I love the casting and really hate the appropriated drama title, growls to the conflicted first reaction. Cable network OCN continued to peddle in thrillers and procedural fare nicely, with currently airing grim reaper in the body of a detective drama Black with Song Seung Heon and Go Ara doing well in ratings and getting positive audience reviews. OCN is … Continue reading →
The 2017 Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards took place quietly with a cancelled red carpet due to the passing of beloved veteran leading man Kim Joo Hyuk earlier in the week. The big winners among stars I follow are veterans Park Geun Hyung and Yoon Yeo Jung getting feted with highest Order of Cultural Merits. Three heavyweight male leads … Continue reading →
I find the first pictures of Kim Soo Hyun in military service so adorkable I just have to share, he looks exactly as I pictured he would once he shaved his head and put on the standard army uniform alongside his fellow recruits. The picture above is totally South Korean military recruitment ready, with his pretty boy good looks given … Continue reading →
I like the title Nothing to Lose and the upcoming SBS Wed-Thurs certainly has nowhere to go but up with the relative disappointment of currently airing While You Were Sleeping in both the ratings and freshness category. Leads Yeon Woo Jin and Park Eun Bin aren’t the biggest names but the recent dramas with the hyped up stars are ones … Continue reading →
Hit K-drama PD Shin Won Ho keeps making successes out of every day South Korean neighborhood and school life as he did with three Answer Me dramas for tvN in the past five years. Now he’s taking his talents to the prison world, crafting a drama described as light and humorous view of the daily life of prisoners and guards. … Continue reading →
K-ent gather along with the friends and family to accompany Kim Joo Hyuk on his final journey as the actor was laid to rest. While the circumstances of his October 30th car accident remain unanswered, in the end this talented and beloved veteran leading man was still taken from the world much too early and the reasons why ultimately won’t … Continue reading →
I finally figured out the flaw of SBS Wed-Thurs drama While You Were Sleeping, and the reason why ratings aren’t higher and are in fact fading again. The drama’s two flaws are familiarity, both in screenwriter Park Hye Ryun‘s writing style and storyboard, and in how the male lead Lee Jong Seok feels like he’s playing a copied version of … Continue reading →
Its with a heavy heart that K-ent’s top celebrities and many more stars trickled in one after the other to pay their respects to their deceased colleague actor Kim Joo Hyuk who passed away in a car accident on October 30th. Funeral services in Korea are likely not unfamiliar for K-drama fans who’ve seen it portrayed onscreen so it involves … Continue reading →
I haven’t checked in with the Korean advertising association monthly star CF rankings but October is a nice point to see how things have changed, or haven’t, now that the year is wrapping up. The October rankings keep top Hallyu movie star Gong Yoo on top, still riding the high of last year’s Train to Busan with added boost from … Continue reading →
The details are trickling out about actor Kim Joo Hyuk‘s fatal car accident on Monday October 30th, cutting his life short at a much too young age of 45 years old. There were reports that he suffered a heart attack while driving but the hospital performed and autopsy with the results being head trauma as the cause of death. Further … Continue reading →
This week felt a bit surreal in K-ent, with so many events happening both joyful and sorrowful it reminds me of the lovely British movie of the 90’s Four Weddings and a Funeral. This Tuesday October 31st is Halloween for us in the US but in South Korean entertainment it was the star wedding of the year with Song Joong … Continue reading →
The first look at actress Chae Soo Bin in upcoming MBC drama I am Not a Robot is out and count me intrigued. She looks super doll-like in her styling and surprisingly believable as a girl pretending to be a robot. Her character crosses paths with Yoo Seung Ho‘s super wealthy and successful financial entrepreneur with a severe allergy to … Continue reading →
October 2017 is really ending on a downer with the car accident loss of a top movie and drama leading man, but life goes on and it’s with a optimistic heart to welcome back a top star who has been diligently serving his mandatory military service for the past 22 months. Actor-singer-variety star Lee Seung Gi was discharged on the … Continue reading →
