Well this is certainly an odd thing to happen and I guess the silver lining is that it took place in this day and age and not ten years ago when she would have been eviscerated by K-netizens. Korean popstar Park Bom of 2NE1 this week posted on her SNS a picture of her next to a picture of Lee … Continue reading →
February isn’t a hot month for premiering C-dramas, as it comes after the usual lunar new year holidays and before the build up to spring and the fresh start vibe. Still, there are plenty of C-dramas big budget to small that premiered this month and the current winner of the viewership number is a surprise. It’s Youku with The First … Continue reading →
Well this is certainly an eye-catching drama poster, I totally did a fear-cringe and double take when I saw it so props to female lead Park Eun Bin for so thoroughly being scary AF. Disney+ is releasing medical thriller K-drama Hyper Knife next month on March 19th and it pairs up two award winning stars from two generations both in … Continue reading →
May this young lady find the peace and solace she seeks and deserves, as K-actress Kim Sae Ron is laid to rest this week with her friends and family in attendance. Funerals are always devastating and to see someone so young with still a long and full life ahead of her, whatever and wherever it may take, is so senseless … Continue reading →
So far so good with the early viewer reviews for The First Frost, the romance C-drama just premiered on Youku this week adapted from the same name novel and is the companion story to Hidden Love. The First Frost follows older brother Sang Yan while Hidden Love was about younger sister Sang Zhi, and this drama recasts the HL version … Continue reading →
The casting has been rounded out for the main roles in upcoming rom-com K-drama titled Petty Romance that a few months ago cast Lee Jung Jae and Lim Ji Yeon in the lead roles. Now Kim Ji Hoon and Seo Ji Hye are joining as the second leads, and from the description likely has their own love line which makes … Continue reading →
This is only the second time in two years I’ve seen industry casting talk put C-actor Wu Lei with an upcoming drama so even if it doesn’t come to fruition it still piques my interest majorly. C-ent is saying Youku will provide the drama adaptation of The Path Towards Heaven (Da Dao Chao Tian 大道朝天) from the same novel writer … Continue reading →
Well this is a blast from the past, and mostly from K-ent where military service is an onerous two years and countless male celebs have tried to evade it in various schemes big and small. And when I say big I mean there was a method of pulling out lots of teeth to create a dental condition and OMG is … Continue reading →
Well this was a long goodbye, in the sense that C-ent and TW-ent has been loudly discussing these two being estranged and divorced/heading for divorce for over a year now. Cross-border married couple C-actor Chen Xiao and TW-actress Michelle Chen (the Chens are no more) have formally announced they are divorced after 8-years of marriage. The two share a young … Continue reading →
Well this is a doozy and from one of the most loved K-actresses in the industry. This week kicked off with K-ent reporting that top actress Honey Lee recently was found to have underreported her taxes after the government undertook an irregular tax audit of agency Saram Entertainment, and in the process found that she owed 6 billion won (about … Continue reading →
The memorial process in South Korea moves very fast, within a day the family will set up a memorial hall and usually the funeral is also very soon thereafter, there is no long drawn out mourning process. K-actress Kim Sae Ron‘s memorial tablet has been set up the following day after her passing and her family, friends, and costars have … Continue reading →
The investigation into K-actress Kim Sae Ron’s passing remains ongoing so I don’t want to speculate on cause of death or reason behind it. But her friends are speaking out and one told a news outlet that Kim Sae Ron was upbeat in recent months, she had changed her name to Kim Ah Rim in preparation for a comeback in … Continue reading →
It’s always with a heavy heart I need to write a post about a celeb passing away and this one is both shocking and also probably not wholly impossible that it happened. Young K-actress Kim Sae Ron has passed away this weekend, she was only 24-years old and 25 in Korean age. If it feels like she’s been around forever … Continue reading →
