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K-stars Lee Pil Mo and Seo Soo Yeon Get Married in Seoul with Tons of Star Guest Attendees

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2019
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Wedding! And what a pretty wedding with a very beaming couple as the first big K-ent news of the lunar new year of the pig. Veteran stage-movie-drama actor Lee Pil Mo married his actress girlfriend Seo Soo Yeon today in Seoul, the two having met on the pretend dating variety show Flavor of Love. I don’t have much commentary as … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Lee Pil Mo, Married, Seo Soo Yeon, Wedding

New tvN Wed-Thurs Drama Touch Your Heart Premieres to 4% Ratings Range with Old School Feel

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2019
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I find myself curiously untouched in the heart by new tvN Wed-Thurs drama Touch Your Heart, when I watched the first two episodes it was with a detached and dispassionate engagement despite really excited about it beforehand. The reunion of Lee Dong Wook and Yoo In Na from Goblin turns out to be just okay, a testament to how that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Dong Wook, Touch Your Heart, Yoo In Na

Astro Member Cha Eun Woo in Talks to Join Shin Se Kyung for Sageuk Drama Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 9, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2019
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I’m going to ask fans of Astro and/or viewers who watched My ID is a Gangnam Beauty to tell me whether idol-turning-actor Cha Eun Woo is good at the latter. I ask because he’s just been offered the leading man role in the upcoming sageuk drama Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung which will likely star Shin Se Kyung. My only … Continue reading →

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Kim Dong Wook and Go Sung Hee Try Out Classic Contract Marriage in K-movie Trade Your Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 9, 2019
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If the just premiered tvN Wed-Thurs rom-com Touch Your Heart feels like a total throwback to what a drama rom-com a decade ago looks like, then the upcoming movie Trade Your Love gives off the same vibes and I’m not complaining. Trade Your Love is about an immature heir to an airline chaebol who has to get married to inherit … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Go Sung Hee, Kim Dong Wook, Trade Your Love

New SBS Fri-Sat Drama Hot Blooded Priest with Kim Nam Gil Has K-style Kookiness All Over

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2019
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The concept of SBS Fri-Sat night K-drama Hot Blooded Priest (The Fiery Priest) sounds like one of those jokes like a priest and a few other religious figures walks into a bar and a difference of perceptions results in lots of luz. In this case, there is definitely laughter to come but Hot Blooded Priest is but the third drama … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Honey Lee, Hot-blooded Priest, Kim Nam Gil, Kim Sung Kyun

Lee Soon Jae Adds Veteran Gravitas and Comedic Charm to jTBC drama Legal High Alongside Jin Goo and Seo Eun Soo

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 8, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2019
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With jTBC Fri-Sat night drama Sky Castle ending with sky high ratings, this week the time slot will be taken over by the K-drama adaptation of hit J-dorama Legal High. Starring Jin Goo, Seo Eun Soo, Chae Jung Ahn, and Yoon Park, the the original drama had that flair for theatrics and Japanese quirky aura that I’m seeing from the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Soon Jae, Legal High, Seo Eun Soo

Jo Jung Seok, Han Ye Ri, and Yoon Shi Yoon Confirmed for SBS Revolutionary Era Period Drama Mung Bean Flower

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2019
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There’s a serious drama heading our way in the middle of 2019 from SBS called Mung Bean Flower. The confirmed main cast signals an effort to cast leads who can act by assembling together Jo Jung Seok, Han Ye Ri, and Yoon Shi Yoon to put on their best revolutionary era bravado. Mung Bean Flower is set in 1985 around … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Han Ye Ri, Jo Jung Seok, Mung Bean Flower

Park Bo Gum Joins Gong Yoo in the Sci-fi K-movie Seo Bok About Clones and Eternal Life

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2019
Two male actors posing side by side.

Dang, what a fun way to wake up with massive K-ent casting news. The Boyfriend is going to star in a movie with the Goblin, woohoo! Park Bo Gum is following up his hit drama turn in Encounter (Boyfriend) by switching gears into movie land, having just confirmed the sci-fi movie Seo Bok which earlier already landed one leading man … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Gong Yoo, Park Bo Gum, Seo Bok

Bumbling Cop Movie Extreme Job with Ryu Seung Ryong Breaks One Day Movie Ticket Sales Record Held By Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 7, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2019
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In the recently released Netflix K-drama Kingdom, Ryu Seung Ryong and Joo Ji Hoon are on opposite sides of the zombie outbreak and political struggle, and now over the on the movie side they just engaged in another battle. Ryu Seung Ryong’s bumbling cop squad movie Extreme Job was just released at the end of January, during a slow movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Extreme Job, Gong Myung, Honey Lee, Ji Sun Kyu, Lee Dong Hwi, Ryu Seung Ryong

Yang Mi is the Fashion Flower with Green Leaves Gown on Lunar New Year Stage

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2019
Model in elegant gown on fashion runway.

Red is the dominate and near universal color chosen for lunar new year celebrations, with gold as the secondary option or accessorizing feature, so it’s a refreshing fashion breeze to see C-actress Yang Mi bring in a contrasting green and white as her formal gown on stage. She was attending one of the myriad televised lunar new year (spring) galas … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Yang Mi

Lin Chi Ling May or May Not Have Performed Entire Ballet and Synchronized Swimming Performance at Lunar New Year Gala, But It Was Still Beautifully Done

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 6, 2019
Gymnastics and synchronized swimming performances in red.

Tuesday February 5th was lunar new year for 2019, ushering in the year of the pig and of course CCTV put on the Spring Gala performance that is the biggest stage of the year for C-stars. Performances are recorded beforehand though some appear to be live but the exquisite “Blossoming” titled performance with Taiwanese model Lin Chi Ling could only … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lin Chi Ling

Kim So Hyun Gets Double Jackets to Dress Up Her Bride Look at the January 2019 Seoul Music Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2019
Three people posing on the red carpet.

I wonder if Korean coordis collectively have a bridal complex. How else to explain the repeated, constant, and overwhelming effort to dress Korean actresses and idols in bridal-esque gowns for awards ceremonies. And this latest look on young actress Kim So Hyun isn’t even bridal-esque, it’s full on 100% a wedding dress! Her coordi literally went to a bridal salon … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Kim So Hyun

Fan Bing Bing Posts on Weibo For the First Time in 9 Months After Tax Evasion Scandal Wishing Fans a Happy Lunar New Year

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2019 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2019
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Wow, what a difference nine months and the biggest tax fine ever makes to the entire aura of a person. Formerly China’s top actress (by far and totally unchallenged) Fan Bing Bing made her first public post on her Weibo account this week, on Monday right before lunar new year to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Fan Bing Bing

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