This is only the second time in two years I’ve seen industry casting talk put C-actor Wu Lei with an upcoming drama so even if it doesn’t come to fruition it still piques my interest majorly. C-ent is saying Youku will provide the drama adaptation of The Path Towards Heaven (Da Dao Chao Tian 大道朝天) from the same novel writer … Continue reading →
Well this is a blast from the past, and mostly from K-ent where military service is an onerous two years and countless male celebs have tried to evade it in various schemes big and small. And when I say big I mean there was a method of pulling out lots of teeth to create a dental condition and OMG is … Continue reading →
Well this was a long goodbye, in the sense that C-ent and TW-ent has been loudly discussing these two being estranged and divorced/heading for divorce for over a year now. Cross-border married couple C-actor Chen Xiao and TW-actress Michelle Chen (the Chens are no more) have formally announced they are divorced after 8-years of marriage. The two share a young … Continue reading →
The investigation into K-actress Kim Sae Ron’s passing remains ongoing so I don’t want to speculate on cause of death or reason behind it. But her friends are speaking out and one told a news outlet that Kim Sae Ron was upbeat in recent months, she had changed her name to Kim Ah Rim in preparation for a comeback in … Continue reading →
It’s always with a heavy heart I need to write a post about a celeb passing away and this one is both shocking and also probably not wholly impossible that it happened. Young K-actress Kim Sae Ron has passed away this weekend, she was only 24-years old and 25 in Korean age. If it feels like she’s been around forever … Continue reading →
So this drama has been discussed for over two years and multiple actors and actresses attached at different times. But reportedly this time is it as the drama will start filming at the end of February 2025 at Hendian Studios so this casting should be it. The Days of Love and Seclusion adapted from the same name novel will star … Continue reading →
There are soooooo many new posters out in C-drama land so hold your horses and see if any pique or increase your interest in an upcoming period or modern romance drama. All the main platforms released new CP posters for fans in celebration of Valentine’s Day 2025 and it’s a whole lotta cute or sweetness. I’ll name all the dramas … Continue reading →
Gosh I just want to slap this kid upside the head for his serious of shenanigans in the last two months. C-actor Li Ming De this week has reportedly been detained by police after being investigated for drunkenly getting violent and vandalizing a car. This is on top of early January when he caused an industry stir by alleging a … Continue reading →
The C-drama casting net keeps pulling in new rumors and possibilities to kick off 2025. C-actress Yu Shu Xin probably had the best end of 2024 among all her same generation lead actresses thanks to the success of Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. She has Ski into Love on deck and is currently filming modern drama Speed in Love (or … Continue reading →
Darn, what a way to waste a delivered on a platter great airing date. Tencent confirmed the release of period C-drama Les Belles on February 13th, adapted from the novel Zen Di Ta Qian Jiao Bai Mei 怎敌她千娇百媚 or How to Resist Her Thousand Charms and Hundred Flirts. Why they didn’t wait another day to say the drama released on … Continue reading →
I swear C-ent is just weird with drama filming, like Tencent officially announcing the casting of leads Jing Tian and Zhang Wan Yi in period C-drama Si Jin (似锦) this week when the drama filmed in April 2024 and wrapped filming around September all last year. I don’t know the reason for this weird gap either they forgot about this … Continue reading →
There’s a solid modern drama recently released that is worth checking out if the cast and the framework is up your alley. It’s titled Reopen My Journals (致1999年的自己 To Myself in 1999) with stars Li Yun Rui and Huangyang Tian Tian leading the younger generation cast as the older versions of the five leads are played by a strong cast … Continue reading →
The casting is going fast for this drama which makes sense if it is reportedly going to start filming next month in March 2025. Industry insiders are saying Dai Lu Wa will be the female lead in period C-drama Live Long and Prosper, which is a big male lead IP project that has inked Dylan Wang as his next leading … Continue reading →
