With “Doctor Strange” opening this weekend, the “whitewashing” controversy surrounding the casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One in “Doctor Strange” has resurfaced. Both director ...

‘Weird’ leads field for Asian Film Awards South Korea's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird," an homage to the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone, led the way with eight mentions Wednesday as ...

“Doctor Strange” writer-director Scott Derrickson is the latest industry figure to weigh in on Hollywood’s pervading “whitewashing” issue. “Raw anger/hurt from Asian-Americans over ...

"I wasn't asked to play an Asian character, you can be very well assured of that." By Ashley Lee Before Marvel dropped the first teaser trailer for Doctor Strange, the film was praised not only ...

By showing that Strange expected the Ancient One to fit an Asian stereotype, the filmmakers seem to be making light of the controversy, and expecting praise from viewers for defying that same ...

Margaret Cho says Tilda Swinton called her about the “Doctor Strange” whitewashing controversy — but the whole conversation made her feel like “a house Asian.” “It was weird because I ...

Strange Virtue Is weirdness worthwhile in itself? Though Katamari has passionate fans, most of the games in this article are more fun to read about than to play.

It’s a different take on Wong than the one familiar to many Doctor Strange fans. He first appeared in 1963 as Strange’s sidekick and valet, and while he has come into his own as a martial-arts ...

Perhaps stereotypes are so persistent because they seem so useful: a sort of mental shortcut from strange territory to familiar stomping ground. But even given the difficulty of knowing Asia, we in ...

Variety spoke to several Asian actors who have appeared in comic book films and TV shows to discuss “whitewashing” in the genre. Benedict Wong, who plays Wong in “Doctor Strange,” defended ...