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The Wedding Banquet is a warmer, sillier take on Ang Lee’s Nineties romcom

4/5 Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang and Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran lead this spirited remake that plays a bit more conventionally than its predecessor – but is also happy to relax into the warm embrace of its cast

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The Juiciest 2025 Oscars Live Red Carpet Fashion Updates Before the After-Party

Tap in for updates, photos, and fashion commentary reported live from Hollywood’s biggest night.

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An oral history of Twin Peaks by its unforgettable stars: ‘I put my waitress uniform on and began bawling’

Mystery, magic and mayhem reigned behind the scenes as well as on screen. Mädchen Amick, Joan Chen, Dana Ashbrook and others recall the making of the beloved TV series – and the genius of David Lynch

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But what about … the most overlooked performances of this awards season

As Oscar voting kicks off and other bodies continue to reward a similar rotation of actors, there are others who deserve inclusion

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Star Wars' actress Kelly Marie Tran comes out as queer

'Star Wars' actress Kelly Marie Tran has come out as queer, explaining: "I haven't said this publicly yet, but I'm a queer person."

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Star Wars star Kelly Marie Tran comes out publicly as queer: ‘I’ve never truly felt this accepted before’

The actor plays a queer character in Andrew Ahn’s remake of the 1993 Ang Lee film ‘The Wedding Banquet’

The Independent UK

‘A 70-year-old skipping about pretending to be 20’: the new era of age-blind casting

Though Ian McKellen gave his Hamlet at the age of 82, older women rarely get the chance to play young characters. But with Imelda Staunton in Hello Dolly and Geraldine James as Rosalind, are things finally changing?

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How 'Dìdi' Recreated MySpace Pages, Found Motorola Phones, and Tapped Into Paramore Fandom to Create a 2008 Period Piece

Filmmaker Sean Wang breaks down how he created a must-see coming-of-age film set in the '00s.

Marie Claire

Dìdi review – bittersweet Asian American coming-of-age drama

Wang’s award-winning debut is a tender, semi-autobiographical portrait of a 13-year-old skateboarder and his devoted immigrant mum in 00s California

The Guardian - UK

Dìdi review: A subtle, sweet Y2K coming-of-ager that understands the horror of Myspace

Set in 2008, this semi-autobiographical debut takes place at a time in digital history that’s now old enough to feel like an artefact

The Independent UK

The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63

Thirty-seven years after her Hollywood breakthrough in The Last Emperor, Chen is back in new drama Dìdi. She discusses her roots in China, objectification and the protective power of creativity

The Guardian - UK

Joan Chen: ‘I asked to leave Twin Peaks – I was determined to do feature films’

The star of ‘The Last Emperor’ is earning Oscar buzz for her work in the sweet coming-of-age dramedy ‘Dìdi’. She talks to Annabel Nugent about her career regrets, why she loved working with Bernardo Bertolucci, and David Lynch’s response to her request to exit his celebrated murder mystery series

The Independent UK

Joan Chen on Twin Peaks regrets & Dìdi

The veteran actress spoke to Salon about her new film, begging David Lynch & the challenges of immigrant motherhood

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‘In all those movies about childhood, I never saw someone who looked like me’: Sean Wang on his debut, Dìdi

The director explains how a desire to transcend race and immigrant identity led to his semi-autobiographical tale of an angst-ridden Taiwanese American teenage skater and an Oscar-nominated short about his grandmothers

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In Sean Wang's 'Dìdi,' a portrait of an artist as a young skater kid

Within the span of five days in January, Sean Wang’s life changed about as dramatically as is possible for a young filmmaker

The Guardian - US

Oscars 2025: who might be in the running for next year’s awards?

The dust may still be settling on this year’s race but next year’s ceremony could see stars such as Angelina Jolie and Barry Keoghan battling it out

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Meet the A Murder at the End of the World cast: who's who in the new mystery show

Here are our main players in The main cast of A Murder at the End of the World, and one of them will soon have blood on their hands.

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