Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on TikTok. It’s a weird business that has proven ...

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Popularized in China during the pandemic, ReelShort and other apps are hoping to bring minute-by-minute melodramas to the United States. By Claire Moses Reporting from Los Angeles When Albee Zhang ...

The show opens with a dramatic scene. A young woman stands alone in a bar, drinking away her bad memories: her fiancé demanding his engagement ring back in the wake of her family’s bankruptcy and her ...

The camera hasn’t even started rolling and actress Samantha Drews is already shedding charcoal-tinted tears for her latest micro-drama. It’s a sweltering afternoon in central Los Angeles and Drews, ...

The Chinese-backed app that lets you watch cheaply made melodramas in tiny chunks is profitable off of microtransactions. The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on ...