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6 stories on hollywood across film, TV, music, fashion, food, and diaspora culture.
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HBO and Firefly Casting opened a global call for the Crazy Rich Asians series through November 30. Free Actors Access self-tapes; Posy and William are the two roles on the notice.
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Home Shopper expands Dev Patel's 2018 Sundance short into a Tilman Singer feature with Kate Mara, Ashton Kutcher, Leslie Mann, and Billy Eichner. Patel stays on as executive producer.
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Asia already takes the largest regional slice of global box office and posted double-digit music growth in 2025. Hollywood still mints event movies. It is also selling fewer seats, thinner slates, and a merger stuck in court.
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UCLA's 2026 Hollywood Diversity Report found BIPOC leads in streaming films fell from 51% in 2024 to 36% in 2025. Asian actors remained underrepresented as leads even as Asian-led titles kept drawing audiences.
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Bing Chen’s Gold House is launching Gold House Studios, moving from Gold Open campaigns and consulting into producing film, TV, and digital itself, with Karen Fukuhara’s Akiya leading the first slate.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, is India’s highest-grossing Hollywood film after about $52.8M in 11 days, passing Avatar: The Way of Water in a market local cinema still dominates.
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