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Hilda Koronel, Kore-eda and a Cannes Cartoon Walk Into San Diego

The 27th San Diego Asian Film Festival opens Nov. 5 with Stephanie Hsu in an animated love story, and the lineup runs from Sundance winners to a Lifetime Achievement […]

Good Partner Season 2: Cha Eun-kyung Goes Solo, and Kim Hye-yoon Moves In

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SBS sets November 20, 2026 for the divorce-law drama's return, with a new firm, a new colleague who feels everything, and a Netflix release limited to South Korea. Walking […]

Cheong-san Is Alive: Netflix Korea’s 10th Birthday Delivers a Zombie Surprise

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At a Seoul fan festival, Netflix Korea put Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo and Byeon Woo-seok on one stage. The big news came from a character fans thought was long […]

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From Macau to Squid Game: Why Asian Games of Chance Took Over Pop Culture

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By Catalin Constantin A pair of cards lands on a green table. The dealer turns one over, and everyone leans forward. It’s a simple scene, but it has all […]

Grace Zhang Paints the Market Like a Mountain Range

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By day she watches the Bloomberg Terminal. By night she turns Chanel jackets, quantum physics and Elliott waves into canvases now on view in San Francisco. Most artists keep […]

Twelve artists, one opera house, and a Sotheby’s gavel waiting in December

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Aline Asmar d'Amman staged PROJECT 12 beneath the Palais Garnier's painted ceiling. Twelve new works go on view in October, then to auction on 3 December. Most anniversary projects […]

JoshLia Are Back, and This Time the Love Story Spans 30 Years

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Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto reunite in 'Always Yours, Never Mine,' a Star Cinema romance from Cathy Garcia-Sampana. They explain why trust made the hard scenes easier. Two people […]

LISA Fights Through a Hotel to Reach Tarantino, and Her EP Is the Movie

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PRESS PLAY, LISA's six-track EP, is built like a film. Its "Tarantino" video is the action scene, and Las Vegas is the premiere. In the video for “Tarantino,” LISA […]

A Collector in Asia Just Paid $56.2M for a Monet Critics Once Wrote Off

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Monet's unseen "Iris" went to a private bidder in Asia and set a French auction record. It started as a canvas critics dismissed as the mess of a failing […]

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THE 2026 UNFORGETTABLE AWARDS HONORED CHLOÉ ZHAO, BOWEN YANG, KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, AND MORE IN CELEBRATION OF API EXCELLENCE IN ENTERTAINMENT

The 23rd annual Unforgettable Awards will be taking place on March 7, 2026 at the Fairmont Century Plaza. The much anticipated awards show gathers over 500 API industry titans in entertainment, arts and culture to celebrate the remarkable and unforgettable contributions made over the past year.

Character Honors

Join us for an intimate evening welcoming AAPI Heritage Month and celebrating eight visionary community leaders. Character Honors marks the debut of the reimagined Character magazine and brings together a highly curated community of founders, investors, and global leaders.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

What the new season understands is weight. Showrunners Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani spoke of building a more tactile world, and the phrase holds. Earth is the element of consequence, of things that cannot be willed away or floated past.