Eric Dane
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February 20, 2026
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President Donald Trump has reacted to Barack Obama’s comments that aliens are real.

Claiming his presidential predecessor overstepped national security rules, Trump, 79, told Fox News on Thursday, February 19 that Obama “gave classified information.”

“He’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump added. “I don’t know if they’re real or not. I can tell you he gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that. He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information.”

Trump said he didn’t “have an opinion” on whether extraterrestrial life exists, noting, “I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it.”

Speaking to reporters, Trump then hinted that he planned to release any government files related to extraterrestrial life.

“I may get [Obama] out of trouble by declassifying,” Trump told Fox News.

Later taking to social media, Trump again claimed he intended to declassify information surrounding the potential existence of aliens.

“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters,” Trump said in the social media post.

Referencing aliens while speaking to political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen on February 13, Obama, who served as the 44th President of the U.S. from 2009 to 2017, claimed, “They’re real.”

Obama stated that although he believes extraterrestrial life exists, he has not personally encountered any evidence that confirms it.

“But I haven’t seen them,” he continued. “They’re not being kept at Area 51. There’s no underground facility — unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the President of the United States.”

Two days later, Obama clarified his remarks via an Instagram post after the comments were widely reported on.

“I was trying to stick with the spirit of [Cohen’s] speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify,” he wrote. “Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there. But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low.”

Obama concluded, “I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!”

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In September 2025, Congress held a hearing in which House members questioned five witnesses — including former military members — about their alleged encounters with “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena,” or UAPs.

“I’m here to provide a first-hand account of what I saw,” Alexandro Wiggins, a member of the U.S. Navy, testified at the time, alleging he saw a UAP on February 15, 2023, while aboard the USS Jackson off the southern California coast.

Wiggins insisted that what he witnessed flying overhead was “not consistent with conventional aircraft or drones.”

Appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2021, Obama said he wanted to know about aliens when he became president of the United States.

“The truth is, that when I came into office, I asked, ‘Is there a lab somewhere where we’re keeping the alien specimens and spaceship?’” he said on the talk show.

Feel-good K-dramas are some of the most common Korean series out there, but very few are made to be genuinely feel-good in nature. With genre-bending ideas and premises, a K-drama that feels like a nice love story can also have elements of fantasy, science fiction, history, or heavy drama. K-drama creators may be experts at making all sorts of series for global fans, but sometimes it’s hard to find a show that is, at its core, just a sweet story that feels like an experience of the joy of living.

The best feel-good K-dramas are a blend of romance, comedy, and drama, and these ten know how to do it best while making the narrative uncomplicated. If you’re looking for a series that helps you feel better at the end of a long day, or you want to spend a weekend binge-watching K-dramas without investing any difficult emotions, these shows can undoubtedly help with that.

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‘She Was Pretty’ (2015)

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In the 2010s, K-dramas that were at the height of popularity revolved around physical appearance in some way. For example, Oh My Venus is an iconic show that could count as feel-good, but might be too much for some because it talks about a woman’s company secretly hiring a personal trainer to get her back in shape for the sake of appearances; My ID is Gangnam Beauty revolves around a woman, who was mocked for her looks, changing her entire face before going to college, etc. Out of all those, seemingly problematic shows, She Was Pretty might be the least problematic, and it’s a great representation of the 2010s K-drama wave.

She Was Pretty follows Hye-jin (Hwang Jung-eum), a woman who sports her natural look everywhere she goes, with her freckles and curly hair; before she started appearing everywhere “unkempt,” she was a pretty and popular girl at school, and she was friends with the underdog, Sung-joon (Park Seo-joon), who is now a very good-looking editor-in-chief of a magazine. Complications arise when Hye-jin gets a job at Sung-joon’s company, hiding her true identity from him, and asking her best friend to pose as her. It’s a fun situational comedy with a lot of misunderstandings, lost opportunities, and funny revelations, and even if the topic doesn’t sound like it, it’s very feel-good.

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‘Touch Your Heart’ (2019)

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Another K-drama that revolves around romance as the saving grace of its cold, career-oriented protagonists is Touch Your Heart. Lee Dong-wook stars in it, and by 2019, he was already an established name and one of the greatest K-drama male leads of his time; he’s joined by Yoo In-na, and people talk fondly about Touch Your Heart, Yoo and Lee’s chemistry, and the feel-good narrative in which their romance evolves.

Touch Your Heart follows a disgraced actress, Oh Jin-shim (Yoo), who has to prepare for her comeback project by immersing herself in the law world as a secretary for the lawyer, Kwon Jung-rok (Lee). They eventually fall in love, despite clashing at first, and Jung-rok goes from a workaholic who cares only about his reputation to a gentle, loving man. Jin-shim, on the other hand, learns about personal responsibility and taking accountability. Touch Your Heart has some life lessons ingrained, but it’s mostly a gentle and very feel-good series.

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‘Gaus Electronics’ (2022)

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Fans of workplace K-dramas will love Gaus Electronics because it was obviously inspired by The Office, but it has a unique Korean twist on it, with gags, situational comedy, and slapstick, but also personal ambition and romance. Gaus Electronics is one of the best K-comedies that will make you laugh out loud; you know what they say—laughter is the best medicine.

Gaus Electronics follows Marketing Team Number 3 at the famous multinational corporation, Gaus Electronics, which specializes in home appliances. The protagonist is, unofficially, Kwak Dong-yeon as Sang-sik, an ambitious go-getter who can’t seem to get things right around the office; he is joined by Ko Sung-hee, Bae Hyun-sung, and Kang Min-ah, who portray his colleagues, and the show focuses on their private lives, too. As a feel-good, slice-of-life office romance/comedy, Gaus Electronics is an underrated comedy that’s perfect from start to finish.

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‘Welcome to Waikiki’ (2018–2019)

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One of the best comedies that is also a slice-of-life series is Welcome to Waikiki. It has two seasons, though the cast changes in Season 2 (except Lee Yi-kyung), and people rarely recommend it. You can watch Season 2 if you want to feel the vibes, but Season 1 is superior, and with 20 episodes, there’s enough to go around. Episodes are between 45 and 60 minutes and are typically divided into two parts; a lot happens, and a lot of it is situational comedy and comedy of misunderstandings. The cast is hilarious and has great chemistry, though the aforementioned Lee Yi-kyung is often the show’s funniest actor.

Welcome to Waikiki follows three best friends and film enthusiasts, Dong-gu (Kim Jung-hyun), Joon-ki (Lee), and Doo-sik (Son Seung-won). They wish to have different careers in film and one day make their own movie, but until they can make their dream happen, they run a B&B called Waikiki, which isn’t very successful, but it’s definitely eventful. Sometimes, Dong-gu’s sister, Seo-jin, and single mother, Yoon-ah, join their daily adventures, and episodes are elevated with great relationships and hilarious events in each of their daily lives.

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‘Crash Course In Romance’ (2023)

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Another very feel-good show is Crash Course In Romance, a series that combines romance, comedy, and slice-of-life moments. This show became so popular when it came out that it directly impacted fashion trends across South Korea, with many women, in particular, seeking wardrobe pieces that Jeon Do-yeon wears in the show. The show is beloved for its middle-aged protagonists, reflections on society, tender vibes, and beautiful visuals.

Crash Course In Romance follows the former athlete Nam Haeng-seon (Jeon), a shopkeeper raising a teenage daughter, who starts taking courses for college entrance exams. Excellent math tutor Choi Chi-yeol (Jung Kyung-ho) frequently visits Haeng-seon’s store, but when he learns that she’s not trying to get his attention to tutor her daughter, they enter a strained relationship that goes from enemies to inevitably lovers later on. Crash Course In Romance is also a story about familial love and trust, and its 16 episodes go by very quickly because of how fun it is.

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‘Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo’ (2016)

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One of the most beloved and best K-dramas of all time, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, is definitely feel-good material from start to finish. The show has excellent character development and a fun premise that can be relatable to anyone chasing their dreams. In fact, it was so relatable that the young demographic in South Korea was the show’s biggest audience, turning the show into a cult series with a large following.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo follows the eponymous Kim Bok-joo (Lee Sung-Kyung), a college freshman who pursues her dream of becoming an Olympic weightlifter. While the show is mostly about college athletes fighting for their way and to achieve their dreams, the story is also a romance when Bok-joo becomes friends with Joon-Hyung (Nam Joo-Hyuk) and his older brother Jae-Yi (Lee Jae-Yoon). The show is fun and heartfelt, and many people cite it as one of their all-time favorites.

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‘Summer Strike’ (2022)

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Summer Strike is a relatively unknown K-drama, but it’s one of those feel-good shows that gets under your skin very quickly. Visually stunning, with many wholesome moments in nature and with other people and animals, the show delivers a message of taking it easy and taking life one day at a time. Im Si-wan stars alongside Kim Seol-hyun (often known as just Seolhyun), who is the protagonist; she is charming and often goofy and funny, showing off a lighthearted side of her acting. Despite that, the story sometimes becomes heavy when repressed emotions come up.

Summer Strike follows Yeo-reum (Seolhyun), who grows tired of living the same life over and over. She decides to move to a small town by the sea called Angok, where she enjoys herself, takes things slowly, and meets friendly people. Among those people is a reclusive genius, Dae-bom (Im), and they bond and find that they both escaped busy city lives. Filmed on location, Summer Strike is perfect for lovers of rural escapes and living life in lush nature, away from the car horns and skyscrapers.

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‘Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha’ (2021)

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Speaking of K-dramas where the lead moves to a small town, there are plenty, and this kind of plot is quickly becoming one of the greatest K-drama tropes. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha is the most popular representative of that particular genre of K-drama; Shin Min-a leads a colorful series filled with wholesome moments, calming vibes, and gentle but necessary character development. If you’re a K-drama beginner, this is also a great series to start with.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha follows Seoul-based dentist Yoon Hye-jin (Shin), who experiences career problems and decides to move to a seaside town to start over. She opens a dental clinic there and grows closer to a local man, known as Chief Hong (Kim Seon-ho). They go through misunderstandings and confrontations at first, but eventually bond despite those small clashes. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha is one of the most-watched K-dramas of all time and one of the most popular shows on Netflix, even now, five years after it was released.

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‘Business Proposal’ (2022)

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One of the most romantic K-dramas and one of the greatest office romance shows ever is Business Proposal. Hardcore K-drama fans love it as much as beginners in that drama world do, with the show boasting a widespread appeal with its charming leads, fun humor, and lots of heartfelt moments. Business Proposal might be riddled with tropes and some clichés within the drama world, but it’s still a highly watchable series you will find yourself binge-watching at one point.

Business Proposal follows Ha-ri (Kim Se-jeong), who agrees to go on a blind date instead of her friend Young-seo (Seol In-ah), only to realize that the man she is meeting is her current boss, Kang Tae-moo (Ahn Hyo-seop). Tae-moo is the CEO of a food product corporation, and he is pressured into getting married by his family; he asks her to get married immediately to avoid any more blind dates, but Ha-ri is scared to reveal her true identity. The story takes different twists and turns, and it’s a very fun series often filled with slapstick comedy moments; you’ll love watching and relaxing with this feel-good series.

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‘Hospital Playlist’ (2020)

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Hospital Playlist is one of those must-watch K-dramas; whether you’re a beginner or a veteran in the K-drama watcher world, you’ll undoubtedly fall in love with this medical drama immediately. It’s an ensemble effort that combines comedy, drama, romance, and slice-of-life moments; it is very feel-good, despite having some heavy-ish medical cases that resonate with real life. Even when rooted in some real-life troubles, a show becomes a lot more entertaining and relatable, so this shouldn’t be a detriment to the show’s appeal.

Hospital Playlist follows five doctors who have been friends since medical school and who have a band they play in their spare time. The five all have different backgrounds that often come into the foreground and provide lessons and obstacles. However, they also have a great time together and help each other get over problems and talk things over, being there when it matters along the way. It’s wholesome, ridiculously funny at times, and a beautiful series about the importance of friendship that you can watch all day long.

A24, following the advice shared on the theatrical poster for Marty Supreme, did indeed dream big. After months of an unorthodox, in-your-face marketing campaign, shepherded by its star and Oscar-nominee, Timothée Chalamet, the sports drama-thriller, written and directed by one of the studio’s staples, Josh Safdie, has become a genuine cultural sensation. It’s not just cinephiles on Letterboxd who are obsessed with Marty Supreme, as the film has just become A24’s highest-grossing film in their 14-year history, passing Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once. Grossing $93 million domestically and $147 million worldwide, the film is validating its sizable budget and onslaught of gonzo promotional tactics. A24 has come a long way since being the little-engine-that-could studio, and their latest hit outlines the strategy all studios should take in selling original, star-driven movies.

‘Marty Supreme’ Helped Certify Timothée Chalamet as a Movie Star

Beginning as a distributor for independent cinema, A24 has evolved into an industry powerhouse as a production company that gives auteur directors the creative leeway often lacking within major studios. For better or worse, A24 has become a brand unto itself, with fans rallying around the company as if it were a singular artistic entity. Without compromising on their standard of quality, which encompasses everything from arthouse dramas and quirky comedies, they have elevated to higher-budget, spectacle-oriented cinema, marked by Civil War and Marty Supreme.

Met with critical acclaim and adoration from the Academy Awards, earning nominations for Best Actor, Director, and Picture, Marty Supreme was a critical test for A24 and its captivating movie star at its center. There was no Paul Atreides or Willy Wonka in sight—Marty Supreme was a champion at the box office thanks to the draw power of Timothée Chalamet. The film’s success assured the faith of movie stars as a pull for mainstream audiences, and not one that’s been a household name since the 1990s. Chalamet is truly the movie star of his generation, as his go-getter, hustler mindset blended with his infectious charm that speaks to Internet sensibilities finally offers something new for younger, film-savvy audiences.

‘Marty Supreme’ Became a Tentpole Event at the Movies

Josh Safdie, who previously directed films with his brother, Benny Safdie, does not make movies that scream “blockbuster.” Marty Supreme shares parallels with the brothers’ earlier efforts, Good Time and Uncut Gems, niche films that never aspired to crack through the mainstream. However, Josh’s latest film has seemingly brushed up against the monoculture without the backing of a superhero or video game mascot. With the right star, a clever marketing campaign that manifests naturally, and a creative angle targeting an eager demographic, Marty Supreme laid the groundwork for how to make an original movie sell. Receiving the lucrative holiday opening weekend slot, the film felt like a moviegoing event, aided by Chalamet’s eccentric media campaign, everything from standing on top of the Las Vegas sphere to supplying film-themed jackets to celebrities, and positive word-of-mouth.

Audiences were rewarded by flocking to theaters for this idiosyncratic black comedy-drama about an obnoxious but admirable ping pong player, as Marty Supreme plays tremendously well with a crowd. Marty’s manic behavior, from his relentless bombast when selling himself as a star to his off-color jokes, elicits awkward but infectious laughs. When the tension runs high, as it routinely does in a Safdie film, you’ll want to share this stress-inducing sensation with another person. The trappings of the conventional sports movie allow casual audiences to engage with all of Safdie’s quirks and oddities to their fullest. At the end of the day, Marty Mauser is the classic sports underdog with the entire world seemingly against him.

There was a general concern that A24 would lose its independent, uncompromising artistic charm by increasing the budget and scope of its catalog, but Marty Supreme is here to show that miracles in the industry can come true. A24 is still a brand for film buffs, and it can also excite mainstream audiences into seeing a movie where Timothée Chalamet gets spanked with a paddle by Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank. While the tide hasn’t completely turned, the uplifting box office results for original movies like Sinners and Weapons suggest that audiences are down to experience something that would’ve been deemed outside the box ten years ago. The studio leaned into the peculiarity of Josh Safdie’s proclivities and the larger-than-life bravura of Chalamet’s performance, and, as a result, this film about ping pong and Jewish empowerment in a post-WWII New York City felt like a blockbuster.

Marty Supreme is now available to watch on VOD services.

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Release Date

December 19, 2025

Runtime

150 minutes

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Director

Josh Safdie

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Producers

Anthony Katagas, Ronald Bronstein, Timothée Chalamet, Eli Bush, Joe Guest, Jennifer Venditti, John Paul Lopez-Ali, Maiko Endo

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February 20, 2026
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Eric Dane shared two months before his death that he would be releasing a new memoir.

Maria Shriver’s Penguin Random House publishing imprint, The Open Field, announced in December 2025 that Dane’s book, titled Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments, would hit shelves the next year. The project is expected to take a look back at the days of Dane’s life that “have meant the most,” per People.

This will include “when his daughters [Billie Beatrice and Georgia Geraldine] were born, his first day on set on Grey’s Anatomy, the moment he decided to get sober, the day he received his ALS diagnosis, and that hopeful day in the future when ALS is finally cured.”

“I wake up every morning, and I’m immediately reminded that this is real — this illness, this challenge and that’s exactly why I’m writing this book,” Dane said in a statement.

He continued, “I want to capture the moments that shaped me — the beautiful days, the hard ones, the ones I never took for granted — so that if nothing else, people who read it will remember what it means to live with heart. If sharing this helps someone find meaning in their own days, then my story is worth telling.”

Shriver, meanwhile, shared that she was so “honored” to be publishing Dane’s words. She noted that his story was “a courageous one that inspires me deeply.”

“Eric wants to give his daughters and family something to be proud of, and this book will not only make them proud, but it will also help people understand what ALS is and isn’t, what happens to someone when they get it and how we can all be compassionate partners to people suffering with neurological conditions such as this,” Shriver said in a statement.

Two months after the announcement, Us Weekly confirmed that Dane died at age 53.

“With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS,” his family told Us in a statement. “He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world. Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric became a passionate advocate for awareness and research, determined to make a difference for others facing the same fight.”

The message continued, “He will be deeply missed, and lovingly remembered always. Eric adored his fans and is forever grateful for the outpouring of love and support he’s received. The family has asked for privacy as they navigate this impossible time.”

Dane is survived by his two daughters, whom he shared with estranged wife Rebecca Gayheart. Dane and Gayheart wed in 2004 before separating more than a decade later. She withdrew her divorce petition in March 2025.

The actor later went public with his ALS diagnosis in April 2025. In a statement to People at the time, Dane shared that he was “grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter.”

Paula Pickard — the sweet and innocent off-and-on girlfriend of Mike Sorrentino — was just 21 years old when she made her first appearance on season 1 of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” back in 2010.

Paula first appeared on season one, however, Paula and ‘The Sitch’ did not become a ‘situation’ until season 6 in 2012.