heisei era in Japan with the announcement of the next era name of Reiwa, with the current Emperor abdicating and passing the throne to the Crown Prince. Heisei was preceded by Showa which remains the longest era in Japanese history of 63 years. Still, 30 years is quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Aragaki Yui, Ishihara Satomi

Yoo Doo Joon Gets Early Promotion to Corporal Due to Exemplary Performance in the Army

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2019 by ockoalaApril 6, 2019
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The Be Like Taecyeon model behavior in the army has it’s first successor. Actor-idol Yoon Doo Joon has been serving his military enlistment in army active duty since August 2018 when he was rather abruptly hauled off even before his drama shooting for Let’s Eat 3 wrapped. He’s been quietly and dutifully doing his civic duty and apparently quite well … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Yoon Doo Joon

Singer Eddy Kim Also Involved in Hidden Camera Video Sharing Chat with Jung Joon Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2019 by ockoalaApril 6, 2019
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At this point basically any male star who is friends in real life with singer Jung Joon Young should just turn themselves in. The investigation into the sharing of hidden camera sex videos and pictures of women started by Jung Joon Young through various text chat groups has broadened to include singer Eddy Kim. He joins earlier this week reveal … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Eddy Kim

Mysterious Abyss in tvN Drama Transforms Park Bo Young and Ahn Hyo Seob in Contrasting Ways

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2019 by ockoalaApril 5, 2019
K-drama poster featuring a fantasy romance theme.

I envisioned an actual physical Abyss that would transform the visuals of the two leads in the upcoming tvN fantasy K-drama. Who figured it would instead be the Eye of Sauron in crystal ball form, contained easily in a wooden box. Man those humans, elves, and hobbits had it hard back then. The first teasers are out for Abyss and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Abyss, Ahn Hyo Seob, Park Bo Young

Screenwriter of Women of Dignity and Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’s Next Drama is Sci-fi Rom-com Melt Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2019 by ockoalaApril 5, 2019
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Screenwriter Baek Mi Kyung has an incredible track record so far and her next drama will take her to a new network and back to cable. She cemented her drama success with three jTBC dramas My Love Eun Dong, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, and Women of Dignity. Then she moved to KBS with the critically acclaimed The Miracle We … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Melt Me

Park Seo Joon Model Lounges in April Edition of Vogue Taiwan

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2019 by ockoalaApril 4, 2019
Young man in stylish pose for Vogue.

The slow and steady rise to top K-drama actor level for Park Seo Joon is the kind of classic work hard ethos that’s not as standard anymore. Nowadays idols pop up to headline a drama immediately or actors are tapped for breakout too early and miss the important experience building gradual leveling up. I remember when Park Seo Joon first … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Seo Joon

C-actress Fan Bing Bing Makes Public Event Debut at Opening of Fancy Beauty Salon

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 4, 2019 by ockoalaApril 3, 2019
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I’m still interested in the former top C-actress Fan Bing Bing situation, for one she truly got to the top of a very competitive China market and she’s paid all her owed taxes for the tax evasion which wasn’t even about whether she was successful but merely that she kept more money than she should have. Even after paying millions … Continue reading →

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K-drama Perfume Finalizes Main Cast of Shin Sung Rok, Go Won Hee, Cha Ye Ryun, and Kim Min Kyu

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 4, 2019 by ockoalaApril 4, 2019
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The scent is quite fresh with the final casting of fantasy romance drama Perfume, after some bumps with the original names floated I quite like this unexpected quartet. Filming will commence shortly for the late spring 2019 K-drama Perfume so it’s a relief the confirmed cast came together so quickly after initial leads Eric and Go Jun Hee ended up … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Go Won Hee, Perfume

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