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 →
There’s a phrase called shock and awe but I’ll have to modify it shock and envy when it comes to K-actress Song Hye Kyo. She’s had one of the best years of her life in 2017 with the marriage to now-husband and also top Hallyu star Song Joong Ki, not because she married well but because she found the love … 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 →
A famous Chinese proverbs says basically beauty is in the eye of the beholder but literally stated as “in the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi appears” which of course refers to the Xi Shi of Chinese history known as one of China’s Four Great Beauties. Newlywed top Korean actress Song Hye Kyo posted black-and-white photo to her SNS account … Continue reading →
I can get so excited about fashion and dissecting it deeper beyond whether it looks good or not. That’s the intrigue about K-actress Song Hye Kyo‘s polarizing wedding gown worn last week during her star-studded wedding to now husband Song Joong Ki. It was quickly revealed to be a Christian Dior creation and the reviews were mixed, some loving the … Continue reading →
This week felt a bit surreal in K-ent, with so many events happening both joyful and sorrowful it reminds me of the lovely British movie of the 90’s Four Weddings and a Funeral. This Tuesday October 31st is Halloween for us in the US but in South Korean entertainment it was the star wedding of the year with Song Joong … Continue reading →
I can’t fault K-ent for the constant coverage of engaged top stars Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo, it’s always fun to swoon overs happy ending star romances and conjure up some wedding excitement. Their wedding slated for the end of October is the biggest Korean celebrity wedding of 2017 in a year chock full of K-star weddings already, … Continue reading →
I do love the sincerity and simplicity of top Korean stars Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo‘s wedding invitation for the month end nuptials. The couple’s wedding inviation with it’s clean white envelope with white ribbon tied around a small branch with greed leaves was revealed earlier this week. Now comes the lovely invitation language that is written in … Continue reading →
To say I was blown away by Song Hye Kyo’s latest Vogue Korea pictorial is an understatement. There are just too many diverse superlatives to describe this top Hallyu actress and bride-to-be’s close up spread for the most elite fashion magazine. First is the wave of curly hair spreading in a messy halo around her, coyly shading her eyes as … Continue reading →
It certainly feels like excessive attention has been paid to the relationship of top Korean stars Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki, but it really is the wedding of the year for this 2017. Rain and Kim Tae Hee‘s nuptials would have given them a run for the money, and on my love side I would rank them equal, … Continue reading →
The C-slang for a celebrity sighting in real life is spotting in the wild, which in safari context isn’t really in the wild since the navel gazer went to the animal’s habitat. But for celebrities it really is in the wild because stars live in the real world just like us plebeians and one never knows when a sighting could … Continue reading →
There are many instances for chance encounters but plane sightings are especially lucky for fans since everyone’s cooped up inside the same flying machine. A netizen, who must have been flying first or business class judging from the seats, had a really stupendous spotting of engaged Korean stars Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo together in a now rare … Continue reading →
The lack of a new or current acting project for K-actress Song Hye Kyo, and her impending marriage to former drama costar and now fiancee Song Joong Ki, makes the K-media have little to report on her other than the latest on dits. It’s benign and not terribly banal since she’s been in the industry for two decades since her … Continue reading →
