12 Reasons We Love Simu Liu

Naman Ramachandran The late Oscar-winning thespian Christopher Plummer delivers his final performance in animated feature “Heroes of the Golden Masks,” also starring Patton Oswalt and Ron Perlman. Inspired by the ancient bronze masks of Sanxingdui discovered on the archaeological site of Guanghan in the Sichuan Province in the late 1980s, the film centers on Charlie, a wise-cracking, homeless, American orphan who is magically transported to the ancient Chinese kingdom of Sanxingdui, where a colorful team of superheroes need his help to defend the city from a brutal conqueror. Charlie joins the heroes and secretly schemes to steal the priceless golden masks that grant them their powers.

Katherine Heigl and John Travolta are set to share the screen in a new rom-com.

The CW will not continue with Kung Fu, its reboot of the classic series, which has run for three seasons. It is the latest cancellation of an existing scripted series at the network, which is changing its business model under its new owners to focus on lower-cost scripted originals, primarily from Canada and the UK.

Michaela Zee editor Hollywood has had considerable feats of Asian representation this year: “Everything Everywhere All at Once’s” historic Oscar wins, Netflix’s “Beef” and, on May 24, “American Born Chinese.” However, despite the nuanced portrayal of the Asian American identity within the phantasmagorical world of Chinese mythology, Ke Huy Quan was hesitant about joining the series’ Asian-led ensemble. “I remember when I first heard about this character when I was offered the role, it scared the hell out of me. In fact, I actually passed on it because I told our creative team that this is the type of portrayal that we do not want to see in 2023,” Quan said during a post-screening Q&A at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night.

Millie Court and Liam Reardon appear to have confirmed they are back together, as they posed for a sweet Instagram snap while on holiday.The former Love Island stars seem to be on a cruise together, where they posed for a snap with singer Jessica Yallup, who then shared it to her Instagram page. Posting the photo, she penned the caption: "Love Island Winners - Liam and Millie are sailing with us around Europe this week - what lovely people! They love live music and I’m a big Love Island fan" It wasn't long before fans of the couple quickly flocked to the comments, with one writing: "omg they are back together Yayy" "We all knew it, it was only a matter of time before people found concrete evidence" quipped another fan, while a third added: "im so happy".

When Jack Whitehall had his front door stolen in Fallowfield, he did what any self-respecting student would do. He taped a bin bag to the door frame and carried on as normal. Similarly, when a lightbulb went, he and his housemates just resigned themselves to that room being ‘just for the daytime’.

It's coronation time. Saturday, May 6, England officially crowns King Charles III.

HuffPo’s Facebook repost of the piece. “We Love Simu Liu, But He’s Not The Only Talented Asian Thirst Trap In Hollywood” criticizes his casting as Ken alongside Ryan Gosling in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming “Barbie” movie.Author Ian Kumamoto — who is of Hispanic and Asian descent — argued that “Asian Twitter collectively scratched its head when Simu Liu was named as one of many actors” playing a version of the iconic polymer heartthrob.

Full speed ahead! Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon are going strong, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly.

Chloe Burrows has seemingly accidentally confirmed that her best friend and fellow Love Island star Millie Court has officially reunited with her ex-boyfriend Liam Reardon.The 27 year old star shared a hilarious video on her TikTok account, which showed the two women ordering a Chinese takeaway on camera.The funny scenes then took a completely unexpected turn, as Millie, 26, asked a mystery male voice for a drink. At first, the voice was muffled, and Millie's Essex tones came loud and clear: "Yeah I'll have a Coke Zero please." But then after that, a voice sounding exactly like Welsh Love Island winner Liam, 23, called out: "Chlo?" "Yeah go on then," the Oxfordshire star replied, before proceeding to mimic the Welsh accent herself.

The Malta Film Commission is launching a Mediterranean-focused film festival building on its growing position as a key international shooting location.

Naman Ramachandran The Malta Film Commission is launching the first-ever Mediterrane Film Festival, a new annual event dedicated to celebrating film and creativity. Running from June 25-30, the festival will take place at Valletta, Malta’s capital, and other locations across the country The festival aims to serve as a platform for Malta to continue building its film brand image worldwide and attract more film business to the islands. Prominent films shot in recent years in Malta include Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” and Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World Dominion.” The program, which will be revealed during the Cannes Film Festival, will showcase films from each of the MED9 (an alliance of nine Mediterranean and Southern European Union member states: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) nations. Screenings will be accessible to the public, and the featured films will be in the running for various awards.

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Disney+'s anticipated new series featuring Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, , is less than a month away from premiering, and ET has the exclusive first look at five new character posters!Based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang,  tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.The elaborate new key art spotlights five of the main characters in the expansive tale — Yeoh's Guanyin, Wang's Jin, Quan's Freddy Wong, Daniel Wu's Monkey King and Jimmy Liu's Wei-Chin — and offers intriguing Easter eggs for the adventure that awaits them all.See the exclusive posters below.Watch the official trailer below.Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han and Sydney Taylor also star in the series from executive producer/showrunner Kelvin Yu.Destin Daniel Cretton directs and executive produces, alongside Melvin Mar, Jake Kasdan, Erin O'Malley, Asher Goldstein and Yang.drops May 24 on Disney+.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large James Corden said farewell to CBS on Thursday evening by doing something no one ever thought would be possible: Getting Tom Cruise to sing Elton John’s hit ballad “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” After an opening “The Last Last Late Late Show with James Corden Carpool Karaoke Special” by singing “Last Show” (to the tune of “Last Dance”), and quick opening monologue, Corden switched to its heavily promoted final pre-tape with Cruise.  As previously announced, the action star icon and the host joined a performance of “The Lion King” at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The first part of the clip showed the two rehearsing and singing on stage in costume — but from there, the sketch turned into a bit of a farewell between the two.

Priyanka Chopra is telling-all in her new interview in promotion of her upcoming Prime Video series Citadel.

Like many others, Jessica Chastain thinks Viola Davis should’ve nabbed an Oscar nomination at this year’s ceremony for her role in “The Woman King”.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Cédric Klapisch’s (“The Spanish Apartment”) hit dance film “Rise” (“En corps”) from Studiocanal. One of 2022’s highest grossing French films, “Rise” sold nearly 1.3 million tickets in local theaters and was sold around the world. The movie tells the story of a young ballet dancer whose life is upended when she suffers a career-threatening injury and catches her  boyfriend cheating on her. As she begins her physical and emotional rehabilitation, she finds solace in friends, a new love, and a new contemporary dance troupe. Marion Barbeau, a dancer-turned-actor, delivers a breakthrough performance in the lead role, and stars opposite French stars, including François Civil (“Three Musketeers”), Pio Marmaï (“How I Became a Super Hero”), Denis Podalydès (“Anaïs in Love”), as well as Hofesh Shechter (“Send Me an Angel”).

Ready, set, slay! The biggest names in Hollywood dressed to impress at The Daily Front Row’s Fashion Los Angeles Awards on Sunday, April 23.   

K.J. Yossman Netflix has unveiled its slate for Annecy International Animation Film Festival with highlights including “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” and “Nimona.” The streamer is returning to the French animation festival next month with a range of events including panels, screenings and Q&As. They include a panel titled “From Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to Blue Eye Samurai – See What’s Next @ Netflix” and a special screening of graphic novel adaptation “Nimona” with the project’s directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane as well as creator ND Stevenson, which will be followed by a “making of” session. Netflix’s main panel promises to give fans a sneak peek at a number of upcoming projects including: