Ten years after rumours of an Angelababy – Huang Xiaoming – Li Feier love triangle had everyone on pins and needles, sightings of show host Huang Xiaoming and his ex (a contestant) interacting on the same stage in survival show Sisters Who Make Waves 2 seems to have resurrected the old rumour that the actress was the third party who caused the pair’s...
Nicknamed “golden producer,” famed Chinese producer Yu Zheng (于正) has always been a straight talker fearless of netizen attacks, and would often lash back at them online. Recently, he slammed yet another netizen over the latter’s criticism of actor Song Weilong (宋威龍). Praises Song Weilong’s Performance Recently, 21-year-old Song Weilong garnered much attention as the male lead of well-received drama Go Ahead <以家人之名>....
Love and Redemption might be one of dramaland’s new-ish kids on the block, but that’s not stopping the show’s main couple, Cheng Yi and Yuan Bingyan from stealing viewer’s hearts with their sweet feels. The pair has done a brilliant job so far and their chemistry is spot on. Speaking of chemistry, Cheng Yi and Yuan Bingyan dialled up the...
Last summer, mainland Chinese drama Go Go Squid! <亲爱的，热爱的> made a lasting impression on audiences with the explosive chemistry between the main leads, Li Xian (李現) and Yang Zi (also known as Andy Yang 楊紫). Although fans expected to see more of their romantic scenes in the sequel, Dt. Appledog’s Time <亲爱的，挚爱的>, it was announced that the drama would instead focus on on the love...
Although William Chan (陳偉霆) started his entertainment career in Hong Kong’s music scene, the 34-year-old has found success in China by starring in popular dramas and variety shows. Despite working in China for many years, he is still having difficulties with his Mandarin and his co-star Yang Mi (楊冪) finds it hard to understand him. Entering the Chinese market with 2013’s Swords...
Yang Mi’s (杨幂) claim to fame was the 2011 teen drama Palace <宫>, one of the many Qing Dynasty series in the early 2010’s that kickstarted mainland China’s wave of palace drama romance. While Palace had many controversies during its run (plagiarism among one of them), it undoubtedly shot Yang Mi to unprecedented fame. Palace also became one of Yu Zheng’s (于正) representative works. Despite...
Back in late February, Xiao Zhan became the subject of backlash due to an uproar over the fanfic site Archive of Our Own (AO3) being blocked in China and spurring what is now known as the 227 incident. The singer-actor became linked to the incident as some of his fans who took issue with a fan fic involving...
After the success of rom-com Go Go Squid! <亲爱的，热爱的>, its spin-off series Dt. Appledog’s Time <亲爱的，挚爱的> was immediately in the works. Although Li Xian (李現) and Andy Yang (楊紫) will not be returning as the main cast, they will be making a cameo appearance in support of the series. Instead, Dt. Appledog’s Time will be lead by popular Mainland Chinese actors Hu Yitian (胡一天) and Li Yitong (李一桐), who...
Unexpectedly landing on the spotlight recently is Better Days actress Zhou Dongyu who found herself on the list of trending topics after being indirectly linked to the case of a Zhejiang TV employee sentenced to five years in prison and fined 500,000 RMB for accepting bribes. The drama in question, Ten Miles of Spring Wind Can't Compare to You 春风十里, 不如你, which...
A few days ago, the media aroused speculations that ex-lovers Hans Zhang (张翰) and Zheng Shuang (郑爽) may be back together, exciting fans who have shipped the couple since the two collaborated in Meteor Shower <一起来看流星雨>. However, both parties immediately shot down the reconciliation rumors. On July 5, Hans’s studio refuted the news with a simple six-letter statement, “Did not contact, did not reconcile.” Through...
