So there’s a big melon about C-actor Cheng Yi this week and his side has brushed it off as he flew to Paris for fashion shows and issued a denial. A well-known C-gossiper claimed that a two named popular actor, who has cheated before and has plenty of dirt, is the kept man of a rich older woman who was … Continue reading →
Climbing the fame ladder is a tricky thing and there are rarely leaps that go from unknown to top star in one jump. Most people climb it lock step and one moment is that weird in-between famous enough and not top level famous yet. Fashion is adjacent to acting so when a star gets famous enough there is usually fashion … Continue reading →
So C-actor Zhang Ling He went from no dramas to what may be three dramas in less than two months time airing. The xianxia drama Tiger and Crane just announced an October 2nd premiere on iQiyi after total silence on this one basically since it filmed in early 2022. Starring Zhang Ling He with Jiang Long as a dual male … Continue reading →
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 →
This feels like a full circle casting at the right time for K-actress Suzy. She’s long shed the idol-actress moniker as it’s been years since she was the idol side of things and in the most recent past year she got lots of praise and also awards for her acting in the K-drama Anna. So her taking on the role … 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 →
It’s well known that K-actress Son Ye Jin loves to play golf but her beaming smile and radiating demeanor when playing golf on a variety show that aired this week is clearly not for the love of the sport. During the round she chit chatted a lot about her life now as a mom and wife, she got married last … Continue reading →
So the first love gets a second chance concept has been done umpteenth times in K-dramas and most recently had a really nuanced take with Our Beloved Summer. Another one is in the works with the quirky title I am Against My Love and is getting buzz for being the project helmed by the PD of Descendants of the Sun, … 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 →
So the summer of 2023 was not nice to Yang Yang, going in with one of the most promoted C-dramas of the busy season and coming out with only complaints from viewers the Fireworks of My Heart. At least he’s been filming the upcoming xianxia C-drama A Record of a Mortal’s Guide to Immortality and perhaps can adjust his acting … 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 →
