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Senior Editor, Diversity & Inclusion
Rebecca Sun is Senior Editor of Diversity and Inclusion at The Hollywood Reporter, where she oversees equity and representation. She is an alumna of the Gold House A100 list of the most impactful APIs in culture, and her reporting has won both National Arts & Entertainment Journalism and Southern California Journalism awards from the Los Angeles Press Club as well as a GLAAD Media Award nomination. Sun began her career at Sports Illustrated. A native of the Bay Area, she earned a master’s degree in journalism from NYU and a bachelor’s degree in biology and English from Duke University.
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‘Twisters’ Director Lee Isaac Chung Wants Nature to Put Us in Our Place
One prevailing word comes to mind when beholding the eponymous forces of nature in Twisters: fear. The term, in the biblical sense, connotes an awe and respect of a greater, not entirely knowable power that puts humanity in its proper place. That’s the impression that helmer Lee Isaac Chung (the Oscar-nominated writer-director of 2020’s Minari) […]
- Movie Features
- Jun 24, 2024 8:00 am
‘Expats’ Creator Lulu Wang on Giving Background Players Main Character Energy
When Lulu Wang read Janice Y.K. Lee’s best-selling novel The Expatriates, she immediately knew she wanted to explore the periphery of the titular characters’ “bubble” in her limited series adaptation for Prime Video: “We had to step outside and see them through other lenses in order to understand the context.” With the blessing of Lee […]
- TV Features
- Jun 17, 2024 1:30 pm
‘Shogun’ Leads Gold List for Asian Pacific Television Honorees
After four years of highlighting Asian Pacific films for awards consideration, the Gold List is expanding to television projects for the first time. Shōgun leads the list, voted upon by members of the Gold House community. The feudal Japan-set show, whose breakout success prompted FX to order more seasons, propelling it from limited to drama […]
- TV News
- Jun 13, 2024 6:00 am
Why Learning to Be Left-Handed Created Tension for ‘Expats’ Star
What happens when you give Ji-young Yoo too much time to prepare for a role in the middleof a pandemic? “I did ridiculous [stuff] like learning to do things with my left hand,” says Yoo, who in her television debut stars opposite Nicole Kidman in the Prime Video limited series Expats. Her character, Mercy — an […]
- TV Features
- Jun 11, 2024 12:15 pm
Michelle Obama, Regina King Among Speakers at 2024 CAA Amplify
Michelle Obama will attend the 2024 CAA Amplify Summit, the agency’s annual convening of thought leaders of color across entertainment, media, sports, branding, technology, nonprofits and other sectors. Regina King, Dwyane Wade, Ricky Martin, Jon Batiste, Padma Lakshmi, Ego Nwodim, Cord Jefferson, Ashley Park, Misty Copeland, Roy Wood Jr., Lee Sung Jin, Demián Bichir, Colin […]
- General News
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