12.11.2022

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Time names Michelle Yeoh its 2022 Icon of the Year. She’s ready for Oscars love too
Michelle Yeoh has been named Time's 2022 Icon of the Year, highlighting her storied 40-year acting career that includes this year’s Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Broadway's trailblazing 'KPOP' musical is abruptly closing. What went wrong?
KPOP, the first Broadway musical about Korean pop culture, announced that it's closing nine days after opening -- after just 44 preview performances and 17 regular performances. How did the show fail to find an audience?

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KPOP Songwriter Helen Park Reflects on a Broadway Run Cut Short
KPOP composer Helen Park reflects on the the groundbreaking Broadway musical's abrupt closing.

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As an immigrant kid, I learned about Christmas from TV — and it nearly broke my heart
New to the U.S. and unfamiliar with Christmas traditions, holiday movies shaped Nancy Wang Yuen's childhood, for better or worse.

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I Had Korean Double Eyelid Surgery at 18. I Look Back Now with Regret.
Years after going under the knife, writer Iris Kim examines her complicated relationship with Korean plastic surgery and impossible standards of beauty.

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How a rom-com launched the greatest fake band in San Francisco history
The story of Hello Peril, Randall Park's authentically good but fake band in Always Be My Maybe.

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Atsuko Okatsuka Wants Her Grandma to Feel Hotter
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, who stars in her first standup special The Intruder on HBO, talks about not always feeling hot, her love of dancehall, and discovering her superpowers.

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Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh on Creating Iconic Characters From Roles Written for Men
Icons Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett in conversation.

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Don't believe the K-dramas: Look to "Return to Seoul" for a more realistic view on Korean adoptees
In Davy Chou's film Return to Seoul -- Cambodia's Oscar entry for the Best International Film category -- Park Ji-min is a transracial adoptee who impulsively ends up seeking out her birth family.

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On Stage And Screen, 'Industry' Star Ken Leung Is Leaning In To The Fear
Veteran actor Ken Leung talks about sustaining a career full of variety and his return to theater after twenty years in Evanston Salt Costs Climbing.


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