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Show Business with Gong Yoo and Song Hye Kyo Lead the Most High Profile K-dramas on Deck for 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 19, 2024
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So its midway through October and I don’t see any of the very big budget and high profile K-dramas scheduled for the remainder of the year, other than Squid Game 2 which has been perched in the 2024 holiday season for quite some time. That means anything we’ve been waiting for from the top stars or production teams are likely … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged All the Love You WIsh For, Knock Off, Made in Korea, Mary Kills People, Show Business, When Life Gives You Tangerines, When the Stars Gossip

Recently Married C-actress Wu Jin Yan Deftly Conceals Figure at Promo Events for Revenge C-drama Kill Me Love Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 18, 2024
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C-actress Wu Jin Yan being pregnant in real life is like the giant pink elephant in the room in terms of C-ent gossip. But she’s still not announced and reporters have been forbidden from asking about it as she promoted recently premiered C-drama Kill Me Love Me with male lead Liu Xue Yi this week. So all eyes have been … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Kill Me Love Me, Wu Jin Yan

Currently Filming Xianxia C-drama Love Beyond the Grave with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Fei Yu Release First Official Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 19, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 18, 2024
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Zam, those hair horns really are ready for official debut lol. Xianxia C-drama Love Beyond the Grave is currently midway through filming but still managed to drum off the first official character posters for Tencent to showcase. Starring Dilraba Dilmurat, Chen Fei Yu, Wei Zhe Ming, and Sun Li, the drama seems so dark and dreary, a combination of the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love Beyond the Grave, Sun Li, Wei Zhe Ming

Kim Se Jung Offered Female Lead Role in Sageuk Romance K-drama The Moon Flows Over the River

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 18, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 18, 2024
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It’s like a one-two punch of good casting news with this upcoming sageuk drama! A day after Kang Tae Oh was announced as the male lead of The Moon Flows Over the River, his female lead has been revealed as likely Kim Se Jung who has received the offer. It’s not one of the two Kims I was thinking about … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Tae Oh, Kim Se Jung, The Moon Flows Over the River

First Official Preview for Love’s Ambition with Zhao Lu Si and William Chan Showcase Sleek Glamour and Tension

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 18, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 18, 2024
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So it’s official teaser time for modern C-drama Love’s Ambition with Zhao Lu Si and William Chan. I swear this drama just finished filming in my recollection but the first preview is here now so I gamely checked it out despite being so meh on the male lead despite his very long career and starring with many an actress I … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Love's Ambition, William Chan, Zhao Lu Si

Kang Tae Oh Cast as Male Lead in Period K-drama The Moon Flows Over the River Which is Reportedly the Sageuk Version of Secret Garden

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 18, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 17, 2024
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I like Kang Tae Oh a lot but the OMFG *&^%#&* aspect of hearing this casting all comes at the very end of the news article. Kang Tae Oh will be starring in the sageuk drama The Moon Flows Over the River as his next project, which is great and all because he was so great in The Tale of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Tae Oh, The Moon Flows Over the River

Upcoming C-drama Flower in Novoland Leads Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan See Fandom Fight Start Over Billing Order

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 17, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 17, 2024
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Long siiiiiiiiigh, how is this even worth fighting over. Period C-drama Flower in Novoland is about to start filming in early November and has unofficially confirmed leads Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan. This week his fandom started grumbling about billing order saying he should be top billed. Her fandom responded back that she’s a way bigger star with … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Flower in Novoland, Zhang Jing Yi

Ahn Eun Jin and Jang Ki Yong in Talks for Office Romance K-drama Shouldn’t Have Kissed

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 17, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 17, 2024
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Oh this sounds cute and a great pairing as well! Since there aren’t as many K-dramas being produced anymore I feel like each project needs to have the best casting ever just to keep me interested beyond just the story which frankly these days in any genre is shades of been there done that. A new romance K-drama is in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Eun Jin, Jang Ki Yong, Shouldn't Have Kissed

Han So Hee Suspected of Having Second SNS Account that Shades Hyeri After Jeon Jong Seo Found to be Following It

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 16, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 16, 2024
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Wow, I can’t believe the Han So Hee v Hyeri saga from earlier this year still has an update. The whole shebang went down when Han So Hee dated Hyeri’s ex-boyfriend Ryu Jun Yeol so I won’t go into the details but recently netizens discovered an SNS account that frequently shades and attacks Hyeri online that was opened in March … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Han So Hee, Hyeri, Jeon Jong Seo

Park Bo Gum Pairs Well with Celine in New Elle Korea October Cover and Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 16, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 17, 2024
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I missed this pictorial last month but better late than never with my cute bae Park Bo Gum. He’s on the cover and pages of Elle Korea October 2024 edition and modeling all Celine as he’s a brand ambassador. I like how Park Bo Gum can pull off sleek haughty model all the way to slightly dorky office boy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Park Bo Geum

C-drama The Golden Hairpin Closer to Airing in Q4 2024 After Completing Reshoots with New Male Lead Peng Guan Ying and OG Female Lead Yang Zi

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 16, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 16, 2024
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There is new news about the long shelved big budget and high profile C-drama The Golden Hairpin adapted from a very popular period C-novel. The completed drama was iced after original male lead Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) was arrested and now convicted and jailed for sexual assault and other crimes. After lots of fits and starts with re-filming the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Peng Guan Ying, The Golden Hairpin, Yang Zi

First Posters for the Highly Anticipated Return of Kim Nam Gil, Honey Lee, and Kim Sung Kyun in SBS Drama The Fiery Priest 2

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 15, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 15, 2024
Promotional poster for "The Fiery Priest."

Oooh, it’s getting close to the long wait being over for the return of a highly rated and strongly reviewed K-drama with a new season after 5 years. The Fiery Priest 2 with original leads Kim Nam Gil, Honey Lee, and Kim Sung Kyun released first character posters this week and it’s great to see three top leads back together … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Honey Lee, Kim Nam Gil, Kim Sung Kyun, The Fiery Priest

Shin Hye Sun and Lee Joon Hyuk in Talks for Thriller Web K-drama Lady Dior

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 15, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 15, 2024
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I’ve heard mixed things about Shin Hye Sun and her currently airing K-drama Dear Hyeri but my aversion to her male lead makes me skip unless it’s trending as a seminal work. So I’m extra excited to hear she’s already in talks for her next drama titled Lady Dior and it’s definitely named after the French couture house. She would … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lady Dior, Lee Joon Hyuk, Shin Hye Sun

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