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The Unforgettable Gala, an end-of-year award celebration that honors the Api community’s brightest talents in entertainment, arts and culture, has announced a slate of performers for its 2024 awards celebration.

The event, taking place this year on Dec. 14, will feature performances from K-Pop star Wonho, The Jets and 98 Degrees, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.

The evening will feature a “very special Aapi timeline performance” that will bring the audience through the decades, including The Jets, who were the first Aapi group to get into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and 98 Degrees with a soon-to-be announced special guest, according to a release.

Founded by Character Media in 2002 and produced this year by GoldenTV and Character Media, the Unforgettable Gala will be co-chaired by writer and director Adele Lim and actor and producer Eugene Lee Yang. Members of the event’s selection committee include Apl.de.Ap, Awkwafina, Bing Chen,...

Sundance Institute and Gold House have named the 10 recipients of the One House Filmmakers Fund.

The fund is designed to provide unrestricted financing, educational support and amplification for filmmakers from historically underrepresented communities.

The 10 filmmakers are Pierre Coleman (“Ricky”), Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (“Hum”), Colette Ghunim (“Traces of Home”), Julia Kennelly (“Clare”) Sofian Khan (“Karachi Sky”), Naomi Ko (“Marry Korean”), April Maxey (“Work”), John Sutter (“Planet A”), Angela Tucker (“The Inquisitor”) and Jing Wang (“Ride With Delivery Workers”).

The news was announced at the One House Filmmakers Fund Soiree, hosted by Sundance Institute, Gold House and East West Bank Foundation on Saturday, Oct. 26. The event also featured a special pitch session, where the 10 filmmakers were given an exclusive opportunity to pitch their projects to financiers and distributors.

Dominic Ng, chairman and CEO of East West Bank, said, “We are proud to partner with Gold House and Sundance Institute to support the One House Filmmakers Fund.

In a surprising twist that has left fans reeling, ABC’s beloved medical drama The Good Doctor will officially end its run after seven seasons. Dr. Shaun Murphy’s journey captivated millions with his unique approach to medicine, intellect, and determination despite challenges related to autism. However, despite the show’s longstanding success and a dedicated fanbase, the network decided to cancel The Good Doctor, leaving viewers wondering what led to this abrupt ending. The latest, season 7 of the show, premiered earlier this year in February 2024 and concluded in May. However, while fans were expecting a renewal for season 8, that was not forthcoming.

Multiple factors contributed to the show’s cancellation, including changing network priorities, the impact of recent industry strikes, and the growing challenges in scripted television. As production concludes, fans will get a final opportunity to watch Shaun and the team at San Jose St. Bonaventure, bringing this...

Exclusive: 20th Television has closed a first-look deal with Daniel Dae Kim to develop and executive produce comedy, drama and limited series through his 3Ad production company for linear networks and streamers, with an emphasis on platforms across Disney Entertainment Television like ABC, Hulu and Disney+.

Kim’s breakthroughs as an actor and producer are all tied to Disney. His first starring TV role was on ABC’s 2004 drama Lost, produced by then-ABC Studios, which was recently folded into 20th Television. And 3Ad’s first series was ABC’s long-running medical procedural The Good Doctor. Heading development for 3Ad is John Cheng.

“With the recent 20th anniversary of the premiere of Lost, it seems only fitting to announce a return home to the place that changed my career,” Kim said. “All of us at 3Ad are thrilled to be starting this new chapter with Eric, Karey, Carolyn and the whole team at 20th Television.

Sunset Blvd., Jamie Lloyd’s revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, topped the $1 million mark in weekly grosses last week, filling the St. James Theatre for all six previews and joining the ranks of McNeal and Romeo + Juliet as Broadway’s most recent powerhouse newcomers.

Though it fell short of sell-out with attendance at about 93% capacity, Sunset Blvd. took in a strong $1,075,922 for the week ending October 6. Opening night for the revival is October 20.

Staying strong was Romeo + Juliet, director Sam Gold’s Shakespeare adaptation starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, at standing room only for 7 previews at Circle in the Square and a $950,099 take. Opening night is October 24.

McNeal, with Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, had a good opening week at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, filling the venue and grossing $969,768 for six performances.

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Exclusive: Actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim has come on board to executive produce Makawalu, a feature film initiated by Hawaii International Film Festival (Hiff), entirely created and to be co-directed by eight Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) filmmakers.

The project, the largest budgeted indie feature entirely created by Kanaka Maoli talent, is fully funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Rwjf), the Asian American Foundation (Taaf), and Pacific Islanders in Communication (Pic). More than 90% of the project’s financing comes from organisations invested in change that are based outside Hawaii.

Currently in pre-production, the feature starts shooting in spring 2025 for an early 2026 release. The eight filmmakers are Justyn Ah Chong, Taylour Chang, Ty Sanga, Ciara Lacy, Āina Paikai, Erin Lau, Scott W. Kekama Amona and Katherine Wong.

First presented in 2021, the Makawalu project involved an extensive selection process after which the eight filmmakers participated in a five-day filmmaker lab and...

Exclusive: Emmy nominated actress, Moses Ingram, has signed with Linden Entertainment.

Ingram was most recently seen starring in AppleTV+’s limited series Lady In The Lake opposite Natalie Portman as well as Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt for A24. Later this year, Ingram will be seen in Joshua Oppenheimer’s feature debut The End opposite Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George McKay for Neon. Ingram is currently in production on Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Netflix film.

Prior roles include Netflix’s Emmy winning limited series The Queen’s Gambit for which she garnered an Emmy nomination for her role; Disney+’s limited series Obi Wan Kenobi; AppleTV’s limited series The Big Cigar; Joel Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth and Peter Hedges’ The Same Storm and Michael Bay’s Ambulance.

Linden Entertainment will rep Ingram alongside Innovative Artists, Fox Rothschild and The Lede Company.

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Though 20 years have passed since the show premiered, "Lost" remains a cultural touchstone. Its ending naturally didn't go over well with everyone, but its early seasons, at the very least, are pretty flawless. Its pilot in particular still holds up as an effective exercise in character building and tension. It's impossible to imagine its story beginning any other way, or any other actors playing the characters we'd grow to love.

The bulk of the cast remains synonymous with their roles to this day. For some, Daniel Dae Kim will always be Jin. Jorge Garcia will always be Hurley. And Matthew Fox will always be Jack, the noble hero whose point-of-view drives so much of the action in the inaugural episode of "Lost." The series lives and dies on the strength of its ensemble, but Jack Shephard is the glue that holds these disparate characters together — especially in season 1.

It might come as a surprise,...

David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face debuted Off Broadway 17 years ago, spinning a farcical tale about a real-life Broadway controversy that had taken place some 17 years before that. How it manages to be relevant, insightful and very funny as it makes its Broadway debut tonight, all these years later, is anyone’s guess, but it does.

We can start by thanking Hwang’s terrific play – cut by a half-hour since its overlong Off Broadway version – and crackerjack direction by Leigh Silverman. Perhaps most of all, the production’s appeal rests with a cast led by an excellent Daniel Dae Kim, the Lost and Avatar: The Last Airbender star making a seamless transition to the Broadway stage.

The plot is, on its surface – but only on its surface – one big inside joke for Broadway aficionados. Inspired by real events – with liberty taken – Yellow Face recounts an event that found Hwang embroiled...

Romeo + Juliet, Sam Gold’s new Broadway adaptation of the Shakespeare classic starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, sold out its first three preview performances last week, filling Circle in the Square beyond its seating capacity with a strong average ticket price at $178.94.

(Note: A previous version of this article stated Romeo + Juliet had the week’s top average ticket price; that distinction actually goes to Sunset Blvd., with an average ticket of $187.42.)

The modern-dress Romeo + Juliet, one of a half-dozen new productions to hit New York in recent weeks, was standing room only and grossed $441,258 for the three previews last week. Romeo + Juliet opens October 24.

The average ticket price overall for Broadway last week was $112.57.

Also jumping in with a strong start, Sunset Blvd., Jamie Lloyd’s revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, filled the St. James for its first preview,...

Laura Donnelly has teamed up with director Sam Mendes and playwright Jez Butterworth again, six years after their hit show The Ferryman became a smash hit on Broadway.

The actress, best known for starring in The Nevers and Werewolf By Night, is getting rave reviews for her performance in the new play, which celebrated its opening night performance on Sunday (September 29) in New York City.

Stepping out on the red carpet for the opening show were Sam and Jez, as well as M. Night Shyamalan with his family, Tony nominee Micaela Diamond, Daniel Dae Kim, and Clark Gregg.

A Man Called Otto actress Kelly Lamor Wilson was also there to support her Broadway debut as a producer. “Making my Broadway Debut with this show is a dream come true,” she wrote on Instagram Stories.

Time Out New York notes that the play is an “extraordinary showcase” for Laura and Entertainment Weekly...

David Henry Hwang’s playfully subversive comedy Yellow Face received an Obie Award and was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize when it debuted off-Broadway at the Public Theater in 2007. Now it’s back—in a new Broadway revival directed by Leigh Silverman, the Tony-nominated director of Shaina Taub’s freewheeling musical Suffs. In what Hwang calls an “unreliable memoir,” the playwright—who won the Tony in 1988 for M. Butterfly—places a fictional version of himself, “Dhh,” at the center of the story.

The play takes audiences on a clever and humorous journey that blurs fact and fiction. It revisits historical events sparked by the 1990 controversy surrounding the yellow-face casting of a white actor, Jonathan Pryce, in the lead Eurasian role in the mega-musical Miss Saigon. The work also examines allegations made against his father, Henry Y. Hwang, and the increasing prejudice faced by Asian Americans in this country.

Exclusive: Veteran manager Trent Hubbard will join Linden Entertainment.

Hubbard moves to Linden after four years at Echo Lake Entertainment and previous to that he was in the Motion Picture Talent Department at UTA. He is currently executive producing Adam Rehmeier’s feature film Carolina Caroline starring Samara Weaving; executive producing Alok Vaid-Menon’s comedy special Biology!, who Hubbard represents and just secured a first look deal in Sony TV for them and executive producing Meredith Alloway’s directorial debut Forbidden Fruits with Mason Novick and Diablo Cody which is written by Alloway and Lily Houghton, both of whom Hubbard will continue to represent at Linden. Hubbard is also on the advisory board of the non-profit Rainbow Labs.

Other clients that will follow Hubbard includes Sarah Ramos (The Bear); Shirley Chen (Didi); Sarah Kameela Impey (We Are Lady Parts); Nadia Tereszkiewicz (Forever Young); Michelle Trachtenberg (Gossip Girl); Charly Clive (The...

‘Lost’ has mystified and astounded fans for two decades now, and we’ll break down how to watch the show here.

Have you gotten “Lost” yet? If not, it may be time to start thinking about giving the series a try. “Lost” first premiered on ABC on Sept. 22, 2004, a full 20 years ago. Some readers can be forgiven for needing to absorb the shock of that fact, but for those who don’t know much about it, “Lost” was one of the most buzzy titles of the decade in the 2000s, easily matching the hype of series like “The Office.” If you haven’t streamed “Lost” yet, we’ll break down everything you need to know about the show below below.

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Miya Cech joins ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ (Photo courtesy of Netlix)

Miya Cech (Surfside Girls) is officially on board season two of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cech will be taking on the fan-favorite role of Toph, “a master earthbender who was born blind and trained to feel and sense the world around her.”

Cech’s casting was announced during Netflix’s Geeked Week Live celebration. The streamer also revealed that production is currently underway on the new season.

“I’ve been in boot camp for about a week and a half now and still have a lot of work to do, but it’s super fun. I have some martial arts experience,” said Cech in an interview with Tudum. “I have a great instructor who I take private classes with back home in Northern California, and he keeps me in shape when I’m not working. I also...

We have to go baaaaaack… to the night that ABC’s Lost first splashed onto the airwaves.

Sunday, Sept. 22 marks the 20th anniversary of the supernatural-tinged mystery drama’s debut. So we thought it a good opportunity to flash back — not forward, nor sideways — to the two-hour premiere that aired across a pair of Wednesdays in September 2004, cost a record $10 million to $14 million to make (versus the industry average at that time of $4 million), and averaged 18 million total viewers.

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On Friday September 20 2024, NBC broadcasts Today 3rd Hour!

Season 6 Episode 254 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Today 3rd Hour” promises an exciting lineup for viewers. Airing on NBC, this episode features a mix of celebrity guests and engaging segments. Fans of the show can look forward to an entertaining hour filled with talent and inspiration.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim will be one of the featured guests. Known for his roles in popular series, he is expected to share insights about his latest projects and experiences in the entertainment industry. His presence is likely to bring a captivating energy to the show.

Another guest is actor Ryan Eggold, who has gained recognition for his performances in various television dramas. He will likely discuss his current work and what drives him as an actor. His perspective could offer viewers a deeper understanding of the challenges and rewards of a career in acting.

Netflix’s live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is back in production for Season 2, with the streamer revealing that Miya Cech has been cast as the fan-favorite character Toph.

In a clip released as part of Netflix’s annual Geeked Week fan event, Toph’s feet are seen in closeup before she stomps down and demonstrates her earthbending.

The 17-year-old Cech is likely best known to audiences as the younger version of Ali Wong’s character in the Netflix romantic comedy “Always Be My Maybe,” released in 2019. Funnily enough, she also played a younger version of Ali Wong’s character in an episode of the Netflix series “Beef.” She also starred in Nickelodeon’s short-lived series “The Astronauts” and had a supporting role in last year’s coming-of-age comedy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.”

Toph was first introduced in Book 2 of the original “Last Airbender” animated series.

Avatar: The Last Airbender season two is officially in production. Netflix announced the news with a teaser video, and revealed the actress cast in the highly anticipated role of earthbender Toph.

First released in February, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon’s beloved animated series was renewed for two more seasons in March.

The story, like its animated original, follows Aang (Gordon Cormier), the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements (Water, Earth, Fire, Air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the Fire Nation. Kiawentiio plays his friend Katara, and Ian Ousley her brother Sokka.

For season two, Netflix announced Miya Cech will play Toph, an earthbender who joins the crew. The video released Thursday does not reveal her face, but implies her earthbending powers.

Cech’s previous credits include one episode of the Emmy-winning Beef and Adam Sandler’s You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.

Broadway added a couple shows and a 7% bump in receipts last week, with a roster of recent arrivals like McNeal, Yellow Face and The Roommate drawing considerable interest.

Most shows saw an uptick in box office and solid business for the week ending September 15. McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, sold out its five previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, grossing $954,624, while Yellow Face, the David Henry Hwang play starring Daniel Dae Kim at the Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre, filled 97% of seats at the venue, taking in $148,415 for three previews.

The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, was a near sell-out at the Booth, with attendance at 97% of capacity for its opening week. The production took a $122,322 hit at the box office though, with both Saturday performances canceled due to Farrow’s Covid absence. Marsha Mason,...

The upcoming episode of “Today 3rd Hour” promises an exciting lineup for viewers on Friday, September 20, 2024, at 9:00 Am on NBC. This season 6, episode 254 features a mix of celebrity interviews, entertainment, and a touch of magic, making it a must-watch for fans of the show.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim will be joining the hosts to discuss his latest projects and share insights from his impressive career. Known for his roles in popular series, his presence is sure to bring engaging stories and perhaps a few behind-the-scenes tidbits that fans will love. Alongside him, Ryan Eggold, another talented actor, will also make an appearance. Viewers can expect a lively conversation as he talks about his current work and the challenges of being in the spotlight.

The episode will also feature actor Sebastian Stan, who is known for his dynamic performances. His charm and charisma are likely to keep the audience entertained...

A new Broadway season has begun, and there are currently nine productions of plays set to open this fall. Could we see any of them contend at next year’s Tony Awards? Below, find the plot of each play as well as the awards histories of its author, cast and creative team, plus the opening and (where applicable) closing dates.

“The Roommate” (opens September 12; closes December 15)

In this new play by Jen Silverman, Sharon has never had a roommate before. But after her divorce she needs a housemate to pay the bills. That’s when Robyn arrives. The story follows an unexpected, life-changing friendship that’s both funny and deeply moving between two very different middle-aged women as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality and the dream of reinvention.

The production stars Golden Globe winner Mia Farrow and three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone. It is directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien.

On Thursday, September 5, Live with Kelly and Mark welcomes Carrie Coon, Daniel Dae Kim, Tamron Hall, and Lish Steiling. Actress Carrie Coon will be discussing her latest film, His Three Daughters. The film, directed by Azazel Jacobs, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF23). It follows the story of three sisters, played […]

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On Thursday September 5 2024, ABC broadcasts Live with Kelly and Mark!

Season 3 Episode 3 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark” promises to be an exciting one. Airing on ABC, the show will feature special guests Carrie Coon and Daniel Dae Kim. Both actors bring their unique talents and experiences to the stage, making for an engaging discussion.

Carrie Coon is known for her work in “His Three Daughters,” and her presence is sure to add depth to the conversation. Daniel Dae Kim, who has made a name for himself in Broadway’s “Yellow Face,” will also share insights from his diverse career. Their stories and experiences will likely resonate with fans and create a lively atmosphere.

In addition to the guest interviews, Tamron Hall will lead a cooking demonstration with Lish Steiling. This segment is expected to be both informative and entertaining, as viewers can learn new recipes and cooking tips.

Broadway gained momentum heading into Labor Day weekend, with cumulative grosses for the industry up 11 percent and all shows posting gains compared to the prior week.

The Outsiders returned to its streak of breaking the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre house record, now for an 8th time with $1.52 million for the week ended Sept. 1, up close to $100,000 from the prior week. The best musical Tony winner continues to play above 100 percent capacity and saw its average ticket price rise to a new high of $185.

The musical has been a new entrant into the top five weekly grossing productions in the industry, taking the fifth spot last week. Wicked reigned with $2.2 million, followed by The Lion King with $1.97 million, Hamilton with $1.86 million and Hell’s Kitchen with $1.54 million.

Mj The Musical, which began running on Broadway in 2022, saw the biggest week-to-week jump in the industry, with grosses up $243,918 week-over-week to reach $1.4 million.

This week on “Live with Kelly and Mark,” hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos kick off Season 37 when they welcome guests Taraji P. Henson, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Max Greenfield, Elizabeth Olsen, Derek Hough, Daniel Dae Kim, Tamron Hall and Edie Falco, among others.

Guest Lineup Monday, September 2, 2024– Ana Gasteyer returns to discuss her role in the hit Broadway musical, “Once Upon A Mattress”

– Steve Patterson recreates iconic movie scenes around New York City

– A performance from The War and Treaty.New | Tuesday, September 3, 2024– Live’s 37th Season Kicks off as Taraji P. Henson sits down with Kelly and Mark to discuss “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist”

– Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson drops by

– Actor Max Greenfield discusses his new book “Good Night Thoughts”New | Season Premiere (37th) Wednesday, September 4, 2024– Elizabeth Olsen stops by to talk about her film, “His Three Daughters”

– Derek Hough returns to give the scoop on the new...

Yellowjackets is the latest mystery must-watch series that is driving fans wild with all of its exciting revelations. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the Showtime series is a mix of horror and drama and it follows a group of highly talented girls high-school soccer team, whose plane crashes deep into the Ontario wilderness, and it quickly becomes a question of life and death for them. Yellowjackets stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Christina Ricci, and Juliette Lewis. So, if you loved the survival thriller, horror drama, and mystery aspects of Yellowjackets here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Lost is a sci-fi mystery adventure and survival thriller drama series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelöf. The ABC series revolves around a group of survivors of...

I know it doesn’t feel like 2004 was 20 years ago, but it was, which means many great TV shows just turned 20 years old.

Seriously, 2004 is a sneaky good year for new TV premieres. Most of the titles on this list of good TV shows turning 20 years old in 2024 were broadcast hits. The cable networks had a decent market share in the early 2000s, but we’re still a decade before the streaming industry changed the TV game.

At this point in TV history, we’re still seven years before the Game of Thrones premiere. Remember that, please!

Let’s get the list started with the best show of 2004!

Lost 2010 Winter TCA Tour - Day 4 | Frederick M. Brown/GettyImages

Created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof, Lost premiered on ABC in the fall of 2004. The series told the story of a group of survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island.

Star Trek is always about boldly going and exploring the final frontier. But who said that frontier had to exist in the present? Many times, the voyages of the USS Enterprise and its sister ships in Starfleet go back to the past and sometimes to the future, where they get new perspectives on what has been and what could be.

With few exceptions, Trek‘s time travel stories are often entertaining romps or thought-provoking adventures. But a few stand above the rest, outdoing even favorites like “Time’s Arrow” or “Trials and Tribble-ations.”

This list ranks the best of Trek‘s time travel stories, but because this is Trek, we have to make a few disclaimers. We’re only talking here about stories in which someone actually moves forward or backward in time. That leaves out holodeck stories or tales in which the Enterprise finds a planet that just so...

New Amsterdam star Ryan Eggold and Tony Award-nominated Kevin Del Aguila will join the previously announced Daniel Dae Kim on Broadway this fall in David Henry Hwang’s much anticipated Yellow Face.

Eggold will be making his Broadway debut.

Complete casting for the production was announced today by the Roundabout Theatre Company, and also includes Francis Jue, Marinda Anderson, Greg Keller and Shannon Tyo.

Yellow Face, directed by Leigh Silverman, will begin previews on Friday, September 13, 2024, at Roundabout’s at Todd Haimes Theatre, with opening night on Friday, October 1, 2024, 227 West 42nd Street) on Broadway. The limited engagement runs through Sunday, November 24.

The synopsis: Inspired by real events, the playwright’s fictionalized doppelgänger protests yellowface casting in Miss Saigon, only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. This Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer finalist play is a laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race.

Kim,...

Penguin Random House is set to acquire comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios.

The publishing house announced Wednesday that Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, has agreed to the deal for Boom! Studios, which was founded in 2005 by Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby. The deal is expected to close later this summer, and terms were not disclosed. As part of the transaction, Disney is selling its minority stake in Boom! Studios that 20th Century Fox acquired in 2017.

Boom! Studios will continue its editorial and publishing independence and will report to Random House Worlds president Scott Shannon, while Random House Worlds vp publisher Keith Clayton and Random House Publishing Group executive vp of business strategy Bill Takes will help manage the new imprint. Also part of Random House Worlds’ portfolio of imprints are Del Rey, Inklore and the Rh Worlds licensing program.

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The Random House Publishing Group, a division of the world’s largest trade publisher, Penguin Random House, has entered into an agreement to acquire comic book, graphic novel and licensed storytelling publisher and studio, Boom! Studios.

The Boom! Studios publishing program will now join the Random House Worlds portfolio of imprints alongside Del Rey, Inklore and the Rh Worlds licensing program. The company will retain its editorial and publishing independence, reporting to Random House Worlds President, Scott Shannon. Keith Clayton, VP Publisher, Random House Worlds, and Bill Takes, EVP of Business Strategy, Random House Publishing Group, will work alongside Shannon and the Boom! Studios team to help manage and integrate the new imprint.

There are no plans to relocate Boom! Studios from its L.A. office, which President, Development Stephen Christy will continue to lead, and the company will continue to distribute through both Diamond Comic Distributors and Simon & Schuster.

All six seasons of “Lost,” the cult-classic supernatural show that ended its TV run 14 years ago, are once again streaming on Netflix in the U.S. as of July 1.

The full run of “Lost,” created by J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber, remains available on Hulu. “Lost” was among the Disney-owned TV shows that Netflix and Disney agreed to share streaming rights to under a deal reached last last year; other shows on both Netflix and Hulu in the U.S. include “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Netflix had originally inked a deal with Disney/ABC for “Lost” in 2009, then Hulu had clawed back exclusive rights in the U.S. in 2018.

“Lost” follows the survivors of Oceanic Air flight 815, flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, that crashes on a mysterious island in the Pacific. Over the course of its six-season run on ABC from 2004-10, “Lost” won multiple awards, including Emmy and...

Sweet Tooth has concluded its epic story with its third and final season on Netflix. Based on a DC comic book series of the same name by Jeff Lemire, the post-apocalyptical fantasy drama series follows a young hybrid boy going on a dangerous journey with his gruff protector that will change his life and the world forever. Sweet Tooth stars Christian Convery in the lead role, with Nonso Anozie, Stefania Lavie Owen, Adeel Akhtar, Dania Ramirez, Naldei Makel Murray, and Will Forte starring in supporting roles. So, if you miss all the post-apocalyptical and perilous adventures after the final season of Sweet Tooth, here are some similar shows you can watch next.

His Dark Materials (Max & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – HBO

His Dark Materials is a fantasy drama series created by Jack Thorne. Based on a trilogy of novels of the same name by author Philip Pullman, the HBO...

Daniel Dae Kim has starred in many well-known projects over the years. While he has been a part of several successful films and shows, he has gotten the most attention for playing the role of Fire Lord Ozai in the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Outside of the Netflix series, he was also a recurring character in the ABC series, Lost.

Daniel Dae Kim as Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender I Netflix

During an interview, Kim talked about how his character in the series, Jin-Soo Kwon, was almost killed off in the first season. However, after surviving six seasons, the actor revealed how he felt about where Kwon was left off.

He also touched on aspects of race and how those kinds of prejudices affected his character’s entire run.

Daniel Dae Kim’s Character in Lost Was Almost Killed Off Too Early

When Jin-Son Kwon was initially introduced,...

Jeffrey Aro has worked on the stunt teams of several major films and television shows in his career – including “Yellowjackets,” “Lost in Space,” “War for the Planet of the Apes,” and more. But his role as supervising stunt coordinator on the Netflix series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” might have been the most complex and trickiest of his career. Discussions about the show started months ahead of production, and the series required Aro to not just train a cast of young actors in the ways of airbending and martial arts but also adhere to what fans of the property remember from the beloved anime series that ran on Nickelodeon in the mid-2000s.

“The first layer we wanted to ensure the cast understood was breathing. So much authentic movement can be found in the breath,” Aro tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “So we just defined four different qigong inner-energy breathing techniques.

Network: ABC.

Episodes: 126 (hour).

Seasons: Seven.

TV show dates: September 25, 2017 — May 21, 2024.

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas, Chuku Modu, Beau Garrett, Irene Keng, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, Tamlyn Tomita, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, Christina Chang, Paige Spara, Jasika Nicole, Bria Samoné Henderson, Noah Galvin, Osvaldo Benavides, and Brandon Larracuente.

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An English-language adaption of the South Korean series of the same name, The Good Doctor TV show, comes from showrunner David Shore with Daniel Dae Kim. The medical drama centers on surgical resident Dr. Shaun Murphy (Highmore).

A Wyoming native with autism and savant syndrome, Shaun travels to Silicon Valley for a surgical residency. Upon landing...

Leaving fans stunned and emotional through the seven-season journey, Freddie Highmore’s The Good Doctor came to an end on May 21, tying up loose ends and offering a satisfying ending to the surgeons at San Jose St. Adapted from the 2013 K-drama, as David Shore and Liz Friedman’s show concluded, the showrunners sat to dissect the finale.

Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor | Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios

Addressing all the shocking events that happened in the series finale, The Good Doctor showrunners alongside Freddie Highmore broke the silence on the ending. Particularly dissecting the fate of the beloved characters, Dr. Aaron Glassman, David Shore, and Liz Friedman explained why the events happened.

The Good Doctor Showrunners Break Silence on a Beloved Character’s Fate

Adapted from the 2013 K-drama by the same name, ABC’s hit series The Good Doctor eventually ended its seven-season run on May 21, with Part 2 of its two-hour finale.

Apple TV+ released a new trailer for its drama “Fancy Dance” starring Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson.

The film follows Jax (Gladstone), who has cared for her niece Rokie (Deroy-Olson) since her sister’s disappearance by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. When she risks losing custody of Roki, the two hit the road and scour backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.

“Fancy Dance,” a Confluential Films and Significant Productions/Aum Group production, is produced by Deidre Backs, Erica Tremblay, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver. Bird Runningwater, Lily Gladstone, Forest Whitaker and Charlotte Koh serve as executive producers.

Watch the trailer below.

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As Neil Young once sang, the now shuttered Participant is gone, but not forgotten.

Some of Tinseltown’s leading talents like Regina King, George Clooney, Ava DuVernay, Daniel Dae Kim, Martin Sheen, Regina King, Alfonso Cuaron, Matt Damon, Diego Luna and more have joined up with the National Domestic Workers Alliance to express “gratitude and pride” in the work put out by the Jeff Skoll-created shingle over the last two decades. At the same time, the A-Listers are imploring the ever increasingly conglomerated industry to keep their eyes on the social impact prize.

“As we say goodbye to Participant, we must underscore that values-based storytelling is needed now more than ever; to expand the room for debate, to open our hearts to experiences vastly different from our own, to immerse us in the beauty of humanity’s complexities,” the star-studded letter says. “And in the face of unprecedented change and uncertainty,...

Dozens of top Hollywood creatives and activists have signed an open letter in response to the shuttering of production company Participant — imploring the industry to continue to effect change through film and television as the defunct company once did.

George Clooney, Aflonso Cuarón, Ava DuVernay, Jane Fonda, Regina King, Viola Davis, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, Color of Change president Rashad Robinson and more are signators, in addition to groups like GLAAD and Human Rights Watch. The letter was coordinated by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (Ndwa), which collaborated with Participant and director Cuarón on a visibility campaign for his 2018 Oscar winner “Roma.”

“As we say goodbye to Participant, we must underscore that values-based storytelling is needed now more than ever,” the letter states. “There is a whole ecosystem of people, connected by the work of the last 20 years of Participant, ready to work with you.

M. Night Shyamalan, who is known for his twisted plots and unique storytelling, is back in the filmmaking business with another intriguing project- Trap, starring Josh Hartnett in the leading role. The movie revolves around a father (Hartnett) who takes his teenage daughter (Ariel Donoghue) to a pop concert, with no idea of what awaits them.

M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap starring Josh Hartnett | Cred: Warner Bros. Pictures | YouTube

While the movie is centered around the father-daughter bond, the film director recently revealed how his anxieties about parenthood inspired that aspect in his new project.

M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap Reflects on His Parenthood Anxieties

In an interview with ScreenRant during Warner Bros.’ Summer of Shyamalan event, he shared his insights on the new project, delving into how the father-daughter dynamics in Trap is a reflection of his own bond with his children.

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Amazon Prime Video’s “Butterfly” TV series, starring Daniel Dae Kim, has cast five additional actors in recurring and guest star roles.

Sean Dulake, Kim Ji-hoon and Charles Parnell join the series as recurring characters, while Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa are set to guest star.

Other previously announced cast members of the cast include Reina Hardesty, Piper Perabo, Louis Landau, Park Hae-soo, Kim Tae-hee and Nayoon Kim.

“Butterfly,” an adaptation of the graphic novel written by Arash Amel and Marguerite Bennett, is a character-driven spy thriller focusing on Kim’s character, David Jung, an “enigmatic, highly unpredictable former US intelligence operative living in South Korea, whose life is blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself pursued by Rebecca (Hardesty), a deadly, sociopathic young agent assigned to kill him.”

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In the final episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, Azula’s lightning strike takes down Aang, nearly killing him. Before Azula could finish her job, Iroh facilitated the Gaang’s escape, allowing Katara to treat his wounds using her Waterbending skills. However, the Fire Nation believed that the last Airbender was gone for good this time. In the first episode of Season 3, Azula gives credit to Zuko for taking down Aang when they met their father Fire Lord Ozai.

Azula, voiced by Grey DeLisle, in the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series

Avatar director Giancarlo Volpe revealed that it was Azula’s evil plan that motivated her to give Zuko the credit. Volpe shared that Azula was actually passing the blame as she knew about the possibility that Aang may reemerge after getting healed by Katara.

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Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the dates for its 2024-25 season, with David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face starring Daniel Dae Kim kicking off the company’s Broadway line-up with an October 1 opening night.

The previously announced Broadway productions also include English by Sanaz Toossi, opening January 23, 2025; and The Pirates of Penzance, reimagined with a New Orleans setting and starring Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce, opening April 24, 2025.

All the company’s Broadway productions will play at the Todd Haimes Theatre.

Roundabout’s Off Broadway offerings next season will include The Counter, by Meghan Kennedy and directed by David Cromer, opening October 9; and Bess Wohl’s Liberation, directed by Whitney White, opening February 20, 2025. Both Off Broadway shows will be staged at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.

It is without a shadow of a doubt that one can say that Fire Lord Ozai and General Iroh are on two opposite ends of the spectrum. While Ozai is the character that most people remember and come back to again and again, Ozai is often relegated by most fans to the simple status of the big bad. However, we do not get to see these two characters have any sort of arc. Instead, the story plays out through Azula and Zuko.

General Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix might attempt to explore the relationship between Ozai and Iroh, beyond what the original animated series did. Daniel Dae Kim opened up about the ideas that the show could explore, speaking to Teen Vogue.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender now has two distinct live-action adaptations, from two very diverse schools of thought, especially when it comes to casting. While The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, was heavily criticized for its casting choices, Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender has significantly improved upon the casting aspect of the film.

A still from M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender

Speaking with Teen Vogue, the actor Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Fire Lord Ozai, talked about the diversity of the cast that he was a part of which, consists entirely of people of Asian descent. This is in stark contrast with Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, which acts caucasian actors in place of characters of color like Aang, Katara, and Sokka, but leaves the casting of the Fire Nation and other antagonistic factions to talent of color.

Daniel Dae Kim took a subtle shot at M.

Water, Earth, Fire, Air, New Showrunners. Netflix‘s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender will switch things up for its remaining seasons as Albert Kim steps down as the wildly entertaining elemental adventure showrunner. Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani will lead the show as executive producers in the future. Boylan and Raisani are well-versed in the world of Avatar after Boylan served as co-executive producer on Season 1. At the same time, Raisani was an executive producer, director, and VFX supervisor. Kim remains a part of the series as an executive producer for seasons two and three.

Kim’s exit stems from his getting the opportunity to develop more projects at Disney. Additionally, he’s boarding the second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians as an executive producer. Avatar: The Last Airbender was renewed by Netflix for two more seasons after the series exceeded expectations at launch. While the...

Avatar: The Last Airbender recently has been renewed for two seasons. The live-action reimagining of the beloved animated series follows Aang, the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements to restore balance to a world threatened by the terrifying Fire Nation and will conclude with season 3.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

While the first season had eight episodes, there’s no word as of now on how many episodes will be in the final two seasons. In the meantime, the show just faced a big change before tackling Book Two for the live-action series.

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Albert Kim, who developed the series and served as showrunner on Season 1, is stepping down.

Change in Leadership in Netflix’s Live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender Series

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Netflix’s live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” series is undergoing a change in leadership.

Variety has learned that Albert Kim, who developed the series and served as showrunner on Season 1, is stepping down. Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani will lead the show as executive producers going forward. Netflix has already announced the show has been renewed for two more seasons, concluding with Season 3.

Boylan served as co-executive producer on Season 1 of “Last Airbender,” while Raisani was an executive producer, director, and a VFX supervisor. Kim will remain onboard as an executive producer for Seasons 2 and 3. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Kim wanted to explore new opportunities following the multi-year development process on “Last Airbender” and has signed a deal with Disney to work as an executive producer on the “Percy Jackson” series while also developing new projects for that company.

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