So today September 29th is Mid-autumn Zhong Qiu in Mandarin Chinese or Chuseok in Korean and it’s basically Asian Thanksgiving. Family gathering together to eat and hang out, plus drinking and watching TV together. C-dramas usually release new posters for all the major holidays such as Chinese Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year and of course Mid-autumn Festival. This year’s … Continue reading →
Man, talk about shooting your self in your own foot intentionally. News broke this week that Liu Yu Ning was in talks to be the male lead in Pearl Curtain and Jade Curtain, which for the last 6 months had signed on Zhao Lu Si as the female lead but had a modeling runway of potential male leads pass through. … Continue reading →
This summer 2023 C-actress Dilraba Dilmurat has been at fashion shows, events, and will soon film a travel variety show. Reportedly she’s picked her next C-drama and it’s a period female lead centric story with the title Wanzha Chaohuang (万渣朝凰). If it’s the same title as the manhwa then it’s a soul hopping time travel story where the female lead … Continue reading →
So not all tax crimes are equal and sometimes not all alleged tax crimes are even actually crimes. The clamor in C-ent after Song Zu Er came under tax fraud investigation followed by the confirmed tax penalty on Yuan Bing Yan after a year under investigation was that everyone should get their taxes in order and the authorities were going … Continue reading →
This is either the hardest C-drama to cast or just made for generating casting buzz. In a full six months since Zhao Lu Si has been cast as the female lead of Tang Dynasty period drama Pearl Curtain Jade Curtain basically 2/3rds of the C-ent drama actor have been rumored as the male lead. So far not a single dude … Continue reading →
The awesomeness of slow burn mystery period C-drama My Journey to You has me fully back on the wuxia train and there’s a finished filming wuxia drama on deck to air in A Journey to Love. Starring Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning, the two leads were at a press event this week promoting the drama and also released … Continue reading →
I feel like Liu Shi Shi tends to work in waves and right now she has A Journey to Love with Liu Yu Ning on deck and she’s adding to that with Fox Spirit Matchmaker series second installment the Zhu Ye chapter with male lead Zhang Yun Long. The Yue Hong chapters stars Yang Mi and Gong Jun and has … Continue reading →
So this ought to be airing soon (I hope) as the official preview has been released for Fox Spirit Matchmaker the Yue Hong chapter. Starring Yang Mi and Gong Jun, this chapter predominately red in color and is chock full of Tu Shan clan fox goddesses and deals with their love for mortal men and we all know those pesky … Continue reading →
The recent resolution of C-actress Yuan Bing Yan‘s tax scandal last week after over a year since news broke that she was under investigation goes to show that there is a lot going on behind the scenes. Yuan Bing Yan has since been ordered to pay back taxes and is all but completely cancelled in C-ent. Recently under tax investigation … Continue reading →
After a few year’s hiatus, C-actress Wu Jin Yan is back with C-drama The Double that is also produced by Yu Zheng so she really is tied at the hip with him after he made her super popular with Story of Yanxi Palace but couldn’t really sustain that in follow up projects. The male lead is Wang Xing Yue and … Continue reading →
So modern workplace and romance C-drama Sunshine by My Side ended recently and I feel like it’s the same with so many of Xiao Zhan‘s recent dramas – praise and positivity for his performance with no impact on his popularity but a mixed bad of complaints with the overall drama. This one got okay ratings, I actually think The Longest … Continue reading →
Ooooh, melon and behind the scenes cattiness, I love it! Melons are of course rumors so take it with a grain of salt. C-drama My Journey to You can be summed up as a mixed bag, it got viewership and buzz but was split down the middle in terms of likes and dislikes. It didn’t hurt the careers of director … Continue reading →
The word brocade in Chinese will be further associated with C-actress Tan Song Yun, after her hit C-drama The Sword and the Brocade a few years ago she’s back in period land as filming just started for the C-drama Shu Brocade Family (literal translation of 蜀锦人家). Her male lead will be Zheng Ye Cheng which means she’s top billing as … Continue reading →
