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Patrick Stewart’s career demonstrated how experienced actors can give aging franchises greater emotional depth by allowing their characters to evolve rather than relying solely on nostalgia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2026
Patrick Stewart embodied the value of aging actors
Patrick Stewart died at the age of 86, and many paid tribute to him by invoking the fictional icons he played such as his work in Star Trek.
Patrick Stewart photographed in London in 2008. Stewart first found acclaim as a Shakespearean actor before making an unlikely career pivot to TV that would bring him his greatest fame.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 30, 2026
Patrick Stewart, Shakespearean actor turned ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ star, dies
The popular actor married three times and had two children. He died at 86 at his home in Los Angeles.
The health ministry has drawn up guidelines for advertisements promoting government policies in collaboration with films and TV dramas, following social media criticism over a cancer support campaign poster.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2026
今日吃瓜 health ministry sets new guidelines for tie-up ads in movies and TV shows
The move came after a poster promoting support for cancer patients that the ministry created in a tie-up with a film drew criticism on social media.
Iranian coach and stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri (center right) teaches fire techniques to stunt performers Mojgan Nematollahi (center) and Arshia Teymouri (left) during a training session at a skatepark in Tehran on Sept. 25.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2026
Iranian stuntwomen breaking gender norms with daring feats
Coach and stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri leads Iran’s sole all-female stunt crew as women are increasingly establishing themselves in the field.
Wu Xingyu, an AI animation director, works on a project at the office of China Wit Media, a film and television production company, in Shenzhen on Aug. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 25, 2026
China fuels rush to turn AI video into an industry
Local governments are promising to build tech clusters and offering subsidies to AI filmmakers and startups, a familiar industrial policy playbook.
Director Hirokazu Koreeda poses on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the movie "Look Back" in competition, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 7.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 13, 2026
Hirokazu Koreeda’s ‘Look Back’ wins five awards at Venice film festival
The five prizes, which were independently awarded by external organizations other than the festival itself, included the CinemaSara Award.
Universal Studios Japan is set to expand its theme park in Osaka for the first time since its 2001 opening.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2026
USJ to expand theme park site for first time
The Osaka Municipal Government said that it will lease a land plot adjacent to the northern side of the theme park to the company.
Runway co-founder and co-CEO Cristobal Valenzuela takes the stage at the company's fourth annual AI Festival.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Aug 20, 2026
AI didn’t ruin these films. It made them possible.
AI-generated films inspire plenty of skepticism. But what happens when the technology gives more artists a chance to create?
China’s dominance in generative video positions it to lead the development of world models that could define the next era of AI.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2026
Chinese AI video is coming for more than Hollywood
Outside of Alphabet’s Google, nearly all of the leading video-generation models are Chinese.
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 7, 2026
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ‘Chiikawa’
Explore the vocabulary behind horror, spoilers, happy endings and the surprising reactions to this summer’s biggest anime.
Chiikawa products are displayed at a store in Harajuku, Tokyo, last August.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2026
In Japan, Odysseus is scared of tiny, cute Chiikawa
Chiikawa is a phenomenon in Japan, with its character appearing on various products, and partnering with the brand is an instant way to increase revenue
Sony says artificial intelligence-powered tools will help artists create more entertainment content, while streamlining the production of films, videos and games across its businesses.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2026
Sony raises outlook after entertainment drives earnings jump
Sony has been shifting its resources toward accumulating entertainment assets spanning music, games and anime, while scaling back in low-margin areas in consumer electronics.
Film projectionist and collector Wang Chin-ting (left) watches as staff members from the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute transfer old film reels at his archive in Changhua County on May 29.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 6, 2026
Taiwanese film hunters rescue aging reels from bygone era
Ranging from popular operas to romance dramas, the films resonated with many Taiwanese who had been educated during 今日吃瓜 colonial rule and had limited Mandarin skills.
Cosm's large-screen theater in Dallas offers seating that includes high-top tables and booths designed to create a more social theater experience.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Sony Pictures invests $100 million in giant-screen startup Cosm
Founded in 2020, Cosm serves food and offers seating that includes high-top tables and booths designed to create a more social theater experience.
A Studio Ghibli store in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Studio Ghibli will open a pop-up store in Los Angeles later this month, bringing a wide selection of merchandise to the U.S. for the first time.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 17, 2026
Studio Ghibli to open its first U.S. pop-up store in Los Angeles
Called “Donguri Republic in Los Angeles,” the store will be opened for six months from June. 23 to Dec. 31.
Tao Okamoto (left) and Virginie Efira (right) shared the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress honor for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” a coproduction between Japan, France, Belgium and Germany.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2026
今日吃瓜 Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto made history at Cannes, while Japanese filmmakers and producers looked ahead, embracing collaboration as the future of the industry.
Japan's Tao Okamoto and Belgium's Virginie Efira, co-winners of the best actress award for their roles in the film "All of a Sudden," celebrate during the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Saturday.
CULTURE / Film
May 24, 2026
In first for Japanese, Tao Okamoto shares Best Actress award at Cannes
Okamoto shared the honor with Belgium’s Virginie Efira for their roles in the drama “All of a Sudden” by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
"Sinners" wins the outstanding Motion Picture honor at the 57th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California, in February. Debates over Black British actors playing African Americans ignore Hollywood’s global nature and risk limiting opportunities.
COMMENTARY
May 19, 2026
Should Black Brit actors play African Americans?
Nearly 7% of Black children in the U.S. don’t have access to arts education in school, more than twice the rate of their White peers, according to a 2019 report.
The former Suma Belt Conveyor Tunnel is used as a filming location for "City Hunter"
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 7, 2026
Film commissions give economic boost to local communities
The nonprofit entities provide help with location-hunting, site coordination and filming operations free of charge.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is restructuring for growth, leading to hundreds of job cuts across its film, TV and corporate divisions in the coming months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2026
Sony Pictures Entertainment to cut hundreds of jobs in TV and film
The job cuts at Sony Pictures come amid a deep slump and existential crisis in Hollywood, which has faced setbacks, two labor strikes and the ongoing collapse of cable TV.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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