The casting is going fast for this drama which makes sense if it is reportedly going to start filming next month in March 2025. Industry insiders are saying Dai Lu Wa will be the female lead in period C-drama Live Long and Prosper, which is a big male lead IP project that has inked Dylan Wang as his next leading … Continue reading →
Okay, let’s just take a bow at the conquering hero of Chinese box office and maybe even setting total global box office records when its all said and done. Chinese home made animated movie Ne Zha 2, a sequel to Ne Zha released in 2019, has become a juggernaut that one simply wonders how many more records can be set. … Continue reading →
It will be such relief to not hear trolls out there trolling especially during this sensitive time for the family and friends of TW-star Barbie Hsu (Da S), who passed away unexpectedly on a holiday trip to Japan to celebrate lunar new year. This weekend the platform Douyin (Chinese version of TikTok) reportedly permanently banned the respective accounts of Da … Continue reading →
I swear this drama seemed to be in production for at least half a year or longer for it to have just wrapped right now, or maybe I’m just misremembering since there was so much online hullabaloo when it first started what with ugly costume and makeup allegations and in fighting between the two leads fandom already. Good times, good … Continue reading →
The year end top lists all came out at the end of 2024 in December but here comes Cine21 with their own take. The top K-ent magazine released it’s own list of both successful hits of 2024 as well as people and projects to watch in 2025. Let’s start with what the magazine found to be the best projects of … Continue reading →
So earlier this week I already covered the news that xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree with Deng Wei was confirmed to air on February 7th this Friday on iQiyi. A few days later Youku announced that it was airing Tang dynasty C-drama Kill My Sins with Liu Shi Shi, Shawn Dou, and Zheng Ye Cheng also on February … Continue reading →
Last year all of K-netizens hated doctors in real life after the doctor strike so even medical K-dramas got delayed from premiere due to the anticipated backlash. The most high profile being Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung leading a cast of young stars all playing med school residents in the same medical universe as the veteran doctors from hit … Continue reading →
The media circus that was expected around the passing of TW-star Barbie Hsu (Da S) will not be happening, and thank goodness for that. Media camped out at the airport waiting for her sister Dee Hsu (Xiao S), their mother, and Da S’s South Korean musician husband DJ Koo to return from Japan with her cremated ashes, but the family … Continue reading →
There is a newly release list of famous Chinese stars and the number of brand CFs each has as of end of January 2025 so it’s all famous buzzy/liuliang/popular names. Let’s start off with the male celebs: it’s Wang Yibo with the most at 30 brands followed by Jay Chou with 22, Xiao Zhan and Cheng Yi tied at 21, … Continue reading →
This week a lot of new stills came out for upcoming K-dramas and I’ve been sifting through the ones that interest me. Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated with Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung dropped three official stills showing the leads visuals solo and in one interacting shot. Kim Sun Ho plays a translator and Go Yoon … Continue reading →
The first and second place contestants in the South Korean box office took a major change in position in the second weekend of release in direct competition between Dark Nuns and Hitman 2. In the first weekend Dark Nuns with Song Hye Kyo and Jeon Yeo Bin came in first with Hitman 2 starring Kwon Sang Woo in second, but … Continue reading →
So the earlier casting rumors have come true and K-ent is reporting that Jung So Min and Choi Woo Shik will be partnering up onscreen for a new rom-com K-drama. It’s title Will You Marry Me and is a fake marriage set up story. What’s funny is that this casting confirmation led one reporter to write an article with the … Continue reading →
So the airing of Everlasting Longing without any problems has clearly led to iQiyi also making the smart move to airdrop its own long shelved other Angelababy starring C-drama. It’s titled Back For You and is a short 12-episoder with her and Wang An Yu about a police officer solving crimes and the female lead is a woman who awakens … Continue reading →
