Zanilia Zhao Liying is the undisputed queen of TV ratings in China, with the 14 drama series in which she has appeared in the past decade having racked up a reported 180 billion-plus views online. While these may not all be genuine views – companies in the Chinese TV and live-streaming industries often buy views generated...
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...
Wow. I can’t even! Just when you thought we’ve made great strides forward when it comes to shame tactics in the workplace, someone has to come and prove otherwise. Today, Produce 101 winner and former Rocket Girls member Yamy released a statement detailing the verbal abuse she suffered in the hands of her boss Xu Mingchao. Turns out him constantly bringing her...
When South Korean girl group Miss A disbanded after seven years in 2017, disappointed fans yearned to fill the void in their hearts. Throughout the years, they looked forward to the possibility of a reunion or interaction between the four ladies who went their separate ways after the group split. Their wish finally came true not too...
As two of the highest-paid celebrities in China, Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) and Wang Feng (汪峰) are a force to be reckoned with. The couple had their “wedding of the century” back in 2015, and now have one daughter and one son. Wang Feng’s daughter with his ex-wife, 14-year-old Apple, also lives with them. Soon after tying the knot, Zhang Ziyi...
Talent competitions are always a treat to watch but if there’s one thing I really hate about them, it’s the eliminations. It’s always heart wrenching to watch contestants who’ve become super close saying goodbye to each other you know? After watching “sister” Shen Mengchen say a tearful goodbye to her team mates Wang Feifei and Wan Qian in the latest episode of Sister Who...
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...
In a recent press conference, it was announced that the popular Korean webtoon Clean With Passion For Now will have a Chinese adaptation, titled Use For My Talent <我親愛的小潔癖>. It will be the webtoon’s second adaptation – the 2018 Korean drama of the same name, starring actors Yoon Kyun Sang and Kim Yoo Jung, was based on the digital comic. Main leads, Shen...
Netizens are noticing a difference in how Yang Mi (杨幂) looks on stage and off. Sharp-eyed netizens shared a compilation of photos featuring Yang Mi dolled up on stage, and then compared to those photos to how Yang Mi looked during her private, off-stage time. These netizens noticed that Yang Mi has a fuller hourglass figure, with her bottom jutting...
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...
