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Youku Drops First Trailer for Big Budget Xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension with Yang Yang with Likely End of July Release

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2025
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The wait may finally be over to see the live action adaptation of popular novel A Mortal’s Guide to Immortality. You just released the first trailer for The Immortal Ascension starring Yang Yang with female lead Jin Chen. The preview looks fine to me, someone with no attachment to the source IP and not a fan of xianxia unless it … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jin Chen, The Immortal Ascension, Yang Yang

The Rumored Recent Breakup of Long Time C-ent Couple Zhang Xin Cheng and Li Lan Di Back in Gossip Pages with the CP Shipping in Her New Drama Coroner’s Diary

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2025
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So one of the longer C-ent everyone knows but never confirmed dating couples reportedly broke up (for good) recently. In May 2025 a few months ago, gossip was saying that Li Lan Di and Zhang Xin Cheng broke up, this time it’s over for real. The couple dated for 7 years since doing a school youth romance drama in the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dating, Li Lan Di, Zhang Xin Cheng

Zhao Lu Si Juxtaposes Ladylike and Edgy in Cover and Pictorial for August 2025 Edition of Elle China

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 21, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 21, 2025
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We’re now in the second half of 2025 and still no news yet in sight of a next acting project for C-actress Zhao Lu Si. Her health issue at the end of last year and not finishing the filming of her last drama Almost Lover remains the elephant in the room for production companies and her next step(s). She is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Zhao Lu Si

Son Ye Jin and Jo Yu Ri Start Filming Netflix Darkside of the K-pop Industry K-drama Variety

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 21, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 20, 2025
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So I didn’t hear about this drama until now, when it’s already started filming and Netflix has released the script reading stills. It won’t arrive until 2026 but will add to the streaming giant’s slate of big name K-dramas for next year. The drama is titled Variety and stars Son Ye Jin and Jo Yuri, from the writer and PD … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jo Yu Ri, Son Ye Jin, Variety

When Life Gives You Tangeries Takes the Daesang Award at the 2025 Blue Dragon Series Awards with IU Winning Best Actress

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 20, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 20, 2025
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This weekend was the 4th annual Blue Dragon Series Awards, the television offshoot of the prestigious Blue Dragon Film Awards, with only online streaming K-dramas and shows eligible. The winners were mostly the same names as the Baeksang Awards two months ago in May, with the differences being some of the Baeksang winners were for cable and terrestrial shows thus … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Culinary Class Wars, IU, Joo Ji Hoon, When Life Gives You Tangerines

First Look at Ao Rui Peng and Dai Lu Wa Filming iQiyi Investigation Thriller Period C-drama Now or Never

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 20, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 20, 2025
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The timing couldn’t be better to hear about a new Ao Rui Peng drama especially when it sounds similar to his currently popular one airing. The Coroner’s Diary is doing well in buzz and ratings and is looking like a true breakout for Ao Rui Peng, while Moonlight Mystique did okay it didn’t help his career as much as this … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ao Rui Peng, Dai Lu Wa, Now or Never

C-netizens Embarrassed to Send China’s Two Worst Acting Stars to Paris as Chen Fei Yu and Yang Chao Yue Attend Balenciaga Fashion Show

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 20, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 19, 2025
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It’s being called combo of the worsts by C-netizens, and it doesn’t help that one of the two looks absolutely terribly at delivering on the fashion element. Chen Fei Yu and Yang Chao Yue were spotted at the Balenciaga show in Paris this week and seeing them in one frame is sending C-netz into a tizzy of mockery and embarrassment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Yang Chao Yue

Bai Lu and Her Team Reportedly Unhappy with the Unappealing Costume Designs for Currently Filming Period C-drama Mo Li

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 19, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 19, 2025
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Lol, I can’t believe I’m seeing the opposite reason but the same thing that happened with Dilraba Dilmurat and her fandom during the filming of her C-drama Love Beyond the Grave. There the complaint on her costume was that it was too ornate and too much going on all over the place. Now there are complaints coming out from the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Cheng Lei, Mo Li

Tencent Produced Big Budget Period C-drama Wrong Era Looking to Reunite Zhou Yi Ran and Zhang Miao Yi After Popular First Go Around

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 19, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 18, 2025
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The attempt to make young C-actor Zhou Yi Ran happen by Tencent is becoming quite amusing to date. The young man got a breakout in 2023 thanks to the surprise hit youth drama When I Fly Towards You (WIFTY) and since then it’s been clear as day that Tencent wants their boy wonder to become the next big drama actor. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wrong Era, Zhang Miao Yi, Zhou Yi Ran

Official Posters, Stills, and Preview for tvN Sat-Sun Sageuk Romance Bon Appétite, Your Majesty with Yoona and Lee Chae Min

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 18, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 18, 2025
Chef and king in historical setting.

Next month in August the sageuk romance with a modern girl time-travel element Bon Appétite, Your Majesty will premiere on tvN in the Sat-Sun time slot. It’s really been a ratings desert all through K-drama land and while this drama may not break that trend hopefully it adds some sizzle to deliver a fun watch. The drama stars Yoona as … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bon Appetit Your Majesty, Lee Chae Min, Yoona

Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui Heat Up the C-ent Buzz with Beautiful Ocean Backdrop Kiss Scene for C-drama Dazzling

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 18, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 17, 2025
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So filming has been chugging along for modern romance C-drama Dazzling starring Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui, with mostly their fans doing day-to-day updates. But this week it went buzzy all over C-ent thanks to the two leads filming a kiss scene. The scene was shot over many hours and had dozens of takes, from close ups to … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Dazzling, Guan Xiao Tong, Li Yun Rui

Authorities Release Outcome of Investigation into C-actress Huangyang Tian Tian’s Family Wealth and Alleged Policy Violations Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 17, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 17, 2025
Woman in traditional and modern attire.

It’s good the authorities looking into C-actress Huangyang Tian Tian and the scandal around her family’s wealth and other violations moved fast to investigate and reach a conclusion. The slow rolling makes it hard to plan out whether her already filming dramas can air as well make impact her getting cast in new roles if she is found to not … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Huangyang Tian Tian

Period C-drama Yu Ting Yao has Reportedly Fallen Apart with Main Investor Leaving the Project After Months of Billing Jostling Between Leads Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yun

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 17, 2025 by ockoalaJuly 16, 2025
Two people in traditional Asian attire.

I’m glad there are finally consequences for these so-called billing order fights between the male and female leads in C-dramas. Unless it’s clear one star is a whole level above the other, nowadays even up-and-comers at times are trying to take top billing over established stars. This situation has apparently now derailed the period C-drama Yu Ting Yao, which had … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Wu Jing Yan, Yu Ting Yao

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