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Patti Yasutake, Actress on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and ‘Beef,’ Dies at 70

Patti Yasutake, who portrayed Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation and a pair of franchise movies and Fumi Nakai, the widowed mother of Joseph Lee’s sculptor, on Beef, has died. She was 70. Yasutake died Monday at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center after a long battle with a rare form of T-cell […]

‘Beef’ Creator on Forming “Korean Avengers” for RM Music Video and Watching BTS Member Bounce Back After Accident on Set

Beef creator Lee Sung Jin says he’s enjoying the opportunities his Emmy-winning Netflix series has brought him — including his latest project: directing a music video for BTS superstar RM. Lee collaborated with RM on “Come Back to Me,” a beautifully shot six-minute music video that feels like a short film. The song, which begins […]

‘Beef’ Team, Cynthia Erivo Among Honorees at Third Annual Gold Gala

Gold House, the nonprofit organization that connects and celebrates Asian Pacific creatives, companies and communities, will hold its third annual Gold Gala on May 11, toasting a star-studded group of honorees. Cynthia Erivo, Padma Lakshmi, Lucy Liu, Saweetie, The Sympathizer star Hoa Xuande and the creator and cast of Beef will all be recognized at […]

Ali Wong Gives a “Special Shout-out” to ‘Beef’ Catering While Accepting First-Ever Independent Spirit Award

Ali Wong won the award for best performance in a new scripted series at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards for her role in Netflix’s Beef, which also won the prize for best new scripted series. While accepting her first-ever Spirit Award, Wong thanked her co-star Steven Yeun, who was also nominated in the gender-neutral […]

BBC Orders ‘The Ministry of Time’ From A24, Dramas With Aimee Lou Wood, Rebecca Hall, Joseph Fiennes

The romantic comedy-drama Film Club, co-written by and starring Sex Education star and The White Lotus season 3 cast member Aimee Lou Wood, an A24 TV adaptation of the novel The Ministry of Time, Rebecca Hall (The Town, Vicky Christina Barcelona) as the star of The Listeners, an adaptation based on the novel by Jordan […]

‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin on Writing a Possible Season 2: “I Need to Look Into the Abyss and See What’s Staring Back”

Anyone hungry for more Beef? After a packed nine days in which the Netflix dark comedy swept at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, the show was officially crowned best limited series at the 2023 Emmys on Monday night, with seven additional trophies between the Primetime and Creative Arts ceremonies, including best actor for […]

‘Oppenheimer’ Leads Feature Noms of MPSE Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the theatrical feature competition of the 71st Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards, with a trio of nominations in the categories for effects/foley, dialogue/ADR and music. Close behind with two apiece are Barbie (dialogue/ADR and music), Maestro (dialogue/ADR and music), Napoleon (effects/Foley and dialogue/ADR) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (animation […]

Emmys Analysis: How, in the Era of Peak TV, Did Just Three Shows Manage to Sweep Their Respective Genres at the Awards?

What makes the results of Monday night’s 75th Emmys particularly interesting to me is that they come at the end of a season unlike any other, in which virtually all traditional Emmy campaign tactics — as in, famous people shaking hands, kissing babies, doing interviews, appearing on FYC panels, etc. — were removed from the equation. […]

Critic’s Notebook: Emmys Telecast Overcomes Predictability With Polish, Proficiency and Emotion

Anthony Anderson sang, played the piano, bantered with his mother and wore a rubber suit for a smartly planned and well-produced night of awards honoring 'Successon,' 'Beef' and 'The Bear.'

Emmy Awards: ‘The Bear,’ ‘Beef’ and ‘Succession’ Among Top Winners

The 2023 Emmy Awards finally arrived after months of delay, and TV’s biggest night finally celebrated the seasons that aired from June 2022 to May 2023 — with FX/Hulu’s The Bear, Netflix’s Beef and HBO’s Succession leading the winners. Each of those shows won the top series prize in their respective categories: The Bear for […]

‘Beef’ Creator Humbled By “Life-Affirming” Response in Limited Series Emmy Win

Beef took home the trophy for best limited series at the 2023 Emmy Awards. The win came on top of five other accolades for the show the same evening, including acting awards for both stars. “A lot of the suicidal ideation in this show was based on stuff that I and some of the folks […]

Steven Yeun Credits ‘Beef’ for Teaching Him That “Judgment and Shame Is a Lonely Place” While Accepting Limited Series Actor Emmy

Steven Yeun thanked the Beef team for teaching him to never bail on his characters while accepting the award for best lead actor in a limited series at the 2023 Emmy Awards on Monday night. “Thank you for this immense honor and a blessing,” Yeun told the crowd. “I have a lot of people to […]