It’s pretty hilarious that the top four (4!) vote-getters in the just released Galluop poll of Korean drama viewers on the best drama actor/actress in 2017 did not actually star in a K-drama in 2017. Well, one of the top four had a 2016 started K-drama end in January 2017 but otherwise it’s clear that star power on a super … Continue reading →
It’s undeniable that singer-actress IU is supremely talented at the singer part of her entertainment career, but through it and her acting works she’s developed an incredible network of supportive colleagues. She’s been holding a series of concerts this December and the night of the 9th brought out a veritable who’s who of top stars attending as happy audience members. … Continue reading →
Winter is a lot of things but one thing I always associate winter and South Korea are down parkas. The country is either obsessed with down parks or the retailers think the shoppers are because there are so many sportswear and even casual wear brands that full down want to parka the entire populace. So in the span of one … Continue reading →
The Korean celebrity wedding of the year in 2017 was undoubtedly the nuptials of Song Hye Kyo to Song Joong Ki, an event attended by many of their friends who also happen to be big stars in their own right. A pair of such friends went above and beyond as a guest and collaborated to perform a love song piano … Continue reading →
The 2017 Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards took place quietly with a cancelled red carpet due to the passing of beloved veteran leading man Kim Joo Hyuk earlier in the week. The big winners among stars I follow are veterans Park Geun Hyung and Yoon Yeo Jung getting feted with highest Order of Cultural Merits. Three heavyweight male leads … Continue reading →
It’s already the 12th annual Seoul Drama Awards, one of the lesser known of the many awards ceremonies Korea comes up with to laud its own creativity and prowess but this time it’s so lackluster to the point I think it should be renamed the Big Smile Park Duo Awards. The sole noteworthy occurrence at the awards, held on Thursday … Continue reading →
Cable network tvN‘s biggest hit drama to date Answer Me 1988 is happily back in the news last week due to news that leads Hyeri and Ryu Jun Yeol are dating in real life. It’s as good a reason to fondly remember the drama and also flash back to the other lead Park Bo Gum‘s role in stealing Hyeri’s characters … Continue reading →
The cool friends contingent was out in force to support the bromance cop antics movie Midnight Runners starring Park Seo Joon and Kang Ha Neul. The former is coming off a well-received turn in K-drama Fight My Way while the later is in the news thanks to prepping for military enlistment next month, so this movie is coming along at … Continue reading →
Ladies ruled the red carpet, with a surprising easy on the eyes green movie poster background, at the VIP premiere of K-movie A Taxi Driver. This movie pairs veteran Song Kang Ho with German actor Thomas Kretschmann for a real life depiction of a taxi driver assisting a German reporter in covering the Gwangju uprising of 1980. The star attendees at … Continue reading →
A typical drama casting offer turn down doesn’t usually merit a solo post but the combination big name star and big name screenwriter makes many K-drama fans eager to know the locked down casting. The Hong Sisters upcoming fantasy drama Hwayugi, a riff on one of the Chinese classics Journey to the West (Xi You Ji) has been courting Park … Continue reading →
There may be a new standard in quality and quantity of star attendees to the VIP movie premiere of period war escape movie Battleship Island. I saw one of my faves Yoo Seung Ho trading his ruler period garb for comfy movie clothes to attend and clicking on the link turned up a smorgasbord Vegas feast of Korean stars going … Continue reading →
I’m not particularly proprietary about things, whether culture, myths, or even trends, there’s always new ways to spin things and whether or not it works and adds entertainment value is how I assess the final product. With that said, the Chinese netizens have been upset and annoyed since hearing that the Hong Sisters were writing their next drama based on … Continue reading →
In what might be the oddest dating news since ever, K-ent is trying to wrap its mind around the latest gossip making the rounds that young actor Park Bo Gum and established actress Jang Nara are planning to get married. Like, whut? Seriously, like what the heck times a billion. Park Bo Gum and Jang Nara have actually been implicated … Continue reading →
