Zhong Chuxi, Nazha, Ning Jing, Song Yi, Tang Yixin, and Song Yi are gorgeous at a recent Bvlgari event. The boldness of Bvlgari jewels is a great opportunity for the actresses to stun, and this is easily my choice for best-dressed fashion event this fall yet. Which looks are your favorites?
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Heroes in Harm’s Way 最美逆行者 dramatises China’s response to the virus outbreak in Wuhan, and will feature 7 x 2 episode shorts. Leading actors include Chen Shu, Yang Zhigang, Sa Rina, Li Yixiao, Xu Jiao, Kan Qingzi, Cheng Taisen, Niu Junfeng, Ma Tianyu, Su Qing, Han Xue, Zhang Ming’en and Xiao Yan.
The 14 episode anthology series premieres on CCTV-1 tonight. Another COVID-19 drama is also slated to air later this month.
To Dear Myself is another female ensemble drama focusing on the careers and romances of three women played by Liu Shishi, Kan Qingzi and Chen Miqi. Their love interests are played by Zhu Yilong, Peng Guanying and Li Zefeng respectively. [Extended Synopsis]
The 45 episode drama airs daily on Hunan TV beginning tonight.
Liu Shishi and Zhu Yilong’s To Dear Myself has released teasers, and the hero’s personality is already getting on my nerves. Fingers-crossed he has a good backstory, and that the writer doesn’t go overboard with the machismo. The drama is slated to premiere this Sunday on Hunan TV.
To Dear Myself is one of the many female ensemble dramas, and the three couples will be played by Liu Shishi x Zhu Yilong, Peng Guanying x Kan Qingzi and Chen Miqi x Li Zefeng. [Extended Synopsis]
Magazine spreads, posters and stills that recently caught our eyes.
In Awakening of Insects, Zhang Ruoyun plays Chen Shan, an ordinary citizen who is hired by the Japanese to impersonate one of their top spies and infiltrate the Kuomintang (of course, the hero ultimately defects to the Communist side). Wang Ou and Kan Qingzi play his love interests.
The 45 episode drama airs daily on Hunan TV beginning tonight.
Teasers: Training to be a spy
To Dear Myself 亲爱的自己 is the fourth female-centric modern drama to begin filming this year after Nothing But Thirty, Love in Shanghai and Unfazed at Twenty. The ~30 episode series focuses on the careers and troubled love lives of three women played by Liu Shishi (If I Can Love You So), Kan Qingzi (The Great River) and Chen Miqi (Martial Universe).
With a track record of supporting talented new directors by producing films like Dying to Survive, A or B, and How Long Will I Love U, Xu Zheng will hopefully continue this trend with his latest production, pet-themed ensemble film Adoring 宠爱 by new director Yang Zi.
Adoring finished filming early in the summer and is set for a Dec. 31, 2019 release date. The film feature six segments – Yu Hewei X Li Landi, Wu Lei X Zhang Zifeng, Yang Zishan X Wallace Chung, William Chan X Zhong Chuxi, Tan Jianci X Kan Qingzi, and poor Guo Qilin all by himself (but with a puppy!) . Can you name all the cast members from the Xu Zheng-judged Season Two of I Am An Actor?
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Stills have been released for Awakening of Insects, an upcoming Republican espionage drama from the writer of Sparrow 麻雀. The 45 episode drama stars Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Ou, Sun Yizhou, Kan Qingzi and Wang Longzheng. [Extended Synopsis]