HERITAGE: Korean AGE: “I’m of age.” BORN & RAISED: Vancouver, Canada CLAIM TO FAME: Diana Bang stars in the action-comedy film The Interview, starring James Franco as entertainment reporter […]
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Behind ‘The Interview’ with Diana Bang
by SUEVON LEE | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Appearing alongside Randall Park, Seth Rogen and James Franco in Sony Pictures’ comedy The Interview is Diana Bang, a Korean Canadian actress who […]
North Korea Calls Obama a ‘Monkey,’ Blames U.S. for Internet Outage
by HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at […]
Dr. Evil Mocks North Korea and Sony Pictures Over ‘The Interview’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Evil has a name, and it is Dr. Evil. The comically absurd arch nemesis of Austin Powers interrupted last weekend’s Saturday Night Live […]
‘The Interview’ Streams on YouTube, Google Play, Xbox
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Sony Pictures’ The Interview is now available for rent and purchase online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The controversial comedy starring Seth Rogen and […]
Off Script with Randall Park
The Los Angeles native has long entertained fans with scene-stealing spots on television, film and the web. Now, with two major studio projects to his name, the actor talks candidly about working […]
Sony Pictures Announces Limited Release of ‘The Interview’
by Suevon Lee | @suevlee editor@charactermedia.com Call it an early Christmas surprise—Sony Pictures Entertainment said Tuesday it was planning a limited theatrical release of The Interview on Dec. 25 after […]
North Korea’s Internet Shuts Down, Cyberattack Suspected
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea’s Internet connection has been hit with outages and is currently offline, according to the New York Times. The network failure comes […]
Steve Carell’s North Korea-Based Thriller Scrapped
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Another Hollywood film has suffered from the Sony Pictures cyberattack. According to Deadline.com, production company New Regency has scrapped another film that was […]
Celebs React Furiously to the Cancellation of ‘The Interview’
Yesterday, December 17th, Sony Pictures announced that they would not only cancel all advance/private screenings of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s The Interview, they have completely pulled the plug […]
‘The Interview’ Screening Updates
Update: KoreAm Journal will unfortunately be canceling the advanced screening of The Interview, as requested by Sony Pictures. We apologize for the abrupt cancellation. As many of you may know, […]
Fox News Gets the Wrong Kim Jong-un for ‘The Interview’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Fox 411 failed big time on Tuesday when they mistook Charles Rahi Chun as the actor who plays Kim Jong-un in Sony’s comedy, The […]
Activists to Drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea via Balloons
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The Interview is going to North Korea. Human rights activists in South Korea plan to fly DVDs of the Seth Rogen comedy into […]
Behind the Making of ‘The Interview’
Last month, KoreAm spoke with actor Seth Rogen before the Sony cyberattack grew to its current dimensions. by ADA TSENG | @adatseng ada@charactermedia.com In late November, before full […]
Advance Screening of “The Interview” Cancelled
Audrey Magazine and KoreAm Journal will unfortunately be canceling the advanced screening of The Interview, as requested by Sony Pictures. We apologize for the abrupt cancellation and any inconvenience this may […]
