Category Archives: TW & C dramas

TW-entertainers Join Public Calls for Reform to Laws and the Prison System for Sexual Offenders After Disgraced Star Mickey Huang Gets a Wrist Slap for Purchasing Child Porn

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I can’t say this is pointless and sometimes it’s important enough to take a stance on it even if not much will change. Following disgraced entertainer Mickey Huang getting probation, a fine, and writing an apology letter for purchasing 7 videos of hardcore child porn discovered through a raid of the illegal website, some government officials and stars are publicly … Continue reading →

C-ent Gossip Says C-stars Zhai Tian Lin and Xin Zhi Lei Got Their Marriage License After 6 Years of Dating

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A nice bit of gossip out of C-ent for once and this time no crazy fandom is having any conniptions. A C-netizen from Qingdao is claiming the local government recently issued a marriage license for C-stars Zhai Tian Lin and Xin Zhi Lei. The two have been reportedly dating for 6 years and I say reportedly because they have not … Continue reading →

Zhang Wan Yi the Final Pick for Male Lead in Period C-drama The Brocaded Tale of the Girl Si Opposite Jing Tian with Filming to Start Next Month May 2024

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Ooooohhhhh I really like this! In one month we now have had three actors in talks for the period C-drama The Brocaded Tale of the Girl Si and the last and final is definitely my fave of the three. First there was Alan Fang, a great choice but not guaranteed since he’s not a big enough name. Then came Chen … Continue reading →

Shade Flies Between Former Article 20 Movie Costars with Ma Li’s Best Actress Award Speech and Zhao Li Ying Updating Her Famous Works Page Likely in Response

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This has been a super popcorn filled story and actually started two months earlier. During lunar new year the C-movie Article 20 directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Lei Jia Yin, Ma Li, and Zhao Li Ying was released to great reviews and high box office. All good right? Not really, as the success of the movie was marred by … Continue reading →

C-actress Song Zu Er Spotted with Hermes Purse Fragrance Shopping as C-ent Believes She Will Resolve Her Tax Evasion Case in Coming Months But Her Top Flower Actress Status is Over Regardless

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C-ent insiders are always saying that the disgraced stars will still be fine even after getting cancelled by the Chinese government after scandals mostly tax evasion but sometimes cultural/social missteps. Even ones that don’t ever come back like Zheng Shuang or Li Yi Feng or Deng Lun will have lots of money stashed away already, homes purchased, and side hustles … Continue reading →

Lin Geng Xin Dating Rumors Reemerge After The Legend of Shen Li But Appears Not to Impact the Fans of the Show

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So C-actor Lin Geng Xin‘s love life reputation in C-ent is pretty established, he’s a serial dater but not a cheater, basically a perennial bachelor lady’s man who is always in a relationship but won’t commit long term. I remember some doe-eyed drama watcher asking a big wig C-tabloid whether there was a chance that Zhao Li Ying and Lin … Continue reading →

C-drama A Dream Within a Dream to Start Filming End of April 2024 with Confirmed Leads Liu Yu Ning and Li Yi Tong

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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 →

Yang Zi’s Currently Filming Tang Dynasty Drama Flourished Peony Gets Overseas Distribution at Cannes and Also Pulling Out All Stops on Budget to Highlight the Beauty of Traditional Chinese Culture

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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 →

Zhao Li Ying Filmed Revenge Thriller C-movie and Reportedly Will Not Do Anymore Idol Dramas After Ending That Phase of Her Career on a Successful High Note with The Legend of Shen Li

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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 →

March 2024 C-drama Douban Ratings Out with War of Faith Leading the Pack at 7.8 and Dark Horse In Blossom with Surprisingly Low 5.5 Ratings

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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 →

TW Public Anger Mounts Over TW Veteran Star Mickey Huang Getting Off with a Slap on the Wrist Despite Purchasing Serious Hardcore Child Porn Even After His MeToo Scandal Last Year

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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 →

Period C-drama Qian Xiang Thousand Fragrances with Song Wei Long and Ju Jing Yi Releases First Posters as it Wraps Filming

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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 →

Period C-drama Follow Your Heart with Luo Yun Xi and Song Yi Release More Stills as it Receives Airing Permit

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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 →