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Robert Downey Jr failed to shake hands with Ke Huy Quan whilst Emma Stone brushed past Michelle Yeoh - both
Jon M. Chu opens up on imposter syndrome: “I didn’t think I deserved to be in Hollywood.” The Wicked director
Michelle Yeoh and Jon M. Chu return to Singapore for Wicked: For Good, thrilling fans with nostalgia, Asian pride and
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Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh’s TIFF thriller The Surgeon is headed to Sony Pictures after a competitive bidding war, cementing her
The Nike-owned footwear giant removes the Chuck 70 X promotional photo worldwide while facing sharp scrutiny over corporate vetting failures.
Stanford R&DE used AI to replace a white male student with a Black student and beautify an Asian peer in
Japanese author Maha Harada turns her short story “An Unnecessary Man” into a feature film, premiering in competition at San
Blackpink’s Lisa teams up with PlayStation for a limited-edition DualSense controller and fashion-forward merch collection, timed to her new EP
HarperCollins will eliminate remaining print and digital stock of the author's work, ending a sixty-million-book run shadowed by misconduct allegations
As HKFFUK returns for its fourth edition, Programme Director Ching Wong discusses building ESEA solidarity, confronting anti-migrant sentiment, and proving
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Shirley Jennifer Lim’s new book details how Hollywood racism and private slurs undercut the short-lived bond between two cinema legends.
Josephine Atienza, wife of 42 years, recounts the final moments of her husband Bert, a 77-year-old Filipino American man who