TV: anti-Korean Wave

I am not a fan of Korean pop but as someone who writes about the region’s pop culture, I have to check it out every now and then. I may not be updated with every song, singer or drama that comes out in the Kpop market as compared to Mandopop and Jpop, but I roughly…

Pacman fails to KO Uncle Steve

I didn’t know that HP has launched a TouchPad. I am so much an iPad baby (I wouldn’t say Apple because I am not into the iPhone, the only Steve Jobs product I’m not keen on). HP even got Manny Pacquaio as endorser for the TouchPad. Unfortunately, he couldn’t knock out Uncle Steve’s iPad. And…

selling the drama: The Viral Factor on FB

(This is part of an ongoing series on ploys that production companies use to “sell the drama”.) There’s a new way to market films and dramas: through social networking sites. It’s free and effective, especially if it becomes viral. Uh, pun intended? This is how viral it can get. Jay Chou posts it on his…