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Seoul Prosecutors Re-submit Arrest Warrant to Court for Yoo Ah In Claiming Additional Investigation Unearthed Coercing Accomplice Testimony and Assistance with Fleeing Jurisdiction

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I feel like the big hammer has come down on K-actor Yoo Ah In after his drug arrest and investigation earlier this year but he hasn’t yet really felt the brunt of his criminal ways. At most he was summoned for long interrogations but an earlier request for detention was not granted by the court. This week Seoul prosecutors submitted … Continue reading →

Tan Song Yun Returns to Period C-dramas After 2 Years with Shu Brocade Family Costarring Zheng Ye Cheng

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The word brocade in Chinese will be further associated with C-actress Tan Song Yun, after her hit C-drama The Sword and the Brocade a few years ago she’s back in period land as filming just started for the C-drama Shu Brocade Family (literal translation of 蜀锦人家). Her male lead will be Zheng Ye Cheng which means she’s top billing as … Continue reading →

C-actor Wu Lei’s Recent Answers Including Being with the Person I Love Has C-ent Expecting His Dating Life to be Revealed

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So Wu Lei has been in the industry for nearly 20 years as a baby baby child actor and has been managing his career so well with nary a scandal and plenty of praise for his hard working attitude and healthy sporty big boy image. Recently his dating life is back in the news as he was attending an event … Continue reading →

The Emperor’s Love Almost Got Close to Airing After Cutting Episode Down and Reducing Female Lead Yuan Bing Yan to 6-episodes Only Focusing on the Male Lead and Second Female Lead Story

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Dang, I’ve heard this in a few places (see here for one) and it goes to show that there is always a lot of attempt to salvage projects to air and recoup some money even when shit hits the fan. C-drama The Emperor’s Love with Wallace Chung and Yuan Bing Yan has been in limbo for over a year since … Continue reading →

Fifteen Year Old C-actress Ai Mi is Another Gorgeous Breakout From the Visually Stacked Cast of My Journey to You

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So the Easter Eggs in My Journey to You are aplenty and even early characters who seemingly are offed get further fleshing out whether in flashbacks or not yet dead returns. Teen actress Ai Mi, who plays Yun Que the younger sister of Yu Shu Xin‘s assassin character Yun Wei Shan, is one of those unexpected and heart breaking returns. … Continue reading →

Bai Lu and Dylan Wang’s Modern Romance C-drama Only For Love Stuck in Limbo After Producer Allegedly Under Investigation for Embezzlement and Fraud

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So this is a bit of older news but I didn’t report on it then so now is a good time because it does explain by romance C-drama Only For Love with Bai Lu and Dylan Wang has not aired yet. The drama filmed last year in 2022 during Dylan’s hit summer drama Love Between Fairy and Devil was airing … Continue reading →

C-actress Yuan Bing Yan Confirmed Personal Tax Evasion, Fined Close to 3 Million RMB, and Official Weibo Account Muted as a Ban

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Welp, this is absolutely a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. It’s also a case of getting a second chance and just giving the authorities the middle finger. C-actress Yuan Bing Yan is basically banned and cancelled in C-ent after news broke from the Chongqing province tax authorities that she has been investigated, found to have broke the … Continue reading →

Latest Casting Rumor for Fox Spirit Matchmaker Wang Quan Chapter Pairs up Chen Fei Yu and Yang Chao Yue

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The casting round robin for the third and last chapter of the Fox Spirt Matchmaker drama adaptation series continues and I won’t be surprised if the confirmed leads won’t materialize until the second chapter currently filming wraps. The Wang Quan chapter is now rumored to star Chen Fei Yu and Yang Chao Yue, with the former still regrouping after a … Continue reading →

My Journey to You Wraps with Final 7-episode Drop in One Day Delivering a Finale with Taut Satisfying Precision

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Period C-drama My Journey to You ended unexpectedly this Friday as iQiyi went from a snail pace one episode a day to dropping the final 7-episodes in one sitting for the finale. Now that it’s over, I can safely say this is my second favorite summer 2023 C-drama after Lost You Forever but totally it’s own unique specimen in an … Continue reading →

Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook Reunite in New Bromance CF Still Exhibiting Strong Goblin Era Chemistry

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It’s been many years since mega hit fantasy K-drama Goblin which is still a fave of mine because I can just watch the stuff I like about it. Male leads Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook were fan favorites during the airing of the drama for their goblin and grim reaper bickering friendship and there was a lot of promo … Continue reading →

Park Kyu Young and Cha Eun Woo Adorable in New Stills and Teaser for MBC Fantasy Romance A Good Day to be a Dog

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Until I watched Park Kyu Young in one of my fave rom-coms Dali and the Cocky Prince I didn’t find her all that suitable as a romantic leading lady. Afterwards I realized she’s not just a natural at the rom-com cadence but she has excellent chemistry with her leading men, she had it in spades with both male leads in … Continue reading →

C-drama My Journey to You with Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He Heads Into Final Stretch Still Visually Sumptuous But Hilariously a Wufeng Dating Service for the Gong Family Men

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So My Journey to You has been my most 180-degrees about turn in opinion for both leads Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Ling He as well as for director Guo Jingming. That it mostly releases 1 episode a day has made the slow burn even more painfully delightful, it gives me chance to savor each episode and really take in … Continue reading →

Lee Jong Seok Debuts Fun Dark Red Curly Hairstyle in New Snaps Celebrating 34th Birthday on September 14

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It’s a birthday celebration for Lee Jong Seok as he turned 34 years on today on September 14th. I can say 33 has been a great year him with hit drama Big Mouse and also going public with dating IU. He’s been in the industry so long I can’t believe he’s still on the younger side of his 30’s. I … Continue reading →