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Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Within 24 hours of this year’s Academy Awards, total views on Variety social video covering the show hit 138 million, becoming the biggest day of Oscars social traffic in publication history. The previous record was held by coverage of the 2023 Oscars, which generated over 122 million views in just one day.

Best Picture nominee “Past Lives,” wore a turtle pin to the 2024 Oscars in memory of his pet tortoise that died in August 2023. “OK, so my pet tortoise passed away last year and I had him for 10 years,” Yoo, 42, explained to a Variety reporter on the Los Angeles red carpet Sunday.In the video, the South Korean actor revealed that he named his reptile Momo after a children’s fantasy novel of the same name written by German author Michael Ende. The novel was published in 1973.Yoo, who was born in Germany, joked that his fan club back home named themselves “Momos” after the turtle.

The stars of Past Lives are hitting the red carpet!

A lot of A-List stars are in attendance at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards!

Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Caitriona Balfe are celebrating with Chanel!

Past Lives, the Oscar-nominated Korean drama, is now available to stream on Netflix UK.READ MORE: Oscars 2024 nominations – see the full listKorean-Canadian writer and director Celine Song’s debut movie is nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at next month’s Academy Awards.The widely acclaimed film was released in UK cinemas in September, but is now available to watch on Netflix at no extra cost for subscribers in the UK and Ireland.Starring Greta Lee (The Morning Show) and Teo Yoo, Past Lives follows the characters of Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends in South Korea who are torn apart when Nora’s family moves to Canada. Decades later, the pair reconnect via social media and, after meeting up in New York, ponder their romantic compatibility.NME named Past Lives as its top film of 2023, placing it above Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer.In a glowing five-star review, we wrote: “Past Lives possesses quiet power.

Netflix has rounded out its recurring cast for Season 2 of The Recruit, which has begun production in Vancouver. Filming will also take place in Seoul, South Korea on the series from Alexi Hawley.

Oppenheimer leading the way with no less than 13 nominations, including best film. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is a close second with 11 nods, and then Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest which both bagged 9.

Gold House and CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) debuted the fourth annual Gold List to guide voters during the awards race by honoring the most outstanding work in film by Asian Pacific creatives in the past year, as voted on by the community’s industry leaders. Notable winners this year include Past Lives (including Celine Song and Greta Lee), May December’s Charles Melton, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, Olivia Rodrigo, The Boy and the Heron, and a historic number of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander honorees. 

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Gold House and CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics) in Entertainment released the fourth annual Gold List, which spotlights outstanding work and talent within the AAPI community over the past 12 months. “The Gold List was created to ensure awards seasons and mainstream society are up to date on the most worthy creative work — particularly work from communities that have been historically overlooked or excluded,” Jeremy Tran, executive director and chief operating officer of Gold House, said in a statement. “Every visible success leads to numerous unseen doors that are opened for new creative development, production, and distribution opportunities for these communities.” Celine Song’s “Past Lives” leads the list which is voted on by the community’s industry leaders and used to guide voters during awards season.

Caroline Brew editor Teo Yoo (“Past Lives,” “Love to Hate You”) has been cast as a series regular in Season 2 of Netflix‘s “The Recruit.” He will play a highly skilled South Korean NIS agent “with a subversive sense of humor and willing to go to any lengths to protect those he cares about,” according to the release. Per the official logline, Season 2 of “The Recruit” finds Noah Centineo‘s CIA lawyer, Owen Hendricks, “pulled into a life-threatening espionage situation in South Korea, only to realize that the bigger threat just might be coming from inside the Agency.” Yoo was recently nominated for the best lead performance Independent Spirit Award via his role in Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” starring opposite Greta Lee.

Teo Yoo (Past Lives, Love to Hate You) will join Noah Centineo in Season 2 of Netflix‘s The Recruit as a series regular.

The A24 drama Past Lives has landed a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, allowing actors to participate in upcoming events this award season. Premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and bowing in theaters in June, the film finds itself a contender in several categories on the awards circuit including best actress, actor and supporting actor for stars Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaor.

Celine Song’s Past Lives from A24 is very much here and now, grossing $232k on four screens for over $58k per location, a nice number for Song’s debut film as the second-biggest limited opening of the year so far. A24 also had the highest in April with Beau Is Afraid at $80k per theater at four locations, testament to helmer Ari Aster’s devoted fan base.

To get a sense of the quality of films on the docket for June, look to the opening weekend. Between “Past Lives” and “Across the Spider-Verse,” there are two genuinely terrific films that couldn’t be more different.

A24 follows You Hurt My Feelings last weekend with dual-language romance Past Lives, starting a platform release on four screens in New York and LA including Q&As led by talent who have been champions of the film, including Steve Buscemi, Jodie Turner-Smith and Lulu Wang. Expanding this month.

The stars of Past Lives are stepping out to promote their new movie.

Y2K.The film is set to be helmed by Saturday Night Live alumnus Kyle Mooney in his directorial debut.

EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s CJ ENM is off to a strong start in the international arena in 2023, with its U.S. co-production Past Lives emerging as one of the biggest hits of Sundance and Berlin, and Vietnamese family comedy House Of No Man becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in its home territory. 

EXCLUSIVE: Following bidding wars in multiple territories, A24 has sold Past Lives, probably the year’s most critically acclaimed new film, to a raft of key territories.

How long does it take to find your soulmate? Two people face the question time and time again in “Past Lives.” The film focuses on childhood friends split up by things beyond their control. Years later, they connect once again only to find more time must pass before seeing each other.

NCT vocalist Taeil has released a new solo track titled ‘Lovey Dovey’ for the soundtrack of Netflix’s new romantic-comedy K-drama Love To Hate You.On February 10, following the release of the new Netflix original, the streaming platform unveiled a special music video to Taeil’s brand-new song ‘Lovey Dovey’ on its YouTube channel before the track was released digitally.The accompanying visual features scenes from the series between its lead actors, Kim Ok-vin and Teo Yoo, as well as shots of Taeil performing the track in a recording studio.“Baby love, Make you feel my love / Why did I realise it just now? / Baby love, Make you feel my love / I won’t let go of you forever,” he sings on the upbeat pop number.The singer is the latest K-pop idol to contribute to the series’ soundtrack, after (G)I-DLE‘s Miyeon and Yuqi dropped the track ‘Sweet Dream’ last week.Taeil’s new Love To Hate You track is the latest of the idol’s contributions to K-drama OSTs. The NCT singer also dropped the hit track ‘Starlight’ for Twenty Five, Twenty One, in early 2022, and has previously released songs for dramas like School 2017 and The Merchant, both with his bandmates and as a soloist.The 28-year-old singer is best known as part of the NCT sub-unit NCT 127, who recently made a comeback with their fourth repackaged album ‘Ay-yo’.

Spanning three time periods and two continents, “Past Lives,” the directorial debut of Celine Song (“Endlings”), tells the story of two childhood friends and sweethearts pulled apart by time, circumstance, and fate. They come back together and end in a way that might subvert the romantic fantasies of the audience — but this only shows the important roles people play in our lives, even if it’s not what we expected.  READ MORE: 25 Most Anticipated Films At The Sundance Film Festival Disembodied voices start us off in “Past Lives,” making guesses at who Nora (Greta Lee), Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), and Arthur (John Magaro) are to each other as they sit at an NYC bar.

EXCLUSIVE: Greta Lee and Teo Yoo are set to star in A24’s Past Lives, from writer-director Celine Song, with filming set to begin later this year. John Magaro also is on board in a key supporting role.