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Cancelled for Soliciting Prostitution C-actor Li Yi Feng Returns After Three Years with Concert in Thailand

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2025 by ockoalaApril 15, 2025

Oh ewwwwwww *vomitvomitvomit*. This week cancelled C-actor Li Yi Feng boldly and one may say shamelessly returned to entertainment with a fan meeting held in Thailand. He sang, played games, and reportedly tearfully apologized for his transgression that got him permanently called in China. And in case anyone forgot or wasn’t around 3 years ago when he was cancelled, it … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Li Yi Feng | 29 Replies

Supernatural Investigative C-drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er Breaks 9000 Heat Index in iQiyi within Days of Premiere Trending Towards Being a Hit

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2025 by ockoalaApril 15, 2025

The reception so far for recently premiere iQiyi fantasy supernatural period C-drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance is like just praying for a C on a test and coming home with an A. The drama had been shelved for the past 18-months during Song Zu Er‘s tax scandal and all iQiyi wanted was to air it and recoup some cost, no … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Allen Ren, Song Zu Er, The Demon Hunter's Romance | 8 Replies

Period C-drama Live Long and Prosper with Dylan Wang Finalizes Female Lead Li Qin and Reportedly to Start Filming End of this Month April

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2025 by ockoalaApril 14, 2025

Well this went from must watch to likely will watch with the switch up of the female lead. Period C-drama Live Long and Prosper has basically inked Dylan Wang for the last two months and earlier on the female lead in talks as Dai Lu Wa after her breakout as the second female lead in Moonlight Mystique. It’s a big … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dylan Wang, Li Qin, Live Long and Prosper | 4 Replies

K-netizen Sentiment Continue to Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun After Latest Youtuber Lee Jin Ho Claim that Kim Sae Ron Dated Singer Woodz

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2025 by ockoalaApril 14, 2025
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It’s crazy how fast Kim Soo Hyun has fallen and it feels like from his side the responses and reveals continue to be more harmful to his position that he only dated Kim Sae Ron for one year after she became legally an adult. The latest salvo comes from Youtube Lee Jin Ho, the one who Kim Sae Ron’s family … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas, Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Sae Ron, Kim Soo Hyun | 40 Replies

C-drama Love Never Fails with Liu Xue Yi and New Female Lead Hu Yi Xuan Replacing Cancelled Actress Yuan Bing Yan Reportedly Will Air Drop End of April 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2025 by ockoalaApril 13, 2025

So the release of The Monster Hunter’s Romance and the reportedly on deck of The Prisoner of Beauty are both Song Zu Er dramas, but there are other on the shelf dramas that remain in limbo and some have even completed AI reshoots to replace the canceled star. Case in point Love Never Fails with Liu Xue Yi and Hu … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ao Rui Peng, Hu Yi Xuan, Liu Xue Yi, Love Never Fails | 5 Replies

Producer Guo Jing Ming’s Next Visually Sumptuous Xianxia C-drama Veil of Shadows with Ju Jing Yi, Chen Du Ling, Zeng Shun Xi, and Tian Jia Rui Wraps Filming

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2025 by ockoalaApril 13, 2025

A new xianxia C-drama has wrapped filming this week and released the first set of official stills. It’s Veil of Shadows produced by Guo Jing Ming and starring many of the same faces that have been in his recent dramas. The leads are Ju Jing Yi, Chen Du Ling, Zeng Shun Xi, and Tian Jia Rui, and it’s reportedly a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Du Ling, Ju Jing Yi, Tian Jia Rui, Veil of Shadows, Zeng Shun Xi | 8 Replies

The Demon Hunter’s Romance Airs with The Prisoner of Beauty on Deck as C-actress Song Zu Er Gets the Soft Green Light to Return to Entertainment Industry

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2025 by ockoalaApril 13, 2025
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So the Song Zu Er getting maybe cancelled for tax evasion scandal is now a year and a half in and probably has as much traction as it does because she has two big fully filmed dramas on deck with The Demon Hunter’s Romance and The Prisoner of Beauty with lots of money on the line. Similarly Yuan Bing Yan … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Song Zu Er | 9 Replies

Zhao Lu Si Reportedly Resolves Potential Penalty for Not Finishing Filming Almost Lover by Re Signing Another Five Year Contract with Agency

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2025 by ockoalaApril 12, 2025

So this is the latest industry gossip but if her fans are taking is seriously and vocally lodging their displeasure and complaint it’s probably likely happening. This week the word is that C-actress Zhao Lu Si has resolved a potential penalty issue with the production of modern romance C-drama Almost Lover. She left the set abruptly last December for a … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhao Lu Si | 4 Replies

KBS Reports that Government Authorities are Looking into Stock Manipulation for Tutoring Company Siwon School with Agency Gold Medalist One of the Largest Shareholders

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 12, 2025 by ockoalaApril 12, 2025

When it rains it pours for embattled top actor Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist, which he started with his cousin years ago when he left longtime agency SM Entertainment. After a pause on back-and-forth new details being revealed by either side in the scandal concern him allegedly dating deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was still … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Soo Hyun | 6 Replies

Period Horror Mystery Romance K-drama Delusion Finalizes Main Cast of Suzy, Kim Sun Ho, Choi Hyun Wook, and Heo Jun Ho and Reveals Massive 45 Billion Won Budget

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 12, 2025 by ockoalaApril 11, 2025

One set of leads misstep is another set of leads opportunity it seems for the K-drama Delusion (also known as Deception). In early 2024 Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee was cast in the movie adaptation of this story which is a Naver webtoon, but then the two were caught in Hawaii while dating and it became a small … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Hyun Wook, Delusion, Heo Jun Ho, Kim Sun Ho, Suzy | 2 Replies

iQiyi Reportedly Swapping Dramas and Will Airdrop The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er on April 13th Instead of Originally Scheduled Love in Pavilion with Liu Shi Shi and Zhang Yun Long

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 11, 2025 by ockoalaApril 11, 2025

There is a twist in the iQiyi weekend drama release schedule but take it with a grain of salt. But it’s spreading across C-ent broader than the usual melon so I am hoping this time it does happen. The platform reportedly will air drop The Demon Hunter’s Romance, the long finished and shelved supernatural period drama with Allen Ren and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Allen Ren, Love in Pavilion, Song Zu Er, The Demon Hunter's Romance | 13 Replies

Tencent Thrilled with Chen Du Ling’s Success with Period C-drama The Glory Which Broke 30,000 Heat Index Before Wrapping Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 11, 2025 by ockoalaApril 10, 2025

It’ll be an interesting next few weeks to see what scripts are given to Chen Du Ling and the increase in her CFs and magazine spreads on the heels of the unexpected hit that is The Glory on Tencent. The platform is beyond please with this drama’s results, which broke 30,000 heat index and the most recent Tencent drama to … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Du Ling, The Glory | 6 Replies

Period C-drama The Days of Seclusion and Love Lowers Budget as it Finalizes Cast of Deng Wei, Rising Actress Vanda Margraf, and Second Male Lead Wang You Shuo

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 10, 2025 by ockoalaApril 9, 2025

C-actor Deng Wei is finally going back to the filming set after a year and a half not having an actively filming project. His next role will be the male lead of period C-drama The Days of Seclusion and Love, and if that title sounds familiar its because the project has been in works for over two years and has … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Deng Wei, The Days of Seclusion and Love, Vanda Margraf, Wang You Shuo | 10 Replies

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