Takeshi’s Castle, the forbearer for so many obstacle course type shows both domestically and internationally, is being rebooted for Amazon Prime Video as Return Of Takeshi’s Castle and is set …
Read More »Rundown: Red Velvet, Oh My Girl, NCT Dream, PURPLE KISS, Heize, MAJORS + others
Writing about things I enjoyed takes me longer, and there’s a lot of it I have yet to publish, so apologies if things have come off overly grumpy. But also, …
Read More »Japanese film ‘Drive My Car’ wins Best International Feature Film, the only thing of note that happened at the Oscars
The 94th edition of the Academy Awards were held last night and it’s relevant to Asian entertainment yet again as Japanese film ‘Drive My Car‘ was nominated for Best Film, …
Read More »Rundown: Stray Kids, ITZY, NCT U, CRAVITY, Seori, VERIVERY, T1419
Some bright spots — or at least sections of songs — but for the most part a pretty shitty week so far, honestly. ====== T1419 – “EDELWEISS” I feel bad …
Read More »Miyawaki Sakura & Kim Chaewon sign with Source Music/HYBE Labels, probably set for upcoming girl group
Going back to March of last year, there were reports that former HKT48 and IZ*ONE member Miyawaki Sakura would be heading to HYBE Labels (then Big Hit Entertainment), and that …
Read More »Around The Web: A reviews update, ‘The Wonder Girls’ movie lookback, fan translators, anti-feminist backlash against idols + other stuff
Like I’ve been saying, every feature that I’ve added or revived this year has been with the goal of covering as much ground as possible while doing as little work …
Read More »Highlights: Amaki Sally’s lessons, Billlie’s Tsuki goes viral, Chuu does volleyball, Jisook makes an app, Daisy clarifies + some other stuff
Just realized this entire post is from women, so I’ll just pretend it was for International Women’s Day. ====== Amaki Sally, Genius 多分信じてもらえないので、私と萌ちゃんの威力をここにて告発しますww.Moe tweeting that I punched her during rehearsals, …
Read More »Rundown: Billlie, TXT, N.O.M, Sorn, CRAXY, Solji, SKY-HI, T1419
A relatively slow week in terms of big name releases, but we always have N.O.M. ====== T1419 – “Run Up” The Japanese debut of a group I have yet to …
Read More »Highlights: Narin does Ailee’s evolution, Dreamcatcher cooking, Fab anti, Daisy on Twitter, IU being IU
Hello and welcome to my ever growing quest to be as lazy as possible. Highlights is where I’ll compile/dump entertaining shit I found that I wanted people to see even …
Read More »Rundown: Epik High, A Pink, Taeyeon, TREASURE + more
Things are actually beginning to look up in Korean music this year, honestly. Not necessarily the singles, but the b-sides are quite nice. —— A Pink – “Dilemma” A similar …
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