The twin assets of being young and beautiful typically append the third attribute of coolness. Youth and good looks elevates the visual and adds a veneer of hipness to whatever action is going in, and in the case of 1st Look Magazine pairing together actor Yoo Seung Ho with idol band EXO member Xiumin, hanging around grandma’s home on a … Continue reading →
This is totally cuteness overload, if I was the target age demographic I’d totally run out and stock up on these items. SNSD‘s member Taeyeon is the new face of Korean makeup and skincare brand Banila & Co for it’s collaboration collection with digital age design house Iphoria. The result is cute compacts with a to-die-for teddy bear and various … Continue reading →
Things are quiet on the Kang Sora front now that she’s finished her usual one drama a year, this year being the KBS drama Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho with Park Shin Yang. It was a solid effort from her and a smart project choice, the drama did solid enough ratings and better yet improved consistently in viewership. Kang Sora … Continue reading →
Park Shin Hye‘s agency provided an update this week that the actress has been in preparation for her next acting project since wrapping up SBS drama Doctors in August. A film shoot isn’t as grueling and immersive as the live-shoot drama schedule so I expect to see her out and about on occasion, but then again this upcoming movies sounds … Continue reading →
This might be the case of a celebrity version of the Amazon Fire Phone, i.e. no one wants it, or it might be sourced and priced to sell just enough to make it worth the while. C-news is reporting that popular Hallyu actor Lee Jong Seok will be collaborating with a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer to release his own branded … Continue reading →
Fall seems like the weather season I would associate with TW-actor Bolin Chen, complex and contemplative and layered. Bolin is on the cover and pages of Men’s Uno magazine this fall, with nothing upcoming on his acting schedule but recently quite active with some crossovers into K-ent. He was paired with K-actress Song Ji Hyo in We Are in Love, … Continue reading →
Yoon Eun Hye has always been a CF queen in K-ent so she remains active with the promotional circuit outside of Korea this year while on acting hiatus. She’s recently inked a deal to be the spokesmodel for Chinese beauty brand Mageline. but over the summer she posted updates on brand activities for L’Oreal and Salvatore Ferragamo that show her … Continue reading →
No matter what mermaid drama Legend of the Blue Sea has in store, I have a feeling that leading lady Jeon Ji Hyun is going to kill it as the half woman half fish all sexy and sassy femae lead. She turned what ought to be a stereotypical self-absorbed top female star character in You From Another Star into one … Continue reading →
I totally thought Ariel Lin was rocking a cute short wig but it turns out the award winning popular Taiwanese actress went for a real hair makeover. Ariel cut off her long locks of 16 years to debut a shot choppy boyish haircut at the media event for her new movie My Egg Boy costarring Rhydian Vaughan. The movie is … Continue reading →
Get ready for early Hallyu idol girls nostalgia madness to hit come early 2017 – SM Entertainment has announced that S.E.S., its pioneering girl idol group from 1997-2002, is reuniting after fifteen years. The members are Eugene, Bada, and Shoo, and all three are only in their mid-thirties which goes to show how early K-pop was debuting new idol stars … Continue reading →
Twenty years is a long time in any industry and is especially impressive an achievement to remain at the top of the game for nearly the entire duration. K-actress Song Hye Kyo will be holding a fan meeting in South Korea next month of November 2016 to celebrate the dual happy occasions of her 35th birthday and also the 20th … Continue reading →
It’s not exactly awards season yet in K-ent but the chips are falling as expected even for the one-off awards event such as the just held APAN Star Awards sponsored by the Daejeon Drama Festival. The big winner was Descendants of the Sun, taking home Best Drama, as well as its male lead Song Joong Ki, sweeping up the Daesang, adding … Continue reading →
September ended with a buzz less whimper as far as I’m concerned. The summer K-dramas long over, the early fall series are all delivering their respective goods without anything upending expectations set from the premiere episodes to show me that there is something thrilling to look forward. I like most of the currently airing K-dramas, but there’s nothing pressing to … Continue reading →
