Last weekend was the iQiyi Scream Night 2024 which is where the streaming platform gets all the drama C-stars together to present various awards all of which are based on popularity and buzz basically. So lots of celebs and a fun night vibe, and the cutest selfie out of the evening comes courtesy of actor Zeng Shun Xi. He managed … Continue reading →
So soon was supposed to be this month in December 2024, but could be in January or even February of next year in 2025. I’m talking about Moonlight Mystique, the xianxia C-drama starring Bai Lu and Ao Rui Peng with supporting leads Dai Lu Wa and Chang Hua Sen. The next two weeks feels like an open period with no … Continue reading →
The first on set fan pictures are out for the just started filming C-drama Strange Tales of Tang Palace (唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣). Leads Bai Lu and Wang Xing Yue are giving off major “I’m at work solving crime, don’t distract me” vibes and unlike their prior dramas together this time both are leads at the same time. This drama was reported pushed … Continue reading →
The upcoming C-drama Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty (唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣) has now confirmed both the female lead Bai Lu and a day later male lead Wang Xing Yue. Filming will start soon and more info is coming out and a big industry chatter is on the plot. Apparently the drama plot is male lead centric (so-called Big Male Lead) type of … Continue reading →
So many of my loves together not just at the same event but sitting next to each other and interacting is just adorbs. This week’s big Weibo TV & Internet Summit 2024 saw a ton of C-stars in attendance and one combo got fans super excited. Top drama actresses Bai Lu and Zhao Lu Si were sitting next to each other … Continue reading →
So this is NO SURPRISE whatsoever for anyone following the exploits of C-ent troll producer Yu Zheng, master of his own universe and deliverer of actual hits and stars from time to time. Recently his top actor Xu Kai re-upped his contract with his agency, mainly due to inertia and a lack of ambition but also an awareness that Yu … Continue reading →
There is a reason why the abused stay with the abuser for way longer than they should, and the same goes for artists stuck with Yu Zheng who does a lot to make his stars famous but also milks each star to the max. This week Yu Zheng went on a publicity rant about the drama Tang Palace Strange Cases … Continue reading →
So there is movement on a C-drama highly sought after due to the topic and the production team. The drama is titled Tang Gong 唐宫 or Tang Palace and is from the production company and team of Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty. It’s a Tang dynasty investigative drama with palace intrigue and episodic stories. The leads being courted is Bai … Continue reading →
So word in the industry is that C-actress Bai Lu is always in dating scandals not of her own side doing. Many actors and actresses will personally leak dating rumors to drum up interest and publicity but for her it’s not that, it’s more that she has really good chemistry with her onscreen costars and maybe could have dated one … Continue reading →
C-actor Wang Xing Yue has two male lead dramas on deck but after his breakout with The Double he’s landed a big IP new one for his next role. He will be the male lead for C-drama Feng Yu Ling (凤羽令) which is adapted from the novel by writer Fresh Guo Guo which is the precursor novel 仙侠奇缘之杀阡陌to her novel … Continue reading →
Producer Yu Zheng has been hyping up Lin Jiang Xian (formerly There is a Fox in Hengmen) for months now and I’m not allergic to his dramas on principle but other than The Double I really haven’t seen anything that made me want to watch and this one falls into that latter category as well. The character posters released earlier … Continue reading →
So the better than expected reception for revenge period C-drama The Double has led to producer Yu Zheng being on cloud nine and even more outspoken than usual. He released new stills this week for Dragon Boat Festival for his currently filming C-drama Lin Jiang Xian (临江仙) formerly called There is a Fox in Hengmen. I have no idea what’s … Continue reading →
Oh how things change, and yet stay the same. I am loving The Double greatly and for the first time a performance and character by Wu Jin Yan, though by all accounts she rocketed to stardom 6 years ago in Story of Yanxi Palace in precisely the same playbook – cunning and resourceful woman navigating treacherous waters while plotting revenge. … Continue reading →
