One of Korea’s representatives to the 2016 Cannes Film Festival was the cast of summer thriller movie Train to Busan. Led by leads Gong Yoo and Jung Yumi, they were joined by director Yeon Sang Ho along with child actress Kim Soo Ahn as the excited and happy foursome hit up all the major Cannes events. From red carpet to … Continue reading →
A new period C-drama started filming this week and is most notable for not starring the usual suspects. TW-actor Joe Cheng reunited with C-actress Wang Li Kun after working together on thriller romance movie The Beloved (The Rebirth of Love), but this time they take their romance back nearly two thousand years to the North Qi dynasty. They are headlining … Continue reading →
The Song Joong Ki pictorial parade continues unabated and this latest one comes courtesy of Bazaar China. He’s gorgeous in these pictures, no doubt, but there’s a bathtub one that is just like a bathtub one from his other recent pictorial, and therein shades in some of my worry that he’s becoming overexposed and prone to repeating himself inadvertently. He’s … Continue reading →
Of all the three current IT grown up Korean child actresses, only Kim Yoo Jung has been well known for one specialty whereas the other two Kim Sae Ron and Kim So Hyun haven’t built up any niche in any particular category. It’s the ten year anniversary of Kim Yoo Jung’s storied drama sageuk child actress career, spanning from Iljimae … Continue reading →
I haven’t liked any of Victoria Song‘s Chinese entertainment projects since she started branching out there a few years ago, after getting her debut over in Korea as a member of idol group f(x). She’s been working steadily on dramas and movies, and this may be her big year to jump to the next level thanks to some big dramas on … Continue reading →
Lee Shi Young isn’t my favorite K-actress but I appreciate her acting talents, great real life personality, and unique approach amid the sea of general conformity within K-ent. That makes this new Star1 pictorial even more greatly appreciated, for balancing the pretty statuesque visuals of Lee Shi Young with her boxing side job and her down to earth appeal. Lee … Continue reading →
The Chinese actresses in attendance at the opening night of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival slayed the red carpet as far as I’m concerned. Even minus usual red carpet fixture Fan Bing Bing, the ladies represented led by the glorious Ni Ni, the ethereal Crystal Liu, the elegant Li Bing Bing, and the forever glamorous Gong Li. It was a … Continue reading →
Those suffering from Song Joong Ki and/or Captain Yoo Shi Jin withdrawal, never fret as there is an upcoming dosage in sight! Song Joong Ki makes a return to Running Man, the show that put his name recognition on the map early on in his acting career, but unfortunately it’s not Korean Running Man but instead the Chinese counterpart now … Continue reading →
Marriage becomes Liu Shi Shi like an already beautiful woman getting a slight tweak makeover to add another layer of charm. She’s been a fixture on the Chinese fashion circuit for years since her breakout role with Bu Bu Jing Xin, and for this month’s issue of L’Officiel magazine Shi Shi was photographed in Paris while she was there recently … Continue reading →
If this prime real estate on the side of KBS headquarters is any indication, the network is really really banking big on upcoming summer drama Uncontrollably Fond. It will be entertaining to watch the drama air in the dead muggy summer nights when nearly every expected scene shows the leads wrapped in coats, scarves and jackets, since the drama was … Continue reading →
I never thought I’d see Park Shin Hye in a doctor genre drama, and conversely I’ve wondered why Kim Rae Won hasn’t done one yet since all his generational male colleagues have wielded the scalpel already. Filming started on upcoming SBS Mon-Tues drama Doctors (formerly Female Gangster Hye Jung) last week and now the production has released the script reading stills … Continue reading →
When casting started for MBC fantasy-romance-thriller drama W, it felt so far away and rather nebulous. There might be a bend in the time-space continuum because suddenly the drama is getting a full cast and premiere date is a little over two months away. It’s still plenty of time but this ambitious drama about parallel dimensions suddenly seems real. Starring … Continue reading →
Soon-to-be-married Korean star couple Gu Hye Sun and Ahn Jae Hyun were spotted in Jeju this week for what turns out to be a photo shoot with Marie Claire that will double as their wedding pictorial. When I think Jeju photo shoot I immediately think beaches but the island is also home to plenty of forest greenery, and that’s where … Continue reading →
