The first and second place contestants in the South Korean box office took a major change in position in the second weekend of release in direct competition between Dark Nuns and Hitman 2. In the first weekend Dark Nuns with Song Hye Kyo and Jeon Yeo Bin came in first with Hitman 2 starring Kwon Sang Woo in second, but … Continue reading →
So calling it the colloquial term tax evasion obviously inputs concerted wrongdoing, but calling it tax underpayment or additional owed taxes feels like just an ooopsie oversight. I don’t know if what happened here to embroil top Korean stars is the former or latter but this week the announcement of a government investigation into a large group of rich and … Continue reading →
So there has been lots of moving parts with this drama but now it looks ready to start filming soon. Originally called Tree Dies While Standing and now the title is Curtain Call, last year it was in talks with Son Ye Jin, Kang Ha Neul, and Jung Hae In. The two guys stayed on but she didn’t confirm and … Continue reading →
Apparently the list of K-stars (actors, PD, variety, idols) who have been busted for drunk driving is LOOOOOONG. Like there are soooooo many even I was surprised to see some which I didn’t remember reading about. Some aren’t big names but in light of K-actress Kim Sae Ron‘s suspected drunk driving bust yesterday, K-netizens with their very long and good … Continue reading →
Another release is here from the Korean Actors 200 list, with the website continuing to do a great job of teasing the next release and then dropping just stunning pictures of the actors and actresses in each batch. This third release has a great mix of leads and supporting stars who may not be household names but definitely recognizable by … Continue reading →
This is an unfortunate situation all around but the replacement feels like a boon for the production and viewers. SBS Fri-Sat drama Delayed Justice has been fraught with so many problems from Kwon Sang Woo getting injured to COVID-19 shut downs and the most recent was the other male lead Bae Sung Woo getting fired from the show after his … Continue reading →
It would have been great to get the main cast back, well at least those who aren’t gone or cancelled. K-movie Pirates 2 was the long planned sequel to the box office hit Pirates starring Son Ye Jin, Kim Nam Gil, and Yoo Hae Jin. Initially the leads were planned to return for the sequel but after many years the … Continue reading →
This is the ray of happy news I needed and such a sweet reminder that a decade may have flown by but a happy family has grown and flourished. Married K-acting couple Kwon Sang Woo and Son Tae Young are featured in an October Marie Claire Korea pictorial alongside their two adorable children, an older boy and a wee little … Continue reading →
Kisses and tears are two of the more memorable aspects of K-dramas because the early Hallyu dramas piled on romance and misery in equally measure to create the world of K-drama melodramas as we know it. Over the years the crying has gone from contrived parental disapproval and/or terminal illness to a plethora of reasons to milk those ducts dry. … Continue reading →
The press conference for upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama Mystery Queen 2 is so darn cute and just the goodness I needed after a crazy weekend of sexual harassment news breaking from K-ent. But then I get nervous and wonder if any of the stars of this drama is just one step from being outed and suddenly production is sent into … Continue reading →
The goodness keeps on coming for Mystery Queen 2, with the second drama poster moving the detective duo from the wintry countryside road to chilling beside a crime scene. They are so effortlessly cool, for the first time I think that of leads Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Kang Hee since watching many of their previous dramas and only wondering … Continue reading →
Classy and fun are the two adjectives that come to mind when I saw this latest Cosmopolitan Korea pictorial featuring Mystery Queen leads Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Kang Hee. She sheds her dowdy housewife detective duds for a lovely up do and stylish threads befitting a throwback movie star. He’s all gussied up to leading man sartorial standards, and … Continue reading →
The evolution of Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Kang Hee into their characters in KBS drama Mystery Queen felt like completely different routes that dovetailed perfectly. She was as quirky in real life, it seems, as her housewife detective character and playing this role seemed like wearing second skin that she should have been doing all along in her career. … Continue reading →
