News bites: December 27, 2023
News bites: December 27, 2023 by tccolb Comforting our weary souls with ice cream and childhood nostalgia, a new poster has dropped for JTBC’s Doctor Slump, where Park Shin-hye (Sisyphus) and Park Hyung-shik (Our Blooming Youth) unexpectedly find solace in each other’s company. Slated to air on January 27, the rivals-to-lovers rom-com has PD Oh […]
Actor Lee Sun Kyun Requests A “Lie Detector Test” Amid Drug Use Investigation
Actor Lee Sun Kyun recently underwent overnight questioning for drug use allegations. Now, he and his defense attorney have a new request. Lee Sun Kyun | HODU&U Entertainment According to legal sources on December 26, Lee Sun Kyun, who is under investigation for violations of drug control laws related to marijuana and psychotropic substances, requested […]
The Mysterious K-Pop Idol Who Disappeared Right After Debuting
January 2, 2009, was the date Ori, real name Baek Ji Hyun, made her stage debut on KBS‘s Music Bank. It was her first and last performance before disappearing, never to be seen again. Your browser does not support video. Ori was also known by her Japanese name Tanaka Sori, which is where her stage name […]
Esom and Ahn Jae-hong become blackmailing spies in LTNS
Esom and Ahn Jae-hong become blackmailing spies in LTNS by tccolb A fun first teaser and poster have dropped for TVING’s new comedy LTNS (a.k.a. Long Time No Sex), where we’re introduced to our not quite happily married pair, Esom (Black Knight) and Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl).Opening with a quick backstory, we see and read […]
Premiere Watch: Like Flowers in Sand
I only lasted 4 episodes. I like Siwan, but not that much! Besides the fact that rural locations in Korea, whether on the coast or in the mainland, are just really beautiful and make for great cinematography, my (pretty obvious) take on this show and others about small towns is that kdrama writers are very […]
The Female Idol Who’s Been Asked Out So Many Times She Lost Count
Despite being in a relationship with actor Jung Kyung Ho for ten years, Girls’ Generation‘s Sooyoung is so pretty that even younger guys have attempted to hit on her. And she’s not the only female K-Pop idol who has men ready to risk it all. Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung | @sooyoungchoi/Instagram Another female idol from a second-generation […]
Jang Dong-yoon blossoms Like Flowers in Sand
Jang Dong-yoon blossoms Like Flowers in Sand by tccolb Heading into premiere week for ENA’s upcoming Like Flowers in Sand, in the newest teaser we tumble deeper into our story’s ssireum landscape, where a struggling Jang Dong-yoon (Daily Dose of Sunshine) is unexpectedly reunited with his childhood bestie Lee Joo-myung (Twenty Five Twenty One).As the […]
A game of secrets and spies in tvN’s Captivating the King
A game of secrets and spies in tvN’s Captivating the King by tccolb The first teaser has landed for tvN’s upcoming fictional sageuk Captivating the King (previously Sejak, the Enchanted), where our title’s king Jo Jung-seok (Hospital Playlist 2) battles baduk and love against our heroine Shin Se-kyung (Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun).Opening on […]
Park Min-young reclaims her life in Please Marry My Husband
I don’t mean to be patronizing to my fellow Beanies, but something makes me want to defend PMY. Yes I may be partial to her, but apart from that my empathy also comes from the fact that I HAVE ACTUALLY struggled with weight issues. So I know what a headache it is to manage other […]
Park Ji-hoon wrestles himself in KBS’s Fantasy Sonata
Ugh. Not sure if there are more straight up red flags here or concepts that would be catnips to me in the right hands, but are instead also red flags… I ask for more fantasy sageuks for years and then when Korea properly ventures into them more, and into more completely fictional, non historical and […]