C-actress Dilraba Dilmurat’s Fandom Upset at Couture House Christian Dior for Her Global Ambassador Outfit that was Worn Two Years Earlier by Chinese Singer Liu Yu Xin

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I remember reading about how the fashion styling for the Oscars is always a multi variable and dimensional game of chess to dress actresses by the various brands and also to avoid showing up in similar outfits, something another actress wore before, or god forbid the same gown. “Smacking shirts” the Chinese phrase for wearing the same outhit has happened … Continue reading →

Meng Zi Yi and He Yu Confirmed as Leads for Tencent Period C-drama Blossoms of Power

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Ye old blossom has returned and this one has power to boot! Tencent announced this week the finalized casting for its upcoming period C-drama Blossoms of Power with the Chinese title 百花杀 Bai Hua Sha or Hundred Flower Kill which was originally titled in Chinese 东风信 Dong Feng Xin or Eastern Wind Letter. The coveted female lead role goes to … Continue reading →

K-actor Yoo Yeon Seok Hit with Largest Ever Tax Audit Owed Amount of 7 Billon Won

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Well this is becoming a case of which star can top the next tax audit bill for unpaid amounts in South Korea. Last month Honey Lee was hit with a 6 billion won of owed taxes after an audit that started with her agency, and not a month later we have Yoo Yeon Seok topping that amount with a 7 … Continue reading →

K-actress Lee Shi Young Announces Divorce From Businessman Husband After 8-years of Marriage

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It happens more often that I want to see, covering the marriage of a celeb only to years later cover the dissolution of said marriage. Another K-star is joining the ranks of tried it but couldn’t make it work, with news this week that actress Lee Shi Young and her businessman husband of 8-years are getting a divorce. They have … Continue reading →

Tencent Airdrops Period C-drama The Glory with Chen Du Ling and Xin Yun Lai Formerly Titled Noble Lady

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Talk about a big surprise on a random middle of March courtesy of Tencent, the platform released C-drama The Glory with zero announcement today so start your binge if this is on your bingo list of to-watch dramas. The same title unfortunate aspect to the hit Netflix K-drama The Glory aside, the Chinese title also changed from Gui Nu (貴女 … Continue reading →

Autumn Arrives in Third Week of Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines as Kim Sun Ho’s Reportedly Guest Appearance is Revealed to be the Daughter’s Husband

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Oh this is so going to get K-netizens goat up lol, but a bit of controversy of this nature is fine. Two weeks in Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines continues to rack up views, accolades, and online buzz for a generational story anchored by IU and Park Bo Gum as Jeju countryside kids turned married young adults trying … Continue reading →

Kim Sae Ron’s Family Files Lawsuit Against Youtuber Lee Jin Ho for Defamation and Harassment and Plans to Sue Kim Soo Hyun Unless He Admits to Dating Kim Sae Ron When She was a Minor and Apologizes for the Denial Lies

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When a tourniquet keeps tightening at a point something is going to give and it’s looking more and more like top actor Kim Soo Hyun will not be able to sustain the claim that he dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron after she legally became an adult in 2019. Her family has filed a lawsuit against Youtuber Lee Jin … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si’s Female Lead Period C-drama Ask Dan Zhu Reportedly Gets Wang Zi Qi as the Male lead

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There remains a lot of potential dramas that claim Zhao Lu Si has been offered the female lead role (usually true) or has accepted (rarely true), but among this current group as she picks her next project it’s looking more and more like it will be period C-drama Ask Dan Zhu (Wen Dan Zhu 问丹朱). It’s from the same novelist … Continue reading →

Disney+ Picks Up K-drama Adaptation of Webtoon Remarried Empress with Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Se Young

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So this is really happening and with this main foursome cast, I never could have fantasy cast this lol. K-ent is reporting that the K-drama adaptation of webtoon Remarried Empress will air on Disney+ and is slated to be a 10-episode drama. Please drop it all at once Disney+ rather than one episode or a few episodes a week, pretty … Continue reading →

Top Fashion Brand Prada Officially Terminates Contract with Kim Soo Hyun as Netizens Note a String of Disaster Asian Star Spokesperson Selections Calling it the Prada Curse

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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun is sitting in 19 brand endorsements, one of the most in K-ent so in the fallout of the allegations that he dated deceased K-actress Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor will of course have fallouts for his CFs. To date, some have quietly removed his pictures from online and posters in stores and a … Continue reading →

tvN Starts Promos for Medical K-drama Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung with Release of Poster and First Teaser

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I think the safe best is to soft launch the promos of Resident Playbook and gauge the public appetite for a medical drama. It should be fine seeing as The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was a big hit, but that drama was about ER type cases but this is more the slice-of-life of a med school student in residency … Continue reading →

TW-star Barbie Hsu Laid to Rest with Husband, Family, and Friends Beside Her on a Pouring Rain Day in Taipei

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Chinese superstition has it that on the day of a funeral if it’s raining out it means even the Heavens and Gods are mourning the passing of a good person, so rainy day funerals are an auspicious sign for the deceased not that it makes anyone feel any better. This Saturday March 15th, the family and friends of top Taiwanese … Continue reading →

C-netizens Overwhelmingly Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun for Dating Underage Kim Sae Ron and C-ent Gossip Columnist Claims Insiders Have Known About the Relationship and He Broke Up with Her the Day Before Her 21st Birthday

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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun isn’t just a top star domestically in South Korea, he’s also a top Hallyu star around almost all of East Asia and Southeast Asia with so many popular K-dramas of his that exported over to those countries for airing. He’s been consistently popular in Mainland China, but C-netizens unlike other groups have nearly immediately and collectively … Continue reading →