It was Thursday (late) afternoon, June 19, 2008, when I started to feel the presence of Typhoon Frank in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte. At that time, I was still waiting for my loveones to arrive. They would attend my wedding that would be held on the next day, June 20, 2008. I was very much worried, [...]

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The Taiwanese TV Series “Mischievous Princess” is now aired here in the Philippines through the ABS-CBN which started last January 5, 2009. The story of the Mischievous Princess is circling around a lady who is a member of the royal family who dressed up like a man to help the poor. It’s like the Zorro [...]

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The cast and crew of hit Taiwanese series Devil Beside Me join forces again for the new romantic youth drama Why Why Love. Fans have been clamoring to see Mike He and Rainie Yang in a drama together, and their wishes have finally been answered. The golden couple and Kingone Wang light up the small [...]

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MBC’s new mystery melodrama La Dolce Vita (a.k.a. Bittersweet Life) finds Oh Yeon Soo (Jumong) playing a part reminiscent of Diane Lane’s Oscar-winning role in Unfaithful. Also staring Lee Dong Wook (My Girl), Jeong Bo Seok (Dae Jo Yeong), and Park Si Yeon (A Love), the drama is hailed as a daring portrayal of middle-aged [...]

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Throw away any preconceptions you may have about Korean period dramas ’cause imagination runs wild in KBS’s outrageous new drama Hong Gil Dong! Touted as Korea’s first ever small-screen fusion period comedy, this quintessential drama puts a major comical spin on one of the most notorious fictional characters in Korean history – Hong Gil Dong, [...]

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In October 1979, Korean president Park Chung Hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean CIA, Kim Jae Kyu, triggering massive political unrest. Offering a fascinating look into one of the most turbulent times in Korean modern history, 5th Republic is a controversial political drama that covers the key aspects of the [...]

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SBS’s new trendy melodrama My Sweet Seoul (a.k.a. My Sweet City) has been compared to Sex and the City for its realistic depiction of thirty-something urbanites in the 21st century. Filmmaker Park Heung Sik, director of the acclaimed I Wish I Had a Wife and My Mother, Mermaid, crosses over to television to helm this [...]

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Divorce brings people together, at least in the case of the new MBC drama The Lawyers of the Great Republic Korea. Starring film actor Lee Sung Jae (Daisy, Stranger than Paradise), Lee Soo Kyung (Soulmate), Ryu Soo Young (Bad Couple), and Han Eun Jung (Full House), this romantic comedy revolves around a separated couple and [...]

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Barbie Hsu from Meteor Garden and Taiwanese singer Show Luo (The Outsiders II) can be seen in Taiwan’s promising new TV drama Corner With Love, regarded as the Chinese version of the hugely popular Korean title Full House. Affectionately called Big S and Little Pig by their fans, the two stars have no trouble passing [...]

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Can a marriage survive after an affair? My Husband’s Woman explores the intimate, sometimes appalling, sometimes absurd, but always painful ordeal of women on both sides of the story behind an extramarital affair. Bae Jong Ok (Goodbye Solo, Lie) plays a typical homemaker whose perfect life comes crashing down when she learns that her husband [...]

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