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pulled off some surprising upsets with some well-deserved big wins at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and their excitement couldn't have been greater.HoYeon Jung — who took home the award for Female Actor in a Drama Series — and Lee Jung-jae, who earned the award for Male Actor in a Drama Series, spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner backstage and reflected on the momentous victories.When asked if the wins had sunk in yet, Lee said with a laugh, «Not yet.»«I think its gonna take a while,» HoYeon added.«The award itself was given to me by so many amazing and talented actors and I felt that was very special,» she continued, via translator.When her name was first announced as the winner of the category, HoYeon was visibly stunned and was emotional while accepting the award.«I really wanted to express my gratitude as a fan everyone there, but also just as someone who's just starting out in this path,» she explained to ET. «I especially wanted to express all my love and thanks for all the love and support I got from the actors who were a part of the cast.»By winning, HoYeon beat out Jennifer Aniston, Elisabeth Moss, Sarah Snook and Reese Witherspoon — the latter of whom she said she'd hope to meet at the event.Unfortunately, due to timing and other factors she admitted that she'd not yet meet Witherspoon at the event.

Squid Game have made history at the SAG Awards 2022 with two major acting wins.On Sunday (February 27), Squid Game cast members Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon became the first actors from a non-English-language series to win acting prizes at the annual ceremony.The series also took home the trophy for Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series. By the end of the night, Squid Game had won in three out of four categories it had been nominated in.Lee, who played the series’ main character Seong Gi-hun, took home the award for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series.

 has some ideas for season 2.Lee Jung-jae, HoYeon Jung, Park Hae-soo, Kim Joo-ryeong, and Anupam Tripathi spoke to ET's Nischelle Turner at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday where they shared what they plan to bring back some of the dead characters from season 1 for the Netflix series' second season.«There are a lot, Lee Jung has so good ideas,» Ho Yeon shared. «So, my idea is that maybe the masked men took all them and made sure they came back to life,» Lee's translator explained.The show is nominated for several awards including Ensemble in a Drama Series and Stunt Ensemble in a TV series, with Lee and HoYeun scoring individual nominations.

Squid Game breakout star Anupam Tripathi has been cast in a new scripted audio series titled Scammers. Tripathi will protray a telemarketer-turned-phone scammer from India, with the series set to a chronicle of his journey as he creates a new identity, as reported by Deadline.

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.

Well, it appears that we’re going to get Season 2 of “Squid Game.” And maybe, just maybe, Netflix might even more episodes than that. In an interview with Korean broadcaster, KBS (via Korea Times), the creator of “Squid Game,” Hwang Dong-hyuk, not only said his deal for Season 2 of Netflix’s most popular TV series ever is getting close to completion, but he’s also going to sign for a Season 3, as well.

Squid Game would be a big hit even before its launch.In a new interview with Variety, Netflix’s head of global TV Bela Bajaria said that the streaming giant had always believed the South Korean series would be popular even before it was released. However, the Netflix executive also noted that they didn’t expect the scale of Squid Game’s success.“We knew it would be a big regional hit,” Bajaria said.

topped streaming ratings in over 80 countries within 24 hours of its debut on Nov 19th. This comes right after gruesome Korean drama “Squid Game” also topped the charts, with a staggering 1.65 billion views its first month out.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-Hyuk has discussed possible plot developments that could feature in the second season of the hit Netflix show.READ MORE: Are you not entertained? Squid Game and the poor as playthings on screenSpeaking during a virtual SAG panel on December 5 (via Entertainment Weekly), Hwang said: “I’m not really in the right place to be discussing season two in an official setting, but if there were to be a season two, in the first season that we saw [Seong] Gi-hun is a character

Squid Game has officially topped the list of most-Googled TV shows of the year.The search engine shared their Year in Search report for 2021, which found the hit Netflix Korean show outranking the likes of Bridgerton, Line of Duty and Love Island.Period drama Bridgerton had been the highest ranking show and most-watched title on Netflix earlier this year, before Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s 10-episode survival drama knocked it off the top spot.The report also revealed the question “Who is H?”, relating

Squid Game has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the upcoming 27th Critics Choice Awards.On Monday (December 6), the Critics Choice Association announced its nominees for the upcoming 2022 ceremony. Among the nominations were Squid Game, which has become the first non-English programme to be up for Best Drama Series, per Variety.

Money Heist is set to premiere in 2022.Earlier today (December 1), Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo, who will be playing Berlin in the new adaptation, appeared on the official Money Heist YouTube channel to speak about the forthcoming Korean version of the series.“Hello to all Netflix fans on the planet,” Park says as he takes off one of the iconic masks from the original series, first worn by actor Pedro Alonso, who originated the role of Berlin.

Squid Game has taken home its first time at a major US award at the 2021 Gotham Awards.The annual ceremony, organised by the New York City-based Independent Filmmaker Project, was held earlier today (November 29 ET) in lower Manhattan.

Squid Game actor Wi Ha-joon has opened up about his hopes for season two of the hit Netflix series.In a recent interview with The Star, the breakout star of the K-drama spoke about his ideal storyline for the upcoming second season of the series.

Squid Game.Earlier today (November 25), MrBeast uploaded a video that showcased his take on the viral South Korean drama series, featuring re-creation of games from the Netflix original. The YouTuber had originally shared his intention to host a real-life version of Squid Game last month, and shared images from the set earlier this month.In his take of the game, 456 contestants competed in various for a cash prize of $456,000.

Squid Game, has said that her parents aren’t allowing her to watch the show.To voiced the English dub of the now-iconic character, a robotic doll that directed a violent game of ‘Red Light, Green Light’, but has never seen her appearance.“It all started when my dad asked my mum to watch Squid Game since it was the most popular show in the world at the time.

Squid Game has shown how much CGI was actually used in the series.The video was uploaded by Kim Hyung-rok, a CG supervisor on Squid Game from the South Korea-based Gulliver Studios.

Hellbound has bested Squid Game as the streaming platform’s most popular series.This is according to data by analytics company FlixPatrol, which reports that Hellbound was the Number One most popular TV series globally on November 20, just a day after the series was released.

Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about the violent nature of his hit Netflix series.During a recent speech at the SBS D Forum in South Korea, per Yonhap News Agency, Hwang touched on the depiction of violence in the series, noting that he wanted to use that element to reflect the competitive nature of society and what happens when someone fails in that system.“I kept asking questions, like who made this competition system in our society and who drives us into a

Squid Game.Earlier this week, the television personality and her husband, singer John Legend, threw a party that featured a theme based on the popular TV series. The celebrity couple had reportedly enlisted party planners Wife Of The Party to help turn their Los Angeles home into the Squid Game set.It was complete with a maze staircase, bunk beds and a light-up pig filled with money, among other elements from the TV show.

Squid Game breakout star Jung Ho-yeon recently reunited with two cast members from the series, Lee Yoo-mi and Kim Joo-ryoung.Vogue recently featured the model-turned-actress on the latest instalment of their 24 Hours series, bringing viewers along on a day of activities with Jung.

Leonardo DiCaprio may be an Oscar-winning actor, but even he can become star struck. Elle Fanning, who is pals with DiCaprio's girlfriend, Camila Morrone, called the actor out on his newest pop culture interest. The 23-year-old actress spoke about attending the LACMA Art + Film Gala earlier this month where she spent time with DiCaprio and Morrone. «Who isn't [swooning over Leo DiCaprio]?!» she joked on of the 47-year-old actor.

“Squid Game” party called “tone-deaf” by keyboard critics.The “Cravings” author, 35, and her husband John Legend, 42, threw a pricey party over the weekend based on the acclaimed South Korean Netflix show, which centers around people in extreme financial debt risking their lives in a series of dangerous challenges.The famous couple enlisted the help of party planners Wife of the Party to construct the event, People magazine reported, and transform the couple’s California home to look like the

BBC News).She went on to suggest that older people tend to view subtitles as requiring an “extra concentration level” when watching foreign-language content, while young people “can take in far more information quickly because they’re used to it”.The use of subtitles has become far more ubiquitous in recent years, especially on social media with the use of clips that can’t always be viewed with sound in certain situations, as well as the success of foreign-language projects such as Squid

Squid Game and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha respectively, as the brand’s newest global ambassadors.Gucci also unveiled a series of photos of the two stars in Gucci pieces, sharing the announcement of Shin’s endorsement on social media. “Here, the actress appears in a series of images wearing key pieces from [the Gucci Aria collection],” the caption read.

Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has discussed the on-set safety procedures of his hit Netflix series.Hwang spoke about the safety precautions on the set of his hit Netflix series Squid Game during an interview with Variety.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has shared a potential alternate ending to the show.In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hwang offered a different narrative for the Netflix show in which Player 456 might have actually decided to get on a plane to see his daughter.“We actually wrestled between two different scenarios for the ending,” Hwang told the publication. “There was one, the other alternate ending, where Gi-hun would get on the plane and leave.

chaos of “Squid Game” will be returning to Netflix for another season.The streaming megahit’s return was confirmed by writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk in an interview with the Associated Press.Hwang said, “There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season.

Squid Game, has confirmed that a second season is on the way.“There’s been so much pressure, so much demand, and so much love for a second season.

While it seemed obvious that “Squid Game” would return for Season 2, considering how massively popular the series has been for Netflix on a global scale, the creator of the show, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has been coy about committing to more episodes. Well, it appears he’s willing to finally admit the obvious.

Squid Game star Anupam Tripathi has revealed that he initially planned to leave South Korea for good before his acting career took off.The Indian actor recently appeared on Breakfast With Tiffany, hosted by Girls’ Generation‘s Tiffany Young, where you spoke about how he had originally intended to leave South Korea following his graduation from the Korea National University Of Arts to explore acting opportunities in India“One day, it got me thinking while taking a walk, ‘Anupam, stay in Korea!

Squid Game appears to have led to a boom in origami in the United Kingdom.The South Korean Netflix show has been a huge hit for the streamer since its debut in September, becoming the most viewed show on the platform in just a matter of weeks.However, The Times reports that the show has helped a surge in the popularity of the Japanese paper-folding art, despite having little to do with Squid Game.The newspaper said that people are using origami to create tiles for the South Korean game of

Netflix has launched a back catalogue of films from Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk in the US.The streaming platform took to social media to announce the new additions to the service.“Before bringing the visually astounding and socially relevant Squid Game to life, Hwang Dong-hyuk directed several acclaimed South Korean feature films — and now, three of those movies are available on Netflix in The US,” Netflix announced.Before bringing the visually astounding and socially relevant Squid Game

The New York Times, veteran members of the South Korean entertainment industry – such as Crash Landing On You executive producer Jang Young-woo and production house Studio Dragon CEO Kim Young-kyu – commented on the blossoming popularity of Korean content.Jang, who also co-directed or co-produced shows like Mr. Sunshine and Sweet Home, said that he and his team “didn’t have a global reaction in mind” when creating those shows.

Squid Game, has allegedly scammed users of over US$3million.The alleged scam happened on the morning of November 1, when the price of the cryptocurrency peaked at an eye-watering US$2,861 per coin before plummeting to less than a cent at around 5:40am ET, per CoinMarketCap.A scam like this is referred to as a “rug pull”, per Gizmodo, where creators of a cryptocurrency cash out their holding of the coin for real money, which rapidly devalues the cryptocurrency’s worth.