Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott's Where Are You Now is the kind of slow-burning hit that comes across once in a while on the Official Charts.
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Squid Game is starting to show serious awards season brawn as the Korean Netflix series racked up a historic four Screen Actor Guild Award nominations Wednesday. This is the first time a non-English or Korean series has garnered a SAG Award nomination.
“Upon hearing the nomination today, I think it has to be the happiest moment since we’ve created Squid Game. The fact not just one or two leading actors were recognized, but the whole cast being nominated as the best ensemble. It brings me great joy as a director who has cast and created the series just being nominated,” director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk said.
Squid Game took the world by storm after its September 2021 premiere and proceeded to shatter streaming records. It only took the Korean local-language production 17 days for the nine-episode series to become the Netflix’s series debut ever, eventually accruing over 3 billion minutes streamed and reaching over 142 million households according to Nielsen. The grim survival drama entrenched itself in the cultural zeitgeist with kids dressing up as the characters for Halloween and Americans obsessing over the Korean childhood games.
Fast forward several months and now Squid Game has bagged four SAG Award nominations – with more award nominations hopefully to come: Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble, Lee Jung-jae for Outstanding Performance by Male Actor, Jung Ho-yeon for Outstanding Performance by Female Actor and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Korean acting is continuing to have its moment in the limelight. With Parasite‘s cast winning in 2020 and Minari‘s Yoon Yuh-jung earning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in 2021, Squid Game is poised to keep South
Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott's Where Are You Now is the kind of slow-burning hit that comes across once in a while on the Official Charts.
January 27, 2022Cleese said: “Just heard about Barry Cryer. We worked together on the Frost Report, The 1948 Show, and Jokers Wild. “I never met a nicer, kinder, more cheerful man.
First came the ratings records. Then came awards recognition for Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and Netflix’s Squid Game.
EXCLUSIVE: Eric Bana (Munich) and Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina) have been set to star in Ridley Scott-produced thriller Berlin Nobody, which Protagonist and Augenschein will be launching sales on at the virtual EFM next month.
Restrictions for families visiting loved ones in care homes will be eased from next week.
EXCLUSIVE: Killing Eve and A Discovery Of Witches star Edward Bluemel, Dune actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster and newcomer Eddie Karanja (After Ever After) have joined Sterling K. Brown, Iola Evans and Ernest Kingsley Jr as series regulars in Hulu drama series Washington Black, we can reveal.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTrailblazing host and producer B. Scott has signed with WME in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively.Last March, the longtime media personality became the first out, trans non-binary personality in the history of BET. They anchor and executive produce an after-show companion to the network original “Twenties,” created by Lena Waithe.B.
Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott top the UK's Official Trending Chart for a second week as their collaboration Where Are You Now looks set to crack the Top 10 for the first time.
Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott top the UK's Official Trending Chart for a second week as their collaboration Where Are You Now looks set to crack the Top 10 for the first time.
Dakota Fanning and Andrew Scott chat with the crew of their new show Ripley during a break from filming their show Ripley on Friday (January 21) in Venice, Italy.
Does Scott Disick have a new lady in his life? The 38-year-old reality star was spotted on a romantic dinner date with Hana Cross, 23, on Thursday January 20 at Nobu in Malibu. While the pair enjoyed an evening and double date with friends, this wasn’t the first time that Scott and Hana have been seen out and about together. The couple have been seen together on various occasions over the past few months. Find out everything you need to know about Hana here!
EXCLUSIVE: Lucifer, a drama that debuted on the Fox broadcast network before becoming a Netflix show in 2018, topped Nielsen’s list of the most-streamed original series of 2021 in the U.S. (See the full charts below, with the top 15 original, acquired and movie titles.)
Squid Game.During Netflix’s fourth-quarter earnings call, held yesterday (January 20), Sarandos, who also chief content officer at Netflix, announced that a second season of the platform’s hit K-drama series Squid Game has been ordered by Netflix and is currently in the works, per Variety.In addition, Sarandos also described Squid Game’s highly anticipated continuation as the beginning of something big for the series. “The Squid Game universe has just begun,” teased the Netflix head.
Hwang Dong-hyuk that would be back for a new installment. «Absolutely,» he said on the call, as reports. «The universe has begun.»A move for more comes after Netflix crowned the international phenomenon, led by storied Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, as its biggest and most popular original series ever. The streamer said last fall that in the first 28 days of release since its Sept.
“Squid Game” has been given the green light for season 2.
“The Squid Game universe has just begun.”
EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott didn’t have to look far to find a new president of his film company Scott Free. He has elevated Michael Pruss, who until now has been co-president of the company’s film division alongside Kevin Walsh, who left for a first-look producing deal at Apple.