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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn support of the Disney Plus streaming service, Disney has expanded its involvement in local production in Asia-Pacific. The company’s APAC head of content and development, Jessica Kam-Engle, gives the keynote presentation on the first day of Hong Kong FilMart.Ahead of her speech she gave a few pointers to Variety readers.Jessica Kam-Engle: From our extensive research, consumers across most Asian markets have a strong preference for local language entertainment content.

Just a year after winning Best Young Performer for his role in Minari at last year's Critics Choice Awards, Korean-American actor Alan Kim posed with the Korean cast of Netflix's hit Squid Game on the red carpet of the 2022 Critics Choice Awards.The 9-year-old Kim posted with Squid Game creatorHwang Dong-hyuk, Lee Jung-jae (Seong Ji-hun), Jung Ho-yeon (Kang Sae-byeok) and Park Hae-soo (Cho Sang-woo) on the red carpet at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.While the Squid Game stars were nominated, Kim presented the award he won last year, which went to Belfast star Jude Hill. One year later:Just a year after winning Best Young Performer for his role in Minari at last year's Critics Choice Awards, Korean-American actor Alan Kim posed with the Korean cast of Netflix's hit Squid Game on the red carpet of the 2022 Critics Choice Awards Star:The 9-year-old Kim posted with Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, Lee Jung-jae (Seong Ji-hun), Jung Ho-yeon (Kang Sae-byeok) and Park Hae-soo (Cho Sang-woo) on the red carpet at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los AngelesKim impressed in a sharp red suit coat and matching pants with a white dress shirt, black tie and pristine white sneakers.Squid Game creatorHwang Dong-hyuk opted for a tie-less grey suit while bothLee Jung-jae and Park Hae-soo opted for classic black tuxedos.

Stuart Miller In the aftermath of #OscarSoWhite, there has been a shift, with actors of color including Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershali Ali and Steven Yuen earning nominations. But the parts these actors inhabited were written specifically for a Black or, in Yuen’s case, a Korean actor.It was only last year when Riz Amed, the British son of Pakistani immigrants, was nominated of “Sound of Metal,” that the Oscars hinted at a newer trend in diversity in casting.“Hollywood is finally catching up and we’re able to represent the world as it really is,” says “West Side Story” casting director Cindy Tolan, adding that studios are “following the dollar.”“If you’re more reflective of life and of the audience, then more people will be interested in your movie or TV show,” says “Macbeth” casting director Ellen Chenoweth.

P1Harmony have dropped an English-language version of their latest single ‘Do It Like This’.The K-pop boyband had unveiled the new version of ‘Do It Like This’ yesterday (March 10), alongside its music video, which is nearly identical to the original music video for the Korean version.“Come on, wake up, follow my lead, do it like this / Don’t you try to back up and just do it like this / We gon’ dream it louder together do it like this, like this,” member Intak raps on the chorus.The release of the English version of ‘Do It Like This’ coincided with the first stop of P1Harmony’s North American tour, ‘P1ustage H: Peace’, which took place in New York City. The boyband are set to perform in other major U.S cities throughout the month of March, before concluding their tour with two shows in Los Angeles.The orginal verison of ‘Do It Like This’ first appeared as the title track of the boy group’s third mini-album, ‘Disharmony: Find Out’.

BTS‘ V has opened up about performing in front of fans in the boyband’s home country of South Korea after two years.During the first night (March 10) of the K-pop group’s scheduled three-night concerts at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, each member took turns sharing their thoughts on performing in front of a live audience in South Korea for the first time in two years. Their last was in October 2019, during the ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself’ world tour.“We performed with empty seats before,” V said in reference to the different online concerts the boyband held in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as reported by Kpop Herald, “but now we’re here in front of ARMYs.

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations.The video opens with a shot of the Chinese city of Shenyang, illuminated by lights as a voiceover introduces us to the film’s setting. “I heard this city has the highest density of spies,” the voice points out.

, and the Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway-led , which explores the rise and fall of the formerly $47 billion brand, WeWork, and the love story between two of the company’s co-founders.The streamer also recently announced that when baseball season begins, Apple TV+ will be the place fans will want to be (second only to the stands, of course). Apple and Major League Baseball are partnering to bring subscribers, a weekly double-header with pre- and post-game programming.

Celeb Five: Behind The Curtain.Starring the group consisting of prominent comedians Ahn Young-mi, Song Eun-yi, Kim Shin-young and Shin Bong-seon, the trailer begins with the quartet hearing from Song that the group had gotten an offer from Netflix to produce a new comedy show. It soon launches into a sequence of chaotic scenes from the group’s attempts to plan the comedy special supposedly commissioned by Netflix.The upcoming behind-the-scenes mockumentary, follows the four members of Celeb Five as they attempt to brainstorm new material for their next comedy show.

Megan Fox has long been a fashionista with her finger on the pulse of the latest trends. The Jennifer’s Body star proved worthy of the title when she was spotted out in Los Angeles on Tuesday (March 9) dressed up in a style channeled straight from HBO’s hit Euphoria. Much like Maddy (played by actress Alexa Demie) in the harrowing high school drama, Megan set temperatures soaring in a skintight ensemble.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese streaming video platform iQiyi has announced plans to raise $285 million from a private placing of shares, part of which will be taken up by parent company Baidu.The move comes in the same week that the NASDAQ-listed company said it was suspending its weekend live broadcasts of English Premier League football (soccer) due to the sport’s public displays of solidarity with Ukraine.iQiyi is understood to have informed the Premier League that it would be removing the coverage following the league’s announcement that a “moment of reflection and solidarity” would be held before matches at the weekend. Several teams also displayed armbands in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean cinema audiences turned out to see “The Batman” but little else over the weekend. That activity put “The Batman” firmly on top of the weekend box office chart, but it left overall business at deeply depressed levels.“The Batman” earned $2.01 million between Friday and Sunday according to data from the Kobis data service operated by the Koran Film Council (Kofic).

Milo Ventimiglia has potentially found his next starring vehicle.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has ordered the drama pilot “The Company You Keep” with Milo Ventimiglia attached to star, Variety has learned.The pilot is based on the Korean format “My Fellow Citizens.” A night of passion leads to love between con-man Charlie (Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the “family business” so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand – forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.The pilot keeps Ventimiglia in the broadcast TV business.

Milo Ventimiglia is taking on a new role!

Sandra Oh‘s new movie Umma is being released in theaters very soon!

Sandra Oh couldn’t be happier for the “Squid Game” cast and their success at the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday.

Squid Game cast for the first time at the 2022 SAG Awards.Korean-American actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve) was in attendance at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards ceremony on February 27, where Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon made history with acting wins.Oh, along with The Morning Show’s Greta Lee, was spotted going over to the Squid Game cast to congratulate them on their wins for the night, during a pause at the time of the ceremony.At the commercial break, Sandra Oh runs over to the ‘Squid Game’ table to congratulate Jung Ho-Yeon and Lee Jung-Jae on their #SAGAwards victories. pic.twitter.com/8QtQUzJCG4— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) February 28, 2022Earlier this week on March 2, Oh spoke to Variety while on the red carpet of the new animated movie Turning Red about her experience meeting the Squid Game cast and the importance of their wins at the awards for the Asian community.“I couldn’t believe how many Korean people were there,” she said, reflecting on the event.

A radical starts a different kind of revolution in the ’70s.

ABC’s The Good Doctor will be welcoming back a fan favorite — original cast member Antonia Thomas will reprise her role as Dr. Claire Browne in a couple of episodes this spring.

Jeon Somi has accidentally leaked what appears to be an unreleased BLACKPINK track, during a recent Instagram Live session.The Canadian-Dutch-Korean K-pop idol hosted an Instagram Live session yesterday (March 2) while she was at the YG Entertainment headquarters. During the broadcast, the singer was walking around the building looking for an empty studio to continue her livestream.However, Somi then accidentally wandered into an occupied studio that had been playing an unreleased song via the speakers.

What a special day!! We were able to convince Momma Perez to do something with us and the kids!! We went to Koreatown and had Korean corn dogs, which we had never tried before. We tell you where to go and what to order! We tried four different dogs! There’s a clear best one! And then we surprised the kids with a very Korean treat after! Plus an extra rare treat for dad later at home! Watch!