In 1993, the following news events dominated newspaper headlines: River Phoenix died of a drug overdose, black and white constituents in South Africa agreed on a majority-rule constitution and […]
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‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Director: ‘Executives Need to Realize Mass Market is Changing’
Lara Jean Covey is like any other teenager. She’s got intense crushes, a best friend and a mortal enemy — an experience familiar to any American girl. In Jenny […]
Osric Chau, Rhian Ramos, Chris Pang-Starring ‘Empty by Design’ In Production
A group of Asian actors have teamed up with British Filipina filmmaker Andrea A. Walter for “Empty by Design,” a contemporary drama set in the Philippines. The film, which […]
Producer Nina Yang Bongiovi: Why I Create Opportunities for Underrepresented Storytellers
As told to Serena Kim After receiving her graduate degree from USC, Nina Yang Bongiovi headed to Shanghai to work as a director’s assistant in martial arts action films. […]
Commentary: Why ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a Big Deal
“Crazy Rich Asians” — the big-screen adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s 2013 novel of the same name — is not just a gorgeous movie with the color and energy of […]
Review: ‘Minding the Gap’ Is a Love Letter to Skateboarding 12 Years in the Making
Skateboarding tends to attract the rebels of the world—the outcasts, the iconoclasts, the freaks, the weirdos, the kids with no dads, and the kids who don’t fit in with […]
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Wants to Inspire Future Generations of Asian Americans
“Crazy Rich Asians” is just another Hollywood movie, and for author Kevin Kwan, that was entirely the point. The film has garnered attention for featuring only Asian faces, making […]
How Henry Golding Connected With His ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Character
Henry Golding plays Nick Young, the heir to a crazy-rich family who brings his American-born Chinese girlfriend to Singapore, in “Crazy Rich Asians.” Golding says the film “was a celebration […]
Jennifer Yuh Nelson Talks Going From Animation to Live-Action For ‘The Darkest Minds’
You know Jennifer Yuh Nelson best from her Academy Award-nominated efforts directing the second and third installments of DreamWorks’ “Kung Fu Panda” franchise. There, she reached quite a few […]
Kevin Kwan and Jon M. Chu On Working Together On ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Movie
Jon M. Chu and Kevin Kwan were all about the details when it came to bringing “Crazy Rich Asians” to the screen.
Michelle Yeoh Has Waited Her Entire Career For ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
Michelle Yeoh plays Eleanor Young, the disapproving mother of the ultra-wealthy Young family, in Jon M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians.”
‘The Meg’ Was a Test of Limits For Chinese Actress Li Bingbing
Chinese actress Li Bingbing has taken on another formidable task after fighting zombies and Transformers in Hollywood: A battle with an enormous prehistoric shark in the science fiction action […]
A Who’s Who of the Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Remake
Announcements have poured out quick ever since Disney tapped Niki Caro to helm a live-action adaptation of the beloved 1998 animated film “Mulan,” with the film pinned for a […]
Q&A: Kim Yoon-seok & Jang Joon-hwan On ’1987: When the Day Comes’
The June Democracy Movement, which brought about the fall of the brutal Chun Doo-hwan dictatorship in South Korea, unfolds through the eyes of a female college student in Jang […]
Rohan Chand-Starring ‘Mowgli’ Goes to Netflix
Netflix has acquired “Mowgli,” a finished film directed by Andy Serkis, from Warner Bros., according to Deadline. The movie stars Rohan Chand, an Indian American child actor, in the […]
