This K-drama adaptation of manhwa So I Married an Anti-fan already looks way better than that oddball Chinese-Korean jointly produced movie version. Starring Sooyoung and Choi Tae Joon, both have the looks and actual acting ability to make what looks like fluffy rom-com cuteness into something hopefully a bit more meaningful. The drama hasn’t been picked up yet by a … Continue reading →
I think the casting is spot on and adorably inverted from real life in a good way. SNSD member turned actress Sooyoung is in talks to headline the K-drama adaptation of webtoon So I Married an Anti-fan, which has already been adapted to a C-movie starring Sooyoung’s fellow SM agency member Chanyeol from EXO. It’s based on a Korean webtoon … Continue reading →
You couldn’t pay me to watch SBS Wed-Thurs drama The Undateables (Handsome Guy and Jung Eum) after the excessive hijinks of the first episode and that opinion appears to be the majority in Korea as the drama wrapped up airing this Thursday having quite an inglorious ratings record. Wednesday’s penultimate episode recorded the lowest ratings for the series at 2.1% … Continue reading →
Timing is totally on the side of outdoor wear brand Black Yak, one of the many athletic brands proliferating in South Korea. The brand so happens to be using two of the buzziest male actors and both attended a brand CF event this week in Seoul. Lee Seung Gi has been repping the brand for years and is coming off … Continue reading →
Congrats to the biggest K-ent dating couple of 2018 so far, and I can’t believe I’ve watched K-dramas for so long that I watched Park Shin Hye go from a child actress to being the older half of a celebrity relationship lol. In the span of two hours, Park Shin Hye and K-actor Choi Tae Joon went from denying a … Continue reading →
Far out rumors are the most fun for me because it’s basically a picking names out of two star jars and calling it dating. This week in K-ent is ending on the rumor of actress Park Shin Hye dating actor Choi Tae Joon, with netizens claiming reported sightings of them at an arboretum, at a convenience store, and reportedly even … Continue reading →
If I’m going to pre-judge a K-drama OTP based solely on first stills then Ji Chang Wook and Nam Ji Hyun have just won my heart. Their new drama Suspicious Partner doesn’t arrive until the first week of May, airing on SBS Wed-Thur time slot following Saimdang: Light’s Diary so this is the perfect time to slowly ramp up promos … Continue reading →
I’m so excited for upcoming SBS Wed-Thurs drama Suspicious Partner, regardless of the leading lady casting carousel and the litany of title changes. I never got invested in currently airing sageuk Saimdang: Light’s Diary and judging from the steady around 10% ratings neither did the audience despite the big name return of Lee Young Ae from a decade long acting … Continue reading →
Well this is unexpected, but actually not unwelcome now that I’m readjusting my expectations for upcoming MBC drama Missing 9. The first teaser is out and it’s not an island vacation in the least, the drama has been billed as an entertainment industry plane crash saga and now has Lost and Lord of the Flies vibe added to it. A … Continue reading →
Castaways are on deck for MBC‘s entertainment folks stranded on an island drama Missing 9. Starring Jung Kyung Ho and Baek Jin Hee, he’s the former popular idol singer turned reporter and she’s his stylist, that’s an interesting dynamic since it’s usually star and manager type set up. The first drama stills are out showing a whole lot of disheveled … Continue reading →
The development route for upcoming MBC drama Missing 9 is convoluted indeed, starting from it’s many title changes. It went from Gaia (mother earth) to Picnic (wut in tha wut?) to settling finally on Missing 9. Given that it’s a stranded on an island drama I don’t know why they didn’t just start off with Missing 9, sleek and descriptive. … Continue reading →
