Movie Reviews and Previews Comic-Con wrapped up Comic-Con carried on through the weekend, a little bit of a muted year—it didn’t feel like I had to stay glued to my inbox for announcements and trailers this time around—but there were still some big highlights. One of which is: Sydney Chandler showed up for Alien: By Sarah • Jul 28, 2025 01:03 pm
Theatre Nerd Daniel’s historic nomination Daniel Dae Kim is a Tony Award nominee! He’s the first ever AAPI performer to be nominated in the lead actor in a play category… on the first day of Asian Heritage Month in Canada and AAPI Month the United States! Daniel is being recognised for his performance in By Lainey • May 01, 2025 04:03 pm
TV Updates Daniel Dae Kim in the lead Daniel Dae Kim and Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life) were honoured last night at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts gala. Daniel is an alumnus, he got his MFA in the Graduate Acting Program, and his son graduated from NYU too. Look how cute this photo is from By Lainey • Apr 08, 2025 04:11 pm
Daniel Dae Kim Intro for May 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, James Hong finally received his star on Tuesday, becoming the oldest person ever to be immortalised on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. If you don’t know him by name, I guarantee you know him by face and/or voice – because he’s been in everything from Seinfeld By Lainey • May 12, 2022 09:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina in Raya and the Last Dragon Disney’s latest animated adventure is Raya and the Last Dragon, a magic-laced quest picture in the vein of Frozen and Moana, but this time taking its cues from Southeast Asian culture and folklore. Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, is the first Southeast Asian heroine of an animated Disney By Sarah • Mar 04, 2021 01:31 pm
Equality Issues Intro for February 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, Just three more sleeps until Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox, beginning on Friday, February 12. My ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, will have some thoughts to share in the coming days. They won’t be as extensive as they were in years past, but By Lainey • Feb 09, 2021 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Raya and the Last Dragon’s fellowship of butt-kickery Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon is one of the few big movies coming out in the next few months—it’s pretty much this and Godzilla vs Kong, kind of a “one for me, one for you” deal with parents and kids—and there is a new trailer By Sarah • Jan 27, 2021 01:26 pm
Equality Issues Daniel Dae Kim: First Lead National Geographic announced yesterday that they’ve cast their two leads for the next series of its top-rated anthology, The Hot Zone. The Hot Zone: Anthrax is about the bioterror attacks that happened across the United States in the weeks following 9/11. The first series, The Hot Zone, starring By Lainey • Jan 14, 2021 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ali, Randall, and Keanu! Keanu Reeves is currently king of the box office as John Wick 3 took down Avengers: Endgame last weekend with a $57 million opening take supported by strong reviews – Sarah loved it and called it the best of the franchise so far. Which is an achievement. How often is the By Lainey • May 23, 2019 10:45 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Ashton Kutcher, the “feminist” & the Hawaii Five-0 salary dispute We begin this week’s podcast with a conversation about work posture which somehow devolves into a discussion about sh-tting posture which is a great lead-in to Ashton Kutcher. Today Ashton hosted a live chat on Facebook about gender equality in the workplace, specifically in the tech industry and a By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 04:11 pm
Quiveration Hot Lost Lost is over but there’s a double dose of Lost quiveration and goddamn, well, goddamn. First – Daniel Dae Kim in Hawaii where he’s shooting Hawaii Five-O and, um, I like that shot of him getting off the bike. Unfortunately I only have 3 photos. That’s all there By Lainey • Oct 14, 2010 05:42 am
Daniel Dae Kim Another Idiot Behind the Wheel Another idiot behind the wheel – and the third Lost cast member to drive drunk … WTF??? Daniel Dae Kim was arrested in Honolulu this morning after attempting to kill people with his car after using alcohol. No comment so far, which is smart. Keep your mouth shut unless it’s to By Lainey • Oct 25, 2007 06:42 am
