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Cast Camaraderie From the Set of Goblin Heightens the Enjoyment of the Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 28, 2016
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There are so many details I love about Goblin, this is a one drama that I will thoroughly enjoy watching again to soak up the subtleties so long as the second half remains as good as the first. Kim Eun Sook has written plenty of 20 episode dramas but Goblin will be a 16 episode drama like her last work … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Goblin, Gong Yoo, Kim Go Eun, Lee Dong Wook, Yook Sung Jae

Offer Out to Jang Dong Gun to Join Hyun Bin in Sci-Fi Drama City of Stars

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 28, 2016
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This is totally the attack of the Kim Eun Sook leading men, and I mean attack in a conquering way where these two male leads joined together would be doubly hard to resist the drama. Next year’s sci-fi drama City of Stars has extended an offer to Jang Dong Gun to join the offer out to Hyun Bin to pair … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged City of Stars, Hyun Bin, Jang Dong Gun

Yoo Seung Ho Displays His Mature Charms for The Star Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2016
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I’ll take one Christmas wrapped Yoo Seung Ho please, and if I can’t then these summer pictures from The Star pictorial will do. 2016 was a solid year for Yoo Seung Ho, the second full year since his military discharge at the end of 2014. This year he started off with SBS drama Remember: Son’s War, in the middle of … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Yoo Seung Ho

C-ent Discusses the Most Popular Chinese and Korean Onscreen Bromances of 2016

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 27, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2016
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Recent years have had no shortage of small and big screen bromances with male leads sometimes stealing the show from even the central OTP romance. It proffers the guys being guys camaraderie tinged with wink wink emotional connection, the best of the bromance makes the viewer believe it extends to real life much like the best onscreen romances spawn fan … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, TW & C dramas | Tagged Descendants of the Sun, Goblin, Incarnation of Jealousy, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds

SBS Mon-Tues Dramas in 2017 to Start with Defendant, Then Whisper, Followed By My Sassy Girl

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 27, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2016
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Next year in 2017 will be interesting to see if SBS can continue it’s currently medical drama winning streak on Mon-Tue without that genre’s drama on the schedule. The line up is out for the first half of next year following the end of Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim. First is Defendant with Ji Sung, Yuri, and Eom Ki Joon about … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Defendant, My Sassy Girl, Whisper

Kim Yoo Jung Hospitalized for Stress Shock After Netizen Furor Over Her Behavior at Movie Press Event

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 27, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2016
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The insane and unforgiving K-netizen standards strikes again, this time taking down a teenager acting like a teenager in ways that hurt no one. Growing up former child actress Kim Yoo Jung has been hospitalized for the second time in a week after collapsing from stressed induced shock after the press conference promoting the upcoming K-movie Because I Love You. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Yoo Jung

Ruby Lin Celebrates Hubby Wallace Huo’s 37th Birthday and Readies for Baby Arrival

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 26, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 26, 2016
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The first baby in the recent great baby watch of Taiwan and Chinese entertainment arrived last week as Michelle Chen and Chen Xiao welcomed their first born son. Next up on the gestational schedule is Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo, but before their baby arrives the newlywed couple got to celebrate another big event together. Wallace turned 37 years old … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ruby Lin, Wallace Huo

Hu Ge Breaks the Good Guy Mold and Becomes Tattooed Kidnapper Baddie in C-movie Cherry Returns

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 26, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 26, 2016
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It’s clear C-actor Hu Ge has his eyes on a prize bigger than popularity and easy appeal as he’s about to follow up multiple hit dramas from recent years with a turn to the dark side. Hu Ge has been playing sweet male lead characters from his debut days and in recent years veered into the upstanding calculating type in … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Cherry Returns, Hu Ge, Song Jia

First Teaser and Posters for Live-action J-movie Adaptation of Popular Fantasy Samurai Manga Gintama

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 26, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 26, 2016
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Not every adaptation is equal but it hurts even more for a beloved story to get stuck with a terrible live-action  version. Japan did an amazing job with the Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie series and now there’s another similar work coming in Summer of 2017 that looks promising so far thanks to a fan approved casting. The live-action Gintama (literal … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Gintama, Hashimoto Kanna, Oguri Shun, Suda Masaki

Hyun Bin Attends Menswear Brand Event and Agency Confirms Drama and Movie Return in 2017

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 26, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 25, 2016
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This month of December has been Hyun Bin heavy in terms of news and promotions. His new movie Confidential Assignment (Korean title Cooperation) with Yoo Hae Jin is out and he’s in a new relationship with K-actress Kang Sora. His agency has made a statement that Hyun Bin is considering many drama and film offers for 2017 and plans to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Hyun Bin

K-media Discusses How Descendants of the Sun is the Only Ratings Success Pre-produced K-drama in 2016

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 25, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 25, 2016
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K-media is taking stock of 2016 and the results are not exactly promising for the future of pre-producing K-dramas. What was once a rarity such as the mega budget Legend felt like a norm in 2016 with a slew of fully pre-produced K-dramas aimed at being simulcast in China and further recoup costs. I don’t know which of the pre-produced … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bu Bu Jing Xin, Cinderella and Four Knights, Descendants of the Sun, Entourage, Hwarang, Moon Lovers, Saimdang, Scarlet Heart, Uncontrollably Fond

SBS Readies Defendant with Ji Sung and Yuri for Next Mon-Tues Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 25, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 24, 2016
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SBS is currently slaying the ratings on Mon-Tues with Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim, the second hit medical drama of the year for the network after Doctors. After the drama ends in early January 2017, the network will next switch to the ever popular legal genre with Defendant starring Ji Sung, Yuri of SNSD, Eom Ki Joon, Oh Chang Seok, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Defendant, Eom Ki Joon, Ji Sung, Oh Chang Seok, Uhm Hyung Kyun, Yuri

The Quest to Die Takes on New Meaning in Goblin as Episodes 7 and 8 Remain Steady in 12% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 25, 2016 by ockoalaDecember 24, 2016
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Did this week’s episodes of Goblin satisfy you? It hit every happy and thrilling spot for me, taking the Goblin’s quest to die and turning it on every head possible until landing at that critical K-drama turn. I love Eun Tak and Kim Shin’s interactions but it’s not romantic for me in the falling in love feels. It’s more deep … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Goblin

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