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 →
So the return of C-actress Zhao Lu Si to her entertainment activities means the casting wheel starts turning again. This week there is talk that a production has picked up the period C-novel Ask Zhu Dan (问丹朱)to adapt into a drama and the first offer is out to Zhao Lu Si as the female lead. Whether she accepts or not, … Continue reading →
I am so happy to see Zhao Lu Si back at work looking healthy, if that is what she wants. If she wanted more time off then it sucks to be rushed back but from what can be seen onstage and her earlier SNS post, it looks more likely that she’s ready to return after a month off. She did … Continue reading →
It’s been a quiet month of January for C-actress Zhao Lu Si after a very eventful December last month where she was hospitalized after her health deteriorated on the filming set of her drama Almost Lover and later she revealed that she was suffering from depression after she was verbally mistreated by her former agency early on in her career. … Continue reading →
I don’t think the Zhao Lu Si health situation will die down soon in terms of online chatter, but I hope she takes all the time she needs and makes a full recovery. She finally posted a long statement on her Weibo this week a few days after news of her hospitalization and needing medical attention came to light. She … Continue reading →
It’s been a few days now since news broke that C-actress Zhao Lu Si was very ill and was admitted to the hospital. But from the set of her currently filming C-drama Almost Lover, the rumor is that she’s been gone from the production since 10 days prior to that. Now with her hospitalization, the production has shut down and … Continue reading →
So this is really distressing to hear happen to an actress I love so much. C-actress Zhao Lu Si is reportedly in the hospital or at least getting medical treatment. This news has been confirmed by her agency after a netizen claimed to have seen her in a wheelchair at the hospital including with a picture evidence. She has not … Continue reading →
I grew up reading mangas, like a lot of mangas shoujo and shonen, and lived through manga series that went on for years and even decades. I mention this because the long running manga writer’s drawing style will naturally change over time bit by bit that it doesn’t register as jarring or all that different until you compare the most … Continue reading →
After Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact aired in May to terrible reviews and mid viewership, it’s like everyone associated just disassociated from it and never mentions it again. Unfortunately it’s year end reviews and awards time around the drama realm and the Douban drama forum decided rightly to vote it as the top flop C-drama of 2024 – 年度仆街劇冠軍: … Continue reading →
I actually think Zhao Lu Si acted decently in The Story of Pearl Girl, her performance was not even in my top 10 of complaints with the drama. But the drama is a flop for sure now, with the amount of money put in and advertising dollars vis-a-vis the reception, reviews, and viewership. A week after the drama finished its … Continue reading →
This drama was initially announced in 2023 by Tencent but didn’t coalesce into filming stage at that time. The female lead Tencent was interested in was Zhao Lu Si but we all know she’s been filming nonstop for three years now in dramas so her scheduled is packed. Tencent is reportedly ready to film the drama titled Wrong World (错世 … Continue reading →
There is a new C-drama casting that is making waves and aptly the drama title is about a boat and a crossing. C-ent industry insiders are saying that Dylan Wang and Zhao Lu Si are in talks for period C-drama Why Not Cross By Boat (何不同舟渡 He Bu Tong Zhou Du). This casting is legit and not a melon, but … Continue reading →
If I were a professor I would absolutely be an easy grader. If you try hard sincerely and the output shows that effort I would acknowledge it, in that sense I’m not very black/white in life or in entertainment offerings. I’ve liked plenty of objectively bad movies and dramas because I enjoyed certain elements of it enough to overlook the … Continue reading →
