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Beef Creator Lee Sung Jin and Star Charles Melton on Season 2

Beef Creator Lee Sung Jin and Star Charles Melton on Season 2

Published by Daniella Wilson

When Beef creator Lee Sung Jin finally settled on the premise for season two of the hit anthology series, he had one actor in mind — Charles Melton. Lee decided to take matters into his own hands, calling up Gold House founder Bing Chen to cash in a favor. The writer-director asked to be seated next to Melton at a dinner they’d both be attending to honor the actor, so he could pitch him the second season. “I remember just being immensely flattered because I didn’t know he went to the extent that he went to sit next to me,” Melton tells The Hollywood Reporter during the show’s season two junket. “It was amazing to have Lee Sung Jin, Sonny, the creator, show me a picture of my face and say, ‘This is in the writer’s room and we’re writing it for you,’” Melton continues. “I was completely astonished.” Beef’s second season leaves behind the parking lot feuds, instead focusing on two couples, one millennial (Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan) and one Gen Z (Melton …

Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac in Netflix Smash

Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac in Netflix Smash

Published by Daniella Wilson

The philosopher Biggie Smalls once pondered the nature of dangerously escalating rivalries. In a song of the same name, Biggie asked, “What’s beef?” Beef The Bottom Line A bold, well-acted, slightly over-extended follow-up. Airdate: Thursday, April 16 (Netflix)Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, Youn Yuh-jungCreator: Lee Sung Jin His answers included the straightforward “Beef is when you need two gats to go to sleep,” and the playful “Beef is when I see you, guaranteed to be in I-C-U.” Christopher Wallace passed away, likely a victim of a beef, long before the rise of the limited series, so Lee Sung Jin had the exploratory lane all to himself when he released the eight-episode bleak comedy Beef back in 2023. The series, about the unforeseen consequences erupting from a relatively minor instance of road rage, dominated the Emmys and eventually was picked up for a second season, transitioning from limited series to anthology and reframing Biggie’s question as: “What’s Beef?” Or, put a different way, what is the Beef brand? And could a second …

Carey Mulligan Demonstrates How to Dress to Receive a Royal Award

Carey Mulligan Demonstrates How to Dress to Receive a Royal Award

Published by Sam Flores

It is one of the most important honors one can hold: the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Now Carey Mulligan is among its recipients. The award will be presented by King Charles III himself during a ceremony at Windsor Castle. A striking venue, a unique—if not unrepeatable—event, and a more than exclusive parterre: how, then, to present oneself at such an important appointment? A question the British actor answers by sporting a chic and sophisticated look. Accompanied by her husband Marcus Mumford, frontman of the group Mumford & Sons—impeccably dressed in a dark gray double-breasted suit with peak lapels, along with a white shirt and powdery tie—Carey Mulligan appeared in a black and white outfit. Catching the eye was her ivory jacquard jacket, embellished with an intricate beaded design and featuring a high mandarin collar, scalloped hem, and a hidden button placket. In contrast to the well-fitted jacket, which enhances the actor’s silhouette, an oversized black straight-leg trouser—all magically designed by The Row—matching a pointed-toe ballet flat. Finally, to top …