The star weddings coming out of Taiwan and China these past few years have been heading in the more and more extravagant direction, and that may all be thanks to megastar Jay Chou‘s English castle wedding to Hannah Quinlivan starting the one upping trend. Hannah’s bridesmaids at her luxe wedding included industry bestie actress Beatrice Fang, who may need to … Continue reading →
I’m sooooo happy there is finally an end date in sight for Friday night SETTV idol drama Aim High. The title is just ripe for skewering considering it did the opposite of that, calling it Aim So Low or Aim High and Fall Flat on Your Face would be more apt. Even my beloved Lego Lee couldn’t make me stay … Continue reading →
It’s been a miserable two years for CTS, which hasn’t had a hit drama since 2010’s Hi, My Sweetheart, which was terrible but drew the crowds because of Rainie Yang and Show Luo‘s popularity and great onscreen chemistry. The last CTS drama I watched was Ring Ring Bell, which started off promising enough but quickly went batshit insane and down … Continue reading →
While I’m not a fan of Blue Lan, strangely I’ve watched most of his dramas over the years. There is something about him I find interesting, this rough aura that not a lot of Taiwanese leading men have. Most are exceedingly pretty, ala Mike He, Roy Qiu, Joe Cheng, Ethan Ruan types, so Blue is the outlier in being more … Continue reading →
Ring Ring Bell ended this past weekend. *birds chirping* Yeah, I’m assuming Jia Kai and Xiao Xiang got their happy ending after all those random kidnappings and strange illness issues flew out of nowhere and hijacked the drama from sweet OTP love to WTF-is-going-on insanity. But no harm done, I still love Janine Chang and Peter Ho, who were wonderful … Continue reading →
We’ve got another Taiwan idol drama baking in the oven. The production company for the currently airing Ring Ring Bell will be partnering with CTS for the upcoming drama I Love You So Much (Chinese title is the laughably lame 粉愛粉愛你, which is a pun for I love you so much but using the characters for putting on make up), … Continue reading →
