It’s hard to cover award winning director Hong Sang Soo and his new movie On the Beach Alone at Night starring award winning actress Kim Min Hee without being back splashed with their messy personal life romance. After holding hands all over the Berlin Film Festival last month where Kim Min Hee took home the coveted Best Actress Award, the … Continue reading →
The reason I’m covering the Chinese beef with South Korea over THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system) is twofold – the escalation is making immediate impact on Hallyu and if it keeps going will likely have long term ramifications on the industry that could change how and what Hallyu products are produced. China’s fury over South Korea installing THAAD … Continue reading →
I’m totally enchanted by Lee Jun Ki‘s segment on variety show My Ear’s Candy 2, as a fan this is a great way to get to know him better. The show pairs him with an unknown “ear candy” – a person he converses with over the phone about whatever is going on – and his segment has the added eye … Continue reading →
Fans of Lee Dong Wook attending his Seoul fan meeting this past weekend got a special treat with the presence of special guest Gong Yoo to increase the star wattage at the event. Goblin finished airing over a month ago but the lingering buzz is strong since the current television drama offerings hasn’t generated a successor with such high ratings … Continue reading →
It will be office to office next Wed-Thurs as MBC trades low rated castaway mystery thriller Missing 9 for gung ho workplace success drama Radiant Office. There’s already a workplace drama dominating that time slot in Chief Kim on KBS so Radiant Office can either get blocked by lack of interest in the same genre or buoyed by overflowing interest in … Continue reading →
The fashion pretties gathered this weekend in Taipei at the Christian Dior Flagship Store event at the Breeze Center, a who’s who of Taiwanese stars plug one very chic K-actess Gong Hyo Jin. Last week Yoona was at the Dior event in Hong Kong so clearly the brand is deploying beautiful Korean stars around Asia as further show of the … Continue reading →
Not that any unique star can ever be replaced by a similar star but this development is pretty entertaining to see. J-ent was rocked last week by the abrupt retirement of top actress Horikita Maki, ending her 14 year long acting career at the young age of 28 to become a full time mom and wife. Nothing wrong with her … Continue reading →
It’s a great time to call in the national big guns when it comes to zero negative publicity and 100% charm, what with Korea dealing with cleaning up after a huge political scandal and having to show it’s best side as publicity ramps up for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Kicking off an early ad campaign is Coco-Cola bringing … Continue reading →
New Yorkers, you’re in luck because the delectable and uber talented C-actor Hu Ge is headed your way. The location of Hu Ge’s study abroad plans for the next year has been revealed and is none other than Manhattan’s very own illustrious mecca for directorial training. He’s enrolled at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts in the director’s program, clearly … Continue reading →
This is one short maternity leave but knowing workaholic Ruby Lin I’m not surprised in the least. Ruby made a one-two mic drop on her fans this week, first by reuniting with one of her most famous and memorable costars Alec Su at a movie press conference for Suspect X, followed by the news that she accepted the leading lady … Continue reading →
Zombies have taken over for vampires as the supernatural entertainment villains du jour for a few years now, but while K-dramas have done vampire shows there hasn’t been a zombie feature yet. There was Vampire Prosecutor, Vampire Idol, Blood, and Scholar Who Walks the Night, and now the first zombie K-drama is headed our way with screenwriter Kim Eun Hee … Continue reading →
What is sudden wave of mid-aughts J-ent nostalgia and can it please continue? Fresh off relieving all of Horikita Maki’s classic hit J-doramas after hearing that she was retiring from showbiz to be a homemaker (though it might just be for a few years and she could return), then learning that Maki’s two costars from Nobuta wo Produce in bromance … Continue reading →
South Korea’s long national nightmare is finally over – impeached President Park Geun Hye has been officially removed from office today after the Highest Court of South Korea unanimously upheld the overwhelming legislative vote from last December. The nation has been embroiled in what is a surreal and intense political upheaval since October of 2016 when news broke of the … Continue reading →
