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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
Actor Simu Liu has taken on some physically challenging roles, from killer fight sequences in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, to extended dance numbers as one of the Kens in Barbie. But his latest film, the action-thriller Last Breath, might be the most extreme.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
When actor Jimmy O. Yang first read Interior Chinatown, he felt a spark of recognition. Charles Yu's National Book Award-winning novel tells the story of an Asian American waiter named Willis who becomes embroiled in a mystery after witnessing a crime. Though Yang hadn't been central to a crime story, he could relate to Willis' outsider status. "I really felt like [the novel] spoke to me as an Asian American, as an actor, as an artist ...
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
The entertainment industry is notorious for its mistreatment of child actors, but Saoirse Ronan says that wasn't her experience. Maybe it was because her father was an actor, and her mother was there to protect her. Ronan says: "My mom and my dad always made me feel like, at its core, this should be fun.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
dailynexus.com | John Cho
Moo Deng, a baby female pygmy hippopotamus living in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, has recently pervaded all corners of the internet. Moo Deng, translated from Thai as “bouncy pig,” became viral when videos of her exploding in energetic temper tantrums, mischievously nipping at her caretakers and even occasionally accepting affectionate pats gained traction on social media platforms. Comments under posts featuring the viral star attribute Moo Deng’s fame to how undeniably adorable she is.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
reelfilm.com | David Nusair |Chris Weitz |David Dastmalchian |John Cho
Directed by Chris Weitz, Afraid follows John Cho’s Curtis as he and his family, including wife Meredith (Katherine Waterston), are eventually menaced by the sophisticated AI system within their home.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
dailynexus.com | John Cho
Chinese Olympic swimmer Pan Zhanle was the subject of doping accusations at the 2024 Paris Olympics after he secured his team a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle event, shattering the world record in a dominant finish that surpassed Australia’s silver medalist by 1.08 seconds. Pan subsequently denied those allegations, saying that he passed all 21 doping tests administered in the few months before the games.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
What does it mean to be a comedy hack, and is it possible for a comic to age without becoming one? That's one of the central questions that Paul W. Downs and co-creators Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky explore in the HBO Max comedy series Hacks. The Emmy Award-winning series, which recently finished its third season, was conceived during a 2015 roadtrip.
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May 21, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
Actor and comedian Kristen Wiig has a theory: If she looks directly in the mirror and asks herself a question, the truth will emerge. Wiig tested her theory when she was living in Arizona in her 20s. She asked her reflection what she should do with her life, and her own answer surprised her. "I just said I would move to LA and try acting," Wiig says. "And I was shocked, kind of, that that was what I was feeling.
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May 13, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
Activist, musician and punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna has always been a force. With her band Bikini Kill, she pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement in the 1990s, challenging the misogyny of both the punk scene and society at large. "When I moved to Olympia, [Wash.], there were all these kids who were making music and putting out records on small indie labels," Hanna says. "And they sort of defined punk not as a genre or a ... loud, angry, aggressive sound, but as an idea ...
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Ann Marie Baldonado |Kumail Nanjiani |John Cho |Jeff Tweedy
When the 2004 blockbuster Mean Girls came out, Busy Philipps was irked. "I was jealous that I wasn't in it, to be honest," she says. "I couldn't even audition for it because I was filming White Chicks."Twenty years later, Philipps is making up for that missed opportunity, playing Mrs. George, mother of queen bee Regina George, in the new musical film version of Mean Girls. A mother of two, Philipps says she found Mrs. George's quest for her daughter's approval particularly relatable. "I am famous.
