Railway 1970’s Era C-drama Always on the Move Becomes Highest CCTV Viewership Show in 2024 and Breaking Last Episode Record Set by The Knockout

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So while fans of liuliang stars continue to pay more attention to the buzzier idol/xianxia/wuxia dramas, the mainstream dramas that air on CCTV and other established channels continue to be where the prestige is earned. It’s only two months into the new year 2024 but there is already a mega hit called Always on the Move (Chinese title Going South … Continue reading →

Dispatch Drops Dating Bombshell Between K-pop Idol Aespa’s Karina and K-actor Lee Jae Wook and Both Sides Confirm

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Oooooh this is a juicy and if true totally cute new dating couple. Dispatch released pictures and a news report that Lee Jae Wook is dating Aespa member Karina, and goodness are these two equally attractive in that tall, sleek, charismatic way. They couple reportedly fell for each other at first sight last month meeting at the Milan fashion show … Continue reading →

Occult Horror Movie Exhuma Hits 2 Million Tickets in Premiere Weekend as Biggest Domestic Film Opening in Two Years Amid Rave Reviews

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The doldrums of the South Korean box office was happily shattered this past weekend with what is now the biggest domestic Korean movie opening in more than two years since The Roundup: No Way Out in 2022. The occult supernatural horror movie Exhuma had over 2 million admissions in its opening weekend (2.29m from Thurs through Sunday) and also got … Continue reading →

C-actress Yuan Bing Yan Reportedly Gives Up on Post Tax Evasion Comeback and Transitions to Stage Acting

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So not every tax evasion scandal with C-celebrities have the same consequences and it really depends on severity and scope. C-actress Yuan Bing Yan‘s tax scandal details I won’t rehash but her case was actually on the not as severe side until her side decided to fight it with the government and argue her case. It was that response which … Continue reading →

College Age Romance C-drama Everyone Loves Me with Zhou Ye and Lin Yi Drops Preview and Posters with Rumored Premiere

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So this is one of those cheaper to produce but could be a small hit C-dramas that are so prolific in C-ent. The reportedly soon to air college age romance C-drama Everyone Loves Me starring Lin Yi and Zhou Ye is adapted from the same name novel but honestly from the story line and previews borrows so many elements from … Continue reading →

Period Spy Thriller C-drama Deep Lurk with Cheng Yi and Ying Er Reportedly to Air Drop Next Month

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This may be one of the most inadvertently apropos drama titles ever. The period spy thriller C-drama Deep Lurk was filmed in 20219 which is so far pre-COVID it was like a different lifetime ago. The drama stars Cheng Yi and Ying Er and if it’s Cheng Yi pre-Love and Redemption he hadn’t broken out yet. The drama is set … Continue reading →

K-netizens Criticize Moon Ga Young’s Outfit at the Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Show as Ill-fitting and Unattractive

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In earlier days I would say the primarily critique of K-actress Moon Ga Young and her outfit at the fashion show would be that it was too risque and inappropriate. No one really thinks that in this day and age but the Dolce & Gabbana black bra top with hot pants and garter with what resembles pantyhose as waders look … Continue reading →

Tan Song Yun and Hou Ming Hao Kick Off Filming for Xianxia C-drama Xiao Yao

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So another C-drama just started filming after the lunar new year holidays and it’s called Xiao Yao (逍遥 which means carefree). It stars Tan Song Yun as the titular Xiao Yao named female lead and Hou Ming Hao which for some reason evokes Hou Ming Hao and his last drama pairing with Zhou Ye in Back From the Brink. This … Continue reading →

K-netizens Loving the Height Difference and Chemistry with Kim Hye Yoon and Byun Woo Seok in tvN Fantasy Romance Drama Lovely Runner

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I have a soft spot for K-dramas that deal with time travel or soul switching but used in a way that gives the leads more time with family and resolving unfinished business. 17 Again, Hello It’s Me, and Twinkling Watermelon are a few recent faves of mine. Upcoming tvN drama Lovely Runner (Running Away with Sun Jae on My Back) … Continue reading →

Dylan Wang and Ren Min Sign on for Thriller Modern C-drama with Veteran Pan Yue Ming

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So the rumors that Dylan Wang is really trying to leave the idol drama world and enter the mainstream drama/movie land is definitely true as after his most recently filmed drama Guardians of the Dafeng he only has a movie in discussion and now this serious drama he just signed on for. The drama is called Confessions in the Dark … Continue reading →

C-ent Casting Rumor Has Yang Zi and Xiao Zhan in Wuxia C-drama The Year of the Book with Second Male Leads Liu Yu Ning and Tan Jian Ci

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Hahahaha, this casting is straight out of fan fiction but there is clearly is a shred of possibility as it’s making the rounds in C-drama casting rumors within the industry. There is talk of Xiao Zhan and Yang Zi doing a second go-around for the wuxia period drama The Year of the Book (书君年 Shu Jun Nian). I will believe … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won Stick Out Like Sore Thumbs in Each Other’s Family Dinners in New Poster and Previews for The Queen of Tears

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So the Queen herself Kim Ji Won and the Tears himself Kim Soo Hyun are just two totally different family background people trying to make a marriage work in upcoming tvN drama The Queen of Tears. So all lot of the tension and vastly disparate life experiences is going to come from the family members around them as evidenced in … Continue reading →

Kwak Dong Yeon and Lee Joo Bin Make an Adorable Secondary Couple in Upcoming tvN Drama The Queen of Tears

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So hit screenwriter Park Ji Eun isn’t just known for making entertaining and highly rated K-dramas that provide a swoony romance for the main leads, she’s also known for a string of well-written and sometimes even scene-stealing secondary leads and/or couples which has led to many a breakout opportunities. In You From Another Star it benefitted Yoo In Na and … Continue reading →