Young C-actor Li Ming De’s Latest Scandal Adds More Concerns Over the Ability to Air Two Anticipated C-dramas Legend of the Female General and Moonlit Reunion

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Gosh I just want to slap this kid upside the head for his serious of shenanigans in the last two months. C-actor Li Ming De this week has reportedly been detained by police after being investigated for drunkenly getting violent and vandalizing a car. This is on top of early January when he caused an industry stir by alleging a … Continue reading →

Netflix Hit K-drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Hits #2 on Top Non-English Shows as Squid Game 2 Drops to #7

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Dang, the Joo Ji Hoon method really did pay off. And by that I mean star in as many dramas as he can possibly/physically film and one of them is bound to be a hit thanks to the law of probability. Lol, I’m kidding of course but his medical K-drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call has absolutely paid off … Continue reading →

Yu Shu Xin’s Next Project is Reportedly the Female Lead Centric Period Drama Adapted from the Novel Born in the Purple

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The C-drama casting net keeps pulling in new rumors and possibilities to kick off 2025. C-actress Yu Shu Xin probably had the best end of 2024 among all her same generation lead actresses thanks to the success of Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. She has Ski into Love on deck and is currently filming modern drama Speed in Love (or … Continue reading →

CJ E&M Presents on Upcoming 2025 Slate and Claims Rising Actor Choo Young Woo’s Next Drama Will Have the next Lovely Runner

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Talk about high expectations and the irony of it coming the same week as a smallish scandal involving said high expectations. This week CJ E&M presented to the media on its slate of 2025 K-dramas and one particular call out got a lot of attention. The presenter claimed that rising actor Choo Young Woo and his fantasy romance drama Gyeon … Continue reading →

Tencent Announces Release of Period Romance Drama Les Belles with Jelly Lin and Fang Yi Lun on February 13th

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Darn, what a way to waste a delivered on a platter great airing date. Tencent confirmed the release of period C-drama Les Belles on February 13th, adapted from the novel Zen Di Ta Qian Jiao Bai Mei 怎敌她千娇百媚 or How to Resist Her Thousand Charms and Hundred Flirts. Why they didn’t wait another day to say the drama released on … Continue reading →

Tencent Formally Announces Period C-drama Si Jin with Leads Jing Tian and Zhang Wan Yi Months After Filming Completion

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I swear C-ent is just weird with drama filming, like Tencent officially announcing the casting of leads Jing Tian and Zhang Wan Yi in period C-drama Si Jin (似锦) this week when the drama filmed in April 2024 and wrapped filming around September all last year. I don’t know the reason for this weird gap either they forgot about this … Continue reading →

Jung Hae In and Ha Young in Talks for Romance K-drama This Sucky Love

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It’s a sign that Netflix original K-drama Trauma Code: Heroes on Call is such a huge hit that the female lead in mere weeks is in talks for a high profile drama female lead role. Casting news says Jung Hae In and Ha Young are both in discussion for an upcoming romance or rom-com K-drama tentatively titled This Sucky Love … Continue reading →

Tencent Modern C-drama Reopen My Journals with Li Yun Rui and Huangyang Tian Tian Opens with 7.6 Douban Ratings After Strong Reviews But Low Viewership

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There’s a solid modern drama recently released that is worth checking out if the cast and the framework is up your alley. It’s titled Reopen My Journals (致1999年的自己 To Myself in 1999) with stars Li Yun Rui and Huangyang Tian Tian leading the younger generation cast as the older versions of the five leads are played by a strong cast … Continue reading →

K-ent Reporter Writes Article on the Scathing Viewer Reviews for Jisoo of Blackpink’s Bad Acting and Dialogue Voice in Black Comedy Zombie Drama Newtopia

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Oh this brings back memories of the live watch experience for romance K-drama Snowdrop lol. During that drama any acting criticism of then first time acting female lead Jisoo of Blackpink (Kim Ji Soo) was overwhelmed by her huge fandom coming to her defense. It’s now three years later and her second acting role has arrived with Newtopia, a black … Continue reading →

C-actress Dai Lu Wa the Likely Female Lead Opposite Dylan Wang in His Next Period C-drama Live Long and Prosper

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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 →

Chinese Animated Movie Ne Zha 2 Sets Multiple Records in Tickets Sold and Viewer Reviews Becoming the Big Winner of the 2025 Lunar New Year Holiday Box Office

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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 →

Barbie Hsu’s Ex-husband Wang Xiaofei and His Outspoken Mother Zhang Lan Has Their Respective Douyin Accounts Banned for Life for Violating Morals and Terms and Use

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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 →

C-drama Love Beyond the Grave with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Fei Yu Wraps Filming

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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 →