News bites: May 9, 2024
News bites: May 9, 2024 by tccolb Eye-catching first posters are out for JTBC’s new rom-com My Sweet Mobster (previously The Woman Who Plays), showcasing the once mob boss Uhm Tae-gu (Hometown) who is now living the Barbie clean life, and kids content creator Han Sun-hwa (Work Later, Drink Now 2). Also starring Kwon Yul […]
Vying for prize money with the contestants of The 8 Show
Vying for prize money with the contestants of The 8 Show by solstices Money, fame, honor — and one chance to win it all. In Netflix’s upcoming thriller-comedy The 8 Show, based on the webtoons Money Game and Pie Game by Bae Jin-soo, eight contestants vie for the chance to win an exorbitant sum. Slick, […]
News bites: April 27, 2024
News bites: April 27, 2024 by tccolb A new poster has come creeping in for MBC’s upcoming Bittersweet Hell, where family psychologist Kim Hee-sun (Remarriage & Desires) and crime novelist Lee Hye-young (Big Bet) are putting on their sleuthing caps to protect their family from a mysterious blackmailer. Broadcasting on weekends following Chief Detective 1958, […]
Fighting injustice with furious fists in The Fiery Priest 2
Fighting injustice with furious fists in The Fiery Priest 2 by solstices Kim Nam-gil, Honey Lee Five years after SBS’s The Fiery Priest brought hot-blooded justice and slapstick hilarity to our screens, the action-comedy is back for a second season of crime-fighting. With most of our original team regrouping, the twelve-episode sequel is poised to […]
NCT’s Doyoung Apologizes After K-Pop Fans Find His Request “Disrespectful”
Following the successful release of his first-ever solo album, YOUTH, on April 22, 2024 (KST), NCT member Doyoung has found himself in hot waters over a “request” deemed inappropriate. NCT’s Doyoung | @NCTsmtown/X Celebrating “Beginning,” Doyoung’s original work, on MelOn, the idol commented in a chat with his fans that he’d like to hear the song in other […]
Teaching and fighting manners with L in Dare to Love Me
Teaching and fighting manners with L in Dare to Love Me by tccolb A new teaser has arrived for KBS’s rom-com Dare to Love Me, this time following our Confucian-fashioned hero L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo)(Numbers), who swears by the motto that manners maketh the person. Indeed, his character teaser begins with Shin Yoon-bok (L) teaching […]
L dares to choose Confucius over Lee Yoo-young
L dares to choose Confucius over Lee Yoo-young by tccolb KBS’s upcoming Dare to Love Me has been busily pushing out promos, with a new poster quickly following the first teaser where we meet our soon-to-be-lovers pair: L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo)(Numbers) and Lee Yoo-young (Insider).I didn’t expect our modern woman Kim Hong-do (Lee Yoo-young) to […]
Song Seung-heon reunites with his crew in Player 2
Song Seung-heon reunites with his crew in Player 2 by lovepark After driving off into the sunset over five years ago, the property-stealing swindlers of Player have returned in a new installment. Resuming his role as mastermind Kang Ha-ri is Song Seung-heon (Black Knight). He’s joined by his old team members Lee Shi-un (Bad Prosecutor) […]
News bites: April 22, 2024
News bites: April 22, 2024 by tccolb Excuse me while I hold my breath for tvN’s The Midnight Romance in Hagwon, rapt under the spell of Wie Ha-joon (Gyeongseong Creature) in the latest posters – not that Jung Ryeo-won (May It Please the Court) isn’t bringing the pretty herself. With the premiere now just a […]
L Dares to Love in new rom-com with Lee Yoo-young
L Dares to Love in new rom-com with Lee Yoo-young by tccolb The first script reading stills have dropped for KBS’s new rom-com Dare to Love Me (previously Treat Me Carelessly), with L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo)(Numbers) and Lee Yoo-young (Insider) as our opposites-attract main pair.Based on a popular webtoon by the same title, L takes […]