Chen Xiang and iMe Liu Meihan ready for a close-up in Summer Sweetheart
Side-series of upcoming mainland Hana Kimi Runaway Sweetheart, Hello Summer/Summer Sweetheart, just released its trailer. The series will be available on Sohu on the 21st.
Hello Summer greets its first sweethearts
With so many eye candy, who do you want to be your summer sweetheart?
The first batch of photos of Runaway Sweetheart 落跑甜心‘s side series Hello Summer/ Summer Sweetheart was released recently, featuring the young and fresh cast of upcoming boyband 8090 members, girlband iMe members, as well as other eeMedia favorites.
See more photos below and some photos from the actual shootings on the thread here. (more…)
2009 Super Girls film MV for 2011 girls
In the new Baby Sister MV, the 2009 Super Girls reunite once again to "jiayou" for their new shimei's.
As the latest season of Super Girls begins, the last season’s top 10 welcomes them with a new MV. The song is written by Zeng Yike, and describes the common dream of music between the older shijie‘s and their baby sister shimei‘s of eeMedia. One of the cutest things about the 2009 girls were their friendship, and their have been several weibo updates of the girls meeting up since then. More pretty pictures of the girls below the cut.
Baby Sister MV from SuperGirls2009@YouTube, don’t forget to change the resolution to watch it in HD!
Runaway Sweetheart releases official poster, to be mainland’s first weekly drama
L-R 8090's Jiang Chao, He Zhuona, Chai Ge, Chen Xiang, Tan Lina, and 8090's Zhang He. Main female not included.
Directed by the director of Hana Kimi, Runaway Sweetheart will air on Hunan TV in May, making it the first weekly drama to air in mainland. The drama is another spin on the classic Liangzhu story and stars newcomers Chen Xiang, Chai Ge, members of upcoming boyband 8090, and an unannounced female lead.
Gossip Girl meets Hana Kimi = Runaway Sweetheart?
Actors for Dan (Chen Xiang) and Nate (Jiang Chao) check for gossip online during training.
Looking for new gossip? Try moving beyond the Upper East Side to a certain school on the other side of the world. Dan Humphrey’s alter ego, Dan(or Shan?) Hanfei, just got a new roommate, Shulei/Serena, and he (or should we say, she) is stirring up drama in the all boys’ college of Hua Gang. Swimmer Chuck is seriously questioning his sexual orientation, and even hottie Track Captain Nate is interested in this newcomer.
From the director of Hana Kimi, and following the style of Gossip Girl, Shineshow/eeMedia/Sohu’s “Runaway Sweetheart” is another take on the timeless plotline of girl-as-boy. The cast includes mostly first-time actors, including Chen Xiang, an unconfirmed female lead, newbie Chen Xiaoke 陈晓柯, and members of new boyband 8090. The drama will be mainland’s first weekly TV series, and will air next summer.
Chen Xiang plays the moody lead, a runner with a soft heart for his new roommate.
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Meteor Shower II airs with 1st in viewership and new improvements
After high ratings for Meteor Shower, Meteor Shower II aired on August the 9th this year with an even high rating, gaining 1st place with 53 million viewers and 9.34% of the market share. Viewers also acknowledge the obvious improvements in production values, especially noticeable in second lead Yu Haoming’s hot new hairstyle, the cast’s more youthful outfits and a sleek new set.
Because of the success of the first Meteor Shower, the second Meteor Shower was highly anticipated way before it begun airing. Since two week ago, the drama was at the top of TV series searches on search engine Baidu, as are its leads Zhang Han, Zheng Shuang, Yu Haoming, Zhu Zixiao and Wei Chen.
Despite its high viewership, last year’s Meteor Shower was also prone to criticisms, especially about the sets and product placements. In the sequel, audiences found drastic changes to those two points. The sequel has less product placements, but much higher end ones such as China Bank. So despite a reduction in quality, the income from product placement actually increased.
Styling is also very different. Yu Haoming’s crazy hairdo went away, giving him a refreshing prince-like appearance. Also gone, too, are the suits of the lead males, now replaced by youthful outfits that fits their age. Along with the contemporary new sets, these changes won approval of many fans.
You can watch Meteor Shower II’s on YouTube here.
- New to the cast is part – Indian Tan Lina (2nd Left),
Meteor Shower 2 finishes filming! + pic spam
How could you betray Xiao Yu for Guo Jingming?!
The Meteor Shower sequel finished filming two days ago and will begin airing on Hunan TV on August the 7th. Other than the original cast, new additions include second female lead Jiang Yuan (Tan Lina), the daughter of the president of Eliston school who falls in love with Murong Yunhai.
Watch the teaser here and Behind The Scenes here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Selected pictures below the cut, with the highlights being Zhu Zixiao at the bottom of the post.
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eeMedia New Year Calendar shots
Top Combine starts the year with pink
eeMedia releases their New Year calendar with all of its major artists. Including Top Combine, Li Yuchun, Meteor Shower cast, Jiang Yingrong, Tan Weiwei, and other Super Girls and Boys. This is the first year that eeMedia has released a family calendar, shot during the same time as their awesome family MV this year. Signs of eeMedia finally being organized under Long Danni? Definitely.
Rest of the calendar under the cut. Please, will someone put this up in the forum? (more…)
Ethnic minorities in Chinese entertainment
Does she look Chinese to you?
One of the most frustrating things about introducing new Chinese artists are the “they don’t look Chinese” comments. Considering China has 56 official ethnicities with their ancestral homes in China, and who knows how many unofficial ones, and 1.3 billion people, it’s unfair to homogenize any part of China (or of the world ). And according to wikipedia, minority populations are rising at 7 times the rate of the Han Chinese because the One Child Policy only applies to Han Chinese (no, China is not trying to eliminate its minorities via One Child).
Photographer Chen Haiwen recently paid a tribute to the diversity of China by producing a series of photos that captured this diversity. Along with a team of photographers, he traveled across China for a year to take photos of a family from each ethnic group. Those, along with thousands of other photos captured on the trip, were put on display in Beijing’s WangFuJing Street last month. zhouzhzh on youtube has a slideshow of all the photos.
Here’s a spot light on some, definitely not all, minority Chinese artists in pop culture.
Super Girl He Jie
our Yi-group
manager: Super Boy Ji Jie and brand manager for Bacardi
members: two powerful and tomboyish songstresses SM’s lost cause Zhang Liyin
and really lost cause Super Girl He Jie
and boyband Blue Bird Flying Fish‘s 70.
HuHu’s not Yi, but he’s there by association. Maybe Zhang Yunjing can join, too, by marriage. (more…)
