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The menu is set for Belly Laughs, a new comedy and food festival in Los Angeles that celebrates Asian American culture.

Set to take place at L.A. Live on July 12-13, Belly Laughs will feature stand-up sets and appearances from 30 comedians and a sampling of more than 20 Asian restaurants from across the city with standout names across both lists. For example, the former includes Hasan Minhaj, Kumail Nanjiani, Margaret Cho, Joel Kim Booster, Nimesh Patel, Sherry Cola, Jonnie Park (Dumbfoundead), Jason Cheny, Irene Tu, Dylan Adler, Sabrina Wu, Jenny Yang, Aaron Chen and others. The restaurant list, curated by Mama’s Nightmarket, features chef Tuệ Nguyễn and Điđi, Bobapop, Feng Mao, Guzzu Bento-Ya, Holy Basil, and more.

Belly Laughs will be spread across three stages at L.A. Live with support from sponsors like 99 Ranch Market, Martell Cognac, Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey and Asian Comedy Fest. Tickets for the...

As devastating fires haunt Los Angeles, Earth Lounge, a new day-long climate event taking place during the Sundance Film Festival, added programming and included an optional donation tab on for wildfire relief on its registration form

Over 800 have signed up for the first full day collaboration of the Hollywood Climate Summit, the Redford Center, Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, Good Energy, Common Ground, Pop Culture Collaborative, NBCUniversal and Doris Duke Foundation set for Jan 24. at the Impact Lounge in Park City.

Organizers call Earth Lounge “a space to learn about climate as well as activate the unique power and opportunity of the creative community to advance climate consciousness and resilience. Whether you’re a long-time climate advocate, new to climate, or processing recent climate grief in real-time, this is a space for you.

“As devastating fires sweep through Los Angeles, our hearts are with everyone experiencing profound loss. We ask our Sundance...

The Hollywood Reporter teamed up with Peacock on Wednesday night to celebrate “Killer Women in Comedy,” led by the streamer’s upcoming series Based on a True Story and Laid.

Based on a True Story — which stars Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina as a true-crime obsessed couple who investigate nearby murders, while also producing a podcast with whom they believe is the killer — returns for its second season on Nov. 21; Laid — a new series starring Stephanie Hsu as a woman who learns the past men she’s slept with are suddenly dying and is out to figure out why, with the help of her best friend (played by Zosia Mamet) — premieres Dec. 19.

In honor of the shows, THR and Peacock co-hosted a party on the Universal lot, toasting Cuoco, Hsu and Mamet as well as a variety of female comedians, writers, performers and creators across the industry. Quinta Brunson, Fortune Feimster,...

Exclusive: Chris Rock’s animated series Everybody Still Hates Chris is lining up the stars.

The series, which is set to premiere on Comedy Central on September 25, has unveiled a swathe of guest stars including Ayo Edebiri, Sally Jessy Raphael and Busta Rhymes.

The Bear star, talk show host and rapper will be joined by the likes of Tisha Campbell, Sam Richardson and Bell Biv DeVoe members Ricky Bell, Michael L. Bivins, Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr.

It’s a pretty long list: Jaylen Barron, Todd Bridges, Nicole Byer, Monét X Change, Eugene Cordero, Andy Daly, Loretta Devine, Earthquake, Ron Funches, Jaida Essence Hall, Jackée Harry, Phil Hendrie, Dave Herman, Thirstin’ Howl III, Rob Huebel, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Phil Lamarr, Rack-Lo, Jessica Lowe, Vincent Martella, Laraine Newman, Gabrielle Nevaeh, Kevin Michael Richardson, Natasha Rothwell, Latrice Royale, Lindsey Stoddart, Cree Summer, Vanessa Vanjie and Jenny Yang.

Elsewhere, Paul Ben-Victor, Mike Estime, Antonio Fargas,...

Warrior is a martial arts action crime drama series created by Jonathan Tropper. Based on the writings of the legendary Bruce Lee, the Max series is set during the Tong Wars in late 1870s San Francisco, and it follows the story of Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a Chinese immigrant who comes to America to find her sister. Warrior was canceled after its much-beloved third season, and while the creators and producers of the series are trying to find a new home for the series, their efforts haven’t panned out yet. So, if you are also disappointed because of the cancellation of Warrior, here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Gangs of London is a British action crime thriller series created by Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery. Based on the 2006 video game of the same name developed by London Studio, the AMC+ series is set in London,...

There are many great shows in this world and many of them get canceled unjustly, and they don’t get to finish the story they were trying to tell what’s even sadder is that sometimes they end on a note that needs some type of resolution and if it’s a Netflix original series there is even a higher chance of that. So, today we are making a list of every Netflix original series that was canceled in 2024.

Obliterated (2023)

Obliterated is a carefree action comedy-drama series created by Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. The Netflix series released its first and only season in November 2023 and it followed the story of an elite joint special-operations team trying to stop a deadly terrorist network from blowing up Las Vegas. When the team thinks that they have succeeded in their mission they go out and party hard all night but...

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, the leading film and television industry organization for Asian and Pacific Islanders, on Monday night presented its second annual Radiance Gala, celebrating the achievements of Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary artists, artisans, and leaders in entertainment, presenting honors to actress Sandra Oh, the teams behind Lionsgate‘s Joy Ride and Hulu’s Black Cake, and more.

At the event held at at the Ebell in Los Angeles, Oh was presented with the Luminary Award by Jessica Yu, the director of her 20th/Hulu comedy Quiz Lady. Cast members of Black Cake, including Mia Isaac, Chipo Chung and Simon Wan, joined creator-showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar in accepting the Best in TV Award. Meanwhile, Joy Ride filmmaker Adele Lim was joined by writer-producers Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, and actors Sherry Cola and Desmond Chiam, in accepting the prize for Best in Film, presented by Baron Davis.

Updated, 4:14 p.m.: Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment on Tuesday announced the honorees set for the second edition of its Radiance Gala, celebrating the achievements of Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary artists, artisans and leaders in entertainment.

View the list and more information on the event below.

Honorees include:

Luminary Award

Sandra Oh

Julia S. Gouw Next Gen

Madeleine Yuna Voyles (20th Century Studios/New Regency’s The Creator)

Cindy Y. Huang Rising Star Award

Megan Suri (Neon’s It Lives Inside; Netflix’s Never Have I Ever)

Visionary

Fawn Veerasunthorn

Actor in TV

Sarayu Blue (Prime Video’s Expats)

Actor in Film

Ally Maki (Sony Pictures Classics’ Shortcomings; Seagrass)

Best in TV

Black Cake (Hulu)

Actors Mia Isaac, Chipo Chung, Simon Wan, Creator/Showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar are confirmed to attend.

Best...

Netflix has canceled its crime drama series The Brothers Sun after one season.

First reported by Deadline, the show's cancelation comes just under two months after Netflix released the eight-episode first season of the series starring Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Joon Lee, and Highdee Kuan on January 4. Although The Brothers Sun premiered to a positive critical response and spent five weeks in the Netflix Top 10 for English-language series, peaking at No. 2, the show was unable to gain a large audience. The show's weekly number of views on the streamer stayed below 7 million and fell to under 2 million for its final fortnight on Netfliix's Top 10.

Related The Brothers Sun's Season 1 Ending Explained The Brothers Sun Season 1 ends on a bloody but triumphant note as Bruce, Charles and Eileen Sun all decide to rebuild their destinies.

The Brothers Sun follows a Taipei gangster, Charles Sun (Chien...

Netflix has brought the curtain down on the Michelle Yeoh crime drama “The Brothers Sun” after one season.

The actioner revolving around Taiwanese organized crime and set in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley bowed Jan. 4 on Netflix’s global platform. The series was created and executive produced by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.

In addition to Oscar-winner Yeoh, “Brothers Sun” also starred Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan and Joon Lee. News of the cancellation was first reported by Deadline.

The series had an eight-episode run. Chein played a Taiwanese mobster who heads to Los Angeles area to protect his estranged mother after his father is assassinated in Taipei. Yeoh, who won the best actress Oscar last year for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” received strong reviews for her work in the series.

Variety TV critic Aramide Tinubu called Yeoh “cutthroat and commanding” and declared the series to be “a thrilling,...

The Brothers Sun, starring Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien and Sam Song Li, will not be returning for a second season on Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter learned Friday.

While the reason for the cancellation wasn’t immediately known, the news comes months after the eight-episode first season of the action-comedy-drama premiered on Jan. 4. The show was created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, and also included Joon Lee, Highdee Kuan, Alice Hewkin, Jenny Yang, Rodney To and Madison Hu in the cast.

Brothers Sun followed Charles Sun (Chien), a Taipei gangster who has settled into his life as a ruthless killer, but when his father is shot by a mysterious assassin, he must move to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen ‘Mama’ Sun (Yeoh), and younger brother, Bruce Sun (Li).

While it had a solid opening on Nielsen’s streaming charts, the series took a notable leap forward in its second week,...

The Brothers Sun premiered on Netflix with all eight episodes on Jan. 4, 2024, and is an action comedy-drama about a man named Bruce who learns about his family's gangster history. There is no confirmation of a second season yet, as Netflix has not made a renewal announcement, but the show received decent reviews for its cast, comedy, and balance of family compassion and action. If there is a second season, audiences can expect the main cast to return, and the plot would likely involve more of Mama Sun and Big Sun, Charles accompanying her back to Taipei, and Bruce embracing the darkness of being in a gangster family.

2024 started strong with brand-new movies in theaters, original films to stream, and original TV series to binge on. The Brothers Sun is one such new show that premiered with all eight episodes on Netflix on Jan. 4. The series is an action comedy-drama following...

Four years ago, Jenny Yang reached a plateau in her career. She’d achieved many of her goals — she was a successful stand-up comedian, she’d launched her own comedy festival focused on platforming Asian American talent, she’d worked as a staff writer on Busy Tonight — so she sat down to chart something new. Yang decided that what she really wanted to do was become an action comedy star. She trained for a half-marathon and took up kickboxing training. But then a casting director for a new Netflix show about a Taiwanese crime family was scouring the internet during a late-in-the-game search and came across one of her viral stand-up videos. “All they told me was that it was a gang drama and I wouldn’t have to do any accents,” Yang says. “And then they gave me the role and were like, ‘By the way, you will be...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including the Palm Springs Film Awards and events for The Brothers Sun and Night Swim.

Night Swim premiere

Stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon joined producers Jason Blum and James Wan at the Los Angeles premiere of their Universal horror film on Wednesday.

Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Bryce McGuire, Gavin Warren and Wyatt Russell James Wan and Jason Blum

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Christopher Nolan, Lily Gladstone, Charles Melton and Da’Vine Joy Randolph were among the honorees at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Wednesday.

Benny Safdie, Christopher Nolan, Dane DeHaan, David Krumholtz and Hoyte van Hoytema Samy Burch, Todd Haynes and Charles Melton

Killers of the Flower Moon luncheon

Martin Scorsese and Lily Gladstone attended a lunch event...

Plot: When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen, and his naive younger brother, Bruce — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now. But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles, Bruce and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all.

Review: The range of international projects on Netflix is pretty impressive. With a focus on Korean dramas, Netflix has a dearth of series from India, China, and beyond. From comedy to action, horror, and more, Netflix exclusives have been big hits for the streaming platform for years. Blending the genre hits from overseas with a Western approach,...

Instead of shunning martial arts as cliché or stereotypical, many Asian creatives have leaned into that audience familiarity to help tell complex stories surrounding their experiences in this country and beyond. Michelle Yeoh has played a role in some of these recent efforts, including Disney+’s “American Born Chinese” and Marvel’s box office smash “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Now the “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star and historic Oscar winner is back at it, bringing her Hollywood clout to “The Brothers Sun” on Netflix.

Newcomer Byron Wu’s dark action comedy is a stylized gangster series in which Los Angeles and Taipei are worthy sister cities both poshly modern and Asian-centric. The action jumpstarts when an unexpected assassination attempt leaves powerful Taiwanese triad leader Big Sun in a coma, forcing his eldest son and legendary killer Charles Sun (Justin Chien) to LA to protect his...

The Brothers Sun is an action-comedy series on Netflix, featuring Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, and Sam Song Li in the main roles. The show follows the story of Charles Sun, a Taipei gangster, who travels to LA to protect his family after his father is injured. The Brothers Sun combines martial arts action with a family drama storyline and comedic elements, creating a unique and entertaining viewing experience.

Netflix's new action show The Brothers Sun arrives on January 4, created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. Though it is steeped in martial arts, depicting a growing war between Taiwanese triads, it is also at its heart a family drama with comedic elements. Noted action star Michelle Yeoh plays Eileen Sun, the matriarch of an intimidating triad who nevertheless lives a quiet life in LA with only one of her two sons.

After a mysterious assassin shoots her husband, her eldest son...

One of The Brothers Sun has just had a truth bomb dropped on him by mom Michelle Yeoh in TVLine’s exclusive #2024FirstLook sneak peek from the upcoming Netflix series.

Created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, and premiering Thursday, Jan. 4, the action-packed series is set in motion when the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin. The crime boss’ eldest son, the legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (played by Justin Chien), in turn makes a beeline for Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li...

A new year is around the corner, and Netflix is ready to celebrate! The streamer has released its full list of titles that will be coming to its platform to start 2024 off right, including classics and library hits, such as the first three films in the “John Wick” franchise, Train to Busan, and more.

The bulk of Netflix’s new titles, though, comes from its own original series, films, comedy specials, documentaries, and animes. Debuting in January will be “The Brothers Sun,” a new black comedy action series starring Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, and Michelle Yeoh; as well as the Sofía Vergara-led mini-series “Griselda”; new seasons of “Queer Eye” and “Masters of the Universe: Revolution”; Dan Levy’s dramedy “Good Grief”; and comedy specials from Jacqueline Novak, Jack Whitehall, and Rachid Badouri.

Check out The Streamable’s Top 5 picks for what’s coming to Netflix this month, and...

The new trailer for The Brothers Sun reveals a thrilling story that combines American Horror Story and Everything Everywhere All At Once. The show, from by American Horror Story co-creator Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, stars Michelle Yeoh as the lead character and follows a young man's mission to protect his family amid a dangerous triad war. The Brothers Sun, set to premiere on January 4, 2024, promises intense action and suspense that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

The new trailer for The Brothers Sun brings together American Horror Story and Everything Everywhere All At Once. The project was officially announced in February 2022, with AHS co-creator Brad Falchuk and Bryon Wu collaborating on a story of family, brotherhood, and conflict that's fronted by Everything Everywhere Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh.

Netflix has now released a trailer for The Brothers Sun, which debuts January 4, 2024.

The trailer previews the eight-episode saga,...

Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, December 12, 2023.

Netflix has shared the official trailer for The Brothers Sun, its upcoming drama series from Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.

"When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles 'Chairleg' Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now," the logline teases.

"But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles, Bruce and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all.

The trailer takes us into the world of the action-packed comedy,...

Michelle Yeoh is back! Not that she went anywhere, to paraphrase the Nicolas Cage comedy "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent." Still, we're undeniably in the midst of a renaissance (a Yeohnaissance?) for the Oscar-winning Malaysian superstar, one that arguably started with her role as the steely matriarch of the uber-wealthy Young family in 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians." Her latest project, "The Brothers Sun," once again sees Yeoh playing the determined head of a clan, this time portraying Eileen Sun, the wife of the recently assassinated head of a powerful Taiwanese triad.

The Sun family's connections to organized crime come as a real shock to Eileen's youngest son Bruce (Sam Song Li), who's been living a quiet life with his mother in Los Angeles when his older brother, Charles (Justin Chien), shows up to break the news ... and with a whole lot of dangerous people who want them dead on his tail.

Michelle Yeoh continues to fight for her family. Netflix released the trailer for the new action comedy series The Brothers Sun. The former Jackie Chan co-star is the matriarch of a crime family called “The Jade Dragons” and a new gang has set its sights on cutting the head off of the snake. Her son, Bruce, is in danger as he is now finding out the family he once thought was normal, is actually full of dangerous secrets. The new series was created by Byron Wu & Brad Falchuk.

The official synopsis from Netflix reads,

“When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now.

"I'm not your prisoner. I'm here to negotiate." Oh yeah, don't mess with mama! Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer trailer for a new action comedy series titled The Brothers Sun, co-created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. Available for streaming in January just after we land in 2024. The series follows Charles Sun, a Taipei gangster who's settled into a life as a ruthless killer, but must go to L.A. to protect his mother & younger brother after his father was shot by a mysterious assassin. Described as an action-packed comedy and family-drama, that is set between Taiwan and Los Angeles, about this family and all the crime they're caught up in. Justin Chien stars with Michelle Yeoh, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan, and Joon Lee. The cast also includes Alice Hewkin, Jon Xue Zhang, Jenny Yang, Madison Hu, and Rodney To. This looks hilarious! Just the right kind...

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh is returning to her action star roots.

The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Academy Award winner stars in Netflix series “The Brothers Sun,” created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. The series centers on the Sun family, which runs a powerful Taiwanese triad. After the death of the patriarch shot by a mysterious assassin, the eldest Sun son Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) — a revered assassin in his own rite — returns to Los Angeles to protect his mother Eileen (Yeoh) and his naive younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li).

The only more dangerous twist? The Suns have no idea they’re involved in organized crime. Per the official synopsis, “as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance, Charles, Bruce, and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before...

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh headlines assassin drama The Brothers Sun. Here’s the trailer for the upcoming series from Netflix.

While Michelle Yeah only recently received an Oscar for her marvellous performance in Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, she has been at the top tier of the action film industry for decades, starring alongside the likes of Jackie Chan in Supercop, Cynthia Rothrick in Yes Madam, Jet Li in Tai Chi Master and Donnie Yen in Wing Chun.

And that was all before Tomorrow Never Dies and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the films that primarily put her on the map for western audiences.

Michelle Yeoh now headlines Netflix series The Brothers Sun, and the synopsis for the show reads as follows:

When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother,...

The trailer for Netflix’s action comedy series The Brothers Sun warns that you don’t mess with mama, and you definitely don’t screw around with mama’s family. The trailer dropped as part of the streaming service’s 2023 Geeked Week, with the launch date for the eight-episode family crime drama set for January 4, 2024.

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) stars as Mama Sun, Justin Chien play Charles, Sam Song Li is Bruce Sun, Highdee Kuan is Alexis, and Joon Lee plays Tk. Season one features recurring cast members Alice Hewkin as May/June, Jon Xue Zhang as Blood Boots, Jenny Yang as Xing, Madison Hu as Grace, and Rodney To as Mark.

Brad Falchuk and Bryon Wu created the series, with Falchuk serving as showrunner. Wu, Falchuk, Mikkel Bondesen, and Kevin Tancharoen executive produce.

Showrunner Falchuk describes The Brothers Sun as delving into “what it means to be a son,...

"If you go anywhere near our family, there will be no where on earth you will be safe again." Damn! Don't mess with her. Netflix has revealed the first look teaser trailer for a new action comedy series titled The Brothers Sun, co-created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. It will be out for streaming in January just after we kick our way into 2024. The series follows Charles Sun, a Taipei gangster who's settled into his life as a ruthless killer, but must go to L.A. to protect his mother and younger brother after his father was shot by a mysterious assassin. Netflix describes it as an action-packed comedy and family-drama, that is set between Taiwan and Los Angeles, about this family and all the crime they're caught up in. Justin Chien stars with Michelle Yeoh, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan, and Joon Lee. The cast also includes Alice Hewkin,...

Netflix's The Brothers Sun, starring Michelle Yeoh, follows a fierce mother and her two sons, one a gangster and the other unaware of their criminal ties. The series, created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, features an all-Asian cast and writers room, highlighting diverse representation. Michelle Yeoh, an Academy Award-winning actress, continues to have a busy career with upcoming projects including three Avatar films and Star Trek: Section 31.

Netflix has unveiled the action-packed trailer for Netflix's The Brothers Sun, which sees Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh back in battle mode. The series, which lands on Netflix on January 4, stars Yeoh as Eileen Sun, a fierce mama to sons Bruce (Sam Song Li) and Charles (Justin Chien). She and her younger son Bruce live in Los Angeles, far away from Charles, a Taipei gangster who's settled into his life as a ruthless killer. After a mysterious assassin shoots Charles' father,...

Michelle Yeoh is one family matriarch you don’t want to mess with in the first teaser for “The Brothers Sun,” the upcoming Netflix series from Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. The action drama is set to premiere on the streaming service January 4, 2024.

The new video premiered as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week. The teaser starts with one of Eileen Sun’s (Michelle Yeoh) sons complaining that his brother hit him. “We don’t hit family,” she rebukes him before slapping her son.

The rest of the teaser cuts between scenes of her sons Charles (Justin Chien) and Bruce (Sam Song Li) fighting masked foes that keep running at them. “If you go anywhere near our family, there will be nowhere on earth where you will be safe again,” Mama says in a voiceover. The teaser ends with gloved and apron-clad Yeoh testing out a drill with what appears...

Michelle Yeoh is balancing a criminal underworld with parenting duties in the first look at The Brothers Sun.

Co-created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the Netflix series stars Yeoh as Eileen Sun, a shrewd and savvy woman who built a life for herself and her youngest son, Bruce (Sam Song Li), after leaving the world of Taiwan’s gangsters and crime behind.

But years after settling in Los Angeles, her past catches up with her with the return of her eldest son, Charles (Justin Chien). Raised and groomed as a hardened criminal within a Taiwanese triad run by his crime boss father, Charles — known as “Chairleg” — has arrived to keep his mother and brother safe after his dad is killed by an unknown assassin.

In a trailer that’s more fight sequence than dialogue, Eileen teams with Charles to protect the naive Bruce, who never knew the truth about...

Netflix’s Geeked Week is underway, and the streamer is celebrating the impending arrival of its dark comedy series, The Brothers Sun, with a new teaser poster. The brightly lit preview features the project’s fantastic cast, led by Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh. The image depicts a gigantic sign for San Gabriel Plaza, with the names of cast members appearing like different stores in the commercial development.

In The Brothers Sun, Yeoh plays Eileen Sun, aka Mama Sun, a Taiwanese woman hoping to leave her past behind by moving to L.A. only to find herself in danger when her crime boss husband is killed.

Here’s an expanded synopsis for The Brothers Sun:

“When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother,...

Netflix has teased the upcoming release of the upcoming dark comedy series The Brothers Sun, featuring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh.

Yeoh, who won an Academy Award for her performance as the lead in A24's hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once, stars in The Brothers Sun as a mother who gets tangled up in a life of crime upon moving to California from Taiwan. Brad Falchuk and Cyron Wu created the series with the two also executive producing with Kevin Tancharoen and Mikkel Bondesen. For its Geeked Week celebration, Netflix has just dropped a new teaser for The Brothers Sun in the form of key art with the names of the starring cast members featured on a pylon sign. It was also revealed that the first teaser trailer will drop on Friday, Nov. 10.

Crazy Rich Asians Star Michelle Yeoh Offers an Update on the Sequel

Yeoh leads the cast...

The Brothers Sun is lighting up Los Angeles in our first piece of teaser artwork for the upcoming Netflix comedy drama. As part of the streamer’s Geeked Week, the poster is a lead-up to the big trailer reveal that will drop over the next few days. An homage to the strip malls that dot the City of Angels, the image features a sign showing off the show’s impressive call sheet. Included are Academy Award-winner, Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Justin Chien (Sun Moon), Sam Song Li (Better Call Saul), Highdee Kuan (Fear the Night), Joon Lee (The Silent Sea), John Xue Zhang (Eternals), Alice Hewken (Sex Education), comedian Jenny Yang, and Madison Hu (Bizaardvark).

Projects by Rima Das and Emma Kawawada also among 30 titles set to be pitched.

South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 30 titles selected for the 2023 Asian Project Market (Apm), including new works by Makbul Mubarak, Koji Fukada, Rima Das and Emma Kawawada.

The film financing event, which runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market, will take place from October 7-10 and comprises projects by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature. They will conduct four...

Busan International Film Festival has announced the 30 projects selected for this year’s Asian Project Market (Apm), including new works from leading Asian filmmakers such as Japan’s Koji Fukada, Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak and India’s Rima Das.

Fukada, whose previous films have premiered at Cannes and Venice (Love Life), will present Japan-France co-production Nagi Notes, produced by Osanai Terutaro.

Mubarak, whose Autobiography premiered at last year’s Venice before embarking on an awards haul across Asia, is bringing Watch It Burn, produced by Indonesia’s Yulia Evina Bhara, one of the producers on this year’s Cannes Critics Week winner Tiger Stripes.

Das is a Busan regular who has also had films play in Toronto and Berlin (Bulbul Can Sing). She will present Malti My Love, which the self-taught filmmaker will also produce, just as she has produced, written,...

The Busan film festival’s Asian Project Market is set to welcome several of the region’s top auteurs either as producers or prospective directors at its next edition in October.

Apm organizers Thursday unveiled 30 projects to be presented during a four-day round of one-on-one meetings and pitching sessions.

India’s Rima Das (“Tora’s Husband”) will pitch “Malti My Love.” Japan’s Fukada Koji will pitch “Nagi Notes.” Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak (“Autobiography”) will pitch “Watch It Burn.”

Among the successful producers adding their weight to Apm contenders are: Patrick Mao Huang selling Peter Ho’s project “Appetite for Desire”; Jeremy Chua, pitching Rafael Manuel’s “Filipinana”; Ichiyama Shozo (“Ash Is Puirest White”) pitching Song Fang’s Japan-China collaboration “Full Moon”; Fran Borgia pitching Aakash Chhabra’s “I’ll Smile in September”; and Tan Chui Mui (“Barbarian Invasion”) pitching Jian Xiaoshuan’s “To Kill A Mongolian Horse.”

The project...

The Writers Guild of America called a strike after midnight on May 2, and a little more than 12 hours later, picket lines popped up in L.A. and New York outside studios, networks and streamers’ headquarters. A quick survey of the scenes revealed clear (and sometimes hilarious) messages from the front lines thanks to a segment of the population not found at most protests: writers. The signage on display ranged from sarcastic and witty to timely and urgent as writers used the opportunity to promote their demands by relying on their specific set of skills. It didn’t take long for other writers to take note of the words on the oversized pages, either. (Writer, actor and stand-up Jenny Yang even took to Twitter to create a thread of “some of my fave picket signs,” featured below.)

The Hollywood Reporter has also rounded up a sampling of some of the most...

Everything Everywhere All At Once’s James Hong gave an unforgettable speech at the SAG Awards.

During the Sunday (26 February) night ceremony, Hong accompanied his Everything Everywhere cast onstage to accept the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Find the full list of 2023 SAG Award winners here.

Michelle Yeoh introduced Hong on stage, saying: “There is one of us that has been supporting ensembles for longer than any of us has been alive.”

Holding Hong’s hand, she continued: “He’s been acting since there were only forty-nine states and he just turned 94 years young!

“And it’s been 69 years in the making to get him to this stage. Our patriach, our friend, our Gong Gong, James Hong.”

As the audience gave him a standing ovation, Hong addressed them in Cantonese, with Yeoh jumping in to translate him, saying: “Friends, relatives... so happy that you are all here tonight.

Celebrities are speaking out about the latest mass shooting in the U.S.

Late Saturday night, a gunman shot and killed 10 people, injuring numerous others, at a Lunar New Year festival in Monterey Park, a largely Asian suburb of Los Angeles.

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In a thread on Twitter, “Shang-Chi” star Simu Liu condemned the attack and its impact on the Asian American community in the area.

“I am shocked, saddened, angered, and heartbroken for the families who have been affected tonight,” he wrote.

I am shocked, saddened, angered, and heartbroken for the families who have been affected tonight. Please use the replies here to post more info as it comes out, as well as any verified fundraisers for the victims. I'd like to give what I can.

— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) January 22, 2023

TV journalist Lisa Ling also shared her reaction to the horrible event,...

The success of Taiwanese-American basketball player Jeremy Lin is framed by a consideration of its significance to the wider Asian-American community in Franch Chi’s debut short documentary in the face of ingrained institutional racism. The 38 At The Garden refers to the number of points scored by Lin during a head-to-head for the New York Knicks against Kobe Bryant’s LA Lakers at NYC’s Madison Square Garden in 2012.

Although this is a largely straightforward mixture of talking heads and archive footage showing Lin’s rise to fame, the use of animation adds welcome variation and it is powered by contagious enthusiasm, not just from famous Asian-American contributors including comics Hasan Minhaj and Jenny Yang, Lin’s teammates and some Knicks fans.

Lin also had a deep well of enthusiasm for the game, which is just as well given the anti-Asian bias he faced when he was starting out. The stereotypical way Asian-Americans.

The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the winners in 18 categories at the 38th annual IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony on December 10, 2022 at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles. Hosted by Jenny Yang, the show was live-streamed on IDA’s YouTube channel.

Shaunak Sen’s Indian eco-documentary “All That Breathes” won Best Director, Editing, Feature Film, and the Pare Lorentz Award, beating out in that category Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Sara Dosa’s Best Cinematography and Writing winner “Fire of Love,” Simon Lereng Wilmont’s “A House Made of Splinters,” Edward Buckles’ “Katrina Babies,” Isabel Castro’s “Mija,” Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” Akuo de Mabior’s “No Simple Way Home,” Lukasz Kowalski’s “The Pawnshop,” and Neasa Ní Chianáin and Declan McGrath’s “Young Plato.”

The winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2022 Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary, “All the Breathes” is building momentum on the awards circuit,...

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All that Breathes topped the 2022 IDA Documentary Awards, winning best feature and two other competitive awards. The film was previously selected as the winner of the Pare Lorentz Award.

In addition to the top prize, the HBO title, which follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites that are often affected by air pollution in New Delhi, won best director for helmer Shaunak Sen and best editing.

National Geographic and Neon’s Fire of Love documentary about volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, which led the nominations for the 38th annual International Documentary Association honors with five nods, won two awards.

The IDA Documentary Awards were presented in a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Paramount Theater, hosted by actor-comedian Jenny Yang.

Best Feature Documentary

All that Breathes (India, United States, United Kingdom | Sideshow and Submarine Deluxe, HBO Documentary Films...

Updated from original 9:17 p.m. story with more quotes from winners: Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes won the top prize at the 38th IDA Documentary Awards in Hollywood tonight, cementing its status as an Oscar frontrunner.

The documentary, about two brothers in Delhi, India who tend to injured and ailing birds of prey, earned Best Feature, and Sen was named Best Director. All That Breathes also collected the award for Best Editing, recognizing the work of Charlotte Munch Bengtsen and Vedant Joshi.

“The film itself really feels like a tiny miracle,” Sen noted as he accepted the Best Feature award, “because Aman [producer Aman Mann] and I, we couldn’t believe we got financing, we couldn’t believe that we found producers, festivals, distributors, so it really feels a bit unbelievable.”

All That Breathes, from Sideshow, Submarine Deluxe and HBO Documentary Films, also won the previously-announced Pare Lorentz Award.

“All That Breathes” took top prize for best feature at the International Documentary Assn. Awards Dec. 10, also grabbing prizes for director Shaunak Sen, editing and the special Pare Lorentz award.

“We Need to Talk About Cosby” won the award for multi-part documentary, while “Fire of Love” took the cinematography and writing prizes.

The 38th annual event, held at L.A.’s Paramount Theater, was hosted by comic-actor Jenny Yang. Prizes were announced in 18 categories. The show was also LiveStreamed on IDA’s YouTube channel and the recording is now available.

There were 16 competitive categories and two special categories, the ABC News VideoSource Award and the Pare Lorentz Award.

This year’s shortlists and nominees were selected by independent committees of 310 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 52 countries. IDA received 806 submissions in all categories, 40 of which are internationally produced or coproduced projects from 86 countries.

The winners are:

Feature: “All That Breathes...

“All That Breathes,” a lyrical documentary about two brothers who rescue birds that have fallen victim to the polluted air in New Delhi, has been named the best nonfiction feature of 2022 at the International Documentary Association’s IDA Documentary Awards, which took place on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

“All That Breathes” won four awards overall, an unusually robust showing at the IDA Awards. The HBO Documentary Films release won Best Feature in a category that also included “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love” and “Navalny”; director Shaunak Sen and editors Charlotte Munch Bengtsen and Vedant Joshi won in their categories; and the film also won the Pare Lorentz award, which goes to a socially conscious film of note.

“Fire of Love” won in the writing and cinematography and categories. Director Sara Dosa shared the win for writing, while the film’s late subjects, married volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft,...

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Jenny Yang, comedian, writer and actor, is dispelling myths around Msg and “clean eating” with a clever campaign — developed with Ajinomoto, a Japanese multinational food and biotechnology corporation — called #DinnerWithGoop.

The dinner, which was held Sept. 7 at The Gourmandise School in Santa Monica was not attended by Gwyneth Paltrow or any other representatives from her popular wellness platform Goop. Yang extended the invitation in an effort to start a fact-based conversation surrounding “clean eating,” a lifestyle and diet Goop promotes, and how she believes it is ultimately problematic because it propagates the idea that the way many people eat is impure and assigns moral value to food choices.

“Food has been a lifelong passion of mine because it’s so tied with my culture, it’s so tied with identity,” Yang told The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday night. “When I became a comedian and built a following online,...

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Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Thor: Love and Thunder, Westworld, The Terminal List and The Black Phone.

The Bear premiere

FX celebrated the premiere of its new series The Bear at Goya Studios on Monday with stars Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Matty Matheson, Edwin Lee Gibson and co-showrunners Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo.

Westworld season four premiere

Season four stars Aaron Paul, Evan Rachel Wood, Tessa Thompson, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Hemsworth and Angela Sarafyan, along with co-creator Lisa Joy, walked the carpet on Tuesday at Lincoln Center ahead of the HBO show’s return.

The Black Phone premiere

Universal’s latest horror thriller premiered in Hollywood on Tuesday, minus star Ethan Hawke but with support from director Scott Derrickson,...

The Brothers Sun is moving ahead at Netflix.

Four months after announcing a straight-to-series order for the Brad Falchuk (Glee) and Byron Wu (The Getaway) series, the streamer has announced its cast.

The Brothers Sun is described as an action-packed, darkly comedic family soap.

The eight-episode series takes place in both Los Angeles and Taiwan and features an all-Asian writers room and an all-Asian cast.

It revolves around Taipei gangster Charles Sun who is settled into his life as a ruthless killer.

But when his father is shot by a mysterious assassin, Charles must go to L.A. to protect his mother and utterly unaware younger brother Bruce.

Yeoh is set to play Ellen, aka Mama Sun, who is the observant member of the family.

Justin Chien is on board as Charles Sun, the elder son of a crime boss who was groomed to be a hardened criminal.

The Brothers...

The Netflix drama series “The Brothers Sun” has set its main cast, which includes Michelle Yeoh, Variety has learned.

Yeoh will star alongside series regulars Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan, and Joon Lee. Alice Jewkin, Jon Xue Zhang, Jenny Yang, Madison Hu, and Rodney To will appear in recurring roles.

The show was ordered to series at Netflix back in February with an eight-episode pickup. It is set in Los Angeles and Taiwan and features an all-Asian writers room and all-Asian cast. It follows Taipei gangster Charles Sun (Chien), who’s settled into his life as a ruthless killer. But when his father is shot by a mysterious assassin, Charles must go to L.A. to protect his mother (Yeoh) and utterly-unaware younger brother, Bruce (Li).

Chien’s Charles Sun grew up the elder son of a crime boss, groomed to be a hardened criminal. He goes to...