Disney Strikes Korean Content Supply Deal With N.E.W. Affiliate

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese streaming firm iQIYI published first quarter results that were better than its previous guidance and a lengthy letter to shareholders asserting that it has the best content model and technology in the sector.In a regulatory filing, the company said that revenues in the January to March first quarter of its 2021 financial year had grown 4% to RMB8.0 billion ($1.2 billion) and that net losses had been more than halved, falling from RMB2.9 billion in the

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Spiral: From The Book of Saw” carved out the top spot at the South Korean box office over the weekend. But it was a thin slice of a painfully quiet weekend.Korea’s aggregate nationwide box office was just $2.60 million, almost unchanged from last week and within a whisker of being the smallest weekend total in three months.

Karen Hauer has opened up on her love life, insisting she will never date another dancer after her divorce from Kevin Clifton.The 39 year old, who recently shared a peak inside her stunning London home she shares with her dogs, married the professional dancer back in 2015 but after a short marriage they decided to go their separate ways in 2018.

Strictly Come Dancing co-star Kevin Clifton.   The Venezuelan star, 39, separated from her husband of three years, 38, in 2018 and he swiftly moved on with former Strictly contestant Stacey Dooley.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJ. Yoon, singer with successful Korean rock band M.C.

BTS knows there will come a time when they will have to serve in the South Korean army.In the country, all healthy men must serve in the military for at least 18 months before turning 28. However, in December 2020, lawmakers in the country passed a bill where people in certain professions, including professional athletes and even musicians, whose contributions are deemed particularly valuable to South Korea may extend their service until the age of 30.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, ET is showcasing some of the best, most entertaining and truly groundbreaking Korean dramas that you can screen right now.This moody crime saga follows the eponymous Vincenzo (Song Joong-ki), who was adopted by an Italian family at the age of eight and grew up in Italy, eventually becoming a consigliere for a mafia family. He is forced to flee to Seoul after the head of the family is killed and the new Don puts a hit out on Vincenzo.

Bong Joon-Ho, the Oscar-winning Korean director behind Parasite, will helm a feature animation about humans and deep-sea creatures.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBong Joon-ho, director of last year’s Oscar-winning “Parasite,” has announced that he is working on a Korean animated film about humans and deep water sea creatures.He had been working on the screenplay with Korean company 4th Creative Party since 2018. The script was completed in January.Bong is also at work on the script for an English-language film which is understood to be set between the U.K.

A year ago, theaters across the world were shut down due to the COVID pandemic. Now, as theaters begin to reopen and in the US, large cinema chains hope the summer will be a time of rebounding, it appears that one major theater company is willing to team up with Netflix to help make that happen with the new film, “Army of the Dead.” For those unaware, for years now, Netflix has tried to get theater chains to showcase the company’s original films.

EXCLUSIVE: The Witcher writer and producer Jenny Klein has found a new home.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMulti-territory Asian streaming service Viu is readying its third Korean-sourced original production. The period romantic fantasy “Hong Cheon Gi” will be launched in the third quarter of this year.Based on a novel of the same name, the series tells the story of a woman artist with extraordinary aesthetic insight and skills who became the first female painter of the Dohwaseo (Korean Royal Academy of Painting).

Minari star Yuh-Jung Youn made history at the Oscars by becoming the first Korean to win an acting Academy Award and delivered another endearing acceptance speech. The 73-year-old actress from South Korea has a career in film and television that spans over five decades but only recently rose to prominence in the US thanks to her role in Minari.

Unlike all the virtual awards this season, the Oscars 2021 was an in-person event and gave netizens several reasons to cheer. From  drop dead gorgeous red carpet looks to candid reactions, the live ceremony was a rage on social media.

Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRaise a glass of Mountain Dew to Yuh-Jung Youn.The celebrated Korean actress won an Oscar on Sunday night for her supporting role in “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical drama about a family that relocates to rural Arkansas in the 1980s to start a farm.

Veteran actress Yuh-Jung Youn made history when she became the first South Korean actress ever to receive an Oscar nomination in the supporting actress category, and again made history tonight as the first Korean ever to win an acting Oscar for her portrayal as the feisty grandma in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.