The countdown has started for real for Ji Chang Wook fans as the multi-talented actor is confirmed to hop on the joining the military enlistment train of 2017. Ji Chang Wook’s enlistment date is August 14th which is one month away but hopefully he will have plenty of time to put things in order now that his drama Suspicious Partner … Continue reading →
I thought the idea of a high school boy who disappears for thirteen years and then returns mysteriously would seem depressing as heck but all the characters in upcoming SBS Wed-Thurs drama Reunited Worlds (A New World) look quietly hopeful in the recently released character posters. The soft blue backward with their faces turned skyward is quite pleasing to look … Continue reading →
There will likely be not just one but two remakes in 2018 of the hit shoujo manga Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers), and it’s going to be from the two most successful versions out there. Taiwan’s own producer of the 2001 Meteor Garden is remaking another Taiwan drama adaptation next year and just the potential casting call alone is … Continue reading →
The entertainment world, and most of its denizens including fans, love a good positive news story as the unexpected element to consuming the pre-produced offerings of movies and dramas. The wedding announcement of top Korean stars Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki have taken over the media outlets in the short week since it broke, while the more substantive … Continue reading →
Next Mon-Tues is the premiere of not just one but two new K-dramas so that’ll shake things up a bit. MBC will be airing sageuk A Kings Love, going up against the midway point of the earlier arriving sageuk My Sassy Girl on SBS, leaving KBS the outlier option as the network premieres the latest iteration of the well received … Continue reading →
It’s quite a feat to pull off for a star to look better completed laid bare than fully decked out, so kudos to Im Shi Wan for leaving on such a visual high note. The idol actor, who in recent years has gained more acclaim for his second job than his primary boy band ZE:A membership, signed in for mandatory … Continue reading →
Lovey dovey couples are often on the same wavelength, or maybe they just start to resemble each other more and more. Hot on the heels of Song Joong Ki‘s first public appearance since the wedding announcement, Song Hye Kyo shared her first SNS update with a mirror selfie in the most flattering casual way. She just looks flawless in a … Continue reading →
K-ent has been having too much fun with big star dating news this past week, time to share the buzz with China and it’s a doozy at that. Top Chinese stars Feng Shao Feng and Zhao Li Ying were spotted all masked and trying to look incognito while out on a date, but their cover was blown multiple ones. The … Continue reading →
K-actress Han Ye Seul has always stood out as an outlier in the highly structured and insular South Korean acting community, from growing up in the US to her striking features that works either playing sultry or clueless. Her major breakout role in K-drama Fantasy Couple remains the pinnacle of using her aura perfectly, but I have a feeling her … Continue reading →
Casting is on a spree for Mr. Sunshine, hit screenwriter Kim Eun Sook‘s next drama following last year’s double hits Descendants of the Sun and Goblin. Filming doesn’t start until late fall but a big name drama like this always starts casting early and on the heels of confirming leads Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Ri there’s now a … Continue reading →
I can only say this was the perfect confluence of events to generate priceless coverage for Yunho‘s return to the music world after two years away in military service. This weekend was the annual SM Town concert in Seoul where the behemoth music agency holds a performance featuring its own stable of top idol groups and stars. In attendance solo … Continue reading →
The Korean media has noted the similarity of recently premiered tvN’s Bride of the Water God with the network’s last big hit drama Goblin, namely on the trend of creating powerful male leads with godly abilities and good looks. OSEN recently wrote about how the cable network is leading the charge with what may become a trend in male leads … Continue reading →
It’s a relief to finally have a positive response to a promo from upcoming MBC sageuk A King Loves, too bad the network nearly negated it with another dose of terrible visuals. The cast held a press conference last week with leads Im Shi Wan, Yoona, and Hong Jong Hyun, releasing a long 4-minute preview that was unexpectedly intriguing. Im … Continue reading →
