Steven Yeun, Riz Ahmed Bond Over Auditioning For The Same Role In ‘Variety”s ‘Actors On Actors’ Feature

Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” follows a family of Korean-American immigrants who try to reboot their lives on a farm in 1980s Arkansas. The semi-autobiographical drama finds Steven Yeun essentially playing Chung’s father.

Naman Ramachandran “Nomadland” won best picture, best director for Chloé Zhao and best actress for Frances McDormand at the 24th annual Toronto Film Critics’ Awards (TFCA), while Riz Ahmed won best actor for “Sound of Metal.”The awards were voted on by TFCA members at a virtual meeting on Sunday. They will be presented along with the Rogers best Canadian film award at a virtual gala in Toronto on March 9.

For the nominees selected for the 2021 Golden Globes today was a happy day. Nothing better captures that moment of adulation than Kaley Cuoco learning not only has she been nominated, but “The Flight Attendant,” which she produced and developed, been nominated as a series as well.

Prince Harry has settled his dispute with Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, after they ran articles accusing him of turning his back on the Royal Marines.

Kate Aurthur editorDuring their conversation for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, presented by Amazon Studios, Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed talked intensely about such topics as the immigrant experience as reflected in “Minari,” how Ahmed learned sign language for “Sound of Metal” and the idea of “code switching” — how, as actors of Asian descent, they’ve been subjected to prejudice, both in the larger world and in the entertainment industry. “It helps you to survive,” Ahmed said of code

Steven Yeun (“Minari”) and Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.In Lee Isaac Chung’s life-affirming “Minari,” Steven Yeun plays Jacob Yi, a Korean American dad who pursues his goal of financial success by moving his unenthusiastic family to a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

Clayton Davis Riz Ahmed, one of the top contenders in the best actor race, is being honored by the Miami Film Festival with its inaugural Impact Award.“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing.

Riz Ahmed-starring Sound of Metal has been released – you can read it below.Directed by Darius Marder, the film, which was released last year in cinemas and on Amazon Prime, follows Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who grapples with his immediate and intermittent hearing loss.Ahmed plays Ruben, who struggles with the prospect of becoming deaf while also confronting his past addiction to drugs, having been sober for four years.

Palm Springs International Film Awards.The organization announced on Wednesday that the 38-year-old actor will receive this year's Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor. «Riz Ahmed delivers one of the most complex and moving on-screen performances of the year,» Festival Chairman Harold Matzner said in a statement. «In Sound of Metal, the film tells the emotional journey of Ruben, a musician who learns he is losing his hearing and must deal with this new reality.

Riz Ahmed and Game Of Thrones‘ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau are set to star in a new animated documentary called Flee.The Danish film is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and Ahmed and Coster-Waldau will serve as executive producers, as Variety reports.Later this year, an English-language version of the film will then debut later in 2021, featuring the two stars as the lead voice actors.Per Variety, a synopsis for Flee reads: “Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentRiz Ahmed, a leading awards contender this year with “Sound of Metal,” and “Game of Thrones” star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau have joined the Danish animated documentary “Flee,” which plays at Sundance, as executive producers.

Riz Ahmed's Left Handed Films has signed a first-look TV production deal with Amazon Studios. The move comes as Ahmed is enjoying rave reviews for his starring role in the Amazon film Sound of Metal.

Riz Ahmed, star of Amazon-backed feature film Sound of Metal, is staying in business with the streamer after striking a first-look deal with the company.

If the name Riz Ahmed comes to mind and you immediately think of “Venom” or “Rogue One,” that’s understandable. Those are probably the actor’s two biggest roles to date.

In a year that has stymied many of his peers, Riz Ahmed has been incredibly prolific, with two 2020 feature releases—Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal and Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli—as well as an album, The Long Goodbye, which came with a powerful short imagining life in a racist, post-Brexit Britain.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially stepped out of their royal life in March 2020, and they've started a new life in Montecito, California. Per People, Journalist and author Tom Bradby said on ITV's Love Your Weekend that Harry is feeling some complex feelings connected to his new life.

woman Riz Ahmed secretly married during lockdown? US writer Fatima Farheen Mirza, according to the actor’s interview on the Tonight Show.  Mirza is a successful novelist and has a CV to rival her new husband’s: her debut novel, A Place for Us, is a New York Times bestseller and the first to be published by a new imprint belonging to a very A-list actress.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Riz Ahmed has opened up about his recent wedding, revealing the identity of his new wife as American novelist Fatima Farheen Mirza. MORE: Bridgerton heartthrob Rege-Jean Page was in Harry Potter - did you spot him?The British-Pakistani actor surprised fans earlier this week when he mentioned that he was married during an appearance on the podcast Grounded with Louis Theroux.

Riz Ahmed. You start chatting, strike up a friendship, and then, a few years later, you're married.