While there aren’t as many K-dramas being produced as before and frankly most are just not that interesting to me, I am fully intending to watch SBS drama The Judge From Hell but just haven’t had the time to start yet. So it’s a relief to hear the drama with strong word of mouth and even better progressively increasing ratings. … Continue reading →
C-actress Wang Yu Wen is turning into a modern light drama hitmakers, and worth it for production companies as she’s not A-list so her salary isn’t astronomical and she takes mid-budget projects and delivers financial wins for the investors thanks to good viewership. Her recent modern drama You Are My Lover Friend (舍不得星星) with Zhang Xin Cheng just ended this … Continue reading →
Well anyone can have a bad hair/outfit/makeup day and I’ll chalk up K-actor Lee Min Ho‘s this weekn public appearance as one of those days. The actor attending a VIP movie premiere for the thriller Korean movie A Normal Family this week and got a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. His outfit was boring and ill fitting to … Continue reading →
Lol, when drama follows a person ALL THE TIME, maybe it’s not just luck but the person himself in this case producer Yu Zheng just can’t stop creating and receiving drama. A day after he proudly introduced his new actress signing to his agency a former social media star named Zhang Shi Tou, he’s had to pivot and turn into … Continue reading →
Hhhhmmm, I’ll believe this when I see it, or at least when I see more promos drop in the coming days. New rumor this week has it that Youku will air Kill Me Love Me sometime next week in mid-October. Starring Wu Jin Yan and Liu Xue Yi, it’s as good a time to air it since both had small … Continue reading →
I guess its not time yet for K-actor Jung Hae In to start afresh when it comes to his representation. Right after his last drama Love Next Door finished airing came news that he was renewing or re signing his contract with long time agency FNC Entertainment. He feels the agency has treated him well and he’s very loyal among … Continue reading →
So a bit of levity and curiosity for this week courtesy of C-ent producer Yu Zheng. He posted a fawning SNS update this week introducing a new actress he signed to his agency, gushing over her beauty and how he wasn’t planning to sign anyone else since he added four rookies this year already but couldn’t pass her up because … Continue reading →
The Paris fall fashion shows are over and many top C-actresses were there attending for the brands where each is a global or Asia region ambassador. This week a marketing analysis came out ranking which actresses delivered the value in media (媒体价值) for their brand, i.e. how much the actress added actual dollar value in sales/exposure by the actress being … Continue reading →
The experience of watching Love Next Door for me was a frustrating one so having it end this weekend felt like a release of sorts. Now I don’t have to keep waiting each week for the drama to get better as a whole while accepting the little nuggets of satisfying moments and scenes strung between filler. One thing tvN did … Continue reading →
One of the more entertaining movies I watched in 2022 was TW horror-comedy Marry My Dead Body, which I checked out for Greg Hsu (Hsu Guang Han) and the premise but left with a new appreciation for second male lead Austin Lin (Lim Bo Hong). It was a brilliant casting of the two very similar looking actors in straight/gay and … Continue reading →
So this is like a High Noon standoff and I’m fascinated on the eventual outcome. Top C-actress Sun Li started filming a new thriller modern C-drama with award winning TW-actor Chris Wu (Wu Kang Ren) in his first foray into C-ent. She’s filmed for over two weeks but then went on strike (did not officially drop out of the drama) … Continue reading →
Well this is a bit too reel to real, but still a sad bit of news to report. T-ara member Jiyeon (Park Ji Yeon) and her baseball player husband Hwang Jae Gyun have announced they are divorcing after two years of marriage. Her announcement was more generic but his announcement pointed to personality differences, i.e. your standard irreconcilable differences box. … Continue reading →
Keeping expectations low is the name of the game for me when it comes to upcoming November K-drama Brewing Love. I enjoy both leads Kim Se Jung and Lee Jong Won but remain easily disappointed with K-drama rom-com plots these days. But then I remember how Kim Se Jung hit it out of the part with A Business Proposal and … Continue reading →
