C-actress Zhou Yu Tong Issues Formal Apology for Her Behavior on Variety Show Divas Hit the Road 6 After Viewers Complain Over a String of Her Questionable Actions

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Stars sometimes think variety is a great way to get popular by showcasing a cute personality but it’s also fraught with showcasing what one may think is fine conduct but it’s not seen as such by most others. This week C-actress Zhou Yu Tong issued an apology for her actions on the variety show Divas Hit the Road 6 after … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Bring the CP Feels in Modern Photoshoot Promoting Their Currently Airing Drama The Story of Pearl Girl

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Hot damn why did the drama gods have to reunite Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning for their second go-around and this time both as first leads rather than their second lead romance and then NOT give them a great story. Ugh, I’m so frustrated with The Story of Pearl Girl but with zero complaints about these two in … Continue reading →

Chae Jong Hyeob and Kim Min Ju Cast in Romance K-drama Shining

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There is a new romance K-drama cast and ready to film for a 2025 release. It’s titled Shining and will star Chae Jong Hyeob and idol-actress Kim Min Ju. He’s been a male lead for years now and does quiet romance so well but she’s getting her first female lead role after being a supporting star in a few dramas … Continue reading →

Byun Woo Seok is the Runaway Vote Getter in the Joynews Poll of Top Rising Stars in 2024 in K-dramas

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I expect to see 2024 breakout K-actor Byun Woo Seok in the news a lot from now until year end as the year end polls and/or awards come out, he was just that big this year. The Joynews poll of 200 plus industry insiders across multiple topics has released the vote on top rising star in K-dramas in 2024. Byun … Continue reading →

C-ent Bracing for Big Male Lead Battle in December 2024 as Dylan Wang’s Guardians of the Dafeng and Yang Yang’s The Immortal Ascension Both Air

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So the big female lead drama battle this month in November 2024 between Zhao Lu Si in The Story of Pearl Girl and Yu Shu Xin for Love Game in Eastern Fantasy is looking more and more like there will be a clear winner. But this is just a prelude for an even bigger battle coming next month in December … Continue reading →

Kim Nam Gil Explains that He Turned Down K-drama Get Schooled Already After Netizens Upset Since the Webtoon Has Problematic Elements

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There was news this week that actor Kim Nam Gil was doing the K-drama Get Schooled (based on webtoon True Education) as his next drama. Netizens got upset because the original webtoon story has elements of violence, racism, and misogyny. But if you ask me, those elements likely are the issues in the webtoon the teacher character is there to … Continue reading →

Tan Song Yun’s Tang Dynasty Female Empowerment Drama Brocade Odyssey Tentatively Scheduled for End of November 2024 Premiere

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So the reception to the female empowerment, growth, and overcoming adversity aspect of currently airing C-drama The Story of Pearl Girl isn’t getting a lot of love from viewers. But the genre remains a frequently tapped on and earlier this year there was Blossoms in Adversity and coming up next is Brocade Odyssey. Youku has reportedly scheduled the Tang dynasty … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning and Ding Yu Xi Reaping Different Results as Last Minute Male Lead Replacements in The Story of Pearl Girl and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy

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Even if the final airing numbers come out with The Story of Pearl Girl on top, the industry talk now is that same time aired Love Game in Eastern Fantasy will likely be the bigger “winner”. It had a smaller budget, less promo, and has reached near same level if not more popularity than Pearl Girl. Both dramas also had … Continue reading →

Wang Chu Ran Gets Career Boost with Well Received Turn in Summer 2024 Period C-drama Are You the One

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To say career boost feels less accurate than returning her career to the very promising state it was in before her big stumble last summer. I’m talking about C-actress Wang Chu Ran who was one of the up-and-comers among the current slate of Flowers but last summer 2023 her mega high profile C-drama Fireworks of the Heart turned into a … Continue reading →

C-actor Fan Cheng Cheng Accepts and Promises to Improve After Broad Criticism Over His Bad Acting in 1970’s Homespun Period Drama Romance in the Alley

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There are a lot of nepo babies in entertainment industry in any country so C-ent is no different and some are okay while most are unskilled but trying hard. C-actor Fan Cheng Cheng, the much younger brother of former top actress Fan Bing Bing, has been pursuing his actor career since he came of age and through his own sister … Continue reading →

Hou Min Hao Criticized as Culturally Ignorant for Mistaking Bone China for Blue and White Porcelain in Giving Present in Tanzania for Divas Hit the Road Season 6

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So another C-actor is being coined with sad sack description of “Hopeless Illiterate” or “Desperate Illiterate” and it’s Hou Min Hao. He’s been in the variety program Divas Hit the Road Season 6 and in the latest episode the squad visited Tanzania and at a senior center Hou Min Hao gave a present to the director that he said was … Continue reading →

Bai Lu Fans Upset with Her New Drama Strange Tales of Tang Palace After Learning the Script is Male Lead Centric and the Drama is Orchestrated to Cement Wang Xing Yue’s Status as Top Male Lead

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The upcoming C-drama Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣) has now confirmed both the female lead Bai Lu and a day later male lead Wang Xing Yue. Filming will start soon and more info is coming out and a big industry chatter is on the plot. Apparently the drama plot is male lead centric (so-called Big Male Lead) type of … Continue reading →

Both The Story of Pearl Girl and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy Hit 200 Million Views in 5 Days as C-ent Gets the Much Needed Drama Hits

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Oh this is just good news all around and one that needn’t be a competition with each other. There is way too much room for everyone to succeed then to try to nitpick. Maoyan data congratulated both The Story of Pearl Girl and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy for each surpassing 200 million views as of November 5th, making it … Continue reading →