C-ent Casting Rumor Says Youku Set This Week to Confirm Zhao Lu Si and Song Wei Long as Leads for Big Budget Xianxia Romance C-drama The Adventures of Jian Chou

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So when there is a more widespread melon it’s usually got a strong grain of salt, even if in the end it doesn’t happen since there are always moving parts until the signature dries. This week C-ent casting rumors says Youku is set to announce the leads of its big budget xianxia C-drama The Adventure of Jian Chou 朝花不见愁 based … Continue reading →

Hunan TV Releases First Preview and Posters for Period Romance and Politics C-drama Dancing with the Tides with Tan Jian Ci and Lu Yu Xiao

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With June right around the corner it means we can survey the landscape of the first half of 2026 in terms of drama output. But as always, for every drama that arrived and didn’t work there are plenty more waiting to air or getting filmed. One that is perplexing me is Hunan TV’s upcoming Dancing with the Tide starring Tan … Continue reading →

Liu Xie Ning and Zhang Kang Le in Talks for Period Romance C-drama The Princess

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I feel like this is the start of C-drama castings to come, the names floated for the leads are the second leads from the last few years as the big names move away from idol dramas whether out of choice to seek prestige projects or aging out. A new C-drama titled The Princess has cast Liu Xie Ning and Zhang … Continue reading →

C-actresses Zhao Lu Si and Bai Lu Pulled into the Dylan Wang and Shen Yue Conflict Around Variety Show The Inn

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I think it will take a few more days to die down for the still expanding fallout from the alleged bullying and then counter-bullying scandal with Dylan Wang and Shen Yue from the variety show The Inn. Netizens are really taking sides, more supporting Shen Yue, but both sides are digging into past conduct from either star to show times … Continue reading →

Meng Zi Yi to Pair Up with Ding Yu Xi for Upcoming Modern Romance C-drama Endless Summer

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The number of dramas that Meng Zi Yi has been in talks for or cast in since she leveled up with Blossom is just insane, and for me it’s annoying since I don’t like her as an actress but now have to see her everywhere. She’s currently filming the drama adaptation of The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military … Continue reading →

Korean Independence Romance and Thriller K-drama Whale Star: Gyeongseong Mermaid Confirms Full Cast of Moon Ga Young, Choi Woo Shik, Heo Nam Joon, and Gong Seung Yeon

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Well this is a mighty stacked cast, and with a source material in an interesting period era is one of the bigger project K-dramas on deck. Whale Star: Gyeongseong Mermaid has confirmed earlier casting news and unveiled the full cast of Moon Ga Young, Choi Woo Shik, Heo Nam Joon, and Gong Seung Yeon. It’s a story set in 1920’s … Continue reading →

Dylan Wang Loses Weibo Followers as Shen Yue Gains in Fallout From the Jokes Towards Dylan on Variety Show The Inn

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It’s really unfortunate what happened this past week with popular C-stars Dylan Wang and Shen Yue and the variety show program The Inn. The cast made two jokes towards Dylan during the ending awards filmed three months ago and when it aired and his fans were upset at the jokes, Dylan went public that he thought he was just being … Continue reading →

Tencent Period C-drama The Road to Glory with Zhang Ling He and Lin Yun Release Filming Wrap Teaser Trailer with Viewers Calling it Pursuit of Jade 2

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The success and then later criticism of period C-drama Pursuit of Jade is one of this odd happenings. The drama did well domestically and even better internationally and the critique of the foundation general visuals towards the end didn’t seem to have that much impact when all is said and done. That means any reference to PoJ can still be … Continue reading →

C-ent Controversy Over Whether Dylan Wang Got Bullied on Variety Show The Inn, Why Shen Yue Apologized, and the Boomerang Effect of Publicly Airing Feelings

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So this is a fast arriving and even faster brewing controversy that in 24 hours has already done an entire loop as to who is right, who is wrong, and who did what. This weekend an ending episode of variety show The Inn aired and a scene happened that got netizens upset. The cast gave out awards and Dylan Wang … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning’s New C-drama Evidence Starts Filming But Netizens Focus on Sudden Change of Female Lead From Wang Yu Wen to Zhang Yi Fan

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I’m a bit surprised to see that C-actor Liu Yu Ning has picked a modern police procedure as his first drama in more than a year but a good change of pace for him. The Tencent C-drama Evidence (Tie Zheng 铁证) kicked off filming this week with Liu Yu Ning leading the cast, but the surprise and most of the … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhou Ye in Dating Reveal as Paparazzi Releases Video and Pictures of Her Canoodling with Young Man Purported to be Actor Zhou Hao Qi

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If true this is still a giant nothing burger but it’s definitely making waves in C-ent. I guess netizens just can’t handle good looking young adults dating even in 2026. This week C-actress Zhou Ye found herself top of the search thanks to pictures and videos released of alleged her in close embrace and kisses an unknown young man. Netizens … Continue reading →

MBC to Cut the Historical Distortation Coronation Scene From Perfect Crown Hoping to End Controversy After Netizens Demand the Entire Drama be Pulled

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I hope this is the beginning of this controversy dying down and is probably the only result that can placate the public and also let this drama stay streaming. MBC announced this week that it will cut the coronation scene from Perfect Crown for all streaming and broadcast. Never mind that narratively it was an important scene and also grandly … Continue reading →

Long Shelved Fantasy C-drama The Monkey King 3 with Bai Lu and Hou Ming Hao Gets Title Change and Rumored to Air this Summer

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Well this is a blast from the past, so much so that one of the leads actually looks like a completely different person to today haha. A long ago filmed and been on the shelf fantasy period C-drama is reportedly getting dusted off and finally aired. The drama was titled The Monkey King 3 (女儿国 Nu Er Guo) and stars … Continue reading →