Promo Round-up: The Long Ballad

The Long Ballad stars Dilraba as a Tang dynasty princess on the run, and Wu Lei as an enemy general and her love interest. [Extended Synopsis]

The 50 episode drama will premiere tonight at 10:30pm (CN time), continue releasing 2 episodes on Thursday and Friday at 8pm and then revert to a Monday-Wednesday release schedule from next week onwards.

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Yang Yang joins Zhao Lusi in wuxia romance Who Rules the World

Who Rules the World 且试天下 (lit.) stars Yang Yang as Feng Lanxi and Zhao Lusi as Feng Xiyun. They’re both described as ambitious and extremely intelligent people who also happen to be the crown prince/princess of their respective kingdoms. They entered jianghu at a young age, and are known by their similar-sounding pseudonyms Hei Fengxi and Bai Fengxi.

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Photoshoot round-up: Douyin Star Night

Guan Xiaotong

Studios have released perfectly photoshopped pictures of their stars ahead of the broadcast of Douyin’s event (although it probably isn’t getting the level of attention it would like at the moment…). Catch the stars on the red carpet now at Youku.

Red carpet compilation: Ladies & Gents

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Stars attend Tencent awards show in Nanjing

Most of the stars that have had or will have shows broadcast on Tencent attended the event. The actresses have my utmost respect today – it’s currently 2 degrees Celsius in Nanjing. Which look do you like best?

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Stars brave the cold for ELLE Style Awards

Below are some of the stars’ red carpet looks for the ELLE event – which ones are your favourite?

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Friday Photos

Random posters, stills, and photos that caught our eyes lately. Any that caught yours? 

Love Is Sweet is my latest crack drama – it is hilarious and cute in all the right ways.
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Six actors mix-and-match for a Chinese Valentine’s Day promo

Zhao Lusi and Lin Yanjun already look cute together and they’re just standing around.

Three actors and three idol-turned-actors mix-and-match for this cute school romance shoot for Chinese Valentine’s Day. There’s Ding Yuxi and Zhou Jieqiong, Zhao Lusi and Lin Yanjun, and Hu Yitian and Jiang Zhenyu. The dialogue is a bit awkward, but they’re all really cute. Which pair do you want to see for a full-out drama?

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Cute first teaser for Zhao Lusi, Lin Yushen’s Dating in the Kitchen

Dating in the Kitchen 我, 喜欢你 is an adaption of Lan Baise’s Finally, I Get You, and stars Zhao Lusi as the personal hotel chef to Lin Yushen‘s CEO. The film remake starring Zhou Dongyu and Takeshi Kaneshiro was pretty cute, so I’m hoping the drama version is just as good.

This trailer is giving me warm fuzzies already.
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