South Korea has delivered hit after hit for Netflix — but actors barely get paid

The man who rushed the stage at a New York City panel event featuring Drew Barrymore Monday was arrested today after being detained Thursday near the star’s home in Southampton, Long Island.

Hit after hit after hit! Our first time seeing Belinda Carlisle in concert!! @travels_with_mrs_mason blessed us in Las Vegas last night at @MandalayBay’s @HOBLasVegas! These songs were a fabric of our childhood. And seeing her shine on stage performing these classics felt like a warm blanket AND a fancy gold skirt, like the one she had on! Keep sparkling, BC! We are and will forever remain head over heels for you! xoxo

EXCLUSIVE: We first told you about a year ago that Lionsgate was in talks with STX to distribute and market the Bob Simonds-run studio’s movies, and today we can report that both companies have closed a deal.

Octavia Spencer Ron Cephas Jones was one of the most skilled actors I’ve ever worked with. To be in a scene him, you had to be present for the emotion that would naturally come. When we were filming together [on the 2019-2023 Apple TV+ series “Truth Be Told”] Ron would come to work with the pages that we were working on that day with the front and back of every page filled with notes.

The power of a single vote was on full display yesterday in Nashville, where actor and stuntman Bill “Bilbro” Yarbrough defeated his nearest rival by a single vote to win a seat on the guild’s national board of directors.

Korea has selected the disaster thriller Concrete Utopia starring Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-jun as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Oscars.

Michael Cera is reprising his role as Scott Pilgrim!

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will likely get an invite to King Charles' 75th birthday celebrations later this year, according to one royal expert. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have had a frosty relationship with the Royal Family since they stepped down as senior working royals in 2020.

Police in South Korea today said that 69 officials from theater chains including CGV, Lotte and Megabox, and from 24 film distributors, have been referred without detention to the prosecutor on charges of obstruction of business, local media reports. This follows an investigation that began in June into suspicious box office numbers. Police claim the accused were involved in fabricating figures to boost film rankings over the past five years.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has made an unusual inroad into Vietnam with reality show “Let’s Feast Vietnam,” which launched on Netflix this week in parts of Asia. The 10-episode “Let’s Feast Vietnam” (aka “Hành Trình K? Thú”) is part cooking competition and part-way travelogue. It also borrows something of the ‘reels’ short video feature that makes social media apps so addictive, in that contestants are required to produce video clips along their journey.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director With the long “Elvis” awards season behind him, Austin Butler is gearing up for two major upcoming releases: Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 2” and the Apple TV+ miniseries “Masters of the Air.” The latter comes from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and serves as the third installment in their long-running World War II saga that also includes the acclaimed “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” In a recent interview with The Times of London, Butler revealed that he nabbed a starring role in “Masters of the Air” after Hanks grew concerned about his mental health on “Elvis.” According to Butler, Hanks told him: “You have immersed yourself so deeply in ‘Elvis’ that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else. If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash… and, you know, I’ve got this thing I’m producing.'” Butler said “Elvis” forced him “to go to the very edge of what is possible, and not every experience will be like that.

Elvis co-star Tom Hanks to save him from “emotional whiplash”.The actor, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance as Elvis Presley in the biopic, said Hanks expressed concern after he was consumed “so deeply” by the role for two years.Hanks’ concern led him to offer Butler a part in upcoming Apple TV+ series Masters Of The Air, which he’s co-producing with Steven Spielberg, to help him detach from Elvis.Speaking to The Sunday Times, Butler said that Hanks told him: “[Hanks] said, ‘You have immersed yourself so deeply in Elvis that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else. If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash…“And, you know,’ Hanks continued.

The Duke of Sussex has made no secret of his love for Africa - and is thought to be set to return there for a solo project later this year. Having previously called the continent his “second home”, Harry has many links to the continent, including setting up the charity Sentebale, in 2006, which helps children and young people who are struggling with their HIV status.

Since first arriving on our screens in 1996, EastEnders icon Ben Mitchell has been instrumental in a number of high profile storylines, ranging from child abuse, through to male rape and even the current ongoing storyline of Ben’s battle with Bulimia. However, in his 27 year run, the character has been played by six actors in total, something which even prompted a long running joke among fans about how he had more iterations than Doctor Who.

Jeremy Allen White is getting his caffeine fix.

sole to Hollywood — literally.Sanaa Kelley, who goes by @reelfoleysound on TikTok, shared a video about her job as a studio foot stamper for TV and movies, The Sun reported.“Why is this a real job?” reads the caption of the video which has over 13 million views since being posted last month.In the video, Kelley watches a woman on a screen in front of her waking to the edge of a stage. Kelley copies each of the character’s footsteps and taps her feet on a wooden platform to create sounds that will be added to the footage later.

Following his debut solo tour earlier this year, Suga, the K-pop superstar rapper/singer/songwriter, has become the third member of BTS to begin South Korea’s compulsory military service.

The Real Housewives of New York City star Brynn Whitfield revealed that she’s been communicating with Southern Charm’s Shep Rose after calling him “cute.”

star Brynn Whitfield might be new to Bravo, but she's already in the DMs of another Bravolebrity. On the Sunday, August 6 episode of Whitfield, who is among the revitalized cast of the reboot (including ) that premiered last month, told host Andy Cohen that she has been flirting in DMs with Shep Rose from Southern Charm.Whitfield, who has been established as a big flirt on *RHONY—*her tagline is literally, “I love to laugh, but make me mad and I'll date your dad”—confessed to DMing with Rose on Instagram, noting that he messaged her first. “He’s very sweet,” she said.

This is Day 94 of the WGA strike and Day 21 of the SAG-AFTRA strike