C-ent’s Salary Cap Goes into Effect and Top Stars Zhao Wei and Shu Qi Return Majority of Paid Salary for Hit Show Chinese Restaurant

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The second part of the Chinese government crack down on celebrity earnings is now in effect. The first part was investigation and self-reporting of tax evasion with the biggest scapegoat being top actress Fan Bing Bing, you fly the highest then you’re the first to be shot down. The second part requires that stars and production companies cap salaries going … Continue reading →

Posters and Teaser for 3-episode Mini Drama Hymn of Death with Shin Hye Sun and Lee Jong Seok

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The current SBS Mon-Tues Drama Where Stars Land (Fox Star Bride) is doing decent in ratings and reception and the network will take a shot detour after the drama ends with a 3-episode special drama called Hymn of Death (Death Song) that looks period romantic and sadness guaranteed. Based on the real life of Korea’s first soprano pop songstress who … Continue reading →

Opposites Start to Attract in Third Teaser for jTBC Drama Clean With Passion for Now

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Since the romance premise of Clean With Passion For Now has the opposites attract setup, perhaps it’s actually a fitting casting to pair up hulking Yoon Kyun Sang with petite Kim Yoo Jung giving us the visual disparity along with their personality extremes. He’s a clean freak and she’s cheerfully messy, and I sure hope it’s just that and not … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Ki Goes Dapper Professor Chic Leaving Incheon for HK Event

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I’m loving Lee Jun Ki‘s total look from last week when he left Incheon airport to head to Hong Kong for a brand promotional event. His hair is growing up and he’s paired it up playfully with a full on long coat, shirt, and pants combo that screams trendy young professor and I totally dig it! The spectacles finish the … Continue reading →

C-actress Yang Mi Given Husband Raising Fame After Making All Her Male Leads Successful After Working With Her

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C-actress Yang Mi has for a long time now gained a reputation as Wang Fu (aka Chinese slang for making one’s husband more successful). The phrase is applied to any woman toi marries a man and thereafter he remains/gets more successful, someone she’s given credit for not fucking up his life. For Chinese and Taiwanese actresses, the notion of Wang … Continue reading →

Yoo Seung Ho has a Bad Delivery Day in First Stills for K-drama Revenge is Back

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The first stills are out for K-drama Revenge is Back (Korean punny title Bok Soo is Back) and it flips the narrative on male lead Yoo Seung Ho from his last drama I am Not a Robot. In that drama, he gave errand girl Chae Soo Bin a hard time with a delivery she was making for him, and now … Continue reading →

Kim So Hyun Naturally Radiant in New Makeup CF Pictorial

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K-actress Kim So Hyun is such the perfect model for light dewy foundation, she never looks caked and plastered on the red carpet and has the enviable youthful radiance to convince me that I could emulate it by using whatever tonic she’s shilling. Her latest makeup CF released BTS pictures that are good enough to just put out as is. … Continue reading →

Excitement and Romance Heats Up in 4th Teaser for tvN Drama Memories of Alhambra

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The just released 4th teaser for tvN fantasy romance Memories of Alhambra just ratcheted up the excitement level. There’s gunfights and knights and running away from danger and the obligatory OTP staring at each other with interest moment. Love it all! Hyun Bin and Park Shin Hye have never looked better as a drama character, they’re like the most good … Continue reading →

Taiwan Actor Wu Zun Joins C-variety Show with 70 Year Old Doppleganger Dad

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Sometimes celebrities are just very good looking people born of two average folks but in the case of Taiwan actor and former idol singer Wu Zun it’s like he leapt from the loins of total financial and visual privilege. In recent years Wu Zhun has mostly turned into a reality show star on the backs of daddy devotion image to … Continue reading →

Hit TW-movie Our Times Producer Adapting New It Started With a Kiss Movie with Darren Wang and Jelly Lin

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There’s a new remake of It Started With a Kiss (Itazura na Kiss) in the works and this one doesn’t elicit the immediate response of why bother which is actually good sign. There are so many versions of ISWAK out there and I’ve like quite a few of them – the Taiwan perfection with Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng, before … Continue reading →

Kim Dong Wook is the Standout of The Guest with Soulful and Gripping Performance

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I went into recently finished OCN supernatural thriller drama The Guest for Kim Jae Wook and left adding Kim Dong Wook to my stable of charismatic leading men who happen to be great actors. I’m thrilled Kim Dong Wook is getting so much attention and love for his role as psychic medium turned taxi driver Yoon Hwa Pyeong, a role … Continue reading →

Puff Guo and Jasper Liu Reunited for Upcoming TW-drama Before We Get Married

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When I saw paparazzi pictures of Taiwan actress Puff Guo and actor Jasper Liu (Liu Yi Hao) filming in a part at night and being super cute and chatty it totally revved up my dormant Taiwan drama interest. The two charming actors are reuniting for a new 2019 GTV TW-drama called Before We Get Married (We Cannot Be Friends) a … Continue reading →

Han Ji Min, Nam Joo Hyuk and Kim Hye Ja Confirmed for Age-morphing Drama Dazzling

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The lineup is set for upcoming K-drama Dazzling with dual female leads Han Ji Min and veteran Kim Hye Ja playing the same character, who is named Kim Hye Ja ahahaha. That’s cute and also really awesome that Kim Hye Ja will be reuniting with the PD from her hit sitcom I Live in Cheondamdong (Live Among the Rich) which … Continue reading →