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Lisa Lu is a tremendously accomplished person. Born in Beijing in 1927, she gradually became one of the world's most successful Chinese-American actresses. Now, she's getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Lu is well-known to Western audiences as well as Chinese ones. She played the formidable matriarch Ah Ma in box office hit Crazy Rich Asians, and more recently appeared in the TV show American Born Chinese and Death and Other Details. And she also so happens to be one of the oldest actors working today. Lu is 98 years old now.

When she receives her Walk of Fame star, she'll be the oldest person ever to receive one, beating out James Hong. Hong, who is still alive today, was 93 years old when his star was unveiled. He got the 2,723rd star, and Lu will get the 2,811th one. Lu was offered the accolade of a star earlier in her career,...

Acclaimed actor Lisa Lu, whose storied career spans over 65 years across film, television and stage, will be honored with the 2,811th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Bestowed the title of a “Living Legend” by the Chinese Government, Lu is a three-time Golden Horse winner whose recent work includes her memorable turn as Ah Ma, the matriarch of Singapore’s richest family in Warner Brothers’ box office hit “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018). Even in her 90s, Lu has maintained an active career, starring in “The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu” (2021), voicing Grandma Bai in the animated feature “Rally Road Racers,” and appearing in multiple episodes of the Hulu series “Death and Other Details” (2024).

Her stage career has been equally impressive, starring in Stan Lai’s epic eight-hour play “A Dream Like a Dream,” playing Lady Bracknell in the Chinese stage production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the National Theatre in Taipei,...

Henry Golding shared an update on the upcoming Max and Warner Bros. Crazy Rich Asians TV series from Adele Lim, Jon M. Chu, and Kevin Kwan.

“Everybody’s excited,” Golding shared on the Today Show this morning.

“I was with Nora, Awkwafina, who is a fellow New Yorker, the other night, and we were discussing it. We had Adele Lim come over and visit me and Gemma [Chan] in London not too long ago to discuss where we’re heading. We have a larger, longer-running format because we’re doing a series. We have so much runway to really share the world you kind of got a glimpse of in Crazy Rich. We’re really excited to show more,” he added.

Although Golding didn’t flat-out confirm he is officially on board, it sounds like many key players are keen to explore their characters and their stories further on the small screen.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched the Janet Yang Endowment to Celebrate and Preserve Asian and Aapi Filmmaking.

“As a proud Asian American, it has been a privilege to serve alongside Janet Yang in support and celebration of Asian and Aapi filmmakers,” said Academy Museum Director and President Amy Homma. “This endowment builds upon the work the Academy has been doing for decades through our Academy Collection and now through the museum, to share Asian cinema through preservation, public programming, and exhibition.”

The endowment honors the legacy of Yang, the first Asian American president of the Academy, whose dedication to advancing diversity has helped pave the way for greater representation in entertainment and beyond.

“As the Academy continues to expand its global presence, the future of our non-profit cultural institution is strengthened by deepening our reach and impact with the international film community, including Asian and Aapi communities,...

Gold Derby's top news stories for Feb. 28, 2025 Karla Sofía Gascón makes first post-scandal awards show appearance at César Awards

After weeks of staying out of the spotlight following the revelation of a series of offensive social media posts from several years ago, disgraced Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón made her first post-scandal awards show appearance Friday at the César Awards in Paris, where the Spanish-language crime musical is nominated for a dozen awards - including Gascón for Best Actress. (The Césars are France's equivalent of the Oscars.)

Gascón, who lives in Spain, traveled to France to attend. She reportedly declined to walk the red carpet and instead went directly into the auditorium where the awards ware being held, flanked by two men who appeared to be security. Emilia Pérez isn't handled by Netflix in France but by the French film company Pathé.

The embattled actress, the first openly trans...

We're officially returning to the world of Crazy Rich Asians — just maybe not in the way we originally thought. While there is, allegedly, still a sequel film in the works to the 2018 blockbuster romantic comedy (as far as we know!), Max has confirmed that a series, from co-writer Adele Lim and director Jon M. Chu, is well underway at the streamer.

The news was reported by Variety, confirming rumors that began circulating back in 2024, after the 2022 reports of a sequel following Gemma Chan and Harry Shum Jr.'s characters failed to immediately materialize. This may be due in part to co-writer (alongside Peter Chiarelli) Adele Lim departing Jon M. Chu's intended adaptations of the subsequent Kevin Kwan novels, China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems, because of a pay dispute that she described as racist and sexist. But now, with Lim back on board to show-run and executive produce this series alongside Chu as EP,...

More Crazy Rich Asians are on the way… but there’s a twist!

Seven years after Kevin Kwan’s best-selling book series spawned a blockbuster movie, it’s now being developed as a TV show for Max.

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The 2018 film’s co-writer, Adele Lim, will serve as showrunner, executive-producing alongside Kwan and the film’s director, Jon M. Chu.

Max’s Crazy Rich Asians TV series has officially opened a development room led by Adele Lim who will serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner. Lim co-wrote the script for the hit Crazy Rich Asians feature from Warner Bros. released in 2018 with Peter Chiarelli.

Alongside Lim (via her 100 Tigers prod co), executive producers will also include Jon M. Chu (via his Electric Somewhere banner), who directed the film, and Kevin Kwan, who authored the novel of the same name that inspired the film and the upcoming series. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.

We understand there have been unofficial conversations with the original cast about possibly returning; however, there is no creative direction for the season, so it would be too early to speculate on the storyline. Sources close to production confirm to Deadline that the series will not replace the long-awaited sequel to the 2018 film as Chu and...

The box office record-breaking success of "Wicked" is once again proving the crowd-pleasing chops of Jon M. Chu, who had previously demonstrated them via the massive success of a certain swanky romantic comedy to which he was connected long before becoming its director. Based on the eponymous novel by Kevin Kwan, 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians" topped the box office in its release week and went on to gross over $239 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. It's safe to say that it's a movie with a lot of fans.

Thankfully, there are several other films you can queue up if you count yourself as one of those fans. Whether you're drawn to the perfectly executed rom-com plotting, to the Asian American representation, to the themes of familial displacement and culture clash between North America and Asia, to the snarky sense of humor, or to the ritz and sumptuousness of the wedding...

When it hit theaters in 2018, Crazy Rich Asians was a major success, so Warner Bros. rushed to confirm a sequel. Over six years later, the sequel failed to materialize and director Jon M. Chu just gave an update on Crazy Rich Asians 2.

Speaking with Deadline's Crew Call podcast to promote his latest film, Wicked. During the conversation, he also touched upon the highly-anticipated Crazy Rich Asians 2. Although Chu is focused on writing a story that matches the quality of the first installment, he also revealed he doesn't plan to "bring everyone" back.

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According to Stiller, a sequel would have to be a "whole different thing."

"I wont bring everyone back unless its worth it," Chu revealed. "Theres too much on the line for everybody." Crazy Rich Asians starred Constance Wu and Henry Golding in the leading roles,...

The Joy Luck Club sequel is still happening per original cast member of the 1993 movie, Rosalind Chao.

“The girls are all having a quick zoom Tuesday night to discuss,” shared Chao on the Emmy Red Carpet tonight. “There’s a script.”

Deadline first told you about part 2 in October 2022, which will bring back novelist Amy Tan, Oscar-winning scribe Ron Bass as well as O.G. castmembers Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Lisa Lu and, of course, Chao.

The Joy Luck Club tells the multigenerational saga of Chinese and Chinese-American mothers and daughters, whose histories, stories and lives interweave as they navigate life. Chao plays the daughter, Rose, in the movie. The original Disney Touchstone theatrical paved the way for such Asian-led movies as Crazy Rich Asians and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Joy Luck Club was executive produced by Oliver Stone and grossed close to $33M at the domestic box office.

More than thirty new stars are going to be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025 (and into 2026), with the new batch of honorees who will be receiving stars having been chosen by the Hollywood Chamber’s Board of Directors. Variety reports that that honorees include Jessica Chastain, Bill Duke, Emilio Estevez, Colin Farrell, Jane Fonda, Nia Long, Lisa Lu, Glynn Turman, Toni Vaz, Fran Drescher, Lauren Graham, Bill Nye, Molly Shannon, Sherri Shepherd, Courtney B. Vance, Chris Wallace, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Misty Copeland, Alan Cumming, Adam Carolla, Fantasia, Depeche Mode, Los Bukis, The B-52s, Green Day, The Isley Brothers, Busta Rhymes, George Strait, Keith Urban, War, Prince, David Beckham, and Orel Hershiser… but the two honorees that stand out more than any others on this list for us here in the Arrow in the Head horror section of JoBlo are character actor Robert Englund and legendary filmmaker John Carpenter!

The Hollywood Walk of Fame 2025 class has been announced today, and we’re thrilled to pass along the word that two legends in the horror field are getting their bloody flowers.

First up, Robert Englund joins fellow horror acting legends including Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi with a much-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025.

Robert Englund tweets this afternoon, “Woke up this morning to discover I’m in great company in the Hollywood Walk of Fame class of 2025. Just to hear my name mentioned alongside Jane Fonda and Prince makes my old heart go pit-a-pat!”

Englund’s name is also being mentioned alongside fellow master of horror John Carpenter today, as Carpenter has been announced for the 2025 Hollywood Walk of Fame class!

Bill Duke, known for his roles in ’80s classics Predator and Commando, is also being honored.

Variety details, “More than 30 new stars will...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Crazy Rich Asians.

Crazy Rich Asians is a groundbreaking film with a record Asian majority cast, becoming the highest-grossing romantic comedy of the 2010s. The Mahjong scene in the movie was a pivotal moment where Rachel proved Eleanor wrong and showcased her strength and values. The film's ending highlights themes of cultural and class divisions, showcasing the journey of acceptance and growth for the characters.

The 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians had a happy ending that saw Nick and Rachel get engaged, but the couple had to go through a lot in the film to get to that point. Crazy Rich Asians is considered one of the best recent romance book-to-movie adaptations. The movie was based on the 2013 book of the same name by Kevin Kwan, and the screenplay was written by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, the latter of which went on to...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Death and Other Details season 1.

Death and Other Details season 1 finale answered big questions but left viewers with a new mystery. Despite cheating, Eleanor and Toby survived the game in the season 1 finale. A new body found at the end of the Death and Other Details season 1 finale could set up a second season.

Death and Other Details wrapped up season 1 with a two-part finale that answered many major questions for viewers, but a cliffhanger ending opened up a new mystery. Death and Other Details season 1 revolved around the mystery of the murders of Imogene’s mother, Kira, and Rufus’ right-hand man, Danny. Death and Other Details episode 8 set up an explosive season finale in which the identity of Danny’s killer, Viktor Sams, was revealed. The shocking plot twist revealed that Kira faked her own death and became Viktor Sams, leaving Imogene behind.

It isn’t just you. We’re two weeks into the new year and every show on TV has become a murder mystery.

There are reality murder mysteries (Traitors) and animated murder mysteries (Grimsburg) and British murder mysteries (Criminal Record) and occult murder mysteries (Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale). There are murder mysteries without daylight (True Detective: Night Country) and adapted recent murder mysteries (Fool Me Once) and adapted characters in original murder mysteries (Monsieur Spade).

Those are just January premieres. So far. There’ll be at least one more new murder mystery before the end of the week (The Woman in the Wall).

It’s easy to point to the blockbuster success of the two Knives Out movies and the steady success of the Kenneth Branagh/Michael Green-steered Hercule Poirot movies as a business-driven cause.

Sociologically, it’s easy to point to a decade of distrust of institutional policing...

Features the voices of: J.K. Simmons, Jimmy O. Yang, Chloe Bennet, Sharon Horgan, Lisa Lu, Catherine Tate, John Cleese | Written and Directed by Ross Venokur

It must be kind of difficult for any modern-day animated filmmakers to make a film that is going to be popular. Outside of Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks and Studio Ghibli, It’s hard to get noticed. Laika are perhaps the most successful outside of the big few production companies and they did it by making several great animated movies, including Coraline, The Boxtrolls and Kubo and the Two Strings. But it’s easy to see why the poster for Rally Road Racers says in bold ‘From The Producer Of Shrek’. Unfortunately, that might be one of the few reasons some viewers might give the movie a chance.

In Rally Road Racers, a loris (a slow-moving mammal) named Zhi who wants to follow in his father’s...

A slow loris hero longs to be a racing driver and his dreams take him everywhere from an A-ha video pastiche to a bewildering Brexit satire

Most animated features are designed to be exported to countries all over the world, the voice track redubbed for each local market to add flavour and ensure the kids don’t have to read subtitles. Likewise, having the characters incarnated by talking animals (a tradition dating back to the earliest days of animation), is another handy way to deracialise the material. This way, anyone anywhere watching the same movie can relate to the heroic dog or rabbit or whoever as they go about learning about the value of family or the importance of friendship in a fantasy landscape that bears little resemblance to our actual planet.

This one, apparently a multinational effort judging by its end credits and production companies, weirdly both conforms to and breaks those rules.

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including NCIS: Los Angeles/Hawai’i, Barry, The Flash, Yellowjackets, Fire Country and more!

1 | Why didn’t Fire Country‘s Bode ask to be drug tested again to try to prove his innocence? Also, since Sleeper was still at camp at the time of the actual drug test — here he is in a screenshot, at the line to pee! — why did Manny insist that there was no way he could have tampered with Bode’s test?...

Academy Award winner and Crazy Rich Asians star Michelle Yeoh opens up on a potential sequel.

In an interview with Variety, Yeoh discussed the potential Crazy Rich Asians sequel or spinoff projects. "I think sometimes it's hard, you know, when you have such a big success, and you go 'How do I better?" Yeoh mused. "That's the biggest chip on the shoulder, is like, 'Do I make it bigger? Better? This? That?... I think they are trying to find the right story." Yeoh also commented on original writer Kevin Kwan, noting that the author is "endless with his stories, so we will see other things."

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Michelle Yeoh says a "Crazy Rich Asians" sequel is still to be determined: "Sometimes it's hard when you have such a big success...They are trying to find the right story." @KeringGroup #Cannes pic.

In recent years, films and television shows have been tasked with the mission of depicting under-represented groups on screen while passing a simple litmus test: Who is this for? For American Born Chinese, it’s immediately apparent that the answer is everyone. The show’s characters speak Mandarin about 30 percent of the time, and signs of Asian-Americana are littered throughout. Yet despite its cultural specificities, this adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s 2006 graphic novel of the same name is an obvious play for Disney’s general audience, what with its comic storyline mixed with fantasy and martial arts.

The series begins with Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a teen struggling to find his social footing, being tasked with showing Chinese transfer student Wei-chen (Jim Liu) around school. A culture clash ensues as Wei-chen, due to his accent and awkwardness, thwarts Jin’s burgeoning popularity. Jin is initially horrified by Wei-chen’s...

Anthropomorphized CGI critters zip across China to a rocking pop soundtrack and Taoist principles in Rally Road Racers, which can best be described as a Cannonball Run for kids. The premise has a cuddly wide-eyed slow loris with a need for speed thrust into a cross-country competition to save his village. He faces the world's top racer, a ruthless cane toad with deep pockets, countless minions, and a make or break real estate deal. The film's slick animation and groovy tunes bolsters a simple script that surprisingly wades into culture war territory. Supporting character depictions may strike a nerve for some.

Young Zhi (Jimmy O. Yang) watches as Archie Vainglorious (John Cleese) decimates cars with deadly gadgets in Australia's Bonzer Rally. Archie easily wins as his toad "echoes" raise another trophy. Zhi causes tricycle chaos after emulating his hero in the slow loris village. His Granny Bai (Lisa Lu) yanks...

Rally Road Racers is coming to theaters nationwide on May 12th, and like many high-profile animated family films of recent years, has a stacked cast that will bring joy to adults as well as children. The great J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) stars alongside Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley), Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Lisa Lu (Crazy Rich Asians), Catherine Tate (Monster Family), and legendary Monty Python member John Cleese (Trolls).

The synopsis for the film, which seems like a delightful marriage of Speed Racer and Mad Max, reads as follows:

Zhi, a rookie race car driver, gets the opportunity to compete against the reigning champion of the rally car circuit. With help from a former driver-turned-mechanic, Zhi must overcome treacherous terrain, rival racers, and unexpected obstacles to prove he has what it takes to be the next great racer.

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Actor Ke Huy Quan says portraying an American born Chinese in the upcoming series of the same name “scared the hell” out of him.

Hollywood has had considerable feats of Asian representation this year ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’s’ historic Oscar wins ‘Beef’ and on May 24, ‘American Born Chinese’.

Huy Quan was hesitant about joining the series’ Asian-led ensemble, reports ‘Variety’.

“I remember when I first heard about this character when I was offered the role, it scared the hell out of me. In fact, I actually passed on it because I told our creative team that this is the type of portrayal that we do not want to see in 2023,” Quan said during a post-screening Q&a at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night.

Quan plays Freddy Wong, a gawky fictional character from the 90s sitcom “Beyond Repair” who embodies several stereotypical Asian tropes.

“After having a...

Hollywood has had considerable feats of Asian representation this year: “Everything Everywhere All at Once’s” historic Oscar wins, Netflix’s “Beef” and, on May 24, “American Born Chinese.”

However, despite the nuanced portrayal of the Asian American identity within the phantasmagorical world of Chinese mythology, Ke Huy Quan was hesitant about joining the series’ Asian-led ensemble.

“I remember when I first heard about this character when I was offered the role, it scared the hell out of me. In fact, I actually passed on it because I told our creative team that this is the type of portrayal that we do not want to see in 2023,” Quan said during a post-screening Q&a at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night.

Quan plays Freddy Wong, a gawky fictional character from the ‘90s sitcom “Beyond Repair” who embodies several stereotypical Asian tropes.

“After having a creative conversation with them and knowing that,...

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan was honored with the Gold House Leading Man award at the second annual Gold House Gold Gala on Saturday in Los Angeles.

“When I think of a leading man, I think of someone who is six feet tall with big muscles, good-looking, and a ladies’ man,” the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star said before cracking, “That practically screams me, right?”

While the gala honored the most impactful Asians on the company’s A100 list, which recognizes the 100 Aapi individuals who impacted American culture and society in the last year, the night remained focused on celebrating Asian visibility and achievements. There was little talk of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike currently impacting the industry.

As Quan’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once” co-star Stephanie Hsu celebrated her upcoming film “Joy Ride,” she shouted “WGA Strong” when thanking director Adele Lim, writer Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong.

Disney+ Hotstar revealed the official trailer for the upcoming Original series “American Born Chinese.” The genre-hopping action-comedy series premieres with all eight episodes on May 24, only on Disney+ Hotstar. The Disney Branded Television series is produced by 20th Television.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, “American Born Chinese” chronicles the trials and tribulations of a regular American teenager whose life is forever changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god. This is the story of a young man’s battle for his own identity, told through family, comedy, and action-packed Kung-Fu.

The coming-of-age adventure features an all-star international cast, including Academy® Award winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Ben Wang (“Chang Can Dunk”), International Emmy(R) Award Nominee Yeo Yann Yann (“Wet Season”), Chin Han (“Mortal Kombat”), Daniel Wu (“Reminiscence”), former Taekwondo champion Jimmy Liu...

American Born Chinese looks to be another hit series for Disney+.

The streaming service went public with the full-length trailer for the action-comedy on Friday.

The genre-hopping action-comedy series premieres with all eight episodes on May 24, only on Disney+.

Sometimes, getting all the episodes at once is frustrating because you miss out on the weekly conversation.

But the official trailer promises a sprawling story that we're sure you will want to binge the first season in one sitting.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese chronicles the trials and tribulations of a regular American teenager whose life is forever changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god.

This is the story of a young man's battle for his own identity, told through family, comedy, and action-packed Kung-Fu.

The cast includes Academy® Award winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan...

Disney+ has dropped an exciting new trailer for one of its most highly anticipated new series, “American Born Chinese”.

Adapted from Gene Luen Yang’s acclaimed graphic novel, the genre-hopping action-comedy series “chronicles the trials and tribulations of a regular American teenager whose life is forever changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god,” notes the series’ synopsis. “This is the story of a young man’s battle for his own identity, told through family, comedy, and action-packed Kung-Fu.”

Heading the cast are Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once” stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, in addition to Ben Wang (“Chang Can Dunk”), Yeo Yann Yann (“Wet Season”), Chin Han (“Mortal Kombat”), Daniel Wu (“Reminiscence”), Sydney Taylor (“Just Add Magic”) and former Taekwondo champion Jimmy Liu.

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Recent Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan and actor-producer Sandra Oh will be honored at the second annual Gold House Gala in May. Quan will be honored with the Leading Man Award, while Oh will receive the SeeHer Award.

The event, taking place at the Jerry Moss Plaza at the Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, is a celebration of Aapi excellence and heritage, honoring the most impactful Asians on the company’s A100 list.

Other award recipients include Netflix’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria, author and trans rights activist Geena Rocero and Vanity Fair’s editor-in-chief Radhika Jones.

The cast and creators of A24’s Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once” will be honored with the Gold Icon Award, commemorating the film’s transformative achievements for the Asian Pacific community. Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Harry Shum Jr. and producer Jonathan Wang will accept the award.

A cast and crew...

"Cars don't win races! Drivers do." Really?! You don't say?! Viva Pictures has revealed an official trailer for Rally Road Racers, an animated movie made by the same director as the other animated movies you've never heard of before - A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown and Charming. This will be opening in theaters starting in May coming soon this summer. Racers compete in a high-stakes rally along the famous Silk Road trade route. Zhi, a rookie driver, gets the opportunity to compete against the reigning champion of the rally car circuit. With help from a former driver-turned-mechanic, Zhi must overcome treacherous terrain, rival racers, and unexpected obstacles to prove he has what it takes to be the next great racer. This features the voices of Jimmy O'Yang, J.K. Simmons, Chloe Bennet, Lisa Lu, Sharon Horgan, Catherine Tate, and John Cleese. This looks like they borrowed all the characters from Sing,...

We hear a lot of stories about method actors going so far with their process that they become a total pain on set, ranging from Dustin Hoffman on "Marathon Man" to Jared Leto on "Morbius" and "Suicide Squad." Of course, there are plenty of method actors who aren't an irritant or a menace on set. Most of them are like that. We just don't hear about them because the stories aren't as weird as sending a rat to your co-star.

But then you have the grandaddy of them all, the man responsible for changing what film acting is: Marlon Brando. For as dynamic and groundbreaking an actor as he was, few actors have garnered as big of a reputation as him for being a really unpleasant co-worker. You have the truly horrific stuff that occurred on set for "Last Tango in Paris," but you also have things like not wanting...

Food Network announced the newest installment in its Baking Championship franchise: Summer Baking Championship. The new dessert competition is the sixth series in the franchise, which currently includes Kids Baking Championship, Holiday Baking Championship, Halloween Baking Championship, Spring Baking Championship, and its spin-off Spring Baking Championship: Easter. Each of these baking championship shows features dessert challenges and weekly eliminations, until one contestant is crowned the champion by the judges.

Food Network shared that Summer Baking Championship will premiere with two back-to-back episodes on Monday, May 15. Hosted by Bachelor's Jesse Palmer, the show features judges Duff Goldman, Carla Hall, and Damaris Phillips. They will judge the summer-themed desserts of 10 superb bakers including Alyssa Alcantara, John Boyle, Kyle Davis, Kristina Krause, and Yohann Le Bescond. In addition, Ally Radziewicz, Lisa Lu, Anrika Martin, Zoe Peckich, and Carlos Pena will compete. The winning baker will take home a $25,000 grand prize and earn...

Food Network is adding a sixth series to its “Baking Championship” franchise with the launch of new seasonal competition “Summer Baking Championship,” Variety has learned.

Currently comprised of “Kids Baking Championship,” “Holiday Baking Championship,” “Halloween Baking Championship,” “Spring Baking Championship” and the spinoff “Spring Baking Championship: Easter,” the franchise will grow by one upon the May 15 premiere of “Summer Baking Championship,” hosted by Palmer and with Duff Goldman, Carla Hall and Damaris Phillips set as judges.

In two back-to-back episodes airing at 9 p.m. on Food Network and streaming on Discovery+, ten talented bakers from around the country tackle unique summer-themed baking challenges featuring the flavors, ingredients, and celebrations of the season for a chance to take home a $25,000 grand prize.

“We’re excited to build on the momentum of the Spring competition by expanding the franchise to include the new ‘Summer Baking Championship,’” Betsy Ayala, head of content at Food Network,...

Exclusive: Viva Kids has nabbed North American rights to the animated family film Rally Road Racers (formerly Silk Road Rally), featuring the voices of Jimmy O. Yang (Patriots Day), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and more, slating it for a nationwide theatrical release on 1,500 or more screens on May 12.

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The film comes on the heels of the critically acclaimed, animated indie The Amazing Maurice, featuring the voices of Emilia Clarke and Hugh Laurie, which played at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in around 2,000 theaters the following month by Viva,...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Succession, Yellowjackets, John Wick: Chapter 4 and A Good Person.

Succession premiere

Creator Jesse Armstrong and stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook (who debuted her baby bump), Kieran Culkin, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, J. Smith-Cameron and Alexander Skarsgård walked the carpet for the fourth and final season of the HBO hit drama on Monday in NYC.

Nicholas Braun, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen and Jesse Armstrong Alexander Skarsgard Sarah Snook and husband Dave Lawson

John Wick: Chapter 4 premiere

Just days after Lance Reddick’s death, the John Wick team premiered their latest film in Hollywood on Monday in his honor, with stars including Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane and director Chad Stahelski wearing blue ribbons in tribute.

The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu Trailer — Anna Chi‘s The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu (2021) movie trailer has been released by Freestyle Digital Media. The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu trailer stars Lisa Lu, Michelle Krusiec, Adrian Pasdar, Archie Kao, Brandon Soo Hoo, Rochelle Ying, and Joely Fisher. Crew Donald Martin and Anna Chi wrote the screenplay [...]

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"If I live any longer, I'll be a fossil." Freestyle Digital Media has unveiled an official trailer for an indie film titled The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu, the latest from filmmaker Anna Chi. This is finally arriving on VOD after first premiering in 2021 at both the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu is the story of how shy teen Emma breaks her irascible grandmother Lily out of an L.A. nursing home for a wild road trip up the California coast, a journey that unleashes long-hidden family secrets. As she is getting older, Lily wants to repair the strained dynamic with her daughter Mary while helping Emma find her voice. Mary and Emma come to understand the painful choices their respective mothers made for them. It is "their love for each other that gives them the courage and the...

“The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu,” a multi-generational comedy starring “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Lisa Lu, is set for a March 17 premiere at the Laemmle Theater in North Hollywood, following the film’s acquisition by Freestyle Digital Media. The coming-of-age story will then have a one-week theatrical run.

Reflective of the feature’s expansive crew of female filmmakers, “The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu” is centered around the challenges of mother-daughter relationships. The film follows Emma (Rochelle Ying), an introverted teenager, on a road-trip up the California coast after her grandmother, Lily (Lu), asks for help breaking out of her nursing home. Along the way, Emma begins to obtain a better understanding of her immigrant mother and their complicated relationship.

Director Anna Chi reunited with screenwriter Donald Martin to pen the project, who she collaborated with on 2008’s “Dim Sum Funeral.” Lu is no stranger to working with Chi either, having appeared...

Hours before what’s expected to be a busy Oscars Night for Everything Everywhere All at Once, three of the film’s nominated stars — Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu — reunite in the first teaser for the upcoming Disney+ series American Born Chinese.

The show revolves a teenager torn between every high school life and a battle among the gods of Chinese mythology, Yeoh included among them.

The series, based on Gene Luen Yang’s award-winning 2006 graphic novel, is set to debut at SXSW this week ahead of...

Netflix has released the first look photos and an official trailer for Season 2 of “Sex/Life.”

“Sex/Life” will premiere on Netflix on March 2. The second season follows the 2021 premiere with an eight-episode season.

Based on the book, “44 Chapters About 4 Men” by Bb Easton, “Sex/Life” was created by Stacy Rukeyser. The series follows as one woman, Billie Connelly (Sarah Shahi), examines her identity, unveils her desires, and navigates a love triangle between her husband Cooper Connelly (Mike Vogel) and her former flame, Brad Simon (Adam Demos). The provocative first season of “Sex/Life” reached 67 million viewers within its first four weeks on Netflix.

Alongside the leading love triangle, the series also stars Margaret Odette, Cleo Anthony, Craig Bierko, Darius Homayoun, Dylan Bruce, Jonathan Sadowski, Li Jun Li and Wallis Day.

In addition to creating the series, Rukeyser serves as an executive producer alongside J. Miles Dale and Jordan Hawley.

Watch the “Sex/Life” official trailer below.

Three prominent Salem residents are putting the soapy locale in their rearview mirrors.

Lindsay Arnold, who has portrayed Sweet Bits co-owner Allie Horton on Days of Our Lives since 2020, has finished filming her run on the Peacock drama, according to Soap Opera Digest. It’s not yet known when her final episodes will air.

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And Arnold isn’t the only Days star crafting an exit strategy.

The Golden Globe Awards — organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, whose broadcasting deal with NBC ended after the last award was presented on Tuesday night — are now homeless. Did their 80th ceremony set them up to find a new television home, or will their 81st, like this year’s SAG Awards, go untelevised?

Watching the show on TV like the rest of Hollywood’s awards correspondents — whom the HFPA decided to exclude from their event because they disliked our coverage of their recent controversies and blame it on our membership in the Critics Choice Association, which puts on the Critics Choice Awards — I felt like the show was hit and miss.

The host? Jerrod Carmichael reportedly was not the HFPA or NBC’s first choice, nor did he prove to be a good fit for the job. (That’s my opinion; you can read our TV critic’s review of the show here.

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The Academy Museum is dedicating November to a monthlong reflection on the history of Chinese depictions in cinema.

“Hollywood Chinese: The First 100 Years,” programmed by documentarian and longtime Academy member Arthur Dong, is a screening series of features and shorts – some classics, some obscurities – that mark both highlights and lowlights of how Chinese have been portrayed in film, particularly in the Western studio system. The series is an evolution of Dong’s 2007 documentary, which kicks off the series Nov. 4, and 2019 book of the same name.

“When people see a film like Hollywood Chinese, they’re really only seeing snippets. We really need to see the whole, because it’s not fair to the artists and the creators that we critique and examine the work based on 30 seconds,” Dong, who previewed his series Oct. 23 as part of his ongoing Hollywood Chinese exhibition at West Hollywood’s famous Formosa Café,...

Amy Tan's iconic exploration of identity, friendship, and womanhood is getting the sequel treatment. In collaboration with Oscar-winning screenwriter Ron Bass, the bestselling author is releasing a sequel to 1993's "The Joy Luck Club," inspired by her 1989 novel of the same name. Like the original movie, the new film - which will also be produced by Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and producer Jeff Kleeman - will tell the multigenerational story of Chinese and Chinese American mothers and daughters as their lives intertwine. Expanding on the source material, the sequel will also see the daughters become mothers and the mothers become grandmothers, adding a new generation of women to the saga.

"Now more than ever it is important to share authentic stories about the Asian-American experience."

"I am thrilled to work with Amy, Ron and Jeff to bring this special film to the screen," Amritraj told Deadline.

A sequel to “The Joy Luck Club” is on its way.

According to Variety, novelist Amy Tan and screenwriter Ron Bass are working on the upcoming flick, which will be a followup to the 1993 movie.

A synopsis for the groundbreaking, ’90s Asian-American film reads, “Four Chinese women along with their mothers delve into their past and try to find answers. Slowly, this search helps them to understand the complex relationship they share with each other.”

The original flick starred Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, and Kieu Chinh, as well as Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, and more.

The sequel will see “the mothers become grandmothers and the daughters become mothers in their own right, introducing a new generation exploring their own relationships with culture, heritage, love, womanhood and identity,” Variety reports.

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Almost 30 years after the original’s 1993 release, a sequel to The Joy Luck Club is on the way. Amy Tan and Ron Bass will write the script, with Jeff Kleeman and Ashok Amritraj of Hyde Park Entertainment Group producing. The original film, directed by Wayne Wang, focuses on the life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters. Through their richly-detailed life experiences, the women pass their knowledge onto a new generation, hoping to shape them into strong and independent individuals. Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Ming-Na Wen, and Lauren Tom, who starred in the original, are in talks to reprise their roles for The Joy Luck Club sequel.

The Joy Luck Club is a well-respected film often credited with changing the face of Asian cinema. The heartfelt drama helped launch the career of Ming-Na Wen, the badass you know from Marvel’s Agents of S.

“The Joy Luck Club” is reconvening for a sequel three decades after the adaptation of Amy Tan’s award-winning novel became a milestone for Asian American representation onscreen.

Tan and “The Joy Luck Club” screenwriter Ron Bass are teaming up to develop the project, with Tan, Jeff Kleeman and Hyde Park Entertainment Group’s Ashok Amritraj and Priya Amritraj producing. A director has not yet been named.

The original leading cast of the Wayne Wang-directed film – which included Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita, Lisa Lu, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lauren Tom and Ming-Na Wen – are in talks to star.

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Released in 1993, “The Joy Luck Club” revolved around a San Francisco-based group of Chinese immigrant mothers and their Chinese American daughters who navigate the push and pull of mother-daughter relationships, cultural...

Novelist Amy Tan and Oscar-winning “Rain Man” screenwriter Ron Bass are on board to deliver a sequel to “The Joy Luck Club,” the 1993 movie that broke new ground for Asian American representation.

The new film, “Joy Luck Club 2,” is set up at Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group, with Ashok and Priya Amritraj producing alongside Tan, Bass and Jeff Kleeman. A director hasn’t been announced yet.

The original “Joy Luck Club,” directed by Wayne Wang, was an epic, multigenerational saga of Chinese and Chinese-American mothers and daughters, whose histories, stories and lives interweave as they navigate life. Club members included characters played by Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu and Kieu Chinh. The ensemble cast also included Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao and Russell Wong.

In “Joy Luck Club 2,” the mothers become grandmothers and the daughters become mothers in their own right, introducing a new generation exploring their own relationships with culture,...

Exclusive: Nearly 30 years after The Joy Luck Club changed Asian and Asian American representation in cinema, a sequel is in development with author Amy Tan and Oscar-winning screenwriter Ron Bass continuing from the former’s bestselling novel.

Also producing are Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group and The Judge producer Jeff Kleeman.

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The original leading cast are in talks to return to their roles, now the mothers and grandmothers of their families. The Wayne Wang-directed movie was a breakout role for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and The Mandalorian actress Ming-Na Wen and also starred Tamlyn Tomita, and Lisa Lu.

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The Joy Luck Club, released in 1993, tells the multigenerational saga of Chinese and Chinese-American mothers and daughters, whose histories, stories and lives interweave as they navigate life. The original Disney Touchstone theatrical paved the way for such Asian-led movies as Crazy Rich Asians...