Hu Xi Yuan’s Two Month Long Solo Green Screen Female Lead Replacement Filming for C-drama Love Never Fails Receives Poor Reception After Drama Airs

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The premiere of long shelved xianxia C-drama Love Never Fails starring Liu Xue Yi with new female lead Hu Yi Xuan replacing cancelled actress Yuan Bing Yan has been received as well as expected. Namely, very poorly, with early reviews and feedback on the cheesy story and visuals. Hu Yi Xuan reportedly filmed for two whole months against a green … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum is Intense and Locked in as Boxer and Cop in First Poster and Teaser for jTBC Drama Good Boy

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It’s May, hurray! I hate the fast passage of time most of the time except when it harkens the arrival of a drama or movie I’m anticipating. And this end of May will see jTBC drop Good Boy finally, and with it hopefully kickstarting a good summer in K-drama land. The drama stars Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun … Continue reading →

Youku Modern Romance C-drama Eat Run Love with Chen Fei Yu and Zhuang Da Fei End Run as a Boring Dud

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I don’t know what Youku was thinking greenlighting a C-drama with a nepo baby male lead and a female lead with negative rizz to headline but the results speak for itself. Modern romance Eat Run Love with Chen Fei Yu and Zhuang Da Fei wrapped it’s totally underwhelming viewership run and slinks off to the annals of utterly forgettable dramas. … Continue reading →

Meng Zi Yi and He Yu Start Filming Period Romance and Intrigue C-drama Blossoms of Power

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A new period C-drama recently started filming and it’s Blossoms of Power (Chinese title Bai Hua Sa 百花杀 which means hundred flower kill) adapted from the same name novel. The drama got a lot of press for casting Meng Zi Yi as top billed female lead right after her leveling up with the hit drama Blossom at the end of … Continue reading →

Scandal Plagued Kim Soo Hyun Sued by Two Brands that Terminated CF Contracts and Another Brand Also Considering Lawsuit

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The trickle is becoming a steadier stream and may portend the dam breaking soon. Last week it was reportedly that Disney+ told the production of K-drama Knock Off starring embattled K-actor Kim Soo Hyun that it would not resume filming and to go off and work on other projects and not be on standby anymore, basically indicating it was abandoning … Continue reading →

Accusations of Water Army Bot Voting Against Fandoms of Hyeri and Kim Hye Yoon for 2025 Baeksang Popularity Award

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So this is getting messy and I’m not informed as to how to manipulate online voting for awards so this is just sharing the accusations being thrown around for the 2025 Baeksang Awards public voting for the Popularity Award. And this type of fandom fighting has happened in prior years with this award so it’s a new thing, just with … Continue reading →

Lee Seung Gi Severs All Ties with In-law Family After Father-in-law is Indicted Again for Stock Manipulation

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A very public rebuke and distancing just happened in K-ent and is making huge headlines. Actor-singer Lee Seung Gi has announced that he and his actress wife Lee Da In have severed all ties with his in-law family (her family) on the heels of his father-in-law being indicted again for stock manipulation. The father-in-law is Lee Da In’s stepfather and … Continue reading →

Jung Kyung Ho and Rising Actress So Joo Yeon Partner Up for Legal K-drama Pro Bono

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Legal, medical, and procedural K-dramas are the tried and true three stalwart genres, when in doubt just bibimbap one of these with the usual elements but rejiggered. A new legal drama is coming titled Pro Bono which brings me back to my law school and early years of practice when I still had the fervor and energy for it. The … Continue reading →

iQiyi Releases Fox Spirit Matchmaker Second Chapter Love in Pavilion with Liu Shi Shi, Zhang Yun Long, and Big Cast of Famous Stars in Supporting and Guest Roles

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It’s off to the races to end the month as this Monday April 28th saw not one but two releases. Mango TV quietly dropped shelved Love Never Fails and over at iQiyi the platform released Love in Pavilion with Liu Shi Shi and Zhang Yun Long, the second chapter of the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series. LiP has basically scrubbed all … Continue reading →

Wang Zi Qi and Lu Yu Xiao’s New Drama Serendipity Off to Okay Start But Gets More Buzz From Hilarious Blooper Left in Scene

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So I tried watching Serendipity and made it all the way through episode 6 and feel no urge to continue. It’s just such a bland drama, with a low budget seen onscreen and leads Wang Zi Qi and Lu Yu Xiao not delivering at all. He looks terrible in this particular hairstyle and costume (way better in modern dramas) and … Continue reading →

Love Never Fails with Liu Xue Yi to Airdrop on Mango TV April 28th After New Female Lead Hu Yi Xuan is AI Face Swapped in for Yuan Bing Yan

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It’s time to see if China’s editing and AI face swapping technology has improved to the level of subbing out an entire female lead and still deliver a watchable drama. Xianxia period romance C-drama Love Never Fails is premiering this Monday April 28th with original male leads Liu Xue Yi and Ao Rui Peng and the female lead now being … Continue reading →

Wang Chu Ran and Li Hong Yi Embark on the Stylish Assassin World in Period C-drama Hidden Shadow

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I totally blanked on the origins of this drama but when I watched the just released preview I went “Oh, this is a Guo Jingming drama!” lol. It is indeed, as Youku released new posters and a preview for Hidden Shadow starring Wang Chu Ran and Li Hong Yi and is the latest work from Guo Jingming but thankfully has … Continue reading →

iQiyi Assassin and Prince Period Romance C-drama Fated Hearts with Li Qin and Chen Zhe Yuan Release Poster and Preview

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Another C-drama I’m looking forward to though only in that so-so excited way is Fated Hearts (一笑随歌 Yi Xiao Sui Ge or One Smile Follows Song. iQiyi released new posters and a full preview this week and it’s got a lot of plot and action packed in, showing how the prince played by Chen Zhe Yuan and Li Qin‘s assassin … Continue reading →