filmmaking is a real honor. Thank you to Michael and Tom for embracing our story about flawed, complex human beings, who happen to be Asian American, just trying their best.
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EXCLUSIVE: Performance artist, comedian, actress, playwright and elected Koreatown Los Angeles representative, Kristina Wong, has inked with CAA in all areas.
Wong has mounted several solo shows here in Los Angeles, however, her latest Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, earned her a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama last year. Sweatshop Overlord, a co-production between Center Theatre Group and East West Players, is currently playing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre through March 12.
Sweatshop Overlord follows Wong as she launched an 800 member group called the Auntie Sewing Squad during the pandemic comprised mostly of Asian women who sewed and donated more than 300K masks for front-line workers and at risk communities when Covid PPE was rare. The show had a highly acclaimed premiere at the New York Theater Workshop and was a New York Times “Critics Pick.”
Yesterday Wong was awarded a $550K grant from The Doris Duke Foundation, bestowed to individuals for excellence in their field. Sweatshop Overlord also garnered a veritable awards sweep including The Drama Desk Award, The Lucille Lortel Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
Wong also wrote the introduction for The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide To Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice, published by University of California Press.
Wong’s other major one-person socially justice driven shows include Wong Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Going Green The Wong Way, The Wong Street Journal, and Kristina Wong for Public Office. Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ran for eight years, starting in 2006, and explored mental illness, particularly among Asian American women. Kristina Wong for Public Office recounted her time running for the Wilshire
filmmaking is a real honor. Thank you to Michael and Tom for embracing our story about flawed, complex human beings, who happen to be Asian American, just trying their best.
Her girls to the rescue! Vanderpump Rules stars Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney and Kristen Doute were spotted visiting Ariana Madix amid her split from Tom Sandoval and his affair with castmate Raquel Leviss.
Scots Euromillions winner Jane Park has undergone a breast reduction and uplift and has given her fans an insight of the procedure on social media. The influencer has posted a series of eye-opening pictures and video clips of before, during and after surgery to give an insight into what takes place.
She’s a “cool girl.” Vanderpump Rules’ Ariana Madix hit the town with costar Scheana Shay after Us Weekly confirmed her split from Tom Sandoval after he cheated on her with costar Raquel Leviss.
Ashley Park has been added to the cast of the upcoming movie musical from Paramount Pictures. While her character details are being kept under wraps, ET has confirmed she will have a cameo role in the adaptation after first originating the role of Gretchen Wieners in the Broadway musical. Park joins a sprawling ensemble cast that includes Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli'i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Avantika, Christopher Briney and Bebe Wood.The film directed by Arturo Perez and Samantha Jayne and written by Fey is based on the latter's own musical adaptation of the 2004 hit film, which ran on Broadway from 2018 before permanently closing in 2021 after 833 performances. Park, who has since broken out as Mindy Chen on Netflix's, was part of the original Broadway cast, playing Gretchen alongside Erika Henningsen (Cady), Taylor Louderman (Regina), Barrett Wilbert Weed (Janis), Grey Henson (Damian) and Kate Rockwell (Karen).
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As former The CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz gets back into the production business, he has sign on with CAA for representation, the tenpercentary announced on Thursday. Pedowitz has revived his shingle, Pine Street Entertainment, which is represented by CAA as part of the arrangement. Pedowitz announced his departure from The CW in October, following Nexstar Media Group’s acquisition of the network from its previous joint operators CBS and Warner Bros. (Those two entities maintain minority stakes in The CW, but Nexstar is now the majority owner and operator.) In reviving Pine Street Entertainment, Pedowitz is bringing back his independent production company that produced CBS’ “The Crazy Ones” (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams), as well as a number of development projects.
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights for German director Christian Petzold’s new film Afire, following its award-winning world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.
Ok Taecyeon has signed a contract with US talent agency WME (William Morris Endeavour).On February 27, the 34-year-old idol-actor, best known for being a member of K-pop boyband 2PM and starring in the hit K-drama Vincenzo, shared via his South Korean agency 51K that he had signed with William Morris Endeavour for his US activities.“We are happy that Taecyeon, who has been expanding his reach as an actor thorough various projects including Vincenzo, Hansan: Rising Dragon, Blind, and more, signed a formal agent contract with WME, one of the representative agencies in the United States,” said 51K, per No Cut News, as translated by Soompi. “Please continue to cheer on Taecyeon’s activities in the future.”Taecyeon also shared: “I’m excited and happy to take on a new challenge.
Kristin Chenoweth has her eyes set on a Broadway return!
EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed actress and producer Kate Mara for for representation.
EXCLUSIVE: A new musical based on the award-winning 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles and the life of beauty queen, socialite and TV personality Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel is in development, with Kristin Chenoweth attached to star and produce.
Depeche Mode were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week – watch their majestic performances of ‘Ghosts Again’ and ‘Personal Jesus’ below.The performances come soon after the synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – announced their huge 2023 ‘Memento Mori’ world tour, which begins next month following the release of their 15th album, ‘Memento Mori’, which is out on March 17 via Columbia/Mute.Earlier this month, the duo performed new single ‘Ghosts Again’ live for the first time at the SanRemo Song Festival in Italy, marking the first time the band had performed live since the death of bandmate Andy Fletcher last year.On The Late Show, they gave the track another outing alongside classic hit ‘Personal Jesus’ – check out both performances below.Last week, Depeche Mode added more North American shows to their 2023 world tour, which begins in the US and Canada next month.Ahead of the run, the band announced a second North American leg that takes in 29 new dates between late September and mid-December, 2023.Extra gigs will take place in locations such as Mexico City, Austin, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Orlando, Brooklyn, Nashville, Philadelphia and Toronto. The run is set to conclude with a pair of LA gigs at the city’s Kia Forum and Crypto.com Arena.Kelly Lee Owens and Gahan’s daughter Stella Rose will appear as the support acts on the first North American leg.
Jennifer Garner and James Marsden have joined the cast of Starz’s Party Down for season three and they joined the returning stars at the red carpet premiere!
EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Park (Emily In Paris) has joined the cast of Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building for Season 3 in a recurring role. She will play Kimber, a Broadway ingenue.
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Hae Wons’ bestselling Korean novel Sad Tropic will be adapted for TV in the U.S. by Seoul Street and Astro-Nomical Entertainment as an hour-long series.
Graham Phillips is back on stage, this time taking on an iconic role in a Stephen Sondheim musical!
episode titled “The Worldwide Privacy Tour,” which appeared to make fun of Markle, 41, and Harry, 38, and their decision to move to the US in an attempt for a private life.The duchess was said to be “upset and overwhelmed” by the episode, which did not name them specifically but featured characters that closely resembled the duke and duchess.
20th Century and Hulu unveiled the trailer for “Boston Strangler,” the true-crime thriller about the journalists who cracked the case of the infamous 1960s murders.Keira Knightley stars as Loretta McLaughlin, a reporter for the Record-American newspaper who strikes out on her own when her sexist superiors get in the way of her investigation. She’s joined by her colleague Jean Cole (Carrie Coon) in her quest to uncover the truth.
EXCLUSIVE: Price Productions has wrapped production on Mad Props, a new feature documentary featuring iconic actors Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and more.
Mike Shinoda has shared how Linkin Park became the first band to prank Metallica.Back in summer of 2003, Linkin Park opened for Metallica on their North American ‘Summer Sanitarium’ tour – along with Mudvayne, Deftones and Limp Bizkit – in support of the metal band’s ‘St. Anger‘ album which came out the same year.Appearing on a recent episode of SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, singer, rapper and guitarist Shinoda explained how Linkin Park were able to bring a lighter touch to Metallica’s famously raucous shows.“Nobody had ever pranked them on stage,” Shinoda recalled.“By the way, it was like four of us I think.