Miranda Kerr Signs With WME

Rebecca Souw Barunson E&A, one of the production companies behind South Korean Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” will work with director Bong Joon-ho on two additional Korean films.The Seoul-based company provided no further details of the Bong projects, but announced an expanded production slate spanning films and TV series and hinted at overseas expansion.Barunson, which was producer of the smash hit KBS series “Descendants of the Sun,” previously worked with Bong on his 2009 drama “Mother,”

Who says exes can’t be friends? Miranda Kerr, 38, opened up about her close friendship withKaty Perry, 36, in an interview for InStyle’s Ladies First podcast on Tuesday September 28. Miranda was married to the “Teenage Dream” singer’s fiancé Orlando Bloom, 44, from 2010 to 2013, and the exes share a 10-year-old son Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom.

Miranda Kerr is opening up about her relationship with Orlando Bloom following their split in 2013.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorea Telecom has unveiled plans to inject $150 million into its media unit allowing it to expand its content production capacity. The move comes at a time when already high competition for Korean content is set to intensify further.KT said that it will buy new shares in KT studio Genie, the unit formed earlier this year to house all its media activities.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLocal thriller “On The Line” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office charts. But its weak total showed that the boost to cinemas from the Chuseok holidays had been short-lived.“On the Line” managed $1.56 million in its second weekend, a score which was only 28% down on its debut, according to data from Kobis, the box office tracking service provided by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

Jennifer Yuma editorNetflix announced “The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea” will premiere Oct. 22.The three-part docuseries follows Yoo Young-chul, a notorious serial killer who came to light as a psychopath to the Korean public in 2004.

EXCLUSIVE: Guido Rud’s Argentina and Spain-based sales outfit FilmSharks has scored a pair of deals on its slate with Korea buyers.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNew titles arrived in Korean theaters in time for the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) holiday period, headed by locally-made thriller “On The Line,” which took top place from “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” But box office over the weekend preceding the big break remained subdued, totaling just $6.16 million.“On The Line” earned $2.16 million from 1,294 screens between Friday and Sunday and accounted for 35.1% of nationwide box office, according to data

In a major win for trans rights, a Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom has overturned a 2020 ruling, which had stated that under-16s were unable to give informed consent to puberty blocker treatment.  The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs NHS England’s only gender identity development service for children, had appealed against the 2020 ruling of the high court.

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EXCLUSIVE: Eugene Pack, creator of the live stage comedy show Celebrity Autobiography and writer-director of The Pack Podcast, has signed with CAA.