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☆ 'Shogun' actress Anna Sawai wins Golden Globe 44 years after Yoko Shimada won for same role
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-06 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

For the critically acclaimed FX series “Shogun,” Sunday night’s Golden Globe win marked somewhat of a full-circle moment. Anna Sawai took home the best actress in a television drama award for her portrayal of the mysterious, high society Lady Mariko. More than 40 years ago, the late Yoko Shimada won the very same category for the same role in the 1980 iteration of “Shogun,” becoming the first Asian actress to win a Golden Globe. In September, she became the first Asian actress to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama series. The series itself won best television series drama.

Persons: Anna Sawai, Mariko, Yoko Shimada, ”, James Clavell, FX’s, Japan that’s, Sawai's Mariko, Yoshii Toranaga, John Blackthorne, Shimada’s Mariko, Blackthorne, Shimada, Sandra Oh, Cristina Yang, Oh, Sawai, ” Sawai, “, stoicism, Hiroyuki Sanada, Toranaga, Tadanobu Asano, Kashigi Yabushige Organizations: Globe, Globes Locations: Japan, Korean Canadian

☆ ‘Past Lives’: Celine Song and the cast on love, loss and ‘inyeon’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Tom Page | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Past Lives,” by Korean Canadian writer and director Celine Song, is broadly autobiographical. Before “Past Lives,” Song wrote the stage play “Endlings,” which debuted in 2019 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with its subsequent New York run cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. Celine Song directs Greta Lee on location during the production of "Past Lives." “Past Lives” eschews such visual literalism, using its romantic totems Hae Sung and Arthur instead. Courtesy A24In “Past Lives,” the notion of “inyeon” permeates the narrative.

Persons: Greta Lee isn’t, John Magaro, Teo Yoo, “ John, ” Lee deadpanned, Magaro, Lee, ”, –, Celine Song, Nora, Arthur, Hae Sung, ” Song, “, Greta Lee, Jon Pack, “ That’s, “ I’m, Hae, ” Lee, Netflix’s, Oscar, Evelyn, Michelle Yeoh, Arthur poignantly, ” Hae Sung, Arthur wryly, White, ” –, it’s Organizations: CNN, “, American, Theater, Apple, Sundance, US Locations: United States, American, Canadian, Korea, Canada, New York City, New York, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Seoul, Greta, Los Angeles, Korean, South Korea, China, Berlin

The book, "A Very Asian Guide to Korean Food," comes out Friday and aims to introduce commonly eaten Korean and Korean-fusion dishes to kids using colorful illustrations and brief trivia, such as their origins and how they’re prepared. I don’t think it was appropriate that she said that. “When the voicemail went viral, I was like, first of all, Korean food is not offensive, you know?” Li told NBC News. “I don’t want [my son] to be embarrassed about Korean food,” she said. “I don’t think anyone should be embarrassed about food because food is who we are.

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