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Blood Free on Disney+ and Hulu follows a sci-fi plot with twists as bodyguard and CEO uncover a deeper conspiracy together. Ju Ji-hoon dives into his character's motivations in the series, shedding light on the personal and professional struggles in Blood Free. The show prompts viewers to ponder ethical dilemmas in society, echoing real-world debates on technology and its impact on humanity.

Disney+ and Hulu continue their foray into Korean dramas with Blood Free, which is set to end its 10-episode run on May 8. Starring Ju Ji-hoon (who first burst on the scene with 2006's hit show Goong) and Han Hyo-joo (who made waves in the Disney+ original Moving), the science fiction show follows a company that has mastered the art of cultured meat. When co-founder and CEO Yoon Ja-yu (Han) finds herself targeted by a mysterious hacker who puts her life and company at risk, she hires Woo Chae-woon (Ju) as her bodyguard.

Before Korean dramas exploded globally and started appealing more to Western audiences, the beginnings of K-dramas were the absolute best. Nothing can compare to the nostalgic feeling of the early 2000s. Between the light-hearted OSTs, wacky, brightly colored clothing, and the body-switching storylines, there was always something to make you belly laugh and feel good. And for most Og fans, many got their start into Korean TV and culture from shows such as Boys Over Flowers, Secret Garden, Winter Sonata, Full House, or the beloved Goong otherwise known as Princess Hours.

Superstars from both sides of the Atlantic joined forces on Saturday evening in London to put on a Platinum Party at the Palace, as part of the celebrations to celebrate the British monarch’s 70th anniversary on the throne.

Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alicia Keys joined British household names like Queen, Duran Duran, Sir Rod Stewart and Sir Elton John for the concert held in front of Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s official London home.

20 years ago, Queen guitarist Brian May marked the Golden Jubilee by playing the National Anthem on his guitar from the roof of Buckingham Palace.

See the full lineup below

This time around, Queen with Adam Lambert kicked off proceedings with ‘We Will Rock You’ before a catalogue of stars performed on an evening that provided something for everyone.

Highlights of the concert included Alicia Keys performing her massive hits ‘Empire State of...

There was a time, not so long ago, when Roman Polanski was the toast of the film industry in France, where the director has been living since 1978, when he fled the United States before sentencing after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Despite the scandal and ongoing legal issues, the veteran auteur has flourished as a filmmaker in his adopted country, celebrated as a lifelong member of France’s illustrious Academie des Beaux Arts (Academy of Fine Arts) and showered with a half-dozen César Awards, the latest three of which, including best director, are for his 2019 drama “An Officer and a Spy.”

But things are changing. The director’s latest César win, combined with more recent allegations of sexual misconduct, sparked outrage from French feminist groups and led to the 21-member board of the organization that oversees the Césars to resign en masse. Polanski has denied the more recent misconduct allegations.

In Gold Derby’s recent poll that asked viewers to weigh in on whether AleXa deserved to win “American Song Contest,” a plurality of respondents said yes. The singer/dancer/songwriter, who was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma but now lives in Seoul, South Korea, wowed audiences with her K-pop single “Wonderland.” She came in with 34 of the poll results, followed by Washington’s Allen Stone and his song “A Bit of Both” in second place at 28. While AleXa dominated the all-important audience vote, it was Stone who secured the most points from the national jury.

Here are the complete poll results for who viewers say deserved to win “American Song Contest” 2022:

34 — Oklahoma’s AleXa (“Wonderland”)

28 — Washington’s Allen Stone (“A Bit of Both”)

10 — Colorado’s Riker Lynch (“Feel The Love”)

8 — Kentucky’s Jordan Smith (“Sparrow”)

7 — American Samoa’s Tenelle (“Full Circle”)

4 — Tennessee’s Tyler Braden (“Seventeen”)

4 — Connecticut...

The debut season of “American Song Contest” on NBC ended with Oklahoma’s AleXa claiming victory thanks to her psychedelic K-pop tune “Wonderland.” (Read our minute-by-minute recap of the Grand Final.) AleXa is a singer, dancer and songwriter who grew up in Tulsa but now lives in Seoul, South Korea. The day after the finale aired, Gold Derby sat down with the viral sensation to talk about her big win and what she thought of hosts Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“Overwhelmed would be the correct word,” AleXa says when asked to describe what she felt the moment she won. “It was such a moment of just pure happiness and luck and gratitude, because in that moment I had my mother on my left, my father on my right, my company CEO that flew in all the way from Korea, as well as the rest of our staff.

Picture it, Miami. 1992.

The Golden Palace, a 90s spin-off series of The Golden Girls, will stream exclusively via Hulu starting Jan. 10. The streamer is releasing Palace in celebration of franchise star Betty White’s 100th birthday just 7 days later.

Though it only ran for one season, The Golden Palace is a treasured follow-up of the original series that has mostly been unavailable to stream. It’s set after the events of the Golden Girls series finale that saw Bea Arthur’s departure as Dorothy Zbornak after marrying Blanche’s (Rue McClanahan) uncle Lucas (Leslie Nielson).

The new series reunited White’s Rose Nylund with Dorothy’s mother Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), and Blanche as they’re amid mayhem while moving out of the Miami residence they shared for the titular Art Deco hotel in South Beach they invested in and would manage. Series costars include Don Cheadle, who played hotel manager Roland Wilson,...

“I Am Boba Fett.” Boba is Back!

Fans of the legendary bounty hunter have only a month to wait. On December 29th, Disney Plus begins airing Star Wars The Book Of Boba Fett.

With his customized Mandalorian armor, deadly weaponry, and silent demeanor, Boba Fett was one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy. A genetic clone of his “father,” bounty hunter Jango Fett, Boba learned combat and martial skills from a young age. Over the course of his career, which included contracts for the Empire and the criminal underworld, he became a legend.

“The Book of Boba Fett,” a thrilling Star Wars adventure teased in a surprise end-credit sequence following the Season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian,” finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once...

Netflix is launching its first-ever “Stranger Things” pop-up stores on Nov. 6.

The pop-up shops, located in New York City’s Times Square and The Americana at Brand in L.A., will immerse fans in the “Stranger Things” universe, offering exclusive merchandise for sale, as well as photo moments.

The merchandise includes an Elegorgon, which is a vinyl piece by Ecuadorian artist Chogrin that showcases what an Eggo waffle eating tween would look like if mashed up with a demogorgon; General Mills “Stranger Things” cereal that comes packed in original 1980s-style boxes but set in the world of the show; collectible Bandai action figures, including 16-inch demogorgons with interchangeable heads; customizable apparel stations and more.

Meanwhile, the photo moments include — for a limited time — getting up close to a hidden demogorgon in the Upside Down, popping into Hawkins Middle’s Snowball Dance, the Starcourt Mall, the Russian Lab and Joyce’s House.

A new documentary on Netflix deconstructs the National Basketball Association’s most disastrous night: the 2004 brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons, which ensnared fans and led to arrests and several player suspensions.

Untold: Malice at the Palace, the first episode in the Untold anthology series, interviews several players and staff from both teams involved in the Nov. 19 incident, which took place at the Palace of Auburn Hills during the waning moments of the intense game. The punishments doled as a result of the brawl were the most strict in the history of the NBA, including Ron Artest being suspended ...

A new documentary on Netflix deconstructs the National Basketball Association’s most disastrous night: the 2004 brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons, which ensnared fans and led to arrests and several player suspensions.

Untold: Malice at the Palace, the first episode in the Untold anthology series, interviews several players and staff from both teams involved in the Nov. 19 incident, which took place at the Palace of Auburn Hills during the waning moments of the intense game. The punishments doled as a result of the brawl were the most strict in the history of the NBA, including Ron Artest being suspended ...

The programme for the 2021 Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pablo Larraín, Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, and more.Parallel MothersCOMPETITIONParallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar)Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Ana Lily Amirpour)Un Autre Monde (Stephane Brize)The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)America LatinaL’Evenement (Audrey Diwan)Official CompetitionThe Hole (Michelangelo Frammartino)Sundown (Michel Franco)Lost Illusions (Xavier Giannoli)The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)Spencer (Pablo Larrain)Freaks Out (Gabriele Mainetti)Qui Rido Io (Mario Martone)On The Job: The Missing 8 (Erik Matti)Leave No Traces (Jan P. Matuszyński)Captain Volkonogov EscapedThe Card Counter (Paul Schrader)The Hand of God (Paolo Sorrentino)Reflection (Valentyn Vasyanovych)The Box (Lorenzo Vigas)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesDune (Denis Villeneuve)Il Bambino Nascosto (Roberto Andò)Les Choses Humaines (Yvan Attal)Ariaferma (Leonardo Di Costanzo)Halloween Kills (David Gordon Green...

Italy’s Rai Cinema is backing a drama by the director wanted in the United States for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl

Roman Polanski has announced his first film to be put into production since the director was expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) in 2018.

According to Variety, Polanski has secured backing from Italian media giant Rai Cinema for The Palace, a drama Polanski has co-written with fellow Polish film-maker Jerzy Skolimowski. Rai Cinema’s CEO Paolo Del Brocco said that The Palace is set on New Year’s Eve in 1999, and is about “a big hotel immersed in the Swiss Alps where the lives of the guests and those who work for them intersect”.

Jessica Beshir’s mesmeric Sundance hit “Faya Dayi” won big at Visions du Réel on Saturday, scooping both its top Grand Jury Prize as well as a Fipresci International Critics Award.

The prize – and Beshir’s surprised but ecstatic acceptance via Zoom from New York – brought to a climax a festival which, as director Emile Bujes pointed out at the closing ceremony, was one of the first to go completely online in 2020. This year, she noted, it became one of the first to open up an on-site component after third-wave Covid-19 launching second-half-of-the festival cinema screenings and welcoming 200 industry members. The initiative came after the Swiss government announced, one day before the festival began, that theaters could re-open in Switzerland.

Tomasz Wolski’s “1970” and Ahmet Necdet Cupur’s “Les Enfants terribles” shared the prestige Swiss doc fest’s Special Jury Prize, an effective runner’s up plaudit.

The prize split...

Doom Patrol in Season 3 will introduce both its version of the Brotherhood of Dada as well as the Dead Boy Detective Agency, cutting deep as it does with the more arcane comic book fodder.

The Sisterhood of Dada, as it will be known on the HBO Max original, is comprised of Malcolm (played by onetime Flash guest star Micah Joe Parker), a quiet, sensitive and thoughtful soul who would often rather be invisible than face this unforgiving world; Shelley Byron aka The Fog (Agent Carter‘s scene-stealing Wynn Everett), a charming, seductive and poetic alleged terrorist; Lloyd Jefferson aka Frenzy...

Broadway stars on a mission to raise funds and awareness for pulmonary fibrosis (Pf) will take the stage virtually for the first time in the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s (Pff) 11th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Et.

Broadway stars on a mission to raise awareness for pulmonary fibrosis

The free event will be live-streamed on the Pff’s YouTube and Facebook channels.

Award-winning Broadway actress and comedienne Julie Halston, will host the evening on her popular YouTube series, Virtual Halston along with co-host, Jim Caruso (Jim Caruso’s Cast Party). The evening will feature some of Broadway’s biggest stars as they raise their voices to help those living with the disease. Halston, who lost her husband Ralph Howard to Pf, describes Broadway Belts for Pff! as near and dear to her heart.

“We are bringing the glitz and glamour of Broadway directly to...

The queens traded their wigs for hard hats on this week’s Drag Race All Stars as they worked in teams to design and sell Ru-tique hotel suites — one made of gold, one inspired by The Golden Girls, and one… with a built-in golden shower.

But first, drama! While discussing Ongina’s recent elimination, which was basically a self-elimination, Miz Cracker was given a chance to explain why she messed with Ongina’s head in the first place — and her answer was not well-received.

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Sue Bruce-Smith, Film4’s Deputy Director and a much-loved figure in the UK biz, has died at the age of 62 following a battle with cancer.

She was diagnosed two years ago and had been receiving treatment at home in Dublin with the support of her family – she passed away on Saturday morning.

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Bruce-Smith started her career in 1985 at UK distributor and producer Palace Pictures, a key incubator for the local industry, working on titles including Absolute Beginners, The Company Of Wolves and Scandal. In 1989 she moved to the BFI where she stayed for four years before joining BBC Films.

Italian sales company True Colours has scored multiple sales at the Efm on several titles including Christmas comedy “Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem,” which was Italy’s top-grossing domestic title in 2019.

“Bethlehem,” which scored roughly $17 million domestically, toplines comic duo Ficarra and Picone as a thief and a priest who time-travel to Palestine in the year of Jesus’ birth. It has sold to Hungarian distributor Rtl, to Russian company Pilotkino and to Palace Film for Australia and New Zealand.

Palace Film also picked up director Guido Chiesa’s comedy “Say It Loud,” about a severely stressed 40-year-old named Giulia, who gets a life coach and starts venting her anger incessantly. Pic will be released in Italy by Medusa in March.

True Colours also sold rom-com “A Bookshop in Paris,” directed by Sergio Castellitto — who also stars alongside Berenice Bejo — to Stars Media for former Yugoslavia territories and to Andrews Film for Taiwan.

Macau’s architectural heritage is showcased in a new photographic exhibition, Experience Macao Cinematic Style. It is timed to coincide with the opening today of the 3rd edition of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao.

Organized by the Macao Government Tourism Office, the exhibition includes pictures taken by a 15-strong mix of professional photographers and key opinion leaders from neighboring Hong Kong. It includes a mix of stills photos, 360-degree images and drone photography.

Among the award-winning photographers are Kelvin Yuen, the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest award-winner; Andy Yeung who came in second at the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year, and Wilson Lee, one of the category winners at the Sony World Photography Awards 2015.

The exhibition will do its bit to stir film-tourism. It includes shots from the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha, seen in the Korean TV series “Princess Hours” (2006); the Guia Fortress, seen in...