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Watch Adam Savage Geek Out Over Tippett Studio’s Poker Face Stop-Motion Marvel
In this latest video from Adam Savage’s Tested, the special-effects designer, former MythBusters host, and noted nerd-culture aficionado visits legendary animator Phil Tippett’s Tippett Studio in Berkeley, CA, where he talks with stop-motion master Tom “Gibby” Gibbons about a standout puppet from a standout episode of Rian Johnson’s Peacock series Poker Face.
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Michelle Yeoh Gets a Historic Oscars Win for Best Actress and Everything Everywhere All at Once Wins Best Picture
Michelle Yeoh has continued her incredible awards season streak by making waves at the 95th Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for her performance as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Yeoh is the first woman to identify as Asian — previous Oscar winners Merle Oberon (in 1936) and Vivien Leigh (1939 and 1951)…
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Stephanie Hsu Put Everything Into Her Everything Everywhere Audition
Stephanie Hsu rocked my world earlier this year when she exploded (literally) onto screens as the intra-dimensional being of ultimate power, Jobu Tupaki. As Everything Everywhere All at Once became a critical darling and is now starting to attract Oscar attention, A24 has released Hsu’s audition for Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki, and fellas, it really is…
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Drunk on All Your Strange New Words Is a Prescient, Culturally Focused Whodunnit
Eddie Robson was inspired to write Drunk on All Your Strange New Words the night that Bong Joon Ho accepted his Oscars for Parasite. As he watched the director on stage, he observed Sharon Choi, Ho’s translator, as she worked. In a world that is constantly pushing towards automation, even automatic translation, what would the…