It takes a lot to to breakthrough in acting popularity, and that wall is even higher when one is known for playing antagonist characters. That’s the route C-actress Yang Rong has taken but one that has paid off in spades despite playing characters that are totally hateful. It helps that her acting is amazingly nuanced and riveting, managing to infuse … Continue reading →
I know Kang Dong Won is a box office winner and critically acclaimed A-list movie star in Korea, but can he never stop entertaining me with his fashion choices. I’ve now crossed that line between mildly aghast and supremely impressed, which was a big canyon divide to be honest but with Kang Dong Won at the helm not hard to … Continue reading →
When the main leads casting is confirmed mere days after the initial drama offer news broke, that isn’t a bad sign when the acting leads appears keen to sign on. Upcoming SBS Mon-Tues drama Daebak (Jackpot) will for sure be starring Jang Geun Seok as the male lead, Yeo Jin Goo as his rival, and Lim Ji Yeon as the leading lady. Goes … Continue reading →
I’m so not into Bromance no matter how many people may love it. I’m fine with Baron Chen but Megan Lai has been rubbing me the wrong way with her acting ever since Miss Rose, the way she reads her lines and often looks slightly concussed when trying to act clueless grates for me. I’m waiting for the drama to … Continue reading →
K-actor Ji Chang Wook is yet another 87er who is slated to enter mandatory military service sometime this year, and he hasn’t confirmed his enlistment date so it’s not yet certain what his final acting project will be prior to serving his country. It could end up being C-drama Mr. Right (Chinese title My Male God), which he is filming … Continue reading →
The princes of the C-drama version of Bu Bu Jing Xin were all saddled with the unfortunate Qing dynasty male queue hairstyle, but luckily were sporting colorful luxuriously embroidered threads that befit their royal position and helped to quickly identify each one. Looks like the K-drama version is doing the same as the first picture of the cast in costume … Continue reading →
Help me mommy, I feeling a little bit frightened here. Korean actorLee Jong Seok was in Hong Kong over the weekend to meet up with unveil his waxy doppleganger at Madame Tussauds famous museum. It’s no surprise that he was getting a wax figure since the media covered him getting measured back in late 2015, but the end result still … Continue reading →
This is a sure fire mega C-drama hit in the making, considering how much Chinese audiences are slurping up fantasy wuxia dramas like Ancient Sword Legend and Journey of Flower. The casting of uber popular leads in Li Yi Feng, Zhao Li Ying, and Yang Zhi for the upcoming C-drama adaptation of popular fantasy novel Zhu Xian (God of Zhu) … Continue reading →
Whatever sartorial elf lives in K-actor Kang Dong Won‘s head, it needs to pop up and take a bow because the man has been a total treat to watch this month doing the press circuit for his movie A Violent Prosecutor with Hwang Jung Min. Sure, he probably has a coordi who has been putting him in one bizarre fashion … Continue reading →
Welcome back cutie pie! This will be a short post in words because there is only so much that needs to be said about Yoon Si Yoon honorably completing his mandatory two years of military service in South Korea. He served in the marines which is the hardest toughest unit of the military, and in doing so finished his service … Continue reading →
I’m gradually warming up to Joo Won more and more, his performance in last year’s big K-drama hit Yongpal was entertaining and charming, the first time I’ve ever enjoyed Joo Won‘s acting and character in any project of his I’ve watched. The success of Yongpal earned him the SBS Drama Daesang last month, which was valid if one went by his … Continue reading →
Taiwan actor Bolin Chen has been making in roads into Korean entertainment and the boy is certainly not doing it half-heartedly. First came his Jeju road trip movie Bad Guys Must Die with Son Ye Jin, now he’s filming the second season of Chinese We Got Married with Song Ji Hyo, and coming soon is his Chinese-Korean movie Risking Life … Continue reading →
It’s been quite awhile since I saw Krystal since she didn’t act in a drama last year in 2015 and I don’t follow her singing career. I have a soft spot for her thanks to Heirs, she was quite entertaining even if she may have been playing herself in some ways, or maybe she just has a knack for exemplifying a … Continue reading →
