Allegations of Data Manipulation Surges as Coroner’s Diary Hit 10,100 Heat Index in IQiyi and Tops Buzz Set By Critically Acclaimed Hit Drama A Lifelong Journey

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Don’t mess with C-netizens and their respect and appreciation for well made serious dramas. This week summer surprise hit Coroner’s Diary with Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng broke 10,000 and then hit 10,100 heat index in its platform iQiyi, the third iQiyi drama to do so this year after Feud and Drifting Away. It’s also apparently topped the … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Yu Ting Yao with Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan Reportedly Finds New Investor and Will Start Filming Next Month in August with a Different Title

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The Jenga pieces for the upcoming period C-drama Yu Ting Yao 御廷谣 has now been reassembled after nearly collapsing when the original investor took off after billing fights between the leads. Mango TV has reportedly stepped in to produce the drama and filming will start next month in August with leads Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan sharing top … Continue reading →

C-actor Zhai Xiao Wen’s Fandom Throws a Hissy Fit After He’s Confirmed in My Drama Missy Opposite Wu Xuan Yi in a Third Reunion

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Okay, I get this is common place in territorial C-fandom culture but he is not famous enough for his fans to think this way lol. Rising C-actor Zhao Xiao Wen was cast this week in new iQiyi modern romance C-drama My Drama Missy opposite female lead Wu Xuan Yi. This would make the third reunion for these two stars in … Continue reading →

Modern Youth Romance C-drama Our Generation with Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He Airs to Unimpressive Viewership and Reviews

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Awwww, such a bummer that the little lightning that made The Princess Royal such a solid watch didn’t hit twice in their second outing. Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He reunited to film Our Generation immediately after TPR aired last year and maybe in their haste didn’t fully vet this drama plot out because OG is being called a … Continue reading →

Coroner’s Diary with Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng Edges Close to 10,000 Heat Index and Surpasses Same Platform iQiyi Dramas Moonlight Mystique and A Dream within a Dream

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So C-drama Coroner’s Diary has become the biggest iQiyi period drama of 2025 midway through airing, with the heat index currently at 9915 and inching close to hitting the vaunted 10,000 mark. The drama is not only the dark horse hit of summer 2025 but has eclipsed other iQiyi popular-ish dramas this year with bigger name cast and budget, namely … Continue reading →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →

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

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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 →