“Squid Game,” Netflix’s No. 1 global hit Korean series, will be returning for a second season, according to its director. The show, which has become Netflix’s biggest ever, tells the story of 456 cash-strapped people playing deadly games for a 45.6 billion won ($38 million) prize. It stars...
Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game,” and Korean actor Jung Hae-in’s most talked about drama “D.P.” have been chosen as the best Korean OTT (over-the-top) show of 2021. As part of the 17th anniversary, Korean entertainment outlet Joy News 24 conducted a survey from Oct. 12 to...
Korean actor Lee Min-ho and the stars and director of Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” attended the 2021 Art+Film Gala organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). LACMA hosted the 10th annual gala on Nov. 6 to honor artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley, and...
Darren Espanto and Win Ha-Jun (Instagram) Singer-actor Darren Espanto was ecstatic after South Korean actor Wi Ha-Joon "liked" his recent post. Note that Darren dressed up as a "Squid Game" police officer for Halloween. "Officer Hwang Jun-Ho at your service," Darren wrote as the caption. Then in...
Malacañang supports the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board's (MTRCB) move of asking Netflix Inc. to yank from its list the episodes of “Pine Gap" that showed the inaccurate nine-dash line martime claim of China. Malacañang Palace (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
The Philippines through its Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has ordered the removal of the episodes showing a map of China’s so-called nine-dash line from the political drama "Pine Gap." (Screengrab from YouTube) Netflix Inc., the popular video streaming platform...
The King’s Affection is one of the hottest dramas yet on Netflix, ranking in the Top 10 series on the said OTT platform. Here’s a recent interview with Rowoon, the lead vocalist of SF9 who plays Jung Ju-in, a Sikawon instructor and royal tutor to Hwi in the series. Jung Ju-in and Hwi (Courtesy...
Check out this world of confusion that we’ve never seen before. Netflix releases the trailer of a highly anticipated original Korean series entitled “Hellbound,” where we explore a world swept by a supernatural phenomenon. Executors from the underworld start to condemn people to hell and a...
The scary giant doll in Netflix’s global Korean hit series “Squid Game” has surfaced in a park in Seoul, South Korea. On Oct. 25, the giant doll named “Yeong-hee” was installed in the outdoor lawn of Seoul’s Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, attracting attention from citizens....
“Hilarious, binge-worthy, and absurd.” That is how critics have described the Eugene Domingo-starred film “ Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 3” (The Woman in the Septic Tank 3), the latest in what has now become a successful franchise. And if you haven’t watched it yet, you’re in luck as the...
Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” and its lead actor, Lee Jung-jae, have been nominated at the 31st Annual Gotham Awards, which will be held on Nov. 29 in New York City. The Gotham Film & Media Institute in New York City announced the nominees in 12 categories consisting of...
“Squid Game,” the Korean series that captured the attention of millions of people worldwide, is now Netflix’s biggest show of all time. In a letter to shareholders dated Oct. 19 to announce its earnings for the third quarter of 2021, Netflix praised “Squid Game,” which stars Lee Jung-jae,...
