‘Minari’s Lee Isaac Chung Talks History-Making Oscar Nominations; Hopes Film Brings Unity To The Country As Violence Against Asians Continue

History in the making! Steven Yeun is earning plenty of praise for his role in Lee Isaac Chung‘s Minari — but he’s not a Hollywood newcomer.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterViacomCBS has taken a stance in opposition to the Georgia voting rights law that restricts voting access, making it the first major entertainment media corporation to do so and part of a group of vocal big businesses that include Delta and Coca-Cola.“We unequivocally believe in the importance of all Americans having an equal right to vote and oppose the recent Georgia voting rights law or any effort that impedes the ability to exercise this vital constitutional

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan received two Oscar nods recently, it didn't just become an Academy Award nominee, it became a Guinness World Record holder, too. Earlier this month, it was confirmed that the film had been recognised in both the Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress categories.

The Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have announced the launch of their inaugural Laura Ziskin Visionary Award.Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs.

No matter what happens at the upcoming Academy Awards, the new Sacha Baron Cohen film is already a winner.

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Lee Daniels has got a lot of irons in the fire.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean American drama film “Minari” can’t stop winning awards. Similarly, it continues to reign on top of the Korean box office.The Lee Isaac Chung-directed film earned $1.09 million between Friday and Monday to top the box office in South Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).The figure is little changed from the previous weekend.

The daughter of the legendary Bruce Lee on Wednesday linked the drastic rise in violence against Asian Americans to the language used about the pandemic, specifically by former President Donald Trump and his supporters. Trump was heavily denounced for repeatedly calling the novel coronavirus the "China virus" and "kung flu" duringrallies; critics said such terms could lead toAsian Americans being targeted for hate crimes.

Priyanka Chopra’s quirky response to an Australian journalist who questioned if she was “qualified” to announce the Oscar nominations is receiving a lot of praise on the internet. The 38-year-old actor, who ranks amongst the top stars in Bollywood, and has worked in several Hollywood films and shows, announced the Oscar nominations on Monday with her husband Nick Jonas, who is an American singer.

Spike Lee will head up this year's competition jury for the Cannes International Film Festival, organizers announced on Tuesday. He had been tapped to head up the jury for the 2020 festival, which ended up getting canceled due to the pandemic.

Gallery: The career of Betty White in pictures (Espresso)Youn shared the historic first with "Minari" co-star Steven Yeun, the first Asian-American to be nominated for a best actor Oscar. Born in Seoul, Yuen and his family moved to Canada and then the United States when he was a child.

As the nominations were announced for the 93rd Academy Awards, actors like Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed made history. 9 actors of colour received an Oscar nomination on Monday, this was certainly a big milestone for the Academy after its years of attempts to diversify the Award ceremony.

Simu Liu is getting candid about anti-Asian sentiment.

Actresses love drama and in this regard, Meghan Markle, her bewitched Prince Harry and now Oprah Winfrey have delivered magnificently. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down with Oprah for a two-hour interview broadcast on Sunday night and millions of Americans couldn’t resist.The interview was watching 17 million Americans and was broadcast on Monday night in the U.K.

If you ever wondered what it’d be like if Lee Daniels directed a “Wolverine” movie, congratulations, because you may be Hugh Jackman. READ MORE: Russo Brothers Say Cut ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Sequences Could Still Show Up One Day & Still Would “Love A Crack At Wolverine” In a recent interview with Collider to promote his latest film, “The United States vs.

Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari is an American film that tells the story of a Korean American family as they uproot from their more metropolitan life in California to a rural one in a small Arkansas town in search of the American dream. In case you didn’t catch on, this is a very American film.

In Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, the titular character is strong, resilient, clever, has a strong bond to her community of the world of Kumandra and, above all, hopeful. That said, it’s no wonder that Kelly Marie Tran was chosen to voice the titular heroine. The Vietnamese-American actress emits those qualities and then some.