Yoo Yeon Seok and Jung Kyung Ho to Make Guest Starring Appearance in tvN K-drama Resident Playbook Tentatively Scheduled for April 2025 Release

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Last year all of K-netizens hated doctors in real life after the doctor strike so even medical K-dramas got delayed from premiere due to the anticipated backlash. The most high profile being Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung leading a cast of young stars all playing med school residents in the same medical universe as the veteran doctors from hit … Continue reading →

TW-star Barbie Hsu’s Ashes Brought Back to Taiwan and Sister Dee Hsu Announces There Will be No Memorial Service and to Remember Da S Fondly in One’s Heart

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The media circus that was expected around the passing of TW-star Barbie Hsu (Da S) will not be happening, and thank goodness for that. Media camped out at the airport waiting for her sister Dee Hsu (Xiao S), their mother, and Da S’s South Korean musician husband DJ Koo to return from Japan with her cremated ashes, but the family … Continue reading →

Wang Yibo and Zhao Lu Si Has the Most Brand CFs Respectively for Male and Female Stars as of the Start of 2025

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There is a newly release list of famous Chinese stars and the number of brand CFs each has as of end of January 2025 so it’s all famous buzzy/liuliang/popular names. Let’s start off with the male celebs: it’s Wang Yibo with the most at 30 brands followed by Jay Chou with 22, Xiao Zhan and Cheng Yi tied at 21, … Continue reading →

First Official Stills of Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung in Netflix Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated

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This week a lot of new stills came out for upcoming K-dramas and I’ve been sifting through the ones that interest me. Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated with Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung dropped three official stills showing the leads visuals solo and in one interacting shot. Kim Sun Ho plays a translator and Go Yoon … Continue reading →

Hitman 2 with Kwon Sang Woo Rises in 2nd Week to Claim Top Spot in Korean Box Office as Dark Nuns 2 Experiences Steep Drop

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The first and second place contestants in the South Korean box office took a major change in position in the second weekend of release in direct competition between Dark Nuns and Hitman 2. In the first weekend Dark Nuns with Song Hye Kyo and Jeon Yeo Bin came in first with Hitman 2 starring Kwon Sang Woo in second, but … Continue reading →

Choi Woo Shik and Jung So Min Confirmed for SBS Romance K-drama Will You Marry Me

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So the earlier casting rumors have come true and K-ent is reporting that Jung So Min and Choi Woo Shik will be partnering up onscreen for a new rom-com K-drama. It’s title Will You Marry Me and is a fake marriage set up story. What’s funny is that this casting confirmation led one reporter to write an article with the … Continue reading →

iQiyi Airdrops Long Shelved Republic Era C-drama Back For You with Angelababy and Wang An Yu Today on February 4th

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So the airing of Everlasting Longing without any problems has clearly led to iQiyi also making the smart move to airdrop its own long shelved other Angelababy starring C-drama. It’s titled Back For You and is a short 12-episoder with her and Wang An Yu about a police officer solving crimes and the female lead is a woman who awakens … Continue reading →

First Official Stills of Suzy and Kim Woo Bin in Netflix K-drama Everything Will Come True by Writer Kim Eun Sook

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I feel like this drama was my version of Everything Will Come True. I had a wish that Suzy and Kim Woo Bin would do a drama together, the universe made it happen a decade ago with Uncontrollably Fond and with one of my favorite screenwriters Lee Kyung Hee, and it was such a rollercoaster of an experience for me. … Continue reading →

Media Coverage and Loved Ones Condolences Pour in on the Shocking Passing of TW-actress Barbie Hsu

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TW-actress Barbie Hsu (Da S) may very well be one of the most famous TW-stars of all time, in a combination of the timing of her rise and her colorful personal life and strong personality. She transitioned from singing and variety hosting to acting right at the year 2001 with Meteor Garden, which is based on a wildly popular Japanese … Continue reading →

iQiyi Confirms Release of Xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree on February 7th and Releases New Preview and Stills

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This drama feels like it’s been on deck for much too longer and not for any problems with it, there is just a lot of C-dramas filmed all playing Jenga for the right airing slot. Xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree, which I said was one of three big period C-dramas airing this month, has confirmed a February 7th … Continue reading →

TW-star Barbie Hsu Confirmed to Have Passed Away While On Holiday in Japan Hours After Rumors Spread Wildly From an Anonymous Post About a Top Taiwan Actress Dying

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Da S, Yi Lou Hao Zou 一路好走. I really am speechless and after so many posts covering the news of Asian celebs passing from accident, illness, and/or suicide, this one really hit home. TW-actress Barbie Hsu (also known as Da S) is confirmed to have passed away this week, she was 48-years old and is survived by her second husband … Continue reading →

Xianxia C-drama Shui Long Yin with Luo Yun Xi Release New Posters for Lunar New Year

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Now that the overly elaborate costumed xianxia C-drama Moonlight Mystique is done airing, it’s time for it’s equally ornate cousin Shui Long Ying to start readying for it’s arrival down the road. The drama starring Luo Yun Xi has been done filming for quite some time but hasn’t been rumored yet among the industry insiders for a definitive airing date, … Continue reading →

SBS Inks Deal to Air Existing K-dramas on Netflix Starting in February 2025 with The Fiery Priest and Suspicious Partner

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This totally makes sense as the existing K-drama deck on Netflix needs to continually be added to otherwise it just feels like the same few dramas being pushed with a new one or two added every month. SBS has signed a deal with Netflix to air it’s most popular older dramas on the streaming platform which should give new life … Continue reading →