So C-actor Liu Yu Ning is going to go back-to-back what with wrapping The Legend of Jewelry with Zhao Lu Si just this month and now heading into filming for his next C-drama. It’s called A Dream Within a Dream (书卷一梦 Juan Shu Yi Mong) and is adapted from the same name novel. After a few actress names were surfaced … Continue reading →
So Yang Zi and Li Xian are hard at work currently filming the Tang dynasty period drama Flourished Peony (国色芳华 or The Legend of Fragrance) and the production is also hard at work. The team reportedly went to Cannes and has secured a French production company for overseas distribution, believing the drama’s top shelf production values and story about the … Continue reading →
So C-actress Zhao Li Ying filmed xianxia C-drama The Legend of Shen Li nearly two years ago and her decision to take another idol drama has paid off as it’s the biggest hit of 2024 so far, but of course the year is only 1/4 over so plenty more C-dramas are on deck. But for her, this is reportedly the … Continue reading →
The two unexpected surprise C-dramas of March 2024, by which I mean the expectations were low and promos next to none, have come out with diametrically opposite Douban ratings. The spate of March 2024 C-dramas have gotten their opening Douban ratings this week and the highest rated is republic era spy drama War of Faith with Wang Yibo and Li … Continue reading →
Holy shit is is way worse and just grossing me out to write up. New details have emerged into further disgraced entertainer Mickey Huang‘s latest legal trouble involving purchasing videos of underaged girls discovered from a police investigation into the VIP level video sale website. Turns out he bought 7 videos over the course of a few years but it’s … Continue reading →
What disheartening news to hit K-ent this week, it’s just so out-of-the-blue as such things can be. K-singer Park Bo Ram is confirmed to have passed away at just 30 years of age. She was reportedly hanging out with friends at an apartment, excused herself to go to the bathroom, and then her friends found her unconscious on the floor … Continue reading →
Streaming giant Netflix has been a roll in 2024 with its own produced K-dramas, much more akin to the success of 2022 than in 2023 when its K-drama were just okay received. There was A Killer Paradox, Chicken Nugget, and most recently Parasyte: The Grey. But it feels like the network is going too fast paced with a new released … Continue reading →
It’s the blunt bangs and stick straight hair, as Anne Hathaway taught us twenty years ago in The Devil Wears Prada. The clothes, yes that’s important, but the hair is transformative in sealing the fashion deal. C-actress Tian Xi Wei has been openly changing her image from her debut of cute girl-next-door looks into the iteration of cool edgy fashionista. … Continue reading →
So this is the drama that Ju Jing Yi was still filming when In Blossom premiered and guest starring Zheng Hehuizi stole her thunder, and in a stroke of irony the two were filming this drama together where Ju Jing Yi is the female lead and Zheng Hehuizi the supporting female lead. It’s called Qian Xiang (Thousand Fragrances) adapted from … Continue reading →
I don’t think this drama is air dropping anytime soon but it now has it’s airing permit so it’ll be up to iQiyi when it wants to slot it in. Period C-drama Follow Your Heart with Luo Yun Xi and Song Yi has been on my radar since it filmed last year and I loved the dark, mysterious, and quiet … Continue reading →
Man, watching C-drama producer Yu Zheng being the pompous troll that he is may be more entertaining than this drama end product. The xianxia C-drama Lin Jiang Xian (formerly Heng Men You Hu or There is a Fox in Hengmen) commenced filming this week with leads Bai Lu and Zeng Shun Xi (Joseph Zeng) who theoretically should be fine together, … Continue reading →
So this week had a new C-drama arrive with Best Choice Ever on Tencent. Starring Yang Zi and Xu Kai, the drama has a sprawling cast and is more about the families and work issues than the OTP romance though there is also that. The first numbers are out and in three days has 7.3 million views. It would be … Continue reading →
C-drama War of Faith (Wind Chaser) is about to wrap its fun and turns out a drama that was air dropped with barely any promos is the surprise big hit of 2024. Starring Wang Yibo and Li Qin, it’s a republic era communist party during the war drama that was filmed awhile ago and seemed to be one of those … Continue reading →
