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· Bryan Ke
Bong Joon Ho, ‘Parasite’ Make Oscars History With Best Director and Best Picture Wins
“Parasite” won Best Picture at the Oscars 2020 with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho also taking home the Best Director award. The historic 92nd Academy Awards moment took place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday.
· Jin Hyun
How ‘Parasite’ Smashed Hollywood’s Misconceptions About Asians and Foreign Films
Koreans are plastered with plastic surgery, they’re manufactured and they lack originality. Asians aren’t expressive enough to be good actors. Asian culture is too bizarre and exotic to connect with an international audience. These are just some of the misconceptions Hollywood…
· Ernestine Siu
‘Parasite’ Makes History With 6 Oscar Nominations Including Best Picture
“Parasite” continues to make history after becoming the first South Korean film to be nominated for best picture and best international film at the Oscars. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this critically acclaimed film brings the important conversation about class inequality into the…
· Bryan Ke
HBO is Working on a Limited Series Based on ‘Parasite’
Early talks are underway as Bong Joon Ho’s hit movie “Parasite” heads to HBO as a limited series. The Korean director is teaming up with Adam McKay, director of “The Big Short” and “Vice,” to executive produce the “Parasite” limited series, according to Variety.
· Carl Samson
‘Parasite’ Becomes First Korean Film to Win at the Golden Globes
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” made history on Sunday night as the first South Korean film to win a Golden Globe. The dark comedy thriller, known at home as “Gisaengchung” (“기생충”), received the award for best foreign-language film, beating Ladj Ly’s “Les Misérables” (France), Pedro…
· Ryan General
‘Parasite’ Scores 3 Golden Globe Nominations, Including Best Director For Bong Joon-ho
“Parasite,” the South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, is far from done reaping accolades overseas. After becoming the first Korean film to ever win the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, the film earned three…
· Bryan Ke
‘Parasite’ Director Won’t Direct a Marvel Movie Because of One ‘Mentally Difficult’ Thing
Bong Joon-ho, the director of the critically acclaimed film “Parasite,” has revealed why we probably won’t see him in the director’s chair for any Marvel superhero movies. The 50-year-old Korean director told Variety that he has a personal problem when it comes to superhero…
· Jin Hyun
Korea’s Hottest New Film ‘Parasite’ is a Powerful Class Allegory Everyone Should Watch
Bong Joon-ho’s genre-bending masterpiece, “Parasite” is a class allegory that juxtaposes the lives of two families living on the opposite ends of the socioeconomic ladder. The acclaimed film was given the 2019 Palme d’Or award, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film…
· Jin Hyun
AMC Theatres Mislabels Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ as a Film About a ‘Japanese Family’
AMC Theatres is being criticized online following a mistake on their Best New Movies list for October 2019 which listed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning “Parasite” as a story about a “rich Japanese family.” The mistake was picked up by a Korean social media…
· Ryan General
Acclaimed South Korean Director of ‘Okja’ Releases Stunning Trailer for New Film ‘Parasite’
After a successful run at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, receiving widespread critical acclaim and winning South Korea’s first-ever Palme d’Or award, “Parasite” is now ready for its global theatrical release. Set for a North American release of October 11, the highly acclaimed…
· Ryan General
Woman Catches Terrifying Parasite in Her Foot Walking on Malaysian Beach
A Malaysian woman recently contracted a worm infection after walking barefoot on a beach in Port Dickson. Nurul Ezzatul Akma, 31, took to Facebook to share her nightmarish experience which began a week after she went on a vacation with her family to Port Dickson beach. In her…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Woman’s ‘Itchy Eyes’ Turns Out to Be 100 Parasites Living in Her Eyelashes
Doctors from Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province, were shocked after they discovered more than 100 eyelash mites living in the eyelids of a woman who went to the hospital to get her “itchy eyes” checked out. According to the woman, who is only identified as Ms. Xu, she had…
· Ryan General
Study: Jungle Parasites From the Vietnam War May Be Slowly Killing U.S. Veterans
Some United States veterans who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite that only shows its symptoms decades after its ingestion, a new study revealed. Based on the research recently commissioned by the U.S. Department of Veterans…
· Carl Samson
Japan Has Millions of Middle-Aged ‘Parasite Singles’ Still Living With Their Parents
Japan had more than four million middle-aged “parasite singles” who lived with their elderly parents in 2016, according to new research data. That’s around 4.5 million unmarried citizens aged 35 to 54 who were either unemployed or underemployed, the country’s Statistical…
· Bryan Ke
Rock Legend Yoshiki Donates $100,000 to Australia Wildfires
Yoshiki, a member of legendary Japanese rock band X Japan, has announced his large donation to the Australian wildfires. On Tuesday, the 54-year-old musician stated that his U.S.-based non-profit organization, Yoshiki Foundation America, will donate a $50,000 grant to the…
· Bryan Ke
Lana Condor Was Once Asked to ‘Be More Like Hello Kitty’ During Casting
Lana Condor, star of the Netflix sequel “To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” has revealed her experience with racism inside the casting room. The 22-year-old Vietnamese American actress told Teen Vogue that a casting person once asked her to “be more like Hello Kitty.”
· Bryan Ke
Thai Man Pulls 32-Foot Long Tapeworm From His Butt After Going to the Bathroom
A Thai man had the scare of his life when he pulled out a living 10-meter (32-foot) long tapeworm from his backside after defecating. Kritsada Ratprachoom, a 44-year-old photographer from Thailand, shared the now-viral incident on his Facebook on Dec. 9, according to AsiaOne.
· Ryan General
U.S. Program Took Cat Meat From Chinese Markets and Fed it to Other Cats for ‘Research’
A United States government research program, which led to the deaths of thousands of cats, has been shut down, scientists announced Tuesday. Since 1982, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Services lab in Beltsville, MD had been infecting cats with toxoplasmosis before…
· Carl Samson
South Koreans Aren’t Marrying or Even Dating, Report Says
South Koreans are losing interest in marriage that some have forgone dating altogether, a new report suggests. Only three to four in 10 South Koreans between the ages of 20 and 44 are dating, with the employed being more likely to do so than the unemployed.
· Carl Samson
Meet China’s ‘Queen of Wolves’ Who Raised a Pack of 36 Wolves
A 20-year-old woman in northern China is being hailed as the nation’s “Queen of Wolves.” The woman, identified as Zhou Xinyue, has been raising a whopping pack of 36 wolves at an eco-farm in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.
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