Production of Modern Romance C-drama Almost Lover with Zhao Lu Si and Peng Guan Ying Submits Drama for Approval Cut Down from 24 to 14-episodes

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Well the timing of this couldn’t be worse with the discourse going on right now with the female lead. The production company of C-drama Almost Lover this week submitted the drama for airing approval and it’s been cut down from the already slim 24-episodes to only 14-episodes. I’m not even sure there is a coherent drama left in that, what … Continue reading →

Kim Yoo Jung Goes Full Psycho in First Teaser for TVING K-drama Dear X with Kim Young Dae

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Oh wow this is going to be 100% the Kim Yoo Jung show lol. And judging from the first teaser it’s going to be dark, intense, and quite a full image transformation for her from the usual sweet girl to a total sociopath social climber. The drama is called Dear X adapted from the same name webtoon and is slated … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si’s Agency Releases Formal Response of Dismay and Shock to Her Allegations of Mistreatment and Intends to Continue to Represent Her Well

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The Zhao Lu Si accusations against her agency feel like watching a family feud played out in public and it’s hella awkward. The she said/they said has now begun as her agency released a formal statement today basically saying it’s been managing her career with care and attention this whole time, including her illness period, and that her allegations come … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhao Lu Su Blasts Her Agency on SNS for Not Supporting Her After Illness and Threatening to Just Quit

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This has been brewing for awhile and Zhao Lu Si may have telegraphed it when earlier this week she removed a link to her agency on her SNS bio. This weekend she went public with a long Weibo post blasting her agency for what has transpired (from her view) over the last 8 months. She was ill and needed to … Continue reading →

iQiyi Releases Investigative Period C-drama The Wanted Detective with Wang Xing Yue and Xiang Han Zhi

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I am surprised to see this C-drama released right now as it was rumored to be a fall release but I guess iQiyi wants to strike while the interest in the investigative period genre is high following Coroner’s Diary. The platform today released The Wanted Detective starring Wang Xing Yue and Xiang Han Zhi where they play a married couple … Continue reading →

The Immortal Ascension Continues to Do Well Hitting 10100 Heat in Youku But Starting to Get Criticism for the Two Female Leads and the Production Visuals

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We’re now 5-days into the airing of The Immortal Ascension on Youku as we start off the month of August with this being the biggest budget C-drama to air this summer. So far so good, with a quick start and strong pacing to reach 10100 heat index already, and the early reviews of male lead Yang Yang not being oily … Continue reading →

Summer 2025 Breakout BL-drama Revenged Love Male Lead Zi Yu Lands in Scandal After Ex-girlfriend Goes Public with His Douchebag Ways

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So this wouldn’t be as big but for the fact that the actor in the middle just happened to have a career breakout weeks before, in entertainment sometimes the highs beget a corresponding low. C-ent had a scandal last week with young 23-year old actor Zi Yu, who recently broke out with the streaming only BL-drama Revenged Love, a very … Continue reading →

Tencent Confirms August 6th Premiere of Legend of the Female General with Zhou Ye and Cheng Lei

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The delayed but still much awaited arrival (for me) of period revenge and romance C-drama Legend of the Female General is finally coming! Tencent will premiere the drama on August 6th and hopefully spend this week prior doing solid promos. After the abrupt cancellation of one of the main supporting leads and needing to AI faceswap his character with another … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning and Zhu Xu Dan Swiftly Deny Dating Rumors Started by a C-netizen Entertainment Blogger

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So this was a total millisecond long of a rumor but pretty random and worth sharing. This week Liu Yu Ning and Zhu Xu Dan, costars in last month’s fantasy period C-drama A Dream within a Dream, got swept up in a dating rumor. A C-ent entertainment blogger claimed the two were dating ever since working on the drama together. … Continue reading →

Song Zu Er Confirmed for Tencent Period C-drama The Palace Stewardess and the Male Lead is Between Xu Kai and Zhang Wan Yi

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A new period politics and romance C-drama is being prepped and cast for Tencent and it’s going to be a big project custom fit for female lead Song Zu Er. Tencent is super into her comeback and this will be the big budget drama to really cement her return to the top of her rung of Flowers. The drama is … Continue reading →

The Glory and Goblin Writer Kim Eun Sook’s Next Drama Revealed to be a 12-episode Sageuk Tentatively titled Moonless Night Chronicles

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Well if it isn’t the K-drama screenwriter Queen and also the Queen of doing new things. Kim Eun Sook most recently of The Glory, The King, Eternal Monarch, Mr. Sunshine, and Goblin fame is reportedly already set for her next drama, despite the fantasy romance one she recently filmed Genie, Make a Wish with Suzy and Kim Woo Bin not … Continue reading →

Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting Confirmed for the Short Drama Version of The Prisoner of Beauty Titled Yield to You

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Oh this is going to be spicy, lol. The short C-drama version of The Prisoner of Beauty has confirmed the leads and it will be Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting. Caesar was best known for being in the popular most recent C-remake of Meteor Garden and last year was the supporting male lead in Blossoms in Adversity, he’s a … Continue reading →

iQiyi Drama Coroner’s Diary with Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng Ends Popular Run But Opens with Low-ish 6.4 Douban Ratings

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This week saw the conclusion of Coroner’s Diary on iQiyi and the platform indeed must be super thrilled with not only the high viewership but also the strong online discussion, both good and bad. The surprise is that the Douban ratings opened at a not high 6.4 and in two days has dropped now to 6.2. Conversely, similar heat index … Continue reading →