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Producer Yu Zheng Fawningly Introduces His New Actress Signing But All Netizens Can Talk About is Her Hilarious Name

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 8, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 8, 2024
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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 →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yu Zheng, Zhang Shi Tou

Dilraba Dilmurat Leads the Value in Media of All Chinese Actresses Representing Top Brands at the Paris Fashion Shows

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 8, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2024
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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 →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Dating, Dilraba Dilmurat, Qi Wei, Yang Mi

Love Next Door with Jung Hae In and Jung So Min Wraps Underwhelming But Still Worth Watching Run with Lovely Happy Ending

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 7, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2024
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In, Jung So Min, Love Next Door

TW-actor Austin Lin Second to Venture into K-ent Joining K-movie Sad Tropics with Kim Myung Min and Lee Shin Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 7, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2024
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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 →

Posted in Films | Tagged Austin Lin, Kim Myung Min, Lee Shin Young

C-actress Sun Li on Strike in New Drama with Chris Wu and May Get Replaced by Another Actress

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 7, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 7, 2024
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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 →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chris Wu, Sun Li, Wu Kang Ren

T-ara’s Jiyeon and Baseball Player Husband Hwang Jae Gyun to Divorce After Two Years and She Selects Lawyer/Screenwriter of Good Partner as Her Counsel

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 6, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 6, 2024
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Divorce, Jiyeon, Married

Kim Se Jung and Lee Jong Won Cross Skills and Foment Chemistry in Posters and Preview for ENA Rom-com Brewing Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 6, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 6, 2024
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Brewing Love, Kim Se Jung, Lee Jong Won

Wuxia Romance C-drama Snowy Night: Timeless Love with Li Qin and Zeng Shun Xi Scheduled for October 9th Premiere in iQiyi

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 6, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 5, 2024
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I think snow might be a major character in the upcoming wuxia C-drama Snowy Night: Timeless Love (Seven Nights Snow) since the whole backdrop of the snowy valley and cold nights is so prominently featured in all the promos for this drama. iQiyi has scheduled Snowy Night: Timeless Love for next week October 9th premiere so it’s nice to have … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Li Qin, Snowy Night: Timeless Love, Wang Hong Yi, Zeng Ke Ni, Zeng Shun Xi

Yu Zheng on a Soft Pressure Campaign to Make His Top Actress Bai Lu Extend Her Contract with His Agency

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 5, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 6, 2024
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So this is NO SURPRISE whatsoever for anyone following the exploits of C-ent troll producer Yu Zheng, master of his own universe and deliverer of actual hits and stars from time to time. Recently his top actor Xu Kai re-upped his contract with his agency, mainly due to inertia and a lack of ambition but also an awareness that Yu … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Yu Zheng

First Sneak Peek at Big Budget K-movie Adaptation of Webtoon Omniscient Reader with Ahn Hyo Seob and Lee Min Ho

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 5, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 5, 2024
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So I totally forgot this movie was filming and also fell off from reading updates on new chapters of the webtoon haha. Life got busy and also NGL the Korean webtoon Omniscient Reader Viewpoint just got too long ala One Piece, but not that long yet. The webtoon got a K-movie adaptation announced two years ago with leads Ahn Hyo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Hyo Seob, Lee Min Ho, Omniscient Reader, The Prophet

Chris Wu Signs with Mainland Chinese Agency and Starts Filming Thriller Drama with Reports that Leading Lady Sun Li is Dropping Out

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 5, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 4, 2024
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TW-actor Chris Wu (Wu Kang Ren) has been a fave of mind since he debuted nearly two decades ago and he’s become so established and award winning I would compare him to the TW-ent version of K-ent’s Namgoong Min. In those years he’s worked only in Taiwan but that’s changed now as he signed with a Mainland Chinese agency last … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chris Wu, Sun Li

C-netizens Liking Gong Jun and Peng Xiao Ran’s Visuals in New BTS Filming Stills from C-drama Tales of Dark River

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 4, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 4, 2024
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After a few weeks of the costuming atrocity coming out of the xianxia C-drama set of Love Beyond the Grave, this is a bit of eye bleach to cleanse the fugly. New filming stills are out from the set of wuxia C-drama Tales of Dark River and show leads Gong Jun and Peng Xiao Ran filming a scene together when … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Gong Jun, Peng Xiao Ran

2024 Breakout K-actor Byun Woo Seok Wraps Up Sold Out Asia Summer Fan Meetings

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 4, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 4, 2024
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Summer is definitely over although the Indian summer weather may still be around. But for spring 2024 breakout K-actor Byun Woo Seok who had quite the last few months with sold out fan meetings, attending countless CF events, and even a blip of an airport security scandal, he’s officially wrapped his busy summer season. This week he finished his fan … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Byun Woo Seok

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