Minari: Heartwarming film generates Oscar buzz as Twitter fans RAVE about feature; Here’s what netizens said

The January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol underscored the precarious state of American democracy in a time of deep political polarization. But the Emmy-contending Apple Original Film Boys State offers some hope that bridging ideological differences remains a possibility.

Best Actress at this year’s Academy Awards for her role in Nomadland. The win represents McDormand’s third in the category, with the actor having previously won Best Actress for her roles in Fargo (in 1997) andThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (in 2018).

Nomadland, directed by the Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, is part of a long lineage of non-American American art, from Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas to Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. It grapples with grief, the betrayals of capitalism, and the lure of the open road.

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.

on Sunday, making her the first Korean and second female Asian acting winner in the history of the Academy Awards.“Lee Isaac Chung, without him I wouldn’t be here tonight.

NEW YORK -- Last year at this time, as much of the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic, Leslie Jordan began posting daily videos of himself on Instagram.The actor known for roles in the “American Horror Story” franchise and “Will & Grace” was staying near family in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was bored.Many of Jordan's videos included him asking “How ya'll doin?” He referred to his followers as “hunker downers.” Sometimes he posted stories about Hollywood or his childhood

Mónica Marie Zorrilla HBO has acquired “Generation Por Qué?,” a comedic Cuban American short inspired by and starring writer and producer Jacqueline “Jackie” Pereda. The coming-of-age story follows Jackie Pérez, a first-generation woman pursuing her acting dreams in New York City while enduring her very Cuban (and conservative) New Jersey-based parents.

A.D. Amorosi For Cuban American playwright Nilo Cruz, every line is poetry, and every couplet speaks to the socio-politics of his roots.That could mean the lyrical “Anna in the Tropics,” the play that won Cruz the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and its tale of cigar-making Cuban immigrants in Florida and the lector who organized labor forces while reading “Anna Karenina” to his workers.

Prince Harry has returned to California after visiting the U.K. for Prince Philip’s funeral, ET Canada can confirm.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAntoine Fuqua will direct and produce a new film adaptation of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning look at greed, family, death and sexual repression.The “Training Day” and “Magnificent Seven” director will join forces with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, who backed a 2008 revival of the show that made history with a sold-out 19-week run as the first all-African American production on Broadway.

Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Magnificent Seven) will direct and produce a film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof based on the 2008 Broadway production featuring an all-Black cast.

Prince Harry is back home with Meghan Markle. The 36-year-old royal has returned safely to his home in Montecito, California, following his trip to the United Kingdom for Prince Philip's funeral, ET can confirm.Royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET on Monday that Harry would be arriving back soon to reunite with Meghan and their son, Archie.

Prince Harry is now back in the United States after attending his grandfather Prince Philip‘s funeral over the weekend in London, England.

Iron Maiden have hit back at a lawsuit filed by US-based e-commerce platform Viral Style that accuses one of the metal band’s companies of grabbing $200,000 from its PayPal account without permission in an act that was, it alleged, “akin to a high-tech and sophisticated bank robbery”.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Minari” is filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical tale of a Korean American family starting a new life in 1980s Arkansas.

Phoebe Bridgers has offered handwritten tattoo templates for her fans in exchange for donations to the family of Daunte Wright.Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota on Sunday (April 11).