So there are fewer and fewer S+ budget C-dramas these days as it’s like putting all your chips on black or red in one roulette turn. Investors prefer to spread and risk and use the same amount to invest in 3 A level dramas which if two succeeds and one tanks will still bring in more returns. So a lot … Continue reading →
Like I said before, for celebs sometimes bad news can be good news in terms of results and such is the case for C-actress Zhao Lu Si. There has been a lot of online media coverage and netizen chatter about her looks having changed as a result of plastic surgery. Her agency has remained silent and it’s resulted in heightened … Continue reading →
I would say Q1 2024 was not the best for C-actor Chen Zhe Yuan getting all that negative online chatter over his maybe casting and later not casting in C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land with Dilraba Dilmurat due to billing position issues. But like all things it died down and his fans went back to waiting for his finished … Continue reading →
So I’m not sure this is a great achievement to have done but it’s definitely quite a feat. C-netizens are discussing actor Zhang Ling He this week after he’s currently filming a modern C-drama Our Generation but already signed on for his next C-drama starting filming once this one is done. This is not unusual, what is unusual is how … Continue reading →
So all the vibes I was getting from Zhao Lu Si filming C-drama Love’s Ambition with Willian Chan was that it was a romance drama. So to hear that it’s adapted from the novel The Unseen Sister (大乔小乔 Da Qiao Xiao Qiao) and that the novel is getting a big screen adaptation with Zhao Li Ying and Xin Zhi Lei … Continue reading →
Small cable network ENA remains a gem in terms of underrated surprises, it’s not consistently delivering winners but is always worth checking out when a new drama premieres and the premise is up my alley. I’m locked in for the November 2024 release of Drunken Romance because I adore leads Kim Se Jung and Lee Jong Won, and bonus points … Continue reading →
So advertising a movie is an art because you have short snippets to interest the audience and if there is a twist also keeping it under wraps. The upcoming modern romance movie Love in the Big City is being criticized by K-netizens after the new posters and previews are out for majorly misleading viewers with its promos. From the promos … Continue reading →
So there is more industry gossip on the sudden announcement of marriage with C-stars Wu Jin Yan and Hong Yao. They likely dated for six years since filming The Story of Yanxi Palace in 2018 and the industry gossip from various well known tabloid bloggers is that she is currently 4 months pregnant hence the going public with a marriage … Continue reading →
Top C-drama actress Yang Mi celebrated her birthday this week on September 12th and many of her industry friends and her huge fandom were there to wish her well. She turned 38 which is putting her in veteran actress category but one can’t stay young forever. It’s wild to me that I remember her at 19 years old and fresh-faced … Continue reading →
A new casting update from a big name K-drama actor as Lee Jong Seok may be signed on for his next project. Industry news says he’s in talks for the K-drama Seochodong (literal title) which is a legal drama. He will play a lawyer which he’s done before in both Big Mouse and While You Were Sleeping but those were … Continue reading →
The long list of nominees for the 32nd annual Chinese TV Golden Eagle Awards are out and the first issue of contention is around C-actress Crystal Liu (Liu Yi Fei) . The domestically prestigious award is held biennially so 2024 is the first one since 2022 and the nominees can have multiple drama nominations. The first round was released earlier … Continue reading →
Well okay, shocks may be a little excessive what with the rumors of the two dating for many years now, but it does seem completely out of nowhere in timing for right now. C-actress Wu Jin Yan and actor Hong Yao mutually announced their marriage today posting on their own Weibo accounts the same pictures of them getting their marriage … Continue reading →
Thank you Disney+, you’re definitely doing the drama gods work and giving us fans a surprise treat. Today the platform released the first teaser posters of five K-dramas that will be airing either at the end of 2024 or sometime in 2025. Top of the heap for me is Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun, I can’t wait for that … Continue reading →
