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Eric Moon Confirms Dating Model Na Hye Mi After Initially Denying Rumors Back in 2014

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 22, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 22, 2017
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Eric, Na Hye Mi

Go So Young and Jeo Yeo Jung are Visual Dopplegangers in New Poster for Ms. Perfect

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 22, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 22, 2017
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Go So Young, Jo Yeo Jung, Ms. Perfect

Lee Dong Wook Brings Restrained Intensity to the 11th Anniversary Edition of Arena Magazine

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 22, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 20, 2017
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Dong Wook

W Korea Features Gorgeous Besties Song Hye Kyo and Yoo Ah In in Couture Spread

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 22, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 21, 2017
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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 →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Hye Kyo, Yoo Ah In

K-actress Lee Tae Im Debuts Very Different Looks at VIP Movie Premiere After Noticeable Weight Loss

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 21, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 20, 2017
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Tae Im

Lee Hyun Woo Brings the Intensity and Joy the Smiles in New Drama Stills for The Liar and His Lover

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 21, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 20, 2017
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Hyun Woo, The Liar and His Lover

Chicago Typewriter Confirms Leads Yoo Ah In, Im Soo Jung, and Go Kyung Pyo

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 21, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 20, 2017
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chicago Typewriter, Go Kyung Pyo, Im Soo Jung, Yoo Ah In

Lee Min Ho to Release Third Mini Album “Always” For Fans

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 20, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2017
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Min Ho

Yamapi and Kame to Reunite for Spring Romance Dorama with Kimura Fumino as Leading Lady

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 20, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 20, 2017
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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 →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Kame, Kimura Fumino, YamaPi

Shin Se Kyung and Krystal Offered Leading Lady Roles Opposite Nam Joo Hyun in tvN Drama Bride of the Water God

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 20, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2017
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bride of the Water God, Shin Se Kyung

K-drama Grandma Kim Ji Young Passes Away From Cancer

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 19, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2017
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There’s truly sad news to report today from K-ent as veteran actress and everyone’s favorite drama grandmother Kim Ji Young succumbed to cancer after a two year battle. Her family announced the passing at the age of 78 after an acting career that started in 1965. Even if international fans never knew her name she must be face that everyone … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Young

Gong Hyo Jin Pulls off Fashion Fun in Green and Navy Bow Dress in Movie Promotions for A Single Rider

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 19, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2017
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Leave it to the eternally style forward Gong Hyo Jin to once again surprise me in a way that straddles the line being impressed and confused. She did the SBS drama Incarnation of Jealousy last year in 2016 and is starting off 2017 with the upcoming movie A Single Rider costarring Lee Byung Hun and Sohee. The K-box office has … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin

Kim Min Hee Wins Best Actress at Berlin Film Festival for Movie Directed By Her Affair Partner Hong Sang Soo

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 19, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2017
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This is the oddest accolade to write about because absent context it would appear all of Korea should be heralding a win on the global stage. K-actress Kim Min Hee just took home the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival for the movie On the Beach at Night Alone, directed by critically acclaimed director Hong Sang Soo as … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

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