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K-netizens Cast Votes for Their Pick for 2020 Lead Acting Drama Baeksang with Hyun Bin as Best Actor and Kim Hee Ae as Best Actress

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The Baeksang Awards doesn’t have a popularity award and for the most part it’s stayed relatively true to its determination of merit over buzz despite nearly all Korean entertainment awards devolving into a popularity contest to draw in viewers. It’s not immune to buzz but it does surprise still in picking left field winners. The 2020 ceremony is scheduled for … Continue reading →

2020 Baeksang Award Nominations Out and Popular Dramas Crash Landing on You, The World of the Married, and When the Camellia Blooms Lead Drama Side

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The 2020 Baeksang Awards held on June 5, 2020 will take place without an audience for the first time in its history but at least it will take place and be broadcast. The nominations were released today on May 8th and there are a few surprises of who was in and not in but mostly I am really pleased! The … Continue reading →

CNN Indonesia Runs Incorrect Story About Kim Jong Un Near Death with Picture of Hyun Bin’s Fictional North Korean Officer in Crash Landing on You

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OMG, finally something just so totally funny without anyone getting hurt. This week there was a story that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in critical condition after surgery which was later debunked. When it was still breaking CNN Indonesia jumped on it and during the television reporting broadcast a picture of South Korean actor Hyun Bin playing a … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun Tops the Sports Chosun 30th Anniversary Poll of K-ent Industry Experts on Top K-drama Actors and Actresses

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Consider me perpetually impressed with Kim Soo Hyun‘s popularity and staying power. This week Sports Chosun celebrated its 30th anniversary by conducting various polls of Korean industry insiders including agency heads, network presidents, PDs, screenwriters, and with over 100 votes the group was asked to pick their top Power People within K-drama land. Coming in first with 12 votes is … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin Leads February 2020 K-star Brand Rankings Followed by Park Seo Joon and Kim Da Mi

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The leads of Crash Landing on You and Itaewon Class dominated the February 2020 actor/actress brand rankings in South Korea. But the three youngsters of Itaewon played spoiler to keeping the OTP of crash apart on the poll position, lol. First place is the North Korean officer himself Hyun Bin, followed by all three Itaewon leads Park Seo Joon in … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin Again Deny Dating Rumors After Netizen Spots Them Holding Hands Under the Table Filming Crash Landing on You

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These two might set a record for number of times there is a new dating rumor between them. And for the record this would be the third flare up of this rumor enough to make the news. Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin just finished their mega hit drama Crash Landing on You and right on cue there is a … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin Lead Successful Drama Wrap Party for Crash Landing on You

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Lordy is there a pile of warm and fuzzies in my heart from Crash Landing in You. I agree the ending left could have been completely satisfactory rather than two weeks out of the year but perhaps the OTP will find a way to spend every day together once they have babies because you know these two are having their … Continue reading →

Crash Landing on You Switzerland Epilogue Stills Show Unaired Scene of Pregnant Se Ri Snuggling with Jung Hyuk

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Awwww, I can’t believe the production team of Crash Landing on You didn’t just say to heck with it and let the final episode go past 2 hours. It turns out the final scene on the Swiss countryside where Se Ri and Jung Hyuk reunite every year for two weeks has another more memorable year filmed. Hyun Bin‘s Jung Hyuk … Continue reading →

Crash Landing on You Final Episode Get 21.683% Ratings, Becomes Highest Rated tvN Drama of All Time

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Well, their work is done and the combined power of the Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin onscreen pairing has validated all the pre-airing buzz. The final episode of Crash Landing on You aired this Sunday to an astronomical for cable TV ratings of 21.683% AGB nationwide. It’s the highest single episode rating for any tvN drama including other highly … Continue reading →

Crash Landing on You Episode 14 Hits 17.705% Ratings, 4th Highest tvN Drama of All Time

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There are two more episodes left so it’s only a question of how high the ratings could possibly get next week. This week’s episode 14 of Crash Landing on You hit 17.705% after episode 13 dipped slighting from last week’s high. Clearly viewers are addicted and tuned in live to watch which is what a good show can still do, … Continue reading →

Crash Landing on You Returns From Two Week Hiatus with New Ratings High of 15.933%

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The two week wait for well worth it as episodes 11 and 12 of Crash Landing on You lived up to expectations. The OTP enjoyed cohabiting in South Korea, the North Korean soldiers suffered adorably in jjimjalbang, PC bang, and fried chicken heaven/hell before being reunited with their beloved Comrade Se Ri and Captain Ri, and the story slowed down … Continue reading →

Secret Garden Shopping Scene Gets Gender-swapped as Hyun Bin Returns to the Department Store in New Stills for Episode 11 of Crash Landing on You

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I can’t believe the screenwriter found a way to flashback to one of Hyun Bin‘s most successful dramas and a scene that was quite memorable and problematic there but now gets a gender swapped redo. In new stills for episode 11 of Crash Landing on You, Son Ye Jin‘s Se Ri takes her North Korean hunky bodyguard Jung Hyuk shopping … Continue reading →

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin Trade Country Life for Computers and Seoul Fashion in New Stills for Episode 11 of Crash Landing on You

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I thought Hyun Bin‘s dorky military bowl-ish hair cut as a North Korean military officer in Crash Landing on You would bother me but it hasn’t. Credit to his natural handsomeness and the fact that it fits with Jung Hyuk’s stoic personality and his job needs. But that doesn’t need I won’t be loving his South Korean makeover now that … Continue reading →