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Yoo Ah In Poses for Grazia Magazine and His Movie Burning Selected as South Korea’s Oscar Entry

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 8, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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K-actor Yoo Ah In may court or elicit controversy but as an actor he’s been fairly impeccable in role selection across movies and dramas. If his latest movie Burning breaks out next year it may be thanks to its selection by South Korea to represent the country as the entry for Best Foreign Language Picture award at the 2019 Oscars. … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Yoo Ah In

Parade of C-stars Attend Elle China’s 30th Anniversary Style Night

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 8, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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It was the 30th anniversary of Elle magazine’s annual Style Night and the usual bevy of C-stars were in attendance with a couple of new faces that got famous just this summer. Yang Mi, Ni Ni, Tang Yan and Angelababy were the familiar attendees all decked out in formal gowns of to varying degrees of success, I think the ladies … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Angelababy, Caesar Wu, Connor Leong, Dylan Wang, Ni Ni, Tang Yan, Tia Li, Yang Mi

Stepmom to Daughter Blues with Ayase Haruka is the Ratings Winner of the Summer 2018 J-dorama Season

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 7, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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The summer 2018 J-doramas are done or nearly done with airing and there were three big name cast ones caught my eye. Ueno Juri was back with the J-remake of Good Doctor and Ishihara Satomi was being her most fabulous self with Takane no Hana (English title Born to be a Flower), but the ratings winner ended up being Ayase … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Ayase Haruka, Gibo to Musume no Blues, Sato Takeru, Stepmom and Daughter Blues, Takenouchi Yutaka

Colorful K-stars Go Feminine and Frilly at Mulberry Event in Seoul

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 7, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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I love me some super girly fashions on occasion but the Mulberry event in Seoul this week was frilly, ruched, and puffed to excess. Quite a few well known actresses and idols were in attendance and this time the idols out dressed the actresses in terms of going for the more understated of the brands looks. Rose and Lisa of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Go Ah Sung, Han Ji Hye, Lisa, Oh Yeon Seo, Rose, Sung Yuri

Hilarious Lack of Hair Photoshopping Turns Oppas into Ahjusshis

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 7, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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What happens when a beloved bastion of male visual perfection is tweaked to show us that even the worst hair fallacies cannot be overcome. C-ent is rolling in laughter over a recently released series of photoshops turning famous Korean and Chinese actors into bald comb over cringefests. I feel bad for men losing their hair but if that happens just … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged G-Dragon, Gong Yoo, Jaejoong, Lee Jong Seok, Li Yi Feng, Luhan, Song Joong Ki, Wu Yi Fan

2018 Meteor Garden Wraps Airing and Cements Dylan Wang Status as Current C-drama It Boy

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 6, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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Whether the drama world is deserving or not, we finally have a near universally beloved breakout star in 2018 in the form of the dynamic and still very young and inexperienced Dylan Wang (Wang He Di). I’ll leave it to the fans of Hana Yori Dango drama adaptations to fight out who broke out the biggest – Dylan in Meteor … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dylan Wang, Hana Yori Dango, Meteor Garden

Hyun Bin Battles Joseon Zombies Orchestrated by Baddie Jang Dong Gun in First Movie Preview for Rampant

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 6, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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The posters and preview is out for fall 2018 K-movie Rampant (Outbreak) which takes the zombie genre and deposits it into Joseon Korea and hopefully this genre still has box office legs because I totally want it to be good for my bae Hyun Bin. He plays an exiled prince who returns from China to his country Joseon and finds … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Hyun Bin, Jang Dong Gun, Outbreak, Rampant

Lee Min Ki Accepts Form-changing Seo Hyun Jin in First Teaser for K-drama The Beauty Inside

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 6, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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With a dash of changes the K-drama remake of the movie The Beauty Inside reverses the genders around and adds a longer period between switches in order to make it work on the small screen. The first teaser unveils the emotionally dreamy and visually jarring romance between top actress Seo Hyun Jin who changes forms once a month and her … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Min Ki, Seo Hyun Jin, The Beauty Inside

Kang Ji Hwan, Baek Jin Hee, and Gong Myung in Talks for Office K-drama Happy to Die

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 5, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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KBS had one of the better received in ratings and audience feedback office type dramas in recent years with Chief Kim so it’s possible this upcoming office drama from the network may also resonate with the viewers. KBS is casting for the fall 2018 drama Happy to Die adapted from a popular webtoon centered around an exacting and arrogant company … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Baek Jin Hee, Gong Myung, Happy to Die, Kang Ji Hwan

Yoon Eun Hye and Chun Jung Myung Spotted Filming K-drama Fluttering Warning

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 5, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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Yassss, my drama queen is back! Fans have spotted Yoon Eun Hye and her male lead Chun Jung Myung filming their upcoming K-drama in Seoul this week, not yet in the same scene but it’s enough to get my toes tapping with anticipation. The drama is currently called Fluttering Warning (literal title) and has a top female actress and a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chun Jung Myung, Fluttering Warning, Yoon Eun Hye

Kim Woo Bin Spotted Returning to Korea After Hawaii Trip with Lee Jong Seok

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 5, 2018 by ockoalaSeptember 4, 2018
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I know Asians have their weird cultural belief that wearing face masks helps protection against getting a cold when it’s all about washing hands and staying hopped up on vitamin C and water. For Asian stars though, the face mask wearing is all about staying incognito and K-actor Kim Woo Bin went full blown incognito leaving the arrivals terminal at … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Kim Woo Bin

Seo In Guk Flirts with Death and Jung So Min Pulls Him Back in Second Teaser for Hundred Million Stars Falling From the Sky

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 4, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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The end of September seems like such a perfect premiere date for upcoming K-remake of a dark and emotionally twisty J-dorama original. Hundred Million Stars Falling From the Sky (The Smile Has Left Your Eyes) dropped another visually stunning trailer this weekend, with so much depth in nuance from the camera angles, color palate, and subtle loaded expressions in the … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hundred Million Stars Falling From the Sky, Jung So Min, Park Sung Woong, Seo In Guk, The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

Gong Yoo’s Name Graces CGV Cinema House in Hong Kong with Proceeds Going to Local Film Industry

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 4, 2018 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019
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It certainly is a first ever for a K-actor and I couldn’t be happier that the cool honor goes to Gong Yoo. CGV cinemas is naming one of its houses in a newly build Hong Kong movie theater to one of the current reigning kings of Hallyu entertainment. Gong Yoo will have his very own Gong Yoo cinema in the … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Gong Yoo

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