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Nov 22, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
Hulu/Ringer illustration Charles Yu’s 2020 novel, Interior Chinatown, is a biting satire of the Asian stereotypes that American TV shows and films have turned into tropes and recycled in stories for generations. The book follows Willis Wu, a background actor on a Law & Order–style police procedural, as he tries to climb from the lowly status of Background Oriental Male to the best role that an Asian actor can attain: Kung Fu Guy.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
HBO/Warner Bros./Ringer illustration On Sunday, The Penguin concluded a terrific eight-episode season of television that will go down as one of the best live-action narratives ever to come out of Gotham City, all without Batman making a single appearance. Showrunner Lauren LeFranc and her team managed to take a minor character from The Batman and turn him into a fascinating protagonist who evolved from Carmine Falcone’s chief lieutenant into a criminal kingpin in his own right.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
HBO/Ringer illustration In the premiere episode of The Penguin, Oswald Cobb meets Victor Aguilar under unusual circumstances: Oz catches Victor and his friends trying to steal the rims off of his car. Victor is the only one who doesn’t manage to escape.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
HBO/Ringer illustration Oswald Cobb has manipulated countless people on his way to becoming one of the most powerful figures in Gotham’s criminal underworld. But beneath all of his lies and deceptions, Oz always plants kernels of truth to sell his stories to even his most cynical listeners.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Daniel Chin
5 hours agoHarrison Ford issues revenge warning as Hollywood legend reveals presidential endorsementHarrison Ford issued a revenge warning as the Hollywood star revealed his presidential endorsement. The 82-year-old posted a video on Sunday (3 November), revealing he had chosen to back Kamala Harris in the US election.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
Disney Plus/Ringer illustration Just in time for Halloween, Agatha All Along concluded its nine-episode run with a two-part finale that featured dueling witches, Death incarnate, and one sarcastic, purple ghost. On Wednesday night, the WandaVision spinoff released its eighth and ninth episodes simultaneously, as Agatha Harkness and the remnants of her coven reach the end of the Witches’ Road at last.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Daniel Chin
S'pore government says Lee Hsien Yang turning 'personal vendetta' into international smear campaign; $4.75m compensation for Singaporean accident victim in Malaysia: Singapore live newsAnd that's a wrap. Thanks for tuning in. We'll catch y'all again next week. Hello to all our readers, Yahoo Singapore will be bringing you live news …
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
Disney+/Ringer illustration In the seventh episode of WandaVision, the real villain of Westview revealed her hidden name: Agatha Harkness. After pretending to be Wanda Maximoff’s “nosy neighbor” named Agnes for the majority of the season, Harkness finally showed her true colors, in all their purple glory. It was the defining twist of the series, adding a new perspective on the show’s grieving protagonist while introducing the wicked witch who had been manipulating her all along.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
Warner Bros./Ringer illustration Joker was envisioned as a stand-alone story about a failed stand-up comedian who descends into a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City. But upon its release in 2019, it became the first R-rated movie to gross more than $1 billion at the box office, as well as the most decorated comic book movie ever made, by virtue of 11 Oscar nominations (including two wins) and the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
theringer.com | Daniel Chin
HBO/Ringer illustration The series premiere of The Penguin ends with its titular villain stripped naked and strapped to a chair as he’s tortured by Sofia Falcone. By the conclusion of the second episode, Sofia makes him an offer to join forces and seize control of the Falcone crime family—the most powerful mob in Gotham City.
