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The Daniels Clarify Involvement With Star Wars Disney+ Show

I love my goofy dads.Image: Mike Coppola / Staff (Getty Images)Taking to social media to assuage concerns and quash rumors, Oscar winner Daniel Kwan (one part of the Daniels, alongside Daniel Scheiner) posted on an Instagram story that the Daniels were only directing one episode of upcoming Star Wars Disney+ series Skeleton Crew... and that it had, in fact, already happened.Star Wars, notorious for keeping a lot of details under wraps until the very last second, had obviously kept the list of directors away from the

‘They’re All Sick and It’s Fake News’

In yet another late-night video, former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social claiming that there is a “witch hunt” against him, even as he claims he will be arrested on Tuesday. No arrest has been made, nor has it been confirmed by authorities, and Trump’s lawyer says the former president isn’t afraid of the charges against him, saying instead “He’s sad what’s going on,” CNBC reported.Trump is currently being investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for his alleged reimbursement of legal expenses…

Everything Everywhere Directors on New Star Wars Disney+ Show

A wildly cool rumor running rampant around the Star Wars community might actually be true. It says that Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Oscar-winning directors of the Best Picture-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed an episode of the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.The news first broke on the site One Take News and though Lucasfilm would not comment, our reporting suggests the news is accurate. Apparently, before the Daniels won that prestigiousBest Director Oscar (and

Oscars 2023–Everything Everywhere All at Once Wins Best Picture

Image: A24A24's Everything Everywhere All at Once has had no shortage of acclaim since its release last year, and now it’s won Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards.Revealed late on Sunday night, the sci-fi comedy film from the Daniels (a.k.a. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) took home the Academy’s top spot, along with Best Actor and Actress in a Supporting Role for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay. The two directors and stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie

Michelle Yeoh Wins Best Actress

Image: A24Michelle 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) both hid their ancestry and never openly identified as Asian—to win the award in the near-century of Oscars events.It’s the apex of an awards season that has seen Yeoh and her Everything

Trump’s Stormy Daniels mess began that wild weekend in Lake Tahoe

With news that Manhattan prosecutors may be ready to indict Donald Trump for his role in a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, it’s easy to wonder whether the former president would even be in this mess if he had stayed away from a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in July 2006. By a number of accounts, including from Daniels, Trump “went wild” over four days at the annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, according to a detailed account of that weekend by GQ. Though newly married to Melania…

The io9 History of Oscar Fave Everything Everywhere All at Once

Image: A24The Golden Globes awarded stars Ke Huy Quan Best Supporting Actor, while Best Actress went to Michelle Yeoh.Letterboxd announced that Everything Everywhere All at Once was the highest rated film in 2022.Ke Huy Quan reveals that the agent who brokered his contract for Everything Everywhere was a Goonies castmate, Jeff Cohen.The Oscars announce that Everything Everywhere All at Once has been nominated for (deep breath) Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan),

Everything Everywhere All at Once’s Stephanie Hsu on Going Big

Image: A24Stephanie Hsu spoke to Jimmy Fallon about her role as Jobu Tupaki in the breakout A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once, directed by the Daniels (Swiss Army Man). She reveals that she had to get over some nerves when it came down to embodying Jobu—someone who’s so over the top and wild, a foil to the grounded and practical Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), that it’s no surprise that Hsu might have felt a little self-conscious.Stephanie Hsu on Oscars, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Commuting to Australia

The Daniels Turn Jennifer Coolidge Into a Power Rangers Villain

Image: HBO/ToeiThe Daniels might be tearing up awards season right now as the incredible Everything Everywhere All at Once racks up accolades, but their latest work is just as eclectic and delightful: taking queer icon Jennifer Coolidge and transforming her into a high camp Power Rangers villainess to die for.Photographed by Lenne Chai for the cover story of the latest W Magazine,the Daniels’ (directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) directorial ethos places Coolidge into the action-packed, quarry-set carnage of

Everything Everywhere’s The Daniels Win Best Director at DGAs

Everything Everywhere All at Once’s recognition during awards season has been nothing short of big. Between its GLAAD nomination, and pair of twins during the Golden Globes, the film seems poised to have some kind of triumph when the Oscars roll around, particularly since it 11 nominations,Last night, the Directors Guild of America held its own awards ceremony, and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka the Daniels) won the award for Best Director. It was definitely a surprise to the both of them, which…