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Wang Yibo Announced as the New Global Spokesperson for Outdoor Wear Company Helly Hansen Making it His 30th Brand Collaboration

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 9, 2025 by ockoalaJune 9, 2025
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A new global spokesperson and ad campaign has been announced for popular outdoor and sportswear brand Helly Hansen and it’s featuring C-actor Wang Yibo. This may be another brand get for him but it marks his 30th endorsement which is reportedly the highest ever for any C-star. His aura of poker faced stoicism actually collabs really well for Helly Hansen … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Wang Yibo | 2 Replies

Casting Rumor for S+ Budget Republic Era Spy C-drama has Zhang Ruo Yun and Wang Yibo in Talks as Dual Male Leads

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 30, 2025 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2025
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As far as C-drama casting rumors go this one is a big melon, and like all melons it’s probably true the offer and courting is happening but long away from getting confirmed. This week C-ent is talking about a big budget S+ high profile C-drama that is finally ramping up casting to start production soon, it’s called 千里江山图 (Thousand Miles … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yibo, Zhang Ruo Yun | 8 Replies

Wang Yibo and Zhao Lu Si Has the Most Brand CFs Respectively for Male and Female Stars as of the Start of 2025

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 7, 2025
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There is a newly release list of famous Chinese stars and the number of brand CFs each has as of end of January 2025 so it’s all famous buzzy/liuliang/popular names. Let’s start off with the male celebs: it’s Wang Yibo with the most at 30 brands followed by Jay Chou with 22, Xiao Zhan and Cheng Yi tied at 21, … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yibo, Zhao Lu Si

Ding Yu Xi’s January 2025 Edition of L’Officiel Hommes China Breaks Wang Yibo’s 5-year Record for Most Magazine Sales in China

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 31, 2025 by ockoalaJanuary 31, 2025
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When there is a record it’s just waiting to be broken, and this one took 5-years and the return of another buzzy hit drama. C-actor Ding Yu Xi got a huge career boost in November 2024 just two months ago with the success of Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (drama adaptation of Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus). He got … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ding Yu Xi, Wang Yibo

C-netizens Shocked that Wang Yibo Nominated for Best Actor at the 2024 Golden Rooster Awards Over Movie Male Lead Veteran Huang Bo

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 28, 2024 by ockoalaOctober 28, 2024
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There is a social hierarchy in C-ent where the award winning veterans are presumed to be top of the awards pecking order. Earlier this year Wang Yibo fans got upset that his War of Faith costar veteran Wang Yang got a Best Actor nomination over him despite Wang Yang having less screentime, they called it unfair that Wang Yang who … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Films | Tagged Huang Bo, One and Only, Wang Yibo

Wang Yibo Lands Coveted Male Lead Role in HK-star Stephen Chow’s Next Movie the Highly Anticipated Female Shaolin Soccer

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 22, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2024
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HK-star Stephen Chow has stopped acting for the last two decades but has become a successful and noted director with a string of hits under his belt. His Shaolin Soccer was one of the biggest box office Asian movies of all time and now will get a sequel or follow up with an all-female soccer cast. It’s a huge deal … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Female Shaolin Soccer, Wang Yibo

C-actor Wang Yang’s Cover and Pictorial for L’Official Hommes China Incurs Wrath of Wang Yibo’s Fandom for Shot of Him Squatting on a Toilet

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 15, 2024 by ockoalaJune 15, 2024
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I thought the kerfluffle over the Magnolia Awards nomination for Best Actor had died down, to which I mean Wang Yibo‘s fandom throwing an absolutely fit and melting down over Wang Yang getting the nomination for their drama War of Faith. This weekend it was reignited when the L’Officiel Hommes China cover and pictorial featuring Wang Yang was released. There … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yang, Wang Yibo, War of Faith

Production of War of Faith, Leads Wang Yang and Wang Yibo All Release Statements Trying to Calm the Online Displeasure Over the Magnolia Awards Best Actor Nomination

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 6, 2024 by ockoalaJuly 22, 2024
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So the fallout has come after a week of online anger, harassment, and negative comments surrounding the nomination of C-actor Wang Yang in the Best Actor category for the Magnolia Awards for War of Faith. The other male lead Wang Yibo’s fandom was furious and went full blown online attack on both the production company for nominating Wang Yang and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Wang Yang, Wang Yibo, War of Faith

Wang Yibo’s Fans Denigrate and Harass His War of Faith Costar Wang Yang and His Wife After Nomination for Best Actor at the Magnolia Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2024 by ockoalaJune 3, 2024
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Why does most of any bad press for C-actor Wang Yibo always start with “his fans”. The latest brouhaha in C-ent is Wang Yibo’s fandom going berserk and publicly denigrating veteran C-actor Wang Yang, who starred in War of Faith earlier this year with Wang Yibo. The nominations came out for the Magnolia Awards hosted by the Shanghai Television Festival … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Wang Yang, Wang Yibo

Johnny Huang and Wang Yibo’s New C-movie Formed Police Unit Gets Backlash for Blackface Scene Set in Africa

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 2, 2024 by ockoalaJune 2, 2024
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So this is totally not the fault of the actors but on the writer and production team for keeping this concept in the movie. The just premiered C-movie Formed Police Unit starring Johnny Huang and Wang Yibo has already generated controversy as moviegoers who watched the film have screenshotted and circulated a scene of the leads in blackface and dreads … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Formed Police Unit, Johnny Huang, Wang Yibo

Republic Era Spy C-drama War of Faith with Wang Yibo and Li Qin is the First Big Hit for iQiyi Streaming in 2024 as it Wraps Run

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 10, 2024 by ockoalaApril 10, 2024
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C-drama War of Faith (Wind Chaser) is about to wrap its fun and turns out a drama that was air dropped with barely any promos is the surprise big hit of 2024. Starring Wang Yibo and Li Qin, it’s a republic era communist party during the war drama that was filmed awhile ago and seemed to be one of those … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Li Qin, Wang Yibo, War of Faith

Wang Yibo’s Patriotic Republic Era C-drama War of Faith is a Surprise Solid Hit Contending with Bigger Budget Buzzier Xianxia C-drama Legend of Shen Li with Former Costar Zhao Li Ying

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 30, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 31, 2024
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I always believe the entertainment world in any industry is big enough for multiple hits at the same time, not everything is a zero sum game and BarbenHeimmer shows that sometimes it a net positive gain for all involved. The Wang Yibo starring republic era communist party patriotic C-drama War of Faith (formerly Golden Journey) has turned into a black … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Legend of Shen Li, Wang Yibo, War of Faith, Zhao Li Ying

C-netizens Vote Liu Yu Ning and Yang Chao Yue as Actor and Actress the Other Gender’s Fandom Most Does Not Want Their Fave Star to Work With

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 3, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 2, 2024
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So this is an interesting poll in C-ent where the fandoms of stars was asked which opposite sex star the fans most DO NOT want their fave to star with. So the fans of the actresses were voting on their most dislike to work with actor and the fans of the actors were voting on their most to-avoid actress. For … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Angelababy, Deng Wei, Liu Yu Ning, Wang Yibo, Xiao Zhan, Yang Chao Yue

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