Category Archives: TW & C dramas

TW-star Barbie Hsu Confirmed to Have Passed Away While On Holiday in Japan Hours After Rumors Spread Wildly From an Anonymous Post About a Top Taiwan Actress Dying

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Da S, Yi Lou Hao Zou 一路好走. I really am speechless and after so many posts covering the news of Asian celebs passing from accident, illness, and/or suicide, this one really hit home. TW-actress Barbie Hsu (also known as Da S) is confirmed to have passed away this week, she was 48-years old and is survived by her second husband … Continue reading →

Xianxia C-drama Shui Long Yin with Luo Yun Xi Release New Posters for Lunar New Year

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Now that the overly elaborate costumed xianxia C-drama Moonlight Mystique is done airing, it’s time for it’s equally ornate cousin Shui Long Ying to start readying for it’s arrival down the road. The drama starring Luo Yun Xi has been done filming for quite some time but hasn’t been rumored yet among the industry insiders for a definitive airing date, … Continue reading →

Ding Yu Xi’s January 2025 Edition of L’Officiel Hommes China Breaks Wang Yibo’s 5-year Record for Most Magazine Sales in China

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When there is a record it’s just waiting to be broken, and this one took 5-years and the return of another buzzy hit drama. C-actor Ding Yu Xi got a huge career boost in November 2024 just two months ago with the success of Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (drama adaptation of Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus). He got … Continue reading →

Three Big C-dramas The Golden Hairpin, Kill My Sins, and Love of the Divine Tree Scheduled to Air in February 2025

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I hope everyone who celebrates had a great lunar new year 2025 this week! Bye to the Year of the Dragon and onward to the Year of the Snake. and also onward to more C-dramas on deck ready to air. February is right around the corner and scheduling industry rumors has three big name dramas to air and compete on … Continue reading →

C-drama Adaptation of Period Novel Ask Zhu Dan in Talks with Zhao Lu Si for Female Lead

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So the return of C-actress Zhao Lu Si to her entertainment activities means the casting wheel starts turning again. This week there is talk that a production has picked up the period C-novel Ask Zhu Dan (问丹朱)to adapt into a drama and the first offer is out to Zhao Lu Si as the female lead. Whether she accepts or not, … Continue reading →

Dylan Wang in Talks for Big Male Lead Led Period C-drama Live Long and Prosper Scheduled for March 2025 Filming

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So the end result of Guardians of the Dafeng is more hit than flop and that must be a relief for Dylan Wang. He’s reportedly in talks for his next drama also a xianxia piece titled Live Long and Prosper (Chinese title Xian Yu Fei Sheng or Salted Fish Rising 咸鱼飞升) adapted from the novel of the same name. He … Continue reading →

Everlasting Longing with Angelababy and Song Wei Long Airs to Low Viewership and Brutal Reviews

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My persona opinion on the cancellation of Angelababy over attending a strip tease show in Paris is really one of the most low key offensive celeb actions to warrant a cancellation, but heck she works in Mainland China and must adhere to its requirements so she should have known better. But her cancellation for the last year has saved us … Continue reading →

C-netizens Think Deng Lun May be Gearing Up for a Comeback After Speculation that He is the Unnamed Faceless Famous Model in an Art Magazine Spread

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So there has been movement on some formerly cancelled Chinese celebs. Fan Bing Bing went overseas to continue her acting and brand career as did Zhang Zhe Han who pivoted to become a singer, and recently Angelababy saw her long shelved drama Everlasting Longing air. Now there is murmurings that actor Deng Lun, who was cancelled for tax evasion two … Continue reading →

Gong Jun and Sun Zhenni in Talks for Period C-drama Inverted Fate

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C-actress Sun Zhenni was already a female lead in two dramas but the unexpected good reviews and ratings for her just finished airing xianxia C-drama The Blossoming Love has given her another boost. She is now in talks as the female lead for the C-drama Inverted Fate (攻玉 Gong Yu) which is a project that will be headlining Gong Jun. … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhao Lu Si Resumes Activities Attending Brand Event and Cheekily Laughs Off Some Netizens Mockery of Her Seemingly Fast Recovery

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I am so happy to see Zhao Lu Si back at work looking healthy, if that is what she wants. If she wanted more time off then it sucks to be rushed back but from what can be seen onstage and her earlier SNS post, it looks more likely that she’s ready to return after a month off. She did … Continue reading →

First Set of Posters for Wuxia Period C-drama Go to the Mountains and Seas with Cheng Yi

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So the big three male lead period C-dramas filmed last year in 2024, only one has aired and that’s Guardians of the Dafeng with Dylan Wang which started with less than strong reviews and reception but kept getting better and ended on a high note. Now there are two more and both will likely air in the first half of … Continue reading →

C-actress Dai Lu Wa is the Breakout Star of Moonlight Mystique for Her Visuals and Acting and Incurs the Ire of Female Lead Bai Lu’s Fandom

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So xianxia C-drama Moonlight Mystique is winding down its run and will go down as not a flop but not a hit either, got some buzz, heat, and viewership, but not enough considering the draw female lead Bai Lu was supposed to bring in. TBH the story is derivative and the lead couple don’t have strong chemistry, the male lead … Continue reading →

Xu Kai and Zhou Ye Confirmed to Star in Period Romance C-drama A Cup of Love Starting Filming in March

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With so many period C-dramas airing between November of last year through January now it feels like the backlog of projects got released so now I’m back on the anticipation wagon for a slew of projects getting announced or starting to film. This week there is insider industry confirmation that Zhou Ye and Xu Kai will be pairing up for … Continue reading →