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Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater are still finding ways to get cozy on the dance floor!

Marvel boss Kevin Feige was being slated to enter a galaxy far, far away with his own Star Wars movie, but we’ll no longer get to see what he would do with our favourite Jedis. Asked by ET at The Marvels premiere if the project was still happening, Feige replied concisely: “No.” Meanwhile, a report from Variety confirmed the movie was “no longer in active development at Lucasfilm”.Another director who was set to make the jump from a superhero universe to an intergalactic one was Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkins.

The Good Dinosaur. We then move through time to roughly the 10th century where we find Merida, the princess trying to save herself (and her mum), and be Brave by showing she doesn’t need to marry a suitor – fair given her age, 16.

Bebe Rexha isn’t taking any chances at her shows right now. And honestly, with what she’s been through in the public eye recently, we don’t blame her for how she’s going about things here.

EXCLUSIVE: In another blow to indie filmmaking and more jobs lost, the Artists Equity production of Unstoppable, we hear, has been halted against the backdrop of the Writers Strike.

It looks like it’s bad luck for Aziz Ansari‘s “Good Fortune.” THR reports that the current WGA writers’ strike has forced Lionsgate and Ansari to indefinitely suspend filming on the project. Lionsgate made the decision last night after picketers interrupted filming in LA’s Koreatown two days in a row earlier this week, on May 16 and 17.

Production on Aziz Ansari’s feature helming debut Good Fortune has been suspended amid the writers strike, Deadline has confirmed. WGA pickets forced a shutdown of the Keanu Reeves-Seth Rogen pic Thursday night.

EXCLUSIVE: While there isn’t any WGA picketing going on over here on the Croisette before the black-tie clad motion picture industry, the guild is sending shockwaves by staying home: Good Fortune, the Aziz Ansari feature directorial debut which is being sold by Lionsgate here at Cannes, saw its physical production paused last night by WGA protestors. We’re told that the production only shuttered for one day.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is developing Koreatown, a one-hour drama set in L.A.’s Koreatown from writer-executive producer Gene Hong (Magnum P.I.), Alan Yang (Loot) and Universal Television. 

EXCLUSIVE: Performance artist, comedian, actress, playwright and elected Koreatown Los Angeles representative, Kristina Wong, has inked with CAA in all areas.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development K-Town, a primetime sudser from Denise Hahn and Michael Notarile through WBTV. The script was sold in a competitive situation with penalty. 

, The L.A. County Coroner's Office confirmed that the victim was indeed the 32-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Latauriisha O'Brien.Police are still searching for the suspect after taking off in what they believe was a dark-colored SUV. He's described as a man around 32 years old who was wearing dark clothing.BREAKING: Family confirms to @foxla that the man shot and killed in Koreatown last night is rapper Half Ounce.

Jordaan Sanford Movies centered on queer and transgender characters are still few and far between. And when members of these marginalized communities do make it to the screen, their stories can be suffused with a dark and somber tone. But Nigerian film director and multimedia artist Gbenga Komolafe breaks free of those stifling conventions in his Indeed Rising Voices short “100% USDA Certified Organic Home-Made Tofu.” The film tells the whimsical tale of Nicki, a slightly bougie transgender woman living in Los Angeles who desperately needs money for breast augmentation surgery.

his “Ferrari” biopic starring Adam Driver in Italy, but he did leave the crowd with a video message. Mann’s “Heat 2,” meanwhile, begins one day after the events of “Heat” as Val Kilmer’s character is holed up in Koreatown desperately trying to escape Los Angeles while still being pursued by Hanna after he killed McCauley in a gunfight.

Wilson Chapman editorAsian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month arrives on Sunday, and Ella Jay Basco is celebrating with “Bubble Tea,” the latest single from her upcoming album.Best known for her role as Cassandra Cain in the 2020 superhero film “Birds of Prey,” Basco got her start as a child actor in show’s like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Veep.” But after “Birds of Prey,” she began exploring music, releasing an EP “Middle School” when she was just 13. Half-Korean and half-Filipino, Basco often draws upon her heritage and culture when constructing her songs.

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!

EXCLUSIVE: Koreatown Ghost Story, a short film written and directed by Teddy Tenenbaum and Minsun Park, has been sold to Paramount Players with Tenenbaum and Park closing a deal to write and direct the full-length feature film. Neal Moritz and Original’s Toby Jaffe will produce, along with Jim Wedaa. Margaret Cho is attached to reprise her role from the short and will executive produce.

For the second time in less than a month, an anti-trans protest erupted into violence outside Wi Spa, a Koreatown spa that has defended its trans-inclusive policy. This image is a photo of one of their interior spaces in the spa. Photo: Wi Spa Facebook.

Wi Spa is located in Koreatown on Wilshire Boulevard. They have a large LGBTQ clientele. Photo: Facebook.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRhett & Link, the long-running hosts of YouTube talk show “Good Mythical Morning,” are co-producing and starring in “Ronstadt,” their first scripted podcast project.In the nine-episode series, Rhett McLaughlin (above left) is the voice of Ronstadt, who is in charge of taking the “weird” calls that come in through the 911 call center in L.A.’s Koreatown — and protecting innocent Angelenos from the supernatural world known as “Side B.” Link Neal has smaller roles

Haley Bosselman editorHundreds gathered in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood to march in support of the #StopAsianHate movement. Among them was journalist Lisa Ling.“We have been rounded up and put in camps,” Ling said during the unity rally, which took place at the Normandie Avenue and Olympic Boulevard intersection.

By Denise Petski

After South Korean thriller Parasite bagged Best Picture and three additional Oscars at the 92nd Academy Awards, director Bong Joon-ho was ready for a night of drinking and merriment, as he expressed several times during his acceptance speeches. After all, he had just made history alongside the film's talented cast. Bong and company packed up after the event dissipated and headed out into LA's Koreatown for a late-night celebration at the restaurant Soban.

He may be a wealthy presidential candidate, but Mike Bloomberg found one of the most cost effective ways to get a new profile pic taken by a professional photographer: Bloomberg hit up Tom's One Hour Photo Lab in L.A.'s Koreatown on Saturday (Jan. 18) and posed for the viral star photographer.  One of