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tvN Drama Why Secretary Kim Changes Screenwriters Fully Starting with Episode 5

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 21, 2018 by ockoalaJune 21, 2018
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Eeeps, I have concerning news to report for those who are as enchanted by tvN rom-com drama Why Secretary Kim as I am. The drama has apparently switched screenwriters! WTF you may be screaming, but the switch actually happened after episode 2, with original screenwriter Jung Eun Young who did Boarding House No. 24 joined by two new screenwriters Baek … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon, Why Secretary Kim

Park Bo Gum is the Bad Boy Next Door in L’Officiel Hommes Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 21, 2018 by ockoalaJune 20, 2018
Profile of a young man with tousled hair.

This is one of my favorite Park Bo Gum pictorials thus far for changing up K-actor Park Bo Gum‘s visuals and in a way that suits him better in this stage of his career. He’s past being the wunderkind rookie and established enough to get offered the male lead role in upcoming K-drama Boyfriend with in discussion leading lady Song … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Bo Gum

Why Secretary Kim Maintains Adorable Cheeky Chemistry and High Ratings in Third Week of Airing

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 20, 2018 by ockoalaJune 20, 2018
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These days I’m happy when any drama does well in ratings just because it’s rarer and rarer, but when it’s happening to a drama I’m fond of and watching in real life the happiness is compounded. tvN already has Lawless Lawyer doing well still which remains an intense watch, but for summer time lightness and rom-com laughter it’s all about Why … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon, Why Secretary Kim

Drama Adaption of Beauty Inside Finalizes Cast of Seo Hyun Jin, Lee Min Ki, Ahn Jae Hyun, and Lee Da Hee

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 20, 2018 by ockoalaJune 20, 2018
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Casting has firmed up for the K-drama adaptation of the movie Beauty Inside, with a twist that the body changer this time is the female lead rather than the male lead in the movie. The drama has inked Seo Hyun Jin to play the role of a woman who changes forms (man, child, young, old, etc) anytime a trigger event … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Jae Hyun, Beauty Inside, Lee Da Hee, Lee Min Ki, Seo Hyun Jin

Mr. Sunshine Releases Last Batch of Character Stills for Byun Yo Han and Kim Min Jung

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 20, 2018 by ockoalaJune 19, 2018
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I have to say the lure of the supporting cast of tvN period drama Mr. Sunshine is strong indeed. I didn’t feel much for Yoo Yeon Seok before until I saw his drama stills for Mr. Sunshine looking all broody badass warrior fighter. Now comes the final sets of supporting lead stills featuring Byun Yo Han and Kim Min Jung, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Byun Yo Han, Kim Min Jung, Mr. Sunshine

Song Joong Ki in Talks to Reunite with A Werewolf Boy Director for Sci-fi Film Lightning Ship

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2018 by ockoalaJune 20, 2018
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K-actor Song Joong Ki seems to be on a reunion binge, first with news that he’s doing sageuk drama Asadal working with his Tree With Deep Roots PD again, and now news that he’s been offered and is considering the male lead for upcoming science fiction space K-movie Lightning Ship by the director of A Werewolf Boy. While his last … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged A Werewolf Boy, Lightning Ship, Song Joong Ki

Park Shin Hye Updates Instagram and Captured by Fans Filming Memories of Alhambra in Spain

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2018 by ockoalaJune 19, 2018
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The filming for upcoming K-drama Memories of Alhambra totally rewinds me back five years ago during the filming days of Heirs in 2013. Fan pictures galore of leads Park Shin Hye and/or Lee Min Ho filming around Los Angeles and Orange County, but this time it feels even more exotic to see Park Shin Hye and Hyun Bin in Spain … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Memories of Alhambra, Park Shin Hye

K-movie Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade Holds Star-studded Press Conference

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 19, 2018 by ockoalaJune 18, 2018
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It’s a fiver of big and popular K-stars for at the movie press conference for July summer action flick Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Korean title Inrang). Starring dual male leads Kang Dong Won and Jung Woo Sung, the supporting cast adds Han Hyo Joo, Kim Moo Yeol, and Minho to up the ante. After Along With the Gods and … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Han Hyo Joo, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jung Woo Sung, Kang Dong Won, Kim Moo Yeol, Minho

Popular Boy Cross-dressing as Girl Sageuk Webtoon Mung Bean Chronicles Gets K-drama Adaptation

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2018 by ockoalaJune 19, 2018
Two characters in traditional Korean attire.

This story sounds like a reverse Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, and has the allure of being a potential K-drama hit. The popular cross-dressing sageuk webtoon Mung Bean Chronicles has been commissioned for a K-drama adaptation, with this particular cross-dresser being a young man dressing and living as a girl. He chooses to dress as a girl and lives in a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Mung Bean Chronicles

Yoo Yeon Seok Delivers Precision Intensity in Character Stills for Mr. Sunshine

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2018 by ockoalaJune 19, 2018
Man in traditional attire with focused expression.

I’m totally open to second lead ship in Mr. Sunshine though neither male lead really floats my boat. But I remember having no clue who Kim Woo Bin was before Heirs and then suddenly he was just impossibly riveting and won my attention playing a complicated meanie. That may happen again with Yoo Yeon Seok in Mr. Sunshine as he … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Mr. Sunshine, Yoo Yeon Seok

C and TW-Stars Run the Fashion Gamut for Vogue Film Fashion Exhibit

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 18, 2018 by ockoalaJune 22, 2018
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There is so much fashion eye candy out and about at the Vogue Film Fashion Exhibit in China this weekend, with top Chinese and Taiwanese stars making their chic presence felt. I don’t think everyone looks good, necessarily, but everyone looks interesting. My favorite look is definitely Yang Mi with a chic and playful one side off the shoulder short … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Angelababy, Ethan Ruan, Han Dong Jun, Janine Chang, Li Bing Bing, Liu Shi Shi, Tong Li Ya, Victoria Song, William Chan, Yang Mi

Mark Chao, Lin Geng Xin, and Feng Shao Feng Reunite for New Detective Dee and the Four Heavenly Kings Movie

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 17, 2018 by ockoalaJune 17, 2018
Movie posters for "Detective Chinatown 2."

There’s a new Detective Dee movie coming this summer of ’18 and I’m stoked. The Detective Dee movies with Tsui Hark at the helm have been the right popcorn period flicks the Chinese movie world needed after years of blah big budget boredoms. The original Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame with Andy Lau was solid but I preferred the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Detective Dee

Yoona Elevates Chunky Watches as Feminine Accessory in Allure Korea Spread

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 17, 2018 by ockoalaJune 17, 2018
Woman in denim jacket with stylish boots.

I haven’t seen Yoona recently so it’s nice to see a new spread that’s so pretty both in visuals and the staging. Yoona is in the pages of Allure Korea modeling watches and I really enjoy how the pictorial toggles between closeup and full body poses. She’s always been lanky but here isn’t so so think that it distracts, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Yoona

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