It’s wild to pause and take stock in how quickly a dozen years has passed and this week marks the 12th death anniversary of Korean actress Lee Eun Joo. She passed away at 24 years old at the height of her fame even at such a young age, with a slew of hit movies and dramas under her belt. She’s … Continue reading →
I let out a small yelp of excitement and shock when this casting news first flickered across my screen, and had to rub my eyes to make sure it wasn’t my imagination. K-actress Moon Chae Won has been offered the leading lady role in the K-drama remake of US show Criminal Minds, which if she accepts will mean acting opposite … Continue reading →
Yet another big change is coming for our beloved K-dramas, now finishing up the second decade of dominance since the spread of Hallyu in the early 2000s. Due to the many factors leading to the dwindling sale price of K-dramas overseas and viewership domestically, both of which hit the bottom line directly for production companies, K-drama lengths are being shortened … Continue reading →
I tend to believe most K-ent dating rumors from publications mostly because where there’s smoke there is fire. Of course some are not true but most of the time it’s confirmed or the couple are dating but won’t go public. All of that is fine because I don’t care if my faves date and am happier when they are dating/married … Continue reading →
There’s an off-kilter vibe emanating from upcoming KBS drama Ms. Perfect (The Perfect Wife), what with the American Gothic first drama poster and now the doppleganger Single White Female mood in the second. The drama is about Go So Young‘s dream of being the perfect wife even if reality is so far from it, saddled with kids and a loser-ish … Continue reading →
One of the best parts of Goblin is the bromance, it’s not overrated to me and actually quite underplayed considering how much Kim Eun Sook could have milked both the onscreen narrative and the offscreen chemistry of male leads Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook. It did overshadow the standard romance but when something works so marvelously it doesn’t need … Continue reading →
It’s a match made in high fashion heaven for W Korea magazine to bring together top Korea stars and real life close friends Yoo Ah In and Song Hye Kyo for a pictorial. Both are at the top of their game and peak popularity, and one of the few very public guy-girl platonic friendships in K-ent. Yoo Ah In just … Continue reading →
Some transformations make me sit up and pause and that’s the category K-actress Lee Tae Im falls under when she unveiled a brand new her at the VIP movie premiere of Lucid Dream starring Go Soo and Seol Kyung Goo. Lee Tae Im is one of those Korean entertainers I recognize on sight, with supporting roles in dramas and regular appearances … Continue reading →
A good actor can overcome physical constraints and make the audience buy character traits that visually seem incongruous with certain looks. Lee Hyun Woo may be 24 years old but he can easily pass for early teens even and such baby-faced looks is a limitation he’s going to have to counter for the foreseeable future as he can only play … Continue reading →
This is an impressive one-two punch now confirmed for upcoming tvN drama Chicago Typewriter, two Blue Dragon and Baeksang winners playing the leads with a script by screenwriter Jin Soo Wan who wrote Kill Me Heal Me and The Moon Embraces the Sun. Yoo Ah In and Im Soo Jung are onboard for the drama along with Go Kyung Pyo … Continue reading →
The Lee Min Ho heading to the military soon fan service continues and now includes a final musical farewell. He will be releasing his third mini album called “Always”, three years since he did “Song For You” and prior to that “My Everything”. Lee Min Ho is releasing this as a gift to his fans which is a really savvy … Continue reading →
Waaaaaaaaa, this is the best J-dorama casting news for nostalgia fans, and highly promising news for those wanting a dorama rom-com. Twelve years after their hit dorama collaboration in Nobuta wo Produce, Yamashita Tomohisa and Kamenashi Kazuya is reuniting for a spring romance on NTV called Boku, Unmei no Hito desu (I, Am Your Destined One or I, Am Your … Continue reading →
I’ll hold my opinion until the drama arrives, despite the seemingly improbably odds that this ambitious project can succeed. Upcoming tvN drama adaption of popular manhwa Bride of the Water God now has a bride to go along with the already cast water god. Shin Se Kyung will likely be donning the leading lady mantle, taking the role originally offered … Continue reading →
