Michael Ordoña
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Michael Ordoña covered film and television for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle for more than a decade. He has also reviewed movies for Common Sense Media. He is an alumnus of both the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Berkeley High School, and freely admits to a blatant Bay Area bias in all sports.
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What makes Steven Yeun a new kind of leading man in Hollywood? Name another Asian American actor to score this kind of variety, this kind of acclaim, in the U.S.
June 2, 2024
Our BuzzMeter panel of veteran TV journalists and pundits offers their take on what will take the awards at the 2024 Emmys on Sept. 15.
Aug. 1, 2024
In finding the key to making a film about a plastic doll, the idea of an existential crisis took hold. But what if its producer and star suffered a crisis as well?
Feb. 5, 2024
The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday, with big numbers for “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie” and two foreign titles, “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest.”
Jan. 23, 2024
Jazz and R&B singer Marlena Shaw, known for the widely sampled “California Soul,” died Friday. She was 81.
Jan. 22, 2024
The lawyer representing the mother, father, sister and co-worker of slain “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins released a statement in response to actor Alec Baldwin’s second indictment.
Jan. 20, 2024
What might the newly announced BAFTA nominations mean in the 2024 Oscar race? Let’s have a look.
Jan. 18, 2024
At this year’s Emmys, 12 performers of color -- including a former president -- collected prizes in a show of force for the power of diversity.
Jan. 15, 2024
Ali Wong has become the first woman of Asian descent to win a lead acting Emmy, part of a big night for Netflix’s limited series “Beef.”
Jan. 15, 2024
‘Barbenheimer’ reigned once again in the 2024 Screen Actors Guild nominations, earning 4 nods apiece on the road to their Oscars showdown.
Jan. 10, 2024