So the English title is Love’s Ambition for the C-drama adapted from the novel Let Me Shine, and this week filming commenced with leads Zhao Lu Si and William Chan. This pairing is already generating talk both positive and negative as to be expected, it’s hard to be popular without accompanying commentary. I see the second leads are Wan Peng and Tang Xiao Tian, the former I like and the latter is a bit perplexing because he’s also the second male lead in Lu Si’s last drama The Story of Pearl Girl and seemed to pop out of nowhere and seems to have more screen time then expected considering he was on the first drama poster with the two leads. At least Zhao Lu Si has the ability to generate onscreen chemistry with any male lead so I’m looking forward to her continued growth as an actress.
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C-actress Zhao Lu Si‘s short break after wrapping filming for period drama The Story of Pearl Girl is over as she’s headed back to the set in a week or so on June 10th. The new drama is a modern … Continue reading
So I’m of the mind to just scrap this project but then I’m not the key demographic so maybe there is an appetite for a second serving. C-ent is reporting that the in prep sequel to super popular fantasy period … Continue reading
I haven’t been a fan of the Novoland series of dramas but this latest iteration has my interest because it stars Yang Mi rocking the period drama look HARD (i.e. gorgeously) and also because I’m hoping it saves this lackluster … Continue reading
There is so much fashion eye candy out and about at the Vogue Film Fashion Exhibit in China this weekend, with top Chinese and Taiwanese stars making their chic presence felt. I don’t think everyone looks good, necessarily, but everyone … Continue reading
It’s weird how much I still love Liu Shi Shi considering she hasn’t made a single drama or movie I’ve liked in five years, yet the love from Bu Bu Jing Xin and even earlier in Legend of the Condor … Continue reading
Understated appears the direction for the costume designing of this drama, aside from the ornate toppers on the hair. Official drama posters and new stills are out for period C-drama Lost Love in Times (Zui Ling Long), pairing up very … Continue reading
Chinese drama-watching netizens can be hilariously snarky and in this case they overwhelming hate the K-remake of Bu Bu Jing Xin as much as I did. Moon Lovers doesn’t even hold up as a K-drama in its own right, much … Continue reading
In what feels like serendipitous timing, China is prepping for a new time-travel C-drama that just named as leading lady Liu Shi Shi, best known for being the leading lady of time-travel C-drama Bu Bu Jing Xin which is about … Continue reading
Now this is how I call throwing a fun awards show shindig. One of China’s top streaming sites iQiyi hosted the 2016 All-star Carnival this past weekend and it appeared all the It Stars showed up, and then some. There … Continue reading
C-writer/producer Guo Jingming has been flying high for well over a decade in C-ent, thanks to popular novels and later adaptations into even more popular hits like the Tiny Times movie series. His first novel Ice Fantasy is currently getting … Continue reading
I’ve gotten my optimism back up with the surge of C-dramas I’m looking forward to as well as a handful of silly but watchable ones recently. Perfect Couple with Tang Yan and Wallace Huo as well as Incisive Great Teacher … Continue reading