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Top 50 of 2023 – My Favorite Songs of the Year!
It’s that time of year again! And as always, I had trouble putting together my list of favorite music from this year. Initially, I wasn’t sure again if I even had 50 songs I could list. But once I did...
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My Top 10 Favorite Korean Dramas of 2022!
In previous years since I was able to watch many more K-Dramas during COVID in 2020. I was able to list my Top 20 shows every year with a couple of extra just outside of the Top 20. In 2023, I was...
View ArticleMy Top 16 Favorite OSTs of 2023
“Perfect,” “encapsulate,” “capture,” “evoke”; I’ll use those words a lot here. But it really is those things that make a song well-suited to be part of a TV or film soundtrack. Here are 16 of my...
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My 2023 K-Drama All-Stars
Last year, I decided to put together my K-Drama All-Stars list. That is, actors who I might have seen the most in my drama watching during the year. Though I watched less Korean dramas in 2023, I...
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My 2023 K-Drama All-Stars (Ensemble Cast)
This year, I decided to single out some wonderful ensemble performances in Korean drama from 2023. Sometimes it takes an entire cast to come together to help make a show so good, or even elevate a...
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Happy New Year!
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Commentary: Eat Bulaga/Tahanang Pinakamasaya – NOW, Can Everyone Move On?
I feel like a good rant this Friday evening (Saturday noontime, Philippine time). I posted back in December that it was time to move on from the Eat Bulaga drama. I closed out my post back then by...
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Commentary: Filipino Schadenfreude, Network War Culture and The End of...
Warning: Looooong rant incoming! Friday evening here in California at 10:32 p.m. Scrolling on Facebook, I saw that the TAPE Inc livestream of Tahanang Pinakamasaya was still on and live. I was...
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Shows I’m Looking Forward to From GMMTV2024 UP&ABOVE PART2
I’ve had a lot of fun watching GMMTV’s annual trade launches these last few years. Even though I end up watching maybe one or two shows from the line-ups each year, just watching this big event and...
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Fan Casting a GMA Network Filipino Adaptation of Korean Drama “Penthouse”
There’s been some tsismis about the potential of a Philippine adaptation of the blockbuster Korean drama series Penthouse. Everything from it becoming the second GMA Network-ABS-CBN collaboration to...
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