Category Archives: TW & C dramas

C-ent Tabloid Captures Nicky Wu and Liu Shi Shi Together with Son Starting Off 2024 Deflecting Usual Rumors of Impending Divorce

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So it’s been a consistent rumor since around 2022 that married couple Nicky Wu and Liu Shi Shi will get divorced. It’s pretty much the same stuff around different priorities in career/family and disagreement about where their son would be education (Taiwan v. Mainland China). The most recent rumor is that it will be announced in 2025 after the couple … Continue reading →

C-actor Hu Ge Reportedly Pleased with the Solid Success of Blossoms Shanghai and Intends to Keep Being Picky with His Projects

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C-actor Hu Ge has another hit on his hands with the C-drama Blossoms Shanghai directed by HK auteur Wong Kar Wai. This is probably his most high profile C-drama in nearly a decade since his career elevating critically acclaimed hit Nirvana in Fire. He’s been so picky with dramas and movies and rightly so, reportedly he only went against his … Continue reading →

Production Indecisiveness Around Top Billing for Chinese Paladin 4 is a Self-created Problem and May End Up Suddenly Air Dropping Drama with Zero Promos

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There are so many finished C-dramas with actual problems, like in jail mail leads, a topic that is banned by the C-government, and a cast member under investigation for tax evasion. So Chinese Paladin 4 not airing yet is the funniest shiz because it’s solely self-created by the production and network in signing a contract two years ago with Ju … Continue reading →

Yang Zi and Zhu Yi Long Wins 2023 Weibo Night Queen and King as the C-stars Put on the First Red Carpet Party of the New Year

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The first big C-ent party of 2024 was this weekend with the 2023 Weibo Night celebration that brought out nearly all the popular stars in the industry. Yang Zi and Zhu Yi Long took home the top awards Weibo Queen and King but it’s a popularity award of course. The rest of the awards all fete the stars with notable … Continue reading →

C-actor Peng Guan Ying Finishes Re-shoots for The Golden Hairpin as Yang Zi Adds the Drama to Her Agency Promos for 2024

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It’s new year with good news for beleaguered C-drama The Golden Hairpin. After countless fits and starts and various actors attached to the re-shoot, the final contender Peng Guan Yin has reportedly finished his re-shoots and the drama is headed to post-production. This is the S-level drama starring Wu Yi Fan and Yang Zi that went into limbo after his … Continue reading →

First Look at Xiao Zhan in Period Drama Zang Hai Zhuan in BTS Pictures From Filming Set

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Oh, me likey! The more Xiao Zhan can get away from xianxia the better IMO, even with his breakout beloved The Untamed it’s been too many years now and with last year’s underwhelming The Longest Promise I would love to see him in a more grounded role. The first BTS stills have hit the interwebs from the set of currently … Continue reading →

C-ent Looks Back 12 Years Later at the Infamous Backstabbing Yin Xiao Tian Incident in 2012 and All the Backstabbers Careers Have Flailed While the Supporters Have Succeeded

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I was solely covering K-dramas in 2012 but even then I heard of the infamous Backstabbing (Sword Stabbing) Yin Xiao Tian Incident that year. It’s so famous it even has its own Baidu page haha. It spawned factions, memes, accusations, denials, betrayals, and true friends emerging. In 2012, then one of the four top male leads Yin Xiao Tian was … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning’s Agency Suggesting Female Leads for His Next Period Drama Other than Yang Chao Yue But Can’t Find Any Takers

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I really like Liu Yu Ning but when there is smoke there is likely fire, and the rumors of his side’s hustling to get more exposure (such as increased scenes in dramas) may have a modicum of truth. It’s coming up again as he’s signed on as the top billed male lead for the period C-drama A Dream Within a … Continue reading →

Xin Zhi Lei Breaks Out Thanks to Wong Kar Wai Directed C-drama Blossoms Shanghai and Other C-actresses Reportedly Now Want Pouty Lips Like Her

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I don’t know if C-actress Xin Zhi Lei was born with Kylie Jenner manufactured lips or it’s with work done but she is absolutely the definition of a onscreen bombshell in the currently airing C-drama Blossoms Shanghai. In the last two weeks she’s received the most positive lift from the drama buzz and is the breakout among the three female … Continue reading →

Chinese Paladin 4 with Ju Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan Mired in Top Billing Controversy and Reportedly Pulled From Airing at the Last Minute This Week

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So there are rumors for the past few weeks that Chinese Paladin 4 would be airing in January 2024. It’s not a big budget drama and was filmed in 2022, plus there is Sword and Fairy based on Chinese Paladin 6 just wrapped filming that would be ready to air soon as well. But this week there is no CP4 … Continue reading →

Yang Yang and Jin Chen’s Xianxia Drama The Immortal Ascension Gets Additional Investors and Rises to S-level Production

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Within C-ent the S-level drama production means the highest level of money investment so the biggest budget basically. Investment comes from the production company going out to get investors, it’s rare for a production company to cover the entire cost of the budget. Afterwards the drama is sold to platforms and also sells commercials and if it’s a success the … Continue reading →

Liu Shi Shi and Deng Wei Cast in Tencent Period Investigation Mystery Drama Kill My Sins

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So this is basically a done deal unless something drastic happens, the pairing and the scheduling both work well. A new Tencent produced C-drama is kicking off pre-production called Kill My Sins (Chinese title Zhang Xin 掌心 Palm of the Hand). It’s a big S-level female lead top billed drama and will star Liu Shi Shi who goes into filming … Continue reading →

Xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal with Zhao Lu Si and Wang An Yu Wraps Run and Opens with 6.1 Ratings on Douban

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I personally use anything over 7 as decent and worth checking out when a drama opens on Douban the crowd rating site in C-ent. Over 8 is amazing and around 6 is mediocre, and anything below that in the 5s and under is avoid at all costs. Xianxia C-drama The Last Immortal (Hidden God) wrapped its run last week and … Continue reading →