Zhao Lu Si’s Healing Variety Show Be Myself Abruptly Paused Airing After Receiving Criticism Over Some of Her Statements During the Show

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So the recent pause/stop/end of airing of C-actress Zhao Lu Si and her personal healing variety show Be Myself, where she spent time in a remote mountain village just hanging out with the villagers, has not been fully explained yet but likely the result of recent criticism. Hunan TV paid for it and it’s airing on its streaming platform Mango … Continue reading →

Yang Zi’s Female Empowerment Period C-drama Family Business Has Fans Loving Her Costuming and Visuals

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We may be seeing the pendulum swing back to more natural costumes and visuals, viewer response has been positive on dramas with those looks versus the ones with so much ornate knick knacks and a rainbow vomit of colors. The period C-drama Family Business (Jia Ye) recently wrapped filming with Yang Zi as the top billed female lead and Han … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhao Lu Si Attends Brand Event Debuting Sleek Maroon Tinted Hair Look

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If a C-star doesn’t busy on set filming or promoting a project, keeping in the limelight through events is par for the course to stay in the news. C-actress Zhao Lu Si has returned from her medical hiatus with a variety show and brand events, but neither at a frenetic pace and seems just right to keep her still a … Continue reading →

Netflix Dark Thriller K-drama Karma Reaches #2 on the Non-English Show Chart in Second Full Week of Premiere

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Last month in March 2025 K-drama land was all about When Life Gives You Tangerines, the Netflix drama that spanned generations and delivered on tears of joy and sadness. Netflix this month went a totally different genre route and early in April premiered Karma, a thriller tale of greed, betrayal, and revenge that interwoven the lives of six people in … Continue reading →

Tencent Reportedly Will Not Airdrop The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning and Plans to Properly Promote it After the Positive Reception of The Demon Hunter’s Romance

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C-ent has the reputation of being fast and quick to make decisions on scheduling and it shows the industry is keeping a close ear to feedback. Case in point, with iQiyi airdropping The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er after it got the soft green light, initially Tencent was planning to also airdrop Song Zu Er … Continue reading →

Filming Commences for Period C-drama Against the Current with Tan Song Yun and New Male Lead Zhang Xin Cheng

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Filming is reportedly quietly underway for female lead centric period C-drama Against the Current (Chinese title 兰香如故 Lan Xiang Ru Gu). It came out when the above leaked still of female lead Tan Song Yun in costume got all her fans super excited, both that she’s headlining this drama and also her hair and outfoot look great on her! I … Continue reading →

Li Yun Rui and Sun Zhenni Pair Up for Hunan TV Modern Romance C-drama Dazzling

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There was some movement on this drama casting earlier in the year but this week industry chatter says it’s confirmed that Li Yun Rui and Sun Zhenni will be the leads for the Hunan TV modern romance Dazzling. This is Li Yun Rui’s first casting since he broke out with Blossom at the end of 2024 last year and he’s … Continue reading →

First Posters and Stills for tvN Weekend Modern Romance Drama Our Unwritten Seoul with Park Bo Young and Jinyoung

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The weekend time slot for cable network tvN was much buzzier in the beginning of the year when When the Stars Gossip (Ask the Stars) premiered, though most of that was generated by befuddlement and negative criticism for how wildly awful it was lol. But buzz is still buzz and after that drama it’s been a series of mid K-dramas … Continue reading →

Tencent Produced Period C-drama Wishing You Eternal Happiness Reportedly in Talks with Newly Returned Song Zu Er as Female Lead

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The release of The Demon Hunter’s Romance is now on day 4 and hasn’t been yanked yet so consider that confirmation of the tacit allowance that C-actress Song Zu Er is allowed back on television. Her other drama The Prisoner of Beauty is reportedly about to be airdropped as well and now there is industry casting news that Tencent is … Continue reading →

MBC Reconsidering Decision to Air Disney+ 2022 K-drama Big Bet on its Network After Massive Protest From its Production Staff

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All the talk has been current decade K-dramas being either exclusive and/or produced by a streaming platform like Netflix or Disney+ or still aired on terrestrial television such as the Big Three or cable and then the streaming rights sold to a streamer. This week K-ent reported that MBC had purchased/will purchase the rights to Disney+ produced K-drama Big Bet … Continue reading →

KBS Releases First Poster for Sageuk Romance First Night with the Duke Starring Taecyeon and Seohyun

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It’s unfortunate that the first time I heard news about this drama after the initial casting was that the production pounded nails into a historical site during filming and understandably got into trouble with the authorities. But filming continued onwards and now KBS has confirmed the airing date of June 2025 in the Wed-Thurs timeslot for the sageuk romance First … Continue reading →

Cancelled for Soliciting Prostitution C-actor Li Yi Feng Returns After Three Years with Concert in Thailand

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Oh ewwwwwww *vomitvomitvomit*. This week cancelled C-actor Li Yi Feng boldly and one may say shamelessly returned to entertainment with a fan meeting held in Thailand. He sang, played games, and reportedly tearfully apologized for his transgression that got him permanently called in China. And in case anyone forgot or wasn’t around 3 years ago when he was cancelled, it … Continue reading →

Supernatural Investigative C-drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er Breaks 9000 Heat Index in iQiyi within Days of Premiere Trending Towards Being a Hit

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The reception so far for recently premiere iQiyi fantasy supernatural period C-drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance is like just praying for a C on a test and coming home with an A. The drama had been shelved for the past 18-months during Song Zu Er‘s tax scandal and all iQiyi wanted was to air it and recoup some cost, no … Continue reading →