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C-actress Zhao Lu Si Keeps on Venting Her Dissactisfaction at Agency Galaxy KU in Continued Livestream and Demands Negotiation to Terminate Contract

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 12, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 12, 2025
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So this livestream venting by C-actress Zhao Lu Si towards her agency Galaxy KU continues on now past one week with no end in sight, either her stopping voluntarily or her agency forcing her to stop. She is getting insane viewership numbers and in show business there is no such thing as bad publicity. She shared in the latest livestreams … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

Bai Lu in Talks for Next C-drama the iQiyi Produced Chinese Peach and Plum with Maybe Male Lead Shawn Dou

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 12, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 11, 2025
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When stars talked about being overworked, it’s clearly more true than not but even from the public eye some are definitely getting run more ragged than others openly. Top drama actress Bai Lu is one of those who has not stopped for any meaningful period of time for what feels like 7 years straight since she started landing female lead … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Chinese Peach and Plum, Shawn Dou

First Look at jTBC K-drama My Youth as Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo Hee Rekindle First Love Flames

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 11, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 11, 2025
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When K-dramas want to do the first love trope, which it does a lot and to mixed results, it definitely delivers on the visual. The sun dappled warm coziness of the first posters for upcoming jTBC romance My Youth is so pretty, and kudos for having the story feature two sets of couples. Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo Hee … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chun Woo Hee, Lee Joo Myung, My Youth, Seo Ji Hoon, Song Joong Ki

Tian Xi Wei and Hu Yi Tian Start Filming Modern Romance Drama Genius Girlfriend as Billing Jostling Continues Behind the Scenes

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 11, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2025
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Last week a new C-drama kicked off filming and it’s the modern romance Genius Girlfriend with Tian Xi Wei and Hu Yi Tian. So far nothing much to note other than the height difference is going to look great onscreen and hopefully these two have chemistry with each other. There is a billing fight behind the scenes, but fight indicates … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Genius Girlfriend, Hu Yi Tian, Tian Xi Wei

C-actress Yang Xi Zi Reportedly Finished Shooting Scenes for Cheng Yi’s The Journey of Legend to AI Face Swap with Second Female Lead Eleanor Lee and Drama Tentatively Scheduled for Early September

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 10, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2025
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Streaming platform Tencent made a decisive decision to replace second female lead Eleanor Lee (Lee Kai Xin) in its big male lead C-drama The Journey of Legend after her alleged insulting Chinese people and entertainment industry scandal exploded in May three months ago. That’s why the reshoot with C-actress Yang Xi Zi has finished and the AI face swap post … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Yi, Eleanor Lee, Lee Kai Xin, The Journey of Legend, Yang Xi Zi

New August 2025 Weekend K-dramas Deliver Unexpected Ratings Results with Mary Kills People Tanking to 1% Range and Beyond the Bar Doubling in Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 10, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2025
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There are two new August weekend K-drama arrivals, neither of which particularly appeal to me in either subject matter or cast but would happily check out if I heard it was good. It’s now been three episodes for each and the ratings of MBC drama Mary Kills People with Lee Bo Young and Lee Min Ki are on an opposite … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Beyond the Bar, Jung Chae Yeon, Lee Bo Young, Lee Jin Wook, Lee Min Ki, Mary Kills People

Zhao Lu Si Continues Her Daily Livestreams to Increasing Viewership But Still No Movement on Her Demand for Contract Termination with Her Agency

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 9, 2025
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It’s now almost a week since C-actress Zhao Lu Si started to livestream on social media platform Xiaohongshu (Red Note) in her attempt to terminate her contract with her agency Galaxy Kuyu. Her livestreams have huge viewership numbers and whatever she’s eating, wearing, using, recommending is gets a boost in sales. Her conversations range from accusing her agency of mistreating … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

Disney+ Starts Promoting High Profile K-drama Tempest with Jeon Ji Hyun and Kang Dong Won Airing September 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2025
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This year 2025 was supposed to be a big year for Disney+ K-dramas, with the platform late last year holding a splashy star-studded media event in Singapore with the stars of the various on deck shows attending. Then in March of this year right before the biggest of all its K-dramas Knock Off was about to air the next month, … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jeon Ji Hyun, Kang Dong Won, Tempest

Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng From Coroner’s Diary Rumored to Reunite in iQiyi Produced Modern C-drama My Queen My Rules

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 9, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2025
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Never change C-ent, haha, always jumping on a hot bandwagon and doubling down on what worked. C-ent casting rumor this week has Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng in talks for a new iQiyi modern romance drama My Queen My Rules. If they accept it will be another fast reunion of popular drama CPs in the recent year, after … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ao Rui Peng, Li Lan Di, My Queen My Rules

Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting Start Filming Yield to You the Mini Drama Version of The Prisoner of Beauty

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2025
Two people in traditional Chinese attire.

Well this mini drama version of The Prisoner of Beauty is certainly going for spicy all out, at least for the female lead lol. Filming has started for Yield to You starring Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting, and he’s got the general look down but she’s straight up rocking a courtesan look rather than the sheltered noble daughter raised … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Caesar Wu, The Prisoner of Beauty, Yield to You, Yue Yu Ting

K-actress Gu Hye Sun Calls out Korean Variety Program and Her Ex-Husband Ahn Jae Hyun for Continuing to Mention Their Divorce Years Later as a Conversation Topic

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 8, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 8, 2025
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I am so on the side of Gu Hye Sun here on this issue, like a million billion percent. The actress posted online this week a long statement calling out both the Korean variety programs, hosts, and her ex-husband Ahn Jae Hyun for using the topic of their divorce for conversation still. She said that it’s been 5 years and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Gu Hye Sun

Latest Casting Melon has Dylan Wang and Song Zu Er for Tencent Period Drama Ah Zhi Ah Zhi

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2025
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There’s a very fun casting melon that came up this week and I for one would love to see this pairing. Song Zu Er has been in talks for the Tencent Republic era period C-drama Ah Zhi Ah Zhi adapted from the same name novel and now the platform wants Dylan Wang as the male lead. If he joins the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ah Zhi Ah Zhi, Dylan Wang, Song Zu Er

Legend of the Female General Premieres to Strong Buzz Thanks to Tencent’s Heavy Promotion But Mixed Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 7, 2025 by ockoalaAugust 7, 2025
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Yesterday was D-Day for those of us (memememe!) waiting for the premiere of Legend of the Female General, adapted from a novel by Qian Shan Cha Ke titled Rebirth of a Star General. Tencent had to delay the drama for six months due to the scandal with a male supporting lead and then filming his scenes with a different actor … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Lei, Legend of the Female General, Zhou Ye

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