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 →
I haven’t seen the mid-premiere press conference these days, years really, as drama ratings are mostly so level or low there’s no point in trotting out the leads for a meet-and-greet with the press if there is no way to gain more ratings for the second half. jTBC phenom Itaewon Class definitely breaks lots of records and molds so makes … Continue reading →
This is not a bad thing to have, ratings return all over K-drama airing so much so that a small cable network drama like jTBC success story Itaewon Class getting 12% ratings by week four seems like business as usual. Episode 5 got 12.289% and episode 6 increased slightly to 12.562%, with audience feedback still highly positive for this underdog … Continue reading →
While tvN drama Crash Landing on You has defied its silly set up and achieved a steady ratings rise during its airing, weekend newcomer jTBC Fri-Sat drama Itaewon Class has been nothing short of record making. The underdog Park Seo Joon drama premiered last week to 4.983% ratings which was incredible already, but each episode has risen to 5.330%, then … Continue reading →
Woah, this was unexpected but then again probably make sense considering the source material. Newly arrived jTBC Fri-Sat drama Itaewon Class arrived this Friday and dropped nearly 5% ratings in its first episode, taking in 4.983%. That’s nearly 2% higher than predecessor Chocolate’s premiere episode. Audience and critic feedback has been positive and strong as well so this drama looks … Continue reading →
This is a really big casting win for young actor Park Seo Joon and IU. He was cast earlier and now she’s also confirmed for the upcoming movie Dream by the hit making director of 2019’s highest grossing South Korean film Extreme Jobs which is also the second highest grossing Korean movie of all time. I watched that movie on … Continue reading →
Alrighty, I appreciate the new year new vibes but it’s hilarious to see such contrasting drama posters. jTBC released official posters for Itaewon Class and all I can say is that two different set of graphic designers worked on the end product. On one hand there is the underdog poster with Park Seo Joon leading a ragtag bunch of folks … Continue reading →
The year is coming to a close so there are more and more lists and polls to try and rank what happened in 2019. On the CF side, it feels like every single ad in South Korea features a celebrity and the consumers continue to lap it up. Topping the brands and advertisers most favorite celebrity endorser list is actor … Continue reading →
The first posters are out for January 2020 jTBC cable drama Itaewon Class and I love it! Male lead Park Seo Joon went back to his army days cropped haircut and traded his suits from Why Secretary Kim for his hardworking guy threads from Fight for My Way. Itaewon isn’t about school despite the class in the name, it centers … Continue reading →
I am so mesmerized by Park Seo Joon‘s head thanks to his new hair cut it’s hard to look away. I can’t tell if it’s because it makes his head look too tiny for his body or how extreme egg shaped it it, but this is a total no bueno no mas look for him to avoid ever again. Luckily … Continue reading →
I’m quite amused with how popular Jasper Liu (Liu Yi Hao) is in South Korea now. He conquered Japan early on his career and I could see his offbeat and sweet nature appealing to the Japanese fans. But I didn’t quite envision he would one day be perhaps the most popular Taiwanese actor to the South Korean netizens. He’s also … Continue reading →
The summer months are more than halfway over and hopefully the heat hasn’t melted anyone yet. The South Korean box office hasn’t been sizzling for the local fare other than the award winning social commentary film Parasite but next weeks comes a potential hit with Divine Fury, putting two pretty boys Park Seo Joon and Woo Do Hwan with veteran … Continue reading →
I love an event that is coordinated to the T and such is the launch of a new and weird looking skin care device this week in Seoul. The brand Cell Return hawking what appearances to be a technologically updated Man in the Iron Mask device brought together former Dream High 2 costars Park Seo Joon and Kang Sora as … Continue reading →
