After David Choe’s “fabricated” rape story of a “half-Black” 14-year-old, Beef creator Lee Sung Jin and stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong claim he “put in the work.” Source: Charley Gallay / Getty It only took one week, dozens of articles, and millions of disgusted social media posts for the team behind Beef to acknowledge…
The stars and creator of Netflix hit series Beef have released a statement in response to controversy surrounding comments made by cast member David Choe. Following the release of the black comedy series to extremely positive feedback, a 2014 clip from Choe’s now-defunct podcast surfaced in which he talked about sexually assaulting a massage therapist. He later…
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Steven Yeun, Ali Wong and Lee Sung Jin have responded to David Choe’s resurfaced podcast (Picture: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images) Beef stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, and creator Lee Sung Jin have responded to the resurfacing of actor David Choe’s podcast, where he joked about being a ‘successful rapist’. Viewers of the Netflix ten-parter were left…
Ali Wong, Steven Yeun Respond To David Choe Controversy Last week, a 2014 video of David Choe seemingly talking about raping a woman resurfaced. On the DVDASA podcast he cohosted with Asa Akira, he told an extremely graphic story about masturbating while getting a massage and forcing the massage therapist to perform oral sex on…
Ali Wong and Steven Yeun’s standout performance in Netflix’s “Beef” has many wondering if there will be a season two. The show, which follows the back-and-forth between a defeated contractor named Danny (Yeun) and a wealthy, overworked mom named Amy (Wong) after a road rage incident, ends with Wong and Yeun’s characters basically destroying each…
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David Choe plays Isaac in Beef which also stars Ali Wong (Picture: Getty Images) Beef actor David Choe has reportedly had a resurfaced interview in which he discusses sexually assaulting a massage therapist scrubbed from Twitter. The video came to light on social media after the graffiti artist’s, 46, role in the critically acclaimed revenge…
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Image Source: Getty / Arturo Holmes It was a gray, freezing April afternoon in New York City, and I managed to reach the subway platform just as the M train sped away, leaving me with a 14-minute wait. It was exactly the kind of experience that might generate a flash of rage in the average…
The sharp increase in Asian representation in movies and TV shows has been the stuff of celebration in recent years, and for good reason. But while “Crazy Rich Asians” may be a caricature of extreme wealth, and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is utterly weird (in all the right ways), Netflix’s “Beef,” starring Ali Wong…
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While millions binge Beef on Netflix, a shocking video of star David Choe detailing his alleged assault of a Black woman went viral. Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty The spotlight from the hit show featuring Choe and his paintings revealed a disturbing past. A clip from his podcast DVDASA sparked outrage and disgust about his involvement…
Olivia Wilde is teaming up with A24 to adapt Jennifer Egan’s novels A Visit From the Goon Squad and The Candy House to television. Olivia Wilde (Booksmart, Perfect) and A24 are teaming up to adapt Jennifer Egan’s best-selling novel A Visit From the Goon Squad and its sequel The Candy House, for television. Wilde is directing the series adaptation…
