Well this will put naysayers and conspiracy theorists to rest (I hope). The 2021 Baeksangs Awards released tons of behind the scenes information related to the voting for the winners and hold your horses because this stuff is super illuminating. Yoo Jae Suk was given the Daesang with 6 votes in the fast voting time this year in any category, … Continue reading →
A nicely laudatory ceremony for the 2021 Baeksang Awards wrapped up tonight in South Korea and I’m pretty happy with the results. The Daesang went to Yoo Jae Suk for his continued exemplary work as a variety star and host, so it wasn’t given to the drama side. Beyond Evil took home Best Drama and male lead Shin Ha Kyun … Continue reading →
Streaming platform Netflix isn’t just going all in on K-dramas it’s also extending its financing into K-movies. Yoo Ah In‘s zombie flick #Alive with Park Shin Hye got its theatrical release scuttled in 2020 due to COVID-19 and ended up a huge viewer hit on Netflix. I’m not surprised he is signing on for more Netflix exclusives, he has drama … Continue reading →
I’m having flashbacks to Sungkyunkwan Scandal and this isn’t even a sageuk pictorial. That was the breakout role for Yoo Ah In and probably when I thought he was the most young and handsome, because he’s such an auteur he disappears into whatever role is required which mostly doesn’t do justice to his good looks. This menswear pictorial is totally … Continue reading →
I realized that nearly all of the most popular younger generation K-actors have had a chance now to play a sageuk king, prince, or even fictional modern day Korean king/emperor. It’s totally an excuse for me to collect the entire menagerie of regal hotness for a question – who is your hottest His Majesty or His Royal Highness? For me … Continue reading →
This list will likely change heading into 2021 but for now we’re in 2020 so let’s take a look at who among the K-actors is leading the bankability and raking in the dough on K-drama land. Kim Soo Hyun comes back from military service and immediately resumed the top spot as the highest paid actor in television with $85,000 USD … Continue reading →
It’s been a slow and rather uncertain return for the cinematic world the entire globe over. COVID_19 shut theaters in March and it’s only starting to re-open up in parts of the world. South Korean movie theaters have been open for a few weeks but this week’s premiere of zombie thriller #Alive feels like the first time the industry came … Continue reading →
Awwww, long live friendships in K-ent and I feel like Yoo Ah In has really nestled himself in tight with so many top stars and maintained that friendship through the years. Both Song Hye Kyo and Gong Hyo Jin are good friends with Yoo Ah In, separately I believe as I don’t think both actresses run in the same friend … Continue reading →
This may be the perfect time to debut a low budget (comparatively) K-zombie movie because there is a dearth of movies hitting the big screen and also a craving (har har) for normalcy including the summer blockbuster atmosphere. Zombie flick #Alive drops June 24th and it looks great, a small scale zombie thriller with leads Park Shin Hye and Yoo … Continue reading →
Okay, I may legit lowkey ship these two to do a romance K-drama now. I thought it was fine that Yoo Ah In and Park Shin Hye finally got to work together in upcoming zombie movie #Alive, knowing that it’s likely just them trying to survive solo and then later joining forces, with nary a romance line since who cares … Continue reading →
I just realized a funny connection moment, Park Shin Hye played a recluse and near shut in female lead in drama Flower Boy Next Door and now nearly 10 years later she’s the same character but in a different genre and with higher stakes. In upcoming zombie movie #Alive she’s still alive during the early onslaught of a zombie apocalypse … Continue reading →
It feels like a new normal is slowly settling in with South Korea entertainment, press conferences are back with plenty of dolled up celebrities but off screen the face masks are ubiquitous. Park Shin Hye and Yoo Ah In attended the movie press conference for their upcoming zombie flick #Alive and both looked really happy and healthy and excited for … Continue reading →
The genre of zombie shows is like the zombies themselves, every time a pundit declares the genre dead the is yet another one waiting in the wings to pop out. I skipped what is now being called the interminable The Walking Dead so I’m not yet tired of this genre, and the Korean production teams have been doing their own … Continue reading →
