This is looking like a battle of the acting greats with Lee Sung Min and Song Joong Ki going mano-a-mano in the new teaser for Reborn Rich (The Youngest Son of the Chaebol). jTBC has slipped a bit since that year stretch where it was putting out unexpected strong dramas but remains capable of producing quality fare. Reborn Rich takes … Continue reading →
It’s kinda funny how timing works, that jTBC is coming out with Reborn Rich but right now MBC has Gold Spoon which probes similar existential issue, what would you do if you were suddenly a rich heir. Gold Spoon makes it a choice for the male lead but Reborn Rich has the male lead get killed and then reborn in … Continue reading →
Okay, this is totally giving me Giant feels with the fantasy reborn twist. The first teaser is out for jTBC drama Reborn Rich (The Chaebol’s Youngest Son) adapted from a novel and starring Song Joong Ki as the titular male lead servant to a chaebol family who dies at the hand of a chaebol’s horrible youngest son and wakes up … Continue reading →
This weekend is the premiere of new tvN Sat-Sun drama Little Women, a big change in genre from predecessor Alchemy of Souls with fantasy period setting to modern day family intrigue. It’s off to a good start with episode 1 ratings of 6.395% and episode 2 on Sunday had a high profile cameo with Song Joong Ki in a scene … Continue reading →
I remember when Song Joong Ki hit it big with Nice Guy and then even bigger after military service with Descendants of the Sun there was a lot of coverage about his background. He had one of the highest entrance test scores and graduated from Sungkyunkwan University before entering actor. Then people found out he comes from an academic family … Continue reading →
It’s from one frying pan into another fire for K-actor Song Joong Ki, at least in terms of fictional trials and tribulations. He’s currently filming the K-drama The Chaebol’s Youngest Son where he plays a man who dies at the hand of a rich family and comes back as their youngest son to exact revenge. His agency has announced that … Continue reading →
I still remember when COVID-19 first broke out in the early months of 2020 worldwide the for K-ent it involved a lot of movie premieres getting shuffled, moving to streaming, and filming getting adjusted. One of which involved the period and location movie Bogota: City of the Lost, which as the name suggests is set in the Colombian city and … Continue reading →
Woah, what a surprising turn of events. Today Lee Jong Seok who is repped by his own agency that he started in 2018 A-Man Project has been merged into Song Joong Ki‘s own established agency History D&C. Him and his staff will move over to History D&C but it’s unclear if A-Man Project will remain but managed under History D&C … Continue reading →
March is a nice season changing month, fully one foot in spring but still has the waning chill of winter. For pictorials the fashion world is fully into spring though and this Vogue Hong Kong March 2022 spread with K-actor Song Joong Ki gathers a great wardrobe that works for both seasons. Song Joong Ki is an actor that when … Continue reading →
Wow, I haven’t heard this drama mentioned in quite some time and honestly I feel like every single actor and actress involved has moved on completely by now. K-ent is reporting that the production company behind fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles has licensed the IP to produce a video game and also a manhwa story. It belies the question on who … Continue reading →
Dang, this is like a two-fer for those who bought tickets to Junho‘s fan meeting this weekend in Seoul. He’s celebrating a fantastic year thanks to the award winning The Red Sleeve Cuff and of course he has plenty of OG fans waiting for his music side comeback as well. At the fan meeting, there was a surprise guest in … Continue reading →
The 2021 year end best and worst of lists have already started to come out but this is a cool and different criteria. A famed South Korean magazine television critic picked the Top 5 Drama Characters of 2021 and also curated a list of Most Binge-able K-dramas of 2021 (to watch in one go). The drama characters are Song Koong … Continue reading →
The nominations are out for the 2021 year end Blue Dragon Film Awards, which only fetes the big screen works and remains the most prestigious of the cinematic only prizes in South Korea. This year the nominations are a mix of young talented stars and the usual established lauded veterans. Starting with Best Actor, the nominations are Kim Yoon Seok … Continue reading →
