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Romance C-movie The Beloved with Joe Cheng, Kim Bum, and Wang Li Kun Premieres at BJIFF

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It’s nearly premiere time for romance C-movie The Beloved (Chinese title 重生爱人 means Reborn Lover). Starring C-actress Wang Li Kun, K-actor Kim Bum, and TW-actor Joe Cheng, this movie collected main leads with different ethnicity while sharing the same incredible good looks. The movie premieres on May 15th but the cast descended on last week’s BJIFF (Beijing International Film Festival) to … Continue reading →

New C-drama Reunites Joe Cheng and Jiro Wang from It Started with a Kiss

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Nearly a decade after the TW-version of It Started with a Kiss launched the careers of leads Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin, a reunion from that drama is in the works but sadly doesn’t involve the OTP. Joe will be starring in a new big-budget C-drama Single and Together (只因單身在一起) with C-actress Xu Lu and his ISWAK costar Jiro Wang. … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo and Chen Qiao En Lead the Sprawling Cast for C-movie The Queens

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There’s a new female-centric modern romance C-movie coming out called The Queens that is basically yet another girl power messy love relationships splashy offering. The Queens only came to my attention for the sprawling cast half of whom are actors and actresses I am automatically inclined to check out. Starring Song Hye Kyo (continuing her career foray in Chinese cinema), … Continue reading →

Joe Cheng and Kim Bum Romance Wang Li Kun in C-movie The Rebirth of Love

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C-actress Wang Li Kun is having a very acting-packed movie year and if she’s as good as all the movies casting her then there might be a new screen goddess arriving soon. She reminds me of a young Zhou Xun and that’s a very good comparison for her. The movie production for the upcoming mystery C-romance movie The Rebirth of … Continue reading →

The Best of TW Acting Talent on Display at the Gorgeous 49th Annual Golden Bell Awards

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The 49th Annual Golden Bell Awards totally snuck up on me when it flooded all the TW-ent media portals this weekend with picspam galore. The TW-version of the Emmy’s celebrated the great television programs and performances of 2014 and most of the idol fluffy dramas I watched were nowhere near being nominated. Aside from the nominations for In a Good Way and … Continue reading →

Kim Bum Heads to China to Film Romance C-movie with Joe Cheng and Wang Li Kun

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I’m having quite a hit streak on writing about K-actors or actresses that have been out of the limelight for some time, only to have said entertainer follow up shortly with a new acting gig. Now I just need Kim Sun Ah to make it three-for-three. Han Ye Seul is coming back to acting with a leading lady turn in … Continue reading →

Cross-border Hotties Joe Cheng, Hu Ge, and Kim Soo Hyun Together at the Seoul International Drama Awards

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The 9th annual Seoul International Drama Awards was held this week and came across as rather random in timing since I’m used to Asian award ceremonies either at year end or beginning of the year. This award definitely tries to live up to the word international in its title and doles out prizes for acting and dramas outside of Korea. … Continue reading →

Highly Anticipated TW-drama You Light Up My Star with Joe Cheng and Janine Chang Premieres Today

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The most critically anticipated TW-drama of the year is premiering this Sunday on FTV and from all the promotional materials looks as good as the talented cast and production team assembled. Director Winnie (It Started with a Kiss, The Rose, In Time with You) is coming back with his biggest drama to date in terms of cost and pre-planning in the … Continue reading →

You Light Up My Star Freezes Janine Chang and Joe Cheng in Romantic Snowy Kissing

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I don’t quite know what to expect from the upcoming Director Winnie helmed TW-drama You Light Up My Star starring Janine Chang and Joe Cheng. It’s set in the acting industry and the male lead apparently suffers from depression. It sounds rather serious except all the media accounts of the filming has been nothing short of a laugh a minute. … Continue reading →

Janine Chang and Joe Cheng Walk the Golden Horse Red Carpet for You Light Up My Star

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The upcoming TW-drama You Light Up My Star is starting to look to more and more interesting, and I’m not just talking about the all-star team of Director Winnie (In Time With You, It Started With a Kiss) directing the reunion of Joe Cheng and Janine Chang from their Honey and Clover days. You Light Up My Star has been … Continue reading →

Joe Cheng and Janine Chang are Adorably Cheeky Filming an Action-sequence for You Light Up My Star

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Sometimes Taiwanese entertainment news articles are hilariously eye-opening. It’s a combination of a wry sense of humor in the questions asked and the TW-stars being game to answer candidly. The media was on the set of the currently filming TW-drama You Light Up My Star with Janine Chang and Joe Cheng as the production was filming a big scene. The … Continue reading →

Ivy Chen Visits Good Friends Joe Cheng and Janine Chang on the Set of You Light Up My Star

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The upcoming FTV cable network TW-drama You Light Up My Star has started filming and with it comes the first look at the intriguing drama produced and directed by acclaimed Taiwanese director Qu Yo Ning (Director Winnie). He’s worked with both Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng multiple times together in their most famous turns in the It Started with a … Continue reading →

Joe Cheng and Janine Chang star in Director Winnie’s New TW-drama You Light Up My Star

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New TW-drama alert and I have to admit to waiting for this particular drama and its full casting confirmation for months and months now, ever since Joe Cheng was discharged from the army. Famed Taiwanese Director Winnie (Qu You Ning) had been prepping this drama for two years and when Joe revealed after his discharge that his first comeback project … Continue reading →