Winners for Magnolia Awards 2017 at 23rd Shanghai TV Festival

Translated the winners list! Will add pictures tomorrow cause I’m too exhausted. *panda eyes*

Congratulations to all the winners! All the non-idol dramas on the list of course.

UPDATE (6/18): Added pictures!

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Love Bug Report: Ren Jia Lun reveals his long-term Girlfriend

I’m so proud of you Allen Ren Jia Lun. He recently nabbed a lot of attention and love for his portrayal as Li Chu in The Glory of Tang Dynasty, and has chosen to reveal on weibo his long-term relationship with his girlfriend. I think most people would choose to wait a little longer to reveal their love status, afraid of losing that new-and-hard-earned fan love, but he doesn’t. The moment he got support from tv audience, he affirms the woman who has been with him since his unknown days. I just love it. Love it!

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Zhao Ge’s First Trailer is a visual quiet feast for the Eyes

It looks good, very good. The name Zhao Ge (朝歌) comes from the last of a series of cities that served as capital of the Shang dynasty, and later capital of State of Wei [Wiki.] It is a fantasy historical drama retelling the wars between the Shang and Zhou dynasties written and produced by Yu Zheng. Yea, that’s the catch to all the pretty!

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Chen Xiao and Yuan Shan Shan’s Above The Clouds to Air

Well, well, well. Another shelved Chen Xiao’s drama, Above The Clouds (云巅之上), finally got the green light to air after two years. You will see the usual Yu Zheng’s stars (boys from Memory Lost), beside the OTP couple played by Chen Xiao and Yuan Shan Shan, with her starring as a country pumpkin going to the city to find her biological mother but somehow ends up as an actress who struggles against numerous showbiz wars and current flower ladies.

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Yu Zheng’s Zhao Ge: Behind-The-Scenes, Interviews with the Crew

With history experts and a new stylist (He Qian from Huang Xiao Ming’s Xuan Zang) on board, maybe Zhao Ge will be Yu Zheng’s turnaround drama? The drama name Zhao Ge (朝歌) comes from the last of a series of cities that served as capital of the Shang dynasty, and later capital of State of Wei [Wiki.] It is a fantasy historical drama retelling the wars between the Shang and Zhou dynasties written and produced by Yu Zheng.

I just love watching behind-the-scene videos these days. Really gives you another perspective into the work behind all these grand productions.

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Li Yi Tong and Zhang Zhe Han reunite in period drama Zhao Ge

Another reunion. Well, this one is not new since it started filming in September of 2016. But the of stills were released just this morning and it’s all familiar faces from Yu Zheng‘s company because he’s the….writer. Expect to see Zhang Zhe Han, Li Yi Tong, Wu Jin Yan, Merxat, Bai Yu and more from both Demon Girl and Memory Lost cast members. Zhao Ge (朝歌) is a fantasy historical drama retelling the wars between Shang and Zhou dynasties with a touch of volatile inaccuracies and romances added in by Yumama. Synopsis credit: Me. PUHAHAHAHA.

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Love & Life & Lie with Chen Xiao and Zhou Dong Yu To Air

I’ve got good news! Various news sites have revealed the air date for modern drama, Love & Life & Lie (遇见爱情的利先生), starring Chen Xiao and Zhou Dong Yu to be January 4th! What made it real news is when Chen Xiao’s lovely wifey, Michelle Chen, liked one of the weibo posts. =D Being shelved for two years, everyone can finally rejoice in seeing a lively pairing comes to life. Please be true!

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Yu Zheng confirms Merxat as Rong Zhi in Feng Qiu Huang

Well, Yang Rong finally has her male lead for the upcoming drama adaptation of novel Feng Qiu Huang (凤囚凰) written by Tian Yi You Feng. It’s actor Merxat, one of Yu Zheng’s well-known group of pretty talents. You might remember him most recently in Memory Lost and Demon Girl. Feng Qiu Huang follows the story of a modern girl who wakes up one day and finds herself in the body of Liu Chu Yu, a princess of the Liu Song Dynasty. The princess is known for telling her younger brother, Emperor Qianfei, about the unfairness in his harem verses hers, at which he granted her thirtysomething male concubines. That sounds awesome… only now our heroine has to finds way to survive, knowing that history isn’t on her brother’s side (he’s overthrown). Dun dun dun!!!

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