It’s the annual Chinese Drama Awards in Beijing and this year’s gala including plenty of popular and familiar faces of C-ent. 2016 was a decent year for C-dramas though nothing hooked me quite like Nirvana in Fire did in 2015 and Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossoms is doing right now to start off 2017. I’m checking out … Continue reading →
It’s clear C-actor Hu Ge has his eyes on a prize bigger than popularity and easy appeal as he’s about to follow up multiple hit dramas from recent years with a turn to the dark side. Hu Ge has been playing sweet male lead characters from his debut days and in recent years veered into the upstanding calculating type in … Continue reading →
The collective cheekbones could slice cheese as Vogue China doubled down on the pretty by sending top Chinese actor Hu Ge and top model Liu Wen to New York City for a photo shoot and video filming. The stars were spotted there last month and the reason is now plain to see as the glossy fashion magazine released the stills … Continue reading →
The current roster of It Chinese drama stars were present at this past weekend’s 11th Annual Golden Eagle Awards in Beijing, the event started off with this year’s Golden Eagle Goddess Tang Yan striking the same pose as the statuette in a blinged out golden gown and matching crown. The then switched to a beautiful on her strapless white down … Continue reading →
Classy is the word that best describes the maturing aura of C-actor Hu Ge, gracing the cover and pages of both GQ China and Esquire China in the same period. He played doofy characters in the early days when he first broke into the entertainment industry, period dramas like Chinese Paladin and The Little Fairy were cute but nowhere near … Continue reading →
This week there are three new big name offerings to the Asian outposts of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and all three are quite familiar to me so I can at least gauge the wax versus real facsimile. First up was Korean singer-actress getting her wax figure installed in the Hong Kong museum, with Suzy heading there for the unveiling ceremony … Continue reading →
The gentlemen of Chinese entertainment were out in collective stylish handsomeness this week for the 2016 GQ China Men of the Year Awards in Beijing. It was across the board old school well tailored tuxedo glamour for all attendees but one very bright exception, lol. Leading the way were two of China’s top leading men Hu Ge and Huang Xiaoming, … Continue reading →
And they’re married! Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Huo, or as they are known widely in the Chinese entertainment world – Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo have tied the knot in Bali this weekend surrounded by family, friends, and a perfect summer destination wedding locale. The happy couple released official wedding pictures as beautiful as many of the star couples … Continue reading →
The Frankfurt destination wedding of Chinese stars Yuan Hong and Zhang Xin Yi turned out to be the star-studded affair as expected, not surprising since the happy couple are well liked in the industry and have tons of famous friends. The sweetest part was the reunion of Yuan Hong with his Tangren besties Hu Ge and Liu Shi Shi, the … Continue reading →
What can I say other that “wow” and “awwwww” upon seeing the latest fashion pictorial starring the supremely popular C-actor Hu Ge. His popularity surging to new heights this past year thanks to three critically well-received dramas in Nirvana in Fire, The Disguiser, and Good Times ushered in a new generation of fans for him, whereas I’ve been with him … Continue reading →
Hit period C-drama Nirvana in Fire (Lang Ya Bang) was many things, and one of them was the epic bromances all around. It wasn’t just one, or even two, but three and beyond, that’s some crazy tight characterization storytelling to showcase compelling friendships that aren’t one-dimensionally drawn. I could never decide which ones I liked best – childhood best friends Lin … Continue reading →
This recent C-ent awards season was all about the bromance of Hu Ge and Wallace Huo. Thanks to both having spectacular C-drama successes in 2015, it was easy to fete each individually while enjoying their camaraderie during the awards show circuit. Hu Ge won various recognition for The Disguiser and Nirvana in Fire while Wallace had the dual successes of … Continue reading →
This weekend in Beijing was the 7th Annual TV Drama Awards, showcasing the splashiest and buzziest Mainland Chinese dramas of 2015. I would say best of the bunch but so many award categories seem to be based on popularity even in the description alone. There wasn’t a Best Drama category but ten C-dramas from 2015 was honored for being the … Continue reading →
