So this was so long ago I forgot about it but it’s back in the news again. K-actor Lee Jong Seok was supposed to do Netflix romance drama See You Again with Kim Ji Won in 2018, and now an entertainment reporter is revealing that Lee Jong Seok dropped out of the drama the day before script reading was scheduled. … Continue reading →
he South Korean box office. The movie is called Revolver and reads like a fresh take on Lady Vengeance. Starring Jeon Do Yeon as an innocent woman who goes to jail in exchange for a pay off, she goes on the rampage after she’s released from prison and finds the promised cash not there. Her target is played by Ji … Continue reading →
K-actress Kim Tae Ri is a style chameleon to me, the same way her acting and performances are constantly excellent regardless of genre. She can pull off tomboy and feminine soft beauty equally well and for the new Prada fall makeup campaign in South Korea she’s doing the latter flawlessly across various lipstick shades. It helps that she brings a … Continue reading →
This is the kind of popcorn I love since I don’t care about any of the leads and if this turns out a great drama it’ll be nice to watch and if it’s a hot mess it will be a different kind of fun to watch. The C-drama version of demon romance drama Painted Skin is in the casting and … Continue reading →
I liked the first English title but find the second also interesting and cool in its own way, at least there is no word Love in it lol. Period romance drama Hidden Charm has been retitled to Are You the One and is still on track for imminent premiere, all signs say August 8th. It stars Zhang Wan Yi and … Continue reading →
So the Golden Eagle Awards are for the serious fare and most of the Flowers in C-ent are doing idol dramas with the rare one-off to tackle a procedural or war-era period piece. But it is striking that both Yang Mi and Liu Shi Shi are ignominiously called out for being the only two Flowers without a nominated drama in … Continue reading →
The long break for C-actor Yang Yang to get back on the small screen has been good for him after last summer’s disastrous Fireworks of My Heart airing where he got hit with the “oily acting” comments in full force. Since then he’s filmed The Immortal Ascension but no word on when that will air, and end of this month … Continue reading →
The promos are picking up for upcoming Coupang Play drama Cinderella at 2am. I am fine with noona-dongsaeng romances if the chemistry is there but I have strong reservations with female lead Shin Hyun Bin, not because she can’t act but because she has never shown any romantic or sexual chemistry onscreen in any drama I have watched of hers. … Continue reading →
The first Zhao Lu Si plastic surgery rumors were a few years ago and was around her nose, which is usually where it starts. Now it’s back in chatter and reportedly she got more work done on the nose plus the lips and eyes and cheeks. Basically the South Korean special, and she was in SK for a few weeks … Continue reading →
There is a spate of Tang dynasty dramas coming out way and I’ve been following along with the two big ones that filmed this year with Zhao Lu Si in Story of Pearl Girl and Yang Zi with Flourished Peony. But there is an already filmed Tang dynasty drama Brocade Odyssey with Tang Song Yun and Zheng Ye Cheng on … Continue reading →
This is a fantastic next role for C-actress Yang Chao Yue, I may not like her due to her limited acting but watching her reboot her flower vase drama leading actress roles to this is a smart move. She’s landed the role of female lead in the upcoming C-drama adaptation of hit HK-movie King of Comedy which is directed by … Continue reading →
What perfect timing for jTBC to release its first still of upcoming sports and procedural drama Good Boy. It’s a drama revolving around medal winning retired South Korean Olympians who have become police officers and their intersecting stories. Park Bo Gum is a boxer and Kim So Hyun a sharpshooter so both have the athletic skills in the drama to … Continue reading →
So word on the street and all signs point to the imminent release of period C-drama Hidden Charm on Tencent. It will either be next week or right after the Olympics but either way the amnesia with fake marriage turned real love between secret enemies drama is coming. Starring Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran and adapted from a … Continue reading →
