The character of Harley Quinn — a harlequin-clad moll for the Joker — first appeared on "Batman: The Animated Series" in the 1992 episode "Joker's Favor." She was played by voice actress Arleen Sorkin, who gave the character a Brooklyn-adjacent "bubblehead" voice that immediately struck viewers and quickly earned the character fans. Harley Quinn was very similar in look and presentation to a character named Prank (Zoey Clark), the kooky moll of the Trickster on the 1990 series "The Flash." Her origin story was simple: Dr. Harleen Quinzel served as the Joker's psychiatrist, and he had such a powerful personality, that she abandoned ordinary life to become his supervillainess girlfriend.
Harley would appear in only nine episodes of "Batman: Tas," but she eventually began appearing in DC Comics. In recent years, Harley has become arguably a more popular character than the Joker and has formed a life of her own, breaking up with the...
Harley would appear in only nine episodes of "Batman: Tas," but she eventually began appearing in DC Comics. In recent years, Harley has become arguably a more popular character than the Joker and has formed a life of her own, breaking up with the...
- 3/16/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It’s been two decades since Ke Huy Quan has been on the big screen.
He’s known to most audiences as a child actor playing Data in “The Goonies” and Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”; his last widely released film in the U.S. was 1992’s “Encino Man.” He stepped away from acting after 2002 because he felt there weren’t many opportunities for Asian performers.
But with the “phenomenal success” of “Crazy Rich Asians” in 2018, “I had serious Fomo,” Quan says. He’s back on screen in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in which he plays Waymond, husband to Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn, as they travel through a wild multiverse of alternative selves. (Particularly notable: a scene where Waymond uses a fanny pack to vanquish a group of attackers.)
The film bowed at SXSW and will be released on March 25 by A24.
What was...
He’s known to most audiences as a child actor playing Data in “The Goonies” and Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”; his last widely released film in the U.S. was 1992’s “Encino Man.” He stepped away from acting after 2002 because he felt there weren’t many opportunities for Asian performers.
But with the “phenomenal success” of “Crazy Rich Asians” in 2018, “I had serious Fomo,” Quan says. He’s back on screen in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in which he plays Waymond, husband to Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn, as they travel through a wild multiverse of alternative selves. (Particularly notable: a scene where Waymond uses a fanny pack to vanquish a group of attackers.)
The film bowed at SXSW and will be released on March 25 by A24.
What was...
- 3/25/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Applications are open for Australians in Film’s (AiF) Heath Ledger Scholarship, which is returning after a two-year hiatus.
Awarded to emerging Australian actors with international aspirations, the scholarship has so far been awarded ten times, with previous recipients including Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her), Cody Fern (American Crime Story), Ashleigh Cummings (Citadel), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence) and Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight).
This year’s winner will receive a $US10,000 cash prize to support living expenses in the US while studying, a return economy flight to the US, plus educational and career preparation, ranging from private acting coaching to immigration assistance.
The National Film & Sound Archive of Australia (Nfsa) is also partnering with AiF to offer the scholarship recipient the opportunity to have their submission reel profiled in the National Collection,
The AiF is strongly encouraging applications from under-represented members of the Australian acting community to apply.
Bingwa, who was named the 2018 recipient,...
Awarded to emerging Australian actors with international aspirations, the scholarship has so far been awarded ten times, with previous recipients including Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her), Cody Fern (American Crime Story), Ashleigh Cummings (Citadel), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence) and Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight).
This year’s winner will receive a $US10,000 cash prize to support living expenses in the US while studying, a return economy flight to the US, plus educational and career preparation, ranging from private acting coaching to immigration assistance.
The National Film & Sound Archive of Australia (Nfsa) is also partnering with AiF to offer the scholarship recipient the opportunity to have their submission reel profiled in the National Collection,
The AiF is strongly encouraging applications from under-represented members of the Australian acting community to apply.
Bingwa, who was named the 2018 recipient,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
This just in from my friend Catherine Wyler: I'm leaving tonight for Berlin and I am so thrilled to be going after a couple of years not. Just read today's buzz and you should know about my friend Jean Louis Rodrigue, who's also teaching at the Talent Campus, ever since I introduced him to Dieter about 3 years ago. He is an Alexander Technique and movement specialist, currently working with Leo di Caprio on J. Edgar Hoover, because he has to go from 20s to 70s in the film. Jean Louis is giving a class for producers on Sunday 2/13…...
- 2/10/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
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