So the big female lead drama battle this month in November 2024 between Zhao Lu Si in The Story of Pearl Girl and Yu Shu Xin for Love Game in Eastern Fantasy is looking more and more like there will … Continue reading
Category Archives: TW & C dramas
So the reception to the female empowerment, growth, and overcoming adversity aspect of currently airing C-drama The Story of Pearl Girl isn’t getting a lot of love from viewers. But the genre remains a frequently tapped on and earlier this … Continue reading
Even if the final airing numbers come out with The Story of Pearl Girl on top, the industry talk now is that same time aired Love Game in Eastern Fantasy will likely be the bigger “winner”. It had a smaller … Continue reading
To say career boost feels less accurate than returning her career to the very promising state it was in before her big stumble last summer. I’m talking about C-actress Wang Chu Ran who was one of the up-and-comers among the … Continue reading
There are a lot of nepo babies in entertainment industry in any country so C-ent is no different and some are okay while most are unskilled but trying hard. C-actor Fan Cheng Cheng, the much younger brother of former top … Continue reading
So another C-actor is being coined with sad sack description of “Hopeless Illiterate” or “Desperate Illiterate” and it’s Hou Min Hao. He’s been in the variety program Divas Hit the Road Season 6 and in the latest episode the squad … Continue reading
The upcoming C-drama Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣) has now confirmed both the female lead Bai Lu and a day later male lead Wang Xing Yue. Filming will start soon and more info is coming out and a big … Continue reading
Oh this is just good news all around and one that needn’t be a competition with each other. There is way too much room for everyone to succeed then to try to nitpick. Maoyan data congratulated both The Story of … Continue reading
So many of my loves together not just at the same event but sitting next to each other and interacting is just adorbs. This week’s big Weibo TV & Internet Summit 2024 saw a ton of C-stars in attendance and one … Continue reading
So I finally started watching The Story of Pearl Girl after much expectation and hype and my takeaway is fairly mixed. Solid production values (aside from some dubbing not matching lip movement well), a methodical story about merchants and trade … Continue reading
The battle of the dual female lead billing has appeared to have a decision. C-actress Ju Jing Yi will be top billed over co-female lead Chen Du Ling in director Guo Jing Ming‘s next drama Painted Skin. The male leads … Continue reading
Wow, this is such a wild start for xianxia C-drama Love Game in Eastern Fantasy with Yu Shu Xin and Ding Yu Xi. The first Douban ratings are out and it’s a very high 7.5, higher even than the actual … Continue reading
Well I guess the predilection for snow white skin in East Asian culture is not going anywhere in this modern age and second decade of the 2000s, not even for dudes. C-actor Zhang Ling He posted last week and C-netizens … Continue reading