Park Shin Hye and her Combat Butler

Park Shin Hye will be starring opposite Taiwanese actor George Hu (K.O.3an Guo, ToGetHer) in the GTV drama adaptation of popular Japanese manga series Hayate the Combat Butler. She will be playing Nagi Sanzen’in, the only heir to the Sanzen’in fortune and a short-tempered and spoiled, but ultimately good-natured one. (Yoon Eun Hye: you sure are following my [...]

Possibly the most memorable scene in Summer’s Desire

This post has been in my draft folder for ages, because it took me so long to format (and what’s more, with school kicking me in the ass). Consider this an attempt to immortalize one of my favourite scenes in Summer’s Desire! The accompanying text is from the original novel by Ming Xiao Xi. Sorry I’m too [...]

Barbie Hsu’s hairtalk

I’m experimenting again! Hehe. This time my interest happens to be hair. So each post in this series of 【hairtalk】 will feature a popular female actress with wondrous hair (imho), and the star of today is none other than… *drumroll* Barbie Hsu! Hsu has a reputation for her flawless complexion and beautiful long hair, earning her the grand title [...]

【Summer’s Desire】Peter Ho is Barbie Hsu’s best match

In FTV’s Summer’s Desire which premiered end of May, Barbie Hsu is caught in an intense love triangle between Huang Xiao Ming and Peter Ho. Her love with Huang Xiao Ming is entitled “suffocating love”, while her romance with Peter is described as a ” fatal love”. It has aired 4 episodes thus far and its episode ratings [...]

Autumn’s Concerto premieres on China Entertainment TV tonight

    Taiwanese drama Autumn’s Concerto officially conquers mainland TV tonight! It will air on China Entertainment TV on Mondays to Fridays from 19:30 to 21:30. Let’s see if it performs as well as it did in Taiwan.   

Autumn’s Concerto pins high hopes on finale

As we await the final episode of Autumn’s Concerto.. If the ratings break “10″, lead actress Ady An will reciprocate fans by doing pole dancing – with the condition that her screen hubby and son will be the big and small pole respectively (so it’s all good fun). .

Down With Love: Episode 1

Those of you who are familiar with both Korean and Taiwanese dramas will notice that Down With Love shares a similar thread to upcoming kdrama Personal Taste starring Lee Min-ho and Son Ye-jin. In both shows, one character thinks the other is not straight (lesbian/gay) because of a lie, and end up staying together and falling [...]

Chris Wu of Autumn’s Concerto is an actor to look out for

I’m watching episode 16 of Taiwanese drama Autumn’s Concerto and Hua Tuo Ye has finally won me over with his parting scene with Ady An’s Liang Mu Cheng. When he said, “It’s only been 6 years..”, my heart really went out to him. I never considered Hua Tuo Ye as a sizeable opponent to Ren Guang Xi in vying for Mu Cheng’s affections; [...]

Summer’s Desire, aka 泡沫之夏

“When love is so strong that it becomes stifling, would you escape or confront it? The most touching, dreamlike love of the century.”      . 1) This drama is adapted from a trilogy penned by popular novelist Ming Xiaoxi from China 2) It is produced by Peter Ho, who also stars 3) Probably the idol [...]

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