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Yoo Seung Ho Lights Up the MBC Section TV Interview

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 8, 2015 by ockoalaApril 7, 2015
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My boy Yoo Seung Ho is basically a baby male god status right now in Korea. From halmonis on down to elementary school kids, he’s beloved in Korea comparable to the Moon Geun Young‘s popularity heyday from her Painter of the Wind era. Koreans love their talented child actors and Yoo Seung Ho has the added bonus of behaving perfectly … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Yoo Seung Ho

Shin Mina Offered SBS Summertime Wed-Thurs Drama Let’s Have Dinner Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2015 by ockoalaApril 8, 2015
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This is most excellent drama news, but a word of caution not to get too excited since it’s still a ways out and much can change in the interim. SBS is lining up dramas well into the summer and a new production joins the busy line up with modern workplace romance Let’s Have Dinner Together. The drama will be adapted … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Shin Mina

Yoon Eun Hye Steps Out for Beauty Event: K-media Writes About Her Weight Gain, Netizens Jump to Her Defense

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2015 by ockoalaApril 7, 2015
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Leave it to Yoon Eun Hye to stir up talk and interest even doing something as mundane (for a celebrity) as attending a brand promotional launch event. Yoon Eun Hye stepped out today in Seoul for a L’Oreal Paris beauty campaign, sporting the same reddish tinted hair color she’s been rocking since last month when she jetted off to Paris … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Yoon Eun Hye

Celebrity Magazine Snaps Dapper Gentleman Ji Chang Wook

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2015 by ockoalaApril 7, 2015
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I wish Celebrity magazine would change its title, just to avoid the inevitable cringe I get everytime I see a cover star’s face plastered right under the too obvious title. Aside from that, the latest Ji Chang Wook pictorial in Celebrity magazine signals the end of Healer Seo Jung Woo as the drama hair is gone and replaced with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ji Chang Wook

Hello Monster Adds Lee Chun Hee, Park Bo Geum, D.O., and Choi Won Young

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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There are worst places to be in the casting process than where upcoming KBS drama Hello Monster is right now. The drama is in a weird spot of having filled out the cast except for the leading man role. Luckily the drama still has plenty of time to find a strapping fellow to play the criminal profiler expert since Hello … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Won Young, DO, Hello Monster, Jang Nara, Lee Chun Hee, Park Bo Geum

Kim Tae Hee is a Radiant Fashion Queen for InStyle Korea

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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Seeing this latest pictorial of Kim Tae Hee looking gloriously pretty for InStyle Korea reminded me of how long it’s been since I watched her onscreen and led to me rewatching the good bits of Jang Ok Jung, Live in Love. That drama fell apart in epic fashion exactly from the midway point onward, but the first half was glorious … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Tae Hee

Moon Geun Young Considers Drama Return with Chaebol’s Daughter on SBS

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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I love Moon Geun Young but never feel terribly sad when she takes long breaks between acting projects, or even when she chooses dud dramas. She’s got a life outside of acting and a smart level head on her shoulders so I figure she’s happy doing whatever else when there’s a long time between hearing of her return to acting. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chaebol's Daughter, Moon Geun Young, True Romance

Splendid Politics Looking Intense and Epic in Latest Drama Preview and Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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The closer MBC gets to dropping its next epic sageuk Splendid Politics (Hwajung), the more I’m having fond memory flashbacks to Queen Seondeok, one of MBC’s biggest hit sageuks (and buzziest) in the last decade. Dae Jang Geum aired over a decade ago in 2003, Yi San was a hit but a bit too staid, Dong Yi got the ratings and I … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Seung Won, Lee Yeon Hee, Splendid Politics

My Love Eun Dong Rounds Out Supporting Cast to Join Joo Jin Mo and Kim Sa Rang

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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Cable network jTBC‘s current Fri-Sat night new drama Falling for Innocence (Falling for Soon Jung) just started last week but the network is nearly done casting for the next drama to take over this time slot. My Love Eun Dong stars Joo Jin Mo as a man who can’t let go of his first love played by Kim Sa Rang, who … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Baek Sung Hyun, Joo Jin Mo, Jr., Kim Sa Rang, Kim Tae Hoon, Kim Yoo Ri, My Love Eun Dong, Yoon So Hee

Yoo Seung Ho and Park Shin Hye are Cavity-inducing Cute as Lotte’s Latest CF Couple

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 6, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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Last weekend was the first television interview of Yoo Seung Ho since he was discharged from the military in late 2014, finally giving me a chance to see the cutie onscreen again. It was a double treat since the interview sat down with him on the set of a CF filming costarring Park Shin Hye. I already called her having … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Park Shin Hye, Yoo Seung Ho

KBS Releases Script Reading Stills for Upcoming Dramas Producer and School 2015

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2015 by ockoalaApril 5, 2015
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Ready or not, two new K-dramas are coming and both share the common thread of starting filming recently and being produced by KBS. The network kicks the new week into gear by releasing script reading pictures from both dramas. The more high profile one oddly gets the less high profile time slot – Producer starring Cha Tae Hyun, Gong Hyo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Tae Hyun, Gong Hyo Jin, IU, Kim So Hyun, Kim Soo Hyun, Nam Joo Hyuk, Producer, School 2015, Yook Sun Jae

Marie Claire Korea Doubles Up Lee Soo Hyuk and Kim Young Kwang for Hawaii Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2015 by ockoalaApril 6, 2015
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Real life good friends Lee Soo Hyuk and Kim Young Kwang have basically the exact same career trajectory. Both are models turned actors and currently reside comfortably in second lead territory in dramas and supporting roles in movies. That’s not a bad place to be, but if they aspire to reach higher then both need to look no further than … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim Young Kwang, Lee Soo Hyuk

Kim So Eun Pretty in Star1 Pictorial and Weathers WGM Backlash

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 5, 2015 by ockoalaApril 5, 2015
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Variety shows don’t interest me but if it did I’d probably be all over We Got Married just for the sheer pleasure of watching fake romance being sold as maybe real and wondering if fans actually get swept up in the make believe. I get the concept but find it really flawed with too high a probability to go off … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Kim So Eun

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