The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on TikTok. It’s a weird business that has proven lucrative for the Chinese-owned ReelShort. The app specializes in junky ...

Vertical dramas such as 'How to Tame a Silver Fox' and 'Breaking the Ice' have garnered millions of views for ReelShort's ...

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 ...