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One of the most plaintive refrains of the Y2K era was sung by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182: “Well, I guess this is growing up.” The band’s hit song “Dammit” was released in 1997 and precedes the setting of Sean Wang’s narrative feature debut, “Dìdi” — unspooling in a Fremont, Calif., of 2008 — by a decade. Wang previously mined his …

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Sean Wang made a home movie. Now, he and his grandmothers are going to the Oscars

NEW YORK — Sean Wang’s two grandmothers live together. “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó,” Wang’s deeply charming portrait of his grandmothers, is nominated for best documentary short at the Academy Awards. “When you first asked us to be movie stars, we were like, ‘This must be a joke,’” Chang says in an interview by Zoom alongside Yi, with Wang joining …

‘The Farewell’s’ Lulu Wang and Awkwafina want you to cry, then call your grandma

“Based on an actual lie”: Awkwafina, left, stars in “The Farewell,” inspired by director Lulu Wang’s own experience, about an American woman who joins a family trip to China to visit her dying grandmother. We should all call our grandmas more.” Review: Lulu Wang’s delightful ‘The Farewell,’ starring Awkwafina, shows us a family divided » Awkwafina — the stage name …

NEW YORK — Film director Lulu Wang knew her pitch for “The Farewell” was unconventional. Wang first told the story for a 2016 episode of “This American Life.” She envisioned a movie about grief and identity and family, riven with cultural and ethical divides between East and West, parent and child, set largely in her grandmother’s hometown of Changchun in …

The Farewell trailer: Awkwafina makes a dramatic turn in Lulu Wang-directed Sundance 2019 favourite

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A tearful premiere, a Sundance sale and the stranger-than-fiction family drama behind Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’

Awkwafina discusses her personal connection to the drama ”The Farewell” at the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main. “‘Maybe the film will never get made!’” Awkwafina, left, and director-writer Lulu Wang teamed up on Sundance darling “The Farewell,” inspired by Wang’s own family. “When will I ever get an opportunity like this?” Awkwafina on ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and …