The notalgia and serendipity feels are hitting the big time with the wedding announcement of Song Hye Kyo to Song Joong Ki, for K-drama viewers long before the Hallyu wave there is a sense of marrying off the last daughter. I’m talking about Song Hye Kyo’s first hit drama with the sitcom Soonpoong Clinic back in 1998 which is where … Continue reading →
Maybe there are fans of either Song Hye Kyo or Song Joong Ki that ship their beloved with other of their drama costars, but Song Joong Ki’s close and long lasting bromance friendship is for sure going to be affected once he ties the knot and has to answer to wifey first before buddies. One betrayed brother adorably announced his … Continue reading →
Two Korean mega stars getting married could mean the wedding of the decade in terms of star attendance and extravagance but for some reason I sense Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo will have an intensely private and relatively low key wedding. The Descendants of the Sun romantic leads have parlayed the filming of a hit drama that has … Continue reading →
Thank god today is July 4th and not April 1st otherwise I would take major convincing that this isn’t a prank. As America celebrates Independence Day, Korean entertainment will now celebrate what is arguably the biggest reel-to-real romance happy ending of the Hallyu era. Mega hit K-drama Descendants of the Sun costars Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo, following … Continue reading →
I don’t know if MBC has a beef with either or both Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki, or maybe this is just a ratings ploy, but the network is continued ahead with its breathless coverage of the supposed Bali vacation of the Descendants of the Sun costars. This weekend Section TV aired part two of the so-called expose … Continue reading →
I continue to take dating rumors with Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo with a grain of salt, even if they are dating it’s not certain they will get married and honestly they should just be able to date without all the pointless fan shipping. Last week the entertainment world was abuzz with reports that the Descendants of the … Continue reading →
I’m sure this latest gossip will make diehard fans of Descendants of the Sun happy, or at least those drama fans who extended their love of the drama to shipping the leads in real life. Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki haven’t done another K-drama since their massive hit last year so their fans seen them in new roles … Continue reading →
It’s equal parts Chinese and Korean starlets when it comes to what the Chinese netizens think are the top echelons of Asian beauty. A Baidu poll this month voted by Chinese netizens ranking the Top 10 Asian Beauty is a rather surprising but not all that controversial list, with basically a who’s who of the ladies that are frequently mentioned … Continue reading →
In the history of fashion faux pas this is but a tiny blip, and really it’s more posting to catch up with a star who would have been a welcomed sight in Seoul this week to attend the 2017 Baeksang Arts Awards. Alas top K-actress Song Hye Kyo, who made a lovely appearance at the event the year prior for … Continue reading →
It’s a match made in high fashion heaven for W Korea magazine to bring together top Korea stars and real life close friends Yoo Ah In and Song Hye Kyo for a pictorial. Both are at the top of their game and peak popularity, and one of the few very public guy-girl platonic friendships in K-ent. Yoo Ah In just … Continue reading →
The 2016 year end K-drama awards for the big three networks came and went last weekend, smack dab in the middle of me heading off for my trans-pacific flight, taking said long flight, traveling back home from long flight, and then being massively jetlagged from said flight. All in all I lost 36 hours and also the ability to collect … Continue reading →
I said K-actress Song Hye Kyo was hair goals a few weeks ago when she did a CF for the new mega expensive Dyson hair dryer, the ideal pitch woman to lure shoppers to shill our $400 US dollars in an attempt to get hair as lustrous and flowing as her. Now I think she’s goals as a star with … Continue reading →
The attendee list is out for what is likely to be the splashiest of the three prime time network year end drama awards shows thanks to two huge hit dramas. The KBS 2016 Drama Awards will be graced with the attendance of both sets of OTP stars from it’s two highest rated prime time dramas of the year – Song … Continue reading →
