Ali

Stand-up comedian and actress Ali Wong became the first woman of Asian lineage to win the award for Best Performance in a Limited Series, Anthology series, or Motion Picture made for Television at the 81st Golden Globe Awards 2024. The actress, who is also a writer, producer, and director was visibly elated on winning her first Golden Globe. She received the trophy for her stellar act as Amy Lau in Netflix’s Beef. Here’s looking at the top six Ali Wong starrer shows and movies that you can watch on OTT to celebrate her…

The ‘Beef’ co-stars are the first actors of Asian descent to take home a Golden Globe in their categories Ali Wong and Steven Yeun made history on Sunday night as the first actors of Asian descent to take home Golden Globes for best female actor and best actor in a limited series, for their performances in Netflix road-rage thriller Beef. In his acceptance speech Yeun cited feelings of “isolation” throughout his life. “The story I usually tell myself, of myself, is one of isolation and…

American actress-comedian Ali Wong was feted with the Best Female Actor -- Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture honour at the currently underway 81st Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hills, California. The actress won the award for her work in the comedy-drama television limited series `Beef` created by Korean director Lee Sung Jin. The series follow two strangers whose involvement in a road rage incident escalates into a prolonged feud. Ali Wong played the role of Amy Lau, a small business…

The world is coming to an end. In a period known as The After, on a coastal area called The Spit, Ava and Anna are waiting for The Wave. Ava, a young woman who sells sex in the woods, is obsessed with Anna: older, wealthier, an influencer and kept wife who has recently lost her daughter Ada to anorexia. Both Anna and Ava are disaffected, distanced from their broken environment and from themselves. Anna makes regular visits to an unspecified location where she asks people to beat her up “just to check I could still…

Ali El Arabi, celebrated for his award-winning documentary feature `Captains of Za’atari`, will be bringing his directorial prowess to the fore in `Blue 52`. Having garnered acclaim at festivals such as Hot Docs and El Gouna, El Arabi is set to weave his magic once again, this time in the realm of fiction. `Blue 52` unfolds against the stunning backdrops of Kochi, India, and Qatar. Neha Dhupia, known for her versatile acting skills in the Indian film industry, steps into a new dimension with her lead role in `Blue…

How hard can it be to make a Blade movie? Score a director with some horror and action experience, invest in long leather coats, put a bunch of stuntpeople in vampire costumes, stick on some pumping music, and *bam* box office gold. But, sadly, it seems even the relatively well-oiled production pipeline that is Marvel Studios can’t make this simple proposition work. In 2019 Mahershala Ali was unveiled as the MCU’s Daywalker to great fanfare but (save for a tiny voiceover cameo in an Eternals credits scene) that’s it.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThey made millions weep when they starred together in Love Story.Ryan O’Neal played chisel-jawed Ivy League jock Oliver in the 1970s weepy – and jerked tears from millions of viewers as he watched his new bride Jenny, played by Ali MacGraw, lie dying on her sickbed before the movie’s famous string score soared over a finale that saw him sitting alone in the snow.Now McGraw, 84, has…

Kid Cudi is working on a wild new monster movie. Mahershala Ali offers a tiny update on Marvel’s Blade movie. Plus, there’s good news for Foundation and Fionna and Cake, with confirmations of new seasons on the way. Spoilers, now!Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedSlimeDeadline reports Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi will star in and produce Slime, “a classic monster movie decked out in fashion-forward video game skins that are wickedly satirical, scary as hell and trippy AF” directed by animator Jeron…

It’s a telling little detail. Advertising executive Amanda (Julia Roberts) is rather more disconcerted by the fact that a Black father and daughter, GH (Mahershala Ali) and Ruth (Myha’la Herrold), knock at the door of her luxurious Long Island holiday rental at midnight than she is by the fact that a cargo ship crashed into the local beach, narrowly missing her family, earlier that day.Adapted by writer-director Sam Esmail (Mr Robot) from the acclaimed novel by Rumaan Alam, this apocalyptic psychological thriller is…

A modest yet charming endeavour, Sophia Castuera’s feature-directing debut captures the directionlessness of post-grad life. Fresh out of an acting class, Cal (Ali Edwards) drifts between auditions and house parties, until her path crosses with childhood soulmate Jacob (Clay Singer). Sparks predictably fly between the floundering performer and the long-haired musician – yet Cal unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Jacob’s photographer girlfriend Emily (Lilli Kay). With the unpredictability of desire and attraction, Cal’s…