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Louis Vuitton is teaming up with 'Squid Game' director Hwang Dong-hyuk for its runway show in Seoul. For fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquière's first pre-fall event for the brand will take place in the South Korea capital after sunset on the Jamsugyo Bridge over the Hangang River with Hwang serving as creative adviser on the scenography. As reported by WWD, it's the first time the double decker bridge will host a fashion show. It also marks the beginning of initiatives between Vuitton on both local and national governments with the goal of promoting Korea and the waterway. The brand's new chair...
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Award-winning actor O Yeong-su has been charged with sexual misconduct. The 78-year-old, best known for his role as Oh Il-nam in Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’, was indicted on Thursday (24.11.22) by South Korean prosecutors after a woman claimed he touched her inappropriately in mid-2017. Yeong-su’s alleged victim filed a complaint to police in December 2021, but they closed the case in April without filing charges against the actor, according to the Yonhap news agency. But prosecutors in Suwon reportedly reopened the case and investigated the allegations, which Yeong-su has consistently denied. The ...
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New information about the hit drama series Squid Game has been released by Netflix, along with a message from the creator, writer, director and executive producer Hwang Dong-Hyuk. The teaser sent by Netflix on Twitter is a video of an animation of the gigantic animatronic doll that was featured in the pilot of the show. The post had the caption; “Red light…GREENLIGHT! Squid Game is officially coming back for Season 2.” The statement written by Dong-Hyuk reveals small hints on what the show is going to incorporate in the upcoming season, including the return of the protagonist Seong Gi-hun, pla...
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The most streamed Netflix series ever, Squid Game, is coming back for a second season soon. Squid Game has become a global phenomenon since it hit the streamer in September of last year. The show has been making the rounds this awards season, racking up nominations across the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and even taking home a Golden Globe for actor O Yeong-su, who played the elderly 001. In a recent interview about Netflix’s financial state, CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed the continuation of the show. “The Squid Game universe has just begun,” said Sarandos. J...
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‘Squid Game’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has teased that Season 2 will have a dark twist. The writer-and-director of the massive Netflix hit - which was watched by over 142 million households - ruled he “was not really in the right place” to discuss seriously the second season but provided some insight into the direction he might take the dystopian drama. The 50-year-old showrunner - via translator - told a virtual SAG panel hosted by Entertainment Weekly’s editor-in-chief Mary Margaret: "I'm not really in the right place to be discussing Season 2 in an official setting, but if there were to be a ...
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'Squid Game' star Park Hae-soo is a “huge fan” of BTS. The 40-year-old actor sat down with Variety to take part in a game of ‘Most Likely To’ alongside several co-stars and director Hwang Dong-hyuk. Park Hae-Soo, Jung Ho-yeon, Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Dong-hyuk were asked who among them was “most likely to sing a BTS song" and the votes were equally split between Jung Ho-yeon and Park Hae-soo. Talking about his co-star, Jung said: “I mean, he’s a better singer than me, I think, “But I think I know more about BTS than you.” Park then went on to reveal that he was a massive fan of the k-pop boy ba...
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‘Squid Game’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is getting his previous movies added to Netflix. The streaming giant that hosts the South Korean dystopian nine-part series will also add a trio of the executive producer’s earlier work after the show became its most watched series. Netflix tweeted: “Before bringing the visually astounding and socially relevant 'Squid Game' to life, Hwang Dong-hyuk directed several acclaimed South Korean feature films — and now, three of those movies are available on Netflix in The US.” These include Silence, which was released in 2011 - which Netflix described its plot: “A...
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The creator of ‘Squid Game’ is not as wealthy as the winning contestant on his TV show. Hwang Dong-hyuk opened up about his underwhelming bank balance after the success of the survival drama, which has become streaming giant Netflix’s biggest series ever - beating previous records set by ‘Bridgerton’ - and it is far less than the £28 million grand prize offered in the show. The 50-year-old writer told the Guardian newspaper: “I’m not that rich. But I do have enough. I have enough to put food on the table. And it’s not like Netflix is paying me a bonus. Netflix paid me according to the original...
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Oh Young Soo feels like he's "floating on air" following the success of 'Squid Game'. The 77-year-old actor - who portrays Player 001 in the Netflix show - admits he can barely believe the extent of its success and popularity. He told ‘How Do I Play’: “I feel like I’m floating on air. It makes me think, ‘I need to calm down, organise my thoughts, and hold myself back right now.” The actor has been overwhelmed by the feedback, and he's actually needed his daughter’s help because he doesn’t have any official talent representation. He said: "So many people have been contacting me, and because I d...
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