A good story makes the most out of its fictional conundrums, weaving intricate webs of conflict that leads to a cathartic payoff. The beauty and tragedy in Lost You Forever is that the conflict happens around characters that I love, and if I were to splice the three male leads together into one super character then that would be the … Continue reading →
While the doomsday clock has started ticking on the late 86 and 87 Korean male stars slated to enlist for their mandatory military service, one silver lining that it’s already 2016 comes in the form of the impending military discharge of Yoon Si Yoon on January 27th. I can’t believe my baby boy has been in the military for almost two … Continue reading →
The choice is in the hands of Han Ye Seul‘s character, but I wonder which of these three good looking young men will the audiences fall for when jTBC drama Madame Antoine premieres next Friday. While Han Ye Seul is a fortune teller who doesn’t have any secret ability up her sleeve beyond a great eye for reading people, her … Continue reading →
This Sunday is going to be a rough go for me watching my beloved Marry Me or Not. There’s the spectre of the drama heading into the final few episodes of its run, always a melancholy thought to entertain when its a drama that has brought me so much satisfaction. But even more anxiety inducing are the previews that appear … Continue reading →
What a visually promising start to the 2016 drama year, what with both of the January dramas I’m looking forward to delivering on the promos, and making it easy to like them both since they air on different time slots. I’m talking about jTBC‘s Madame Antoine which airs on Fri-Sat, which went early with poster releases two weeks ago, and … Continue reading →
Filming has started on the C-movie adaptation of popular college age romance novel One Smile is Very Alluring (Wei Wei Yi Xiao Hen Qing Cheng). This is poised to be this year’s potential big like like You Are My Sunshine, and even earlier Shan Shan Come Eat. All three novels are by writer Gu Man, so linking them together makes … Continue reading →
The star weddings coming out of Taiwan and China these past few years have been heading in the more and more extravagant direction, and that may all be thanks to megastar Jay Chou‘s English castle wedding to Hannah Quinlivan starting the one upping trend. Hannah’s bridesmaids at her luxe wedding included industry bestie actress Beatrice Fang, who may need to … Continue reading →
I don’t follow any brands, whatever the product it’s selling, so on occasion when I post about CFs it’s in relation to the spokesperson selected for that particular campaign who happens to be a star I like quite a lot. With that said, following an industry like K-ent for so many years, some things linger in the periphery of the … Continue reading →
Yoon Eun Hye‘s foray into Chinese variety continues as she mulls over her next acting project. Doesn’t hurt to stay in the public limelight, and this particular show is a pretty neat concept. Produced by Hunan TV, the first season of Grade One Freshman follows a group of first year acting students enrolled at the prestigious Shanghai Theater Academy. The students … Continue reading →
These days any news around Bu Bu Jing Xin is all about the K-version adaptation, which isn’t remaking the C-drama but is adapting the original source C-novel in its own way. That’s good because the C-version had its own flair and wasn’t completely identical to the novel, and also because trying to copy a copy greatly increases the odds of … Continue reading →
January 13th is my boy Lee Seung Gi‘s birthday, which makes the first birthday of a major Korean star in this new year 2016, and with it comes the reminder that it’s starting to go down to the wire for the end of the year 86ers and the huge batch of 87ers. Yoo Ah In, born in October of 86, … Continue reading →
Episode 11 of Marry Me or Not really got my goat up, but for all the right reasons because it shows how much I love this drama and love my precious OTP of Huan Huan and Justin. There are only four episodes left and the previews for episode 12 look insanely intense, and will likely need some anti-anxiety pills for … Continue reading →
Not one but two big Japanese stars are off the market at the same time with the surprising announcement that actress Kitagawa Keiko and her rocker boyfriend Daigo have tied the knot. The two held a joint press conference on Monday morning to announce their marriage, having registered it officially and plan to have a ceremony later with family and … Continue reading →
