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From the upcoming comedy Easter Sunday to various TV series including Pachinko, Fargo, Grey’s Anatomy, and Billions, these productions share something in common – some of their creatives are alumni of the New Writers Fellowship of CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) of which the HFPA is one of the major supporters. “Together we have launched so many careers and I hope you all are as proud as I am,” said Michelle Sugihara, CAPE’s executive director.

Nineteen years, that’s how long it took to do a remake of the Belgian movie De Zaak Alzheimer. In Memory, directed by Martin Campbell, we get to see Liam Neeson as an assassin-for-hire who becomes the target himself after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

A steady, years-long, and fairly targeted campaign aimed at maligning the work of a free press, both within the United States and internationally, has yielded consequences. We have seen a significant deterioration of factually held societal common ground and, indeed, the very notion of representative democracy has been imperiled.

It’s been 40 years since Kathleen Turner rose to fame in her breakthrough role in Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut, Body Heat. That film also garnered Turner her first of five Golden Globe nominations: Best New Star.

If not for Doctor Strange 2, the Italian box office would have marked one of the worst weeks since the beginning of the year. But Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster worked like a magnet, attracting over a million fans and bringing some oxygen to the asphyctic market.

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Travis Kalanick, former co-founder and CEO of the ride-sharing service. Created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien and based on the 2019 book of the same name by Mike Isaac, Super Pumped aims to tackle the rise and fall of corporate empires.

“By collaborating with other diverse groups, we can provide leading industry stakeholders with collective guidance on how best to use their enormous cultural influence to advance equity and inclusion for people of all backgrounds,” said Jeremy Tran, executive director of Gold House, the leading nonprofit collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) leaders, on why it joined the HFPA, NAACP, and others in the Reimagine Coalition. In October last year, the HFPA and NAACP announced a five-year partnership that included the unique dimension of the Reimagine Coalition.

PaleyFest LA, which showcases buzzworthy TV shows, aptly concluded this year with one of the most popular, Emily in Paris. After screening an exclusive clip from the show, the creator and cast members participated in an interactive Q & A panel with the festival attendees, which was moderated by People magazine’s Janine Rubenstein at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

As predicted, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness caused a box office frenzy and set several precedents: the best bow of a Disney film in the pandemic era; and the biggest opening figures so far this year. The Marvel Cinematic Universe epic, respected filmmaker Sam Raimi’s first movie after almost ten years, made $185 million, which was on the high end of expectations.

Magic beat magic at last weekend’s box office when another Marvel hero took the lead over the beasts in Germany. And opera fans proved once again that they love a classic Puccini.