EXCLUSIVE: Film projects with genre supremos James Wan, Sam Raimi and Roy Lee attached as producers are set to be turned into video games by ambitious new Sino-American fund Stars-Hana, which we revealed in October.
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The first season of Netflix’s new reality competition series, Squid Game: The Challenge, is now complete and the winner has been revealed.
The person who won the massive $4.56 million grand prize revealed in a new interview that they still haven’t received the prize money.
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Mai Whelan, a 55-year-old woman who is a US Navy veteran, won the prize following a rock, paper, scissors competition in the final game. She beat out 455 other contestants to win the first season of the show!
Filming on the reality show wrapped in February 2023, and now Mai has revealed that she still hasn’t received the money, 10 months later.
She jokingly told The Sunday Times, “I feel like Tom Cruise in Jerry McGuire. Show me the money!”
While many fans have been angry upon hearing this news, it’s actually standard among reality shows and Mai was made aware of this before going on the show.
A production source told Vanity Fair that “contestants were always aware of the payment plan and that the winner will receive the prize fund now that the finale episode has aired.”
Get details on what happened in the finale.
EXCLUSIVE: Film projects with genre supremos James Wan, Sam Raimi and Roy Lee attached as producers are set to be turned into video games by ambitious new Sino-American fund Stars-Hana, which we revealed in October.
Taylor Swift being booed while attending a recent American football this past weekend.On the latest episode of Kelce’s podcast, ‘New Heights’, which he co-hosts with his brother, Jason, the two discussed Swift’s appearance at the Kansas City Chiefs vs New England Patriots game that took place on Sunday, December 17.Travis – who is the tight end on the Kansas City Chiefs and is dating Swift – addressed the mixed reactions the ‘Folklore’ singer received from New England Patriots fans when she appeared on the jumbo screen, repping Chiefs merch at the Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts.“They showed Taylor at the game. You don’t see an entire home team fan base go insane for someone wearing the opposite colours. Just shows you how amazing that girl is,” Travis said.
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We had a question for Jeffrey Wright, but we knew we had to be careful with it. The star of Cord Jefferson‘s award-season darling, “American Fiction,” is in the running for a Best Actor Oscar nomination and has already won several critics’ group awards.
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Squid Game The Challenge winner Mai Whelan claims she has yet to receive the $4.56 million first prize - 10 months after filming the Netflix show. The 55 year old won over viewers of the game show with her dramatic story of how she escaped the communist regime in her homeland of Vietnam after the fall of Saigon - as well as her cunning streak that saw her beat 455 other players to scoop the jackpot. In the final of the programme, which was inspired by Netflix’s smash-hit dystopian Korean series Squid Game, she beat 27 year old scuba instructor Phill Cain after multiple rounds of rock, paper, scissors.
New money, suit and tie — or in this case, a Kansas City Chiefs fit!
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Squid Game: The Challenge is almost over, with just one more episode left!
Taylor Swift has arrived at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin!
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The CW Network has announced it will be the exclusive broadcast home of the 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl, with the telecast to feature Barstool personalities including Dave Portnoy calling the game.