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Tang Yan Shows Off Short Hair to Film Modern C-drama Lady Liberty as Male Leads Mark Chao and Feng Shao Feng Offering Opposite Each Other Vibes

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 10, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 10, 2024
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I feel like Tang Yan and her next drama Lady Liberty is trying to capture the same hit and zeitgeist that Crystal Liu did with her The Tale of Rose, big name female lead centric with multiple big name male leads in sectional stories woven through her life. Nothing wrong with that and it’s nice to have her get her … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Feng Shao Feng, Lady Liberty, Mark Chao, Tang Yan

SBS Fri-Sat Legal and Supernatural Drama with Park Shin Hye as The Judge From Hell Breaks Double Digit Ratings by Episode 6

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 10, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 10, 2024
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Jae Young, Park Shin Hye, The Judge From Hell

Modern Romance C-drama You Are My Lover Friend with Zhang Xin Cheng and Wang Yu Wen Wraps Run with Decent 6.7 Douban Ratings and Strong Word of Mouth

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 10, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 9, 2024
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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 →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yu Wen, You Are My Lover Friend, Zhang Xin Cheng

K-media and Netizens Critique Lee Min Ho’s Visuals Attending the Movie Premiere for A Normal Family

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 9, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 9, 2024
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Min Ho

Producer Yu Zheng Threatens Legal Action Against Netizens Falsely Defaming His New Actress Zhang Shi Tou as a Former Mistress

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 9, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 9, 2024
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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 →

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

Youku Rumored to Premiere Revenge Period C-drama Kill Me Love Me with Wu Jin Yan and Liu Xue Yi in Mid-October

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 9, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 8, 2024
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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 →

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

Jung Hae In Renews His Contract with Agency FNC Entertainment for the Third Time

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

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jung Hae In

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

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