Actors for Marie Claire

Tang Yan and Yang MI

Marie Claire did a “Chinese Style” photoshoot featuring some of China’s hottest young stars, incluing Yang Mi, Li Bingbing, Chris Li Yuchun, Tang Yan, Angelababy, Huang Xuan,Wang Junkai and Yi Yangqianxi  of TF Boys, Liu Haoran, Sheng YIlun, Victoria Song Qian, and Song Weilong.

Whose photo do you like the best?

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Promo Round-up: Oh My General

Oh My General is the latest drama from Lv Haojiji (Go Princess Go!), and stars Ma Sichun (Soul Mate) as a badass female general of the Song dynasty, who is ordered to marry an immature and frivolous prince, played by Sheng Yilun (Pretty Li Huizhen).

This is Ma Sichun’s first project since her win at the Golden Horse Awards, so I’ll be curious to see if she can still bring out her best without the guidance of an experienced director like Peter Chan. The 60 episode drama will air weekly on Youku beginning tonight.

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Sheng Yilun reporting back on the Republic’s biggest actresses

Dear Chinese producers: I will come up with English titles for you for free if you fire your current ones.

Sheng Yilun is the youngest by a lot in “Shanghai Picked Flowers 十里洋场拾年花
“, a series that focuses on female celebs in the Republican era, except the main lead is male. Sheng Yilun plays a reporter reporting on all the happenings in the Republican Shanghai world of romance, and intrigue. The posters are nice, and the premise and cast seems promising, let’s hope they don’t botch it.

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Oh, My General trailer is a cute take on male military spouses

The costumes still look super Japanese (they got a Japanese costume designer) for the Song dynasty, but everything else for Oh My General is on point.

A genderswap take on the common tale of the tough general who finds his soft spot for the sweet girl at home  who learns from him and shares his burden, Oh, My General 将军在上 actually looks both funny and sweet in its first trailer. Newly Crowned Golden Horse Best Actress Ma Sichun (Soul Mate) looks great for her first ancient lead role, and her partner Sheng Yilun (Go Princess Go) looks pretty enough for his.

First teaser for A Life Time Love

There are plenty of tears in the first teaser for A Life Time Love, the upcoming fantasy romance starring Huang Xiaoming and Song Qian as a pair of star-crossed lovers. Sheng Yilun rounds out the main love triangle as a powerful noble and the female lead’s husband.

Zhang Li and Shen Tai will have a tragic romance of their own, and it seems like Luo Yunxi and Wu Qian may be the only couple that gets their happily ever after.

The drama will air 6 episodes a week beginning June 12th.

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First stills and a theme song for A Life Time Love

A Life Time Love 上古情歌 is loosely based on Tong Hua’s fantasy novel Once Promised, and stars Huang Xiaoming (Xuan Zang), Song Qian (Ice Fantasy), Sheng Yilun (Pretty Li Huizhen) and Zhang Li (Don’t Go Breaking My Heart). The ending theme song is sung by G.E.M.

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Sheng Yilun, Wang Ziwen in character for ancient fantasy drama Swire God

Author Jing Wuhen hasn’t even completed the source novel, but that isn’t stopping producers from snapping up the drama production rights to Swire God 太古神王. Male lead Sheng Yilun (Pretty Li Huizhen) was confirmed a few days ago, and now Wang Ziwen (Ode to Joy) joins him as the female lead. Continue reading