The Kim Hyun Joong drunk driving arrest from last week is moving forward on legal consequences. His case has been passed from the police department to the prosecutors office for handling, which means the police have sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. That’s no surprise since drunk driving hinges on whether he was in a moving vehicle and whether … Continue reading →
Actresses have to safe guard their reputations even more stringently than their actor counterparts, especially in more conservative South Korea where the ladies are held to a higher standard of personal conduct. Moon Chae Won and her agency have had enough of a K-netizen who for the past year has been posting online that he’s dating Moon Chae Won and … Continue reading →
The long swirling marriage rumors of most likely dating top J-stars Matsumoto Jun and Inoue Mao has turned into one of those “I’ll see it when I believe it” stories that pop up at least once a year with an update. If these two didn’t fall for each other playing the leads in iconic manga turned J-dorama adaptation of Hana … Continue reading →
The nominations are out for the 53rd annual Baeksang Arts Awards, to be held on May 3rd in Seoul. Leading the pack on the television side of the nominations is last year’s runaway cable drama hit Goblin: The Lonely and Shining God – netting Best Drama, Best Actor for Gong Yoo, Best Actress for Kim Go Eun, Best Screenplay for … Continue reading →
It’s nice to have friends to help out and also serve as a nifty promotional platform. Kim Soo Hyun will be reuniting with singer-actress IU for the third time this month as the male lead in her upcoming MV of the second track off her new solo album. They have been good friends for many years and worked onscreen twice … Continue reading →
The marriage tsunami in TW-entertainment last year had thinned the herd of beautiful single starlets considerably, which means Chen Qiao En is getting pushed to the top of the list right behind Lin Chi Ling now. She seems to not have aged a lick since I saw her in Prince Turns Into Frog back in 2005, the interveneing 12 years … Continue reading →
I’m actually relieved that Lee Jun Ki isn’t doing a rom-com or romance based K-drama as his next project, let’s keep him out of fan shipping cross hairs for the time being. He’s confirmed for the upcoming Korean remake of hit US procedural show Criminal Minds, and so is his leading lady Moon Chae Won. I’ve never envisioned this onscreen … Continue reading →
Hoo boy, the K-ent relationship reveal train just keeps on chugging along, with the second one this week taking it one step further from just dating to married. Gary (Gary Kang) of Running Man and his rap career fame announced via his SNS account that he up and got married. Yup, just like that, when before this there wasn’t even an … Continue reading →
The first stills are out for upcoming MBC 50-episode weekend drama Bad Thief, Good Thief, which has a synopsis that doesn’t sound like a typical family K-drama which has dominated that time slot. The drama is about a band of thieves who disrupt the operations of a powerful top group secretly manipulating South Korea. So Robin Hood battling the big … Continue reading →
K-ent continues to churn out talented child actors who succeed into adult roles, with three big names from the last few years transitioning and leaving a void. Yeo Jin Goo, Kim Yoo Jung, and Kim So Hyun are now fully in leading role territory of their own so there’s room for the new batch of teens to make their mark. … Continue reading →
C-ent’s puppy love for teen actor Wu Lei will get a treat and a test at the same time when his first major leading role in wuxia C-drama Fights Break Sphere (斗破苍穹) comes out later this year. It’s yet another nth adaptation of a wuxia novel and this one sounds just like Louis Cha‘s bread and butter of a young martial arts … Continue reading →
2017 really is the year of K-ent star romances, after TW-ent stole the thunder in 2016 with a slew of high profile celebrity marriages. Another couple has come out of the wood works and it’s none other than previously rumored couple Lee Jun Ki and Jeon Hye Bin. The media reported back in 2015 that they were dating after meeting … Continue reading →
I feel like Ji Chang Wook has been on a media streak these last few months, thank goodness I like him and appreciate all the goodies. Not to mention this period is his final push before enlisting for mandatory military service. He has one more acting project lined up, the name changed twice already and leading lady swapped three times … Continue reading →
