I did a post awhile back on the school age before and after pictures of Korea’s male stars. It’s time for the ladies counterpart post and who better to top it off than the three renowned prettiest actresses in Korea. Kim Tae Hee, Jeon Ji Hyun, and Song Hyo Kyo all debuted at very young ages in the early Hallyu … Continue reading →
It’s clear Park Bo Gum has made to the Korean CF stage now that he’s the face of a major outdoor wear brand. South Korea has way more outdoor wear brands and CFs than I imagine the populace is actually engaging in such sporty activities, and too many dramas throw in random outdoor scenes just to pitch a tent and … Continue reading →
Promotions are ramping up big time for upcoming Korean-Chinese joint production movie Bounty Hunters. Starring Lee Min Ho, Wallace Chung, and Tang Yan, the movie is directed by a Korean movie director based on a Chinese script, following a team of swashbuckling bounty hunters on the heels of an international crime syndicate. The first trailer looked entertaining enough but I’m … Continue reading →
Airing time is now confirmed for the much anticipated K-drama adaptation of well known Chinese time-traveling romance novel Bu Bu Jing Xin ((Startling with Each Step). It’s been four years since C-dramas adapted BBJX into the drama version with the English title of Scarlet Heart and starring Nicky Wu and now real life wife Liu Shi Shi. The K-version called Bobogyungsim: … Continue reading →
Last year’s 2015 Met Gala was awash with Chinese and even Korea celebrities thanks to the theme being “China: Through the Looking Glass”. This year very few Asian stars attended as the theme went high tech fashion called “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology”. Top Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai went futuristic gown paired with retro bob and makeup while … Continue reading →
As top Korean drama screenwriter Kim Eun Sook preps for her next drama airing at the end of 2016, having lined up leading man Gong Yoo (squeeee!), it’s a good time as any to do a catalog of all the K-actors she’s made famous or made even more famous after doing one of her dramas. The most recent two being … Continue reading →
It’s ironic that age appropriate casting news for an upcoming K-drama would come out at the same time that the K-media is taking note of all the recent age inexplicable drama pairings, as well as another drama casting the same week where a nearly thirty year old is playing a high school student opposite a real life high school aged … Continue reading →
Casting is finalized for the leads of upcoming tvN teen supernatural drama Let’s Fight Ghost (Bring it On, Ghost), adapted from the popular webtoon about the hijinks of a teen boy ghostbuster and the teen girl ghost who butts heads with him. Playing the teen ghost is 17 year old teen actress wunderkind Kim So Hyun, but playing the teen … Continue reading →
I’ve always expected a star of Lee Min Ho’s popularity to set up shop on his own sooner rather than later, so this news is not surprising other than the direction he chose to take. Lee Min Ho has left his long time agency Starhaus Entertainment is signed with newly formed label MYM Entertainment, with MYM standing for Me And You … Continue reading →
The beautiful and talented Rainie Yang will be making a longer return to TW-dramas after doing the one-episode short last month with fellow award winning actor Chris Wu. Rainie turned down a massive paycheck to do a C-drama this year in order to work on this series with famed screenwriter Mag Hsu (Hsu Yu Ting), who wrote In Time With … Continue reading →
There is and will be no shortage of Song Joong Ki pictorials for the foreseeable future, but too much of a good thing can overwhelm the senses so I’m going to be selective about the things I post with him. It’ll be nice when he does a drama or starts filming his movie since substantive acting posts are way more fun … Continue reading →
It’s a regular occurrence in K-dramas to have big age gaps between the leads, not so often as to be the majority but plenty often to merit an eyebrow raise from time to time. Such is the time again as K-ent points out a slew of recent dramas with big lead age gap – Ji Sung and Hyeri in Entertainer … Continue reading →
It wouldn’t be a fun start to May without a good juicy entertainment to liven things up. It’s been quite a few weeks since the last big K-ent dating news that was Blood costars Gu Hye Sun and Ahn Jae Hyun, who ended up planning a wedding in short order after news broke. This one may or may not see … Continue reading →
