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...
It's always an enjoyable sight when an artist gushes over their fellow artists. Seeing it happen between artists of two different industries and countries is also a major bonus. I don't know about you, but I never thought that I would see Li Xian (Go Go Squid) and BLACKPINK in one sentence! June 26 is one of the most awaited...
There’s drama, and then there’s DRAMA. In a move you can only expect to see on TV, Zhao Yiqin who starred with Eleanor Lee in the historical rom-com Fake Princess almost gave himself a bath when he doused himself with three glasses of water all within the minute and forty eight second video apology he posted on social media last night. In the video which he addressed...
These days Timmy Xu Weizhou seems to be busily racking up acting projects under his belt, with no less than four dramas in the works while also pursuing a lucrative singing career on the side. The multi-hyphenate Chinese star broke out of obscurity through the web series Addicted and has since seen a meteoric rise in his popularity...
