Popular TW-actor Kai Ko’s Arrest for Drug Use Along with Jackie Chan’s Son Stuns Chinese-speaking Entertainment World

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The biggest entertainment news this past weekend in the Chinese-speaking regions of Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong was the unconfirmed report that young A-list Taiwanese movie star Kai Ko (Ko Chen Dong 柯震東) had been arrested for drug use in Beijing. That was followed by even more unconfirmed reports that the sting also netted international blockbuster movie legend Jackie Chan‘s … Continue reading →

Aaron Yan Delivers a Final Dose of Fanservice at the Fall in Love With Me Wrap Party

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There will be a day where Aaron Yan fanservice isn’t enough to keep a drama afloat. That day may have arrived already towards the end of the just completed drama Fall in Love with Me which aired the last episode on Sunday. Judging from the number of viewers who stuck to it in the floundering middle for Aaron and finally … Continue reading →

Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Ji Woo Give in to Their Temptation as the Drama Switches Up the Couples

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I’m thoroughly enjoying watching the SBS Mon-Tues melodrama Temptation. It’s rounded the corner from the first half of its run and narratively everything is all shaken up. Whether a particular viewer likes the way things are unfolding depends on how one approaches Temptation. This is a story of four equally messed up adults, two very rich and two very poor, … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi Attends Prayer Ceremony as Filming Kicks Off for Today’s Love with Moon Chae Won

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It’s nonstop working for Lee Seung Gi and I can’t complain if it means I get to see more of him in various settings. He wrapped the SBS drama You’re All Surrounded last month in mid-July, a project that shoulda coulda been better if it had a competent screenwriter at the helm. It was such a waste of the entire … Continue reading →

First Look at the Unholy C-drama Mash-up of Heirs and You From Another Star

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I don’t think anyone is taking this drama project seriously so go ahead and have a bellyful of laughs if you’re in need of unmitigated hilarity. The mash-up C-drama From the Stars Heirs (better translated as Heirs From Another Star 來自星星的繼承者們) has been in production for the last few months and is starting to release some filming goodies as it … Continue reading →

Hilarious and Quirky Long Preview for My Secret Hotel with Yoo In Na, Jin Yi Han, and Namgong Min

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It’s complete utter love at first sight for tvN‘s upcoming “killing romance” My Secret Hotel, everything except for second male lead Namgong Min dressed like a human dalmatian. The cast of the quirky concept drama gathered for the press conference last week, a week chock full of K-drama press conferences left and right, with the drama airing this coming Monday … Continue reading →

Ji Chang Wook Guest Stars on Running Man and Arrives in Taiwan with the Popular Cast

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Since I don’t watch Running Man there is no way I could have expected the thunderous turnout by the show’s Taiwan fans when the variety program descended on the island on August 11th for the first ever episode filmed there. Over 3000 screaming fans took over the arrival’s terminal to wait for the cast led by Yoo Jae Suk, Kwang … Continue reading →

Yamashita Tomohisa Does Teacher-Student Romance in First Teaser for Kinkyori Renai

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I love mangas but I’m more particular these days about the new titles from mangakas I’ve never heard of with drawing styles that make me miss the good old golden days of the 80’s and 90’s stuff. That’s not to say a good story can’t be hidden in a less attractive drawing style or that I won’t wade through a … Continue reading →

OCN Unveils Park Hae Jin as the Genius Serial Killer in Bad Guys

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I’m really looking forward to the upcoming OCN detective crime drama Bad Guys (Bad Boys). OCN seems to be the only Korean network that consistently tackles the genre, a genre that is a dime-a-dozen in J-doramas but is rarely seen in a drama land skewing towards romance or family affairs. Of the OCN thriller dramas, Vampire Prosecutor and TEN both … Continue reading →

George Hu Gets New Leading Lady Yuan Ai Fei for the Cute Daily TW-drama Happiness Voucher

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The Taiwan drama gods are listening to my prayers because the third time will not be happening for the popular onscreen coupling of George Hu and Annie Chen. The WeiNi (or Winnie from their names Hu Yu Wei and Chen Ting Ni) couple hit it big for SETTV with the daily Love, Now and tried to recreate the magic with … Continue reading →

Fall in Love with Me Abruptly Wraps Up this Sunday with a Happy Ending

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A benevolent drama god is putting Fall in Love with Me out of its misery this weekend, and probably freeing the remaining few viewers still watching along. I was actually stunned this drama is ending this Sunday at episode 20. Most SETTV live-filmed dramas end past 20 episodes and the few that are shorter have been pre-filmed so the ending … Continue reading →

Discovery of Love Releases Funny and Engaging Long Preview at Drama Press Conference

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You would think with a string of disappointing Mon-Tues K-dramas from KBS I would be supremely reluctant to get excited about the upcoming Discovery of Love. It follows the disaster that was Lovers of Music (Trot Lovers), memorable only for Jung Eun Ji and some snappy trot covers, but it also comes from the production team with a track history … Continue reading →

Joseon Gunman Episode 16 Recap

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This episode of Joseon Gunman is best summed up as “when everything goes wrong for everybody”. For once neither the good guys nor the bad guys get the upper hand, more like they keep trading shots in an unlimited salvo that will have to wait until next week to see which side reigns supreme. King Gojong is basically the most ineffective … Continue reading →