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Ghosts, Grief, and Genuine Terror: How Southeast Asian Horror Is Quietly Rewriting Hollywood's Rulebook
Beauty & Culture

Ghosts, Grief, and Genuine Terror: How Southeast Asian Horror Is Quietly Rewriting Hollywood's Rulebook

Thai supernatural thrillers. Indonesian found-footage nightmares. Filipino folk horror that burrows under your skin for days. Southeast Asian horror cinema has been building something extraordinary for years, and now Hollywood is paying attention — buying up rights, greenlighting remakes, and borrowing aesthetic ideas that American directors are only beginning to understand. Here's why these films hit different, and what's really driving the boom.
The TikTok Dance Moves You Love Were Made in Southeast Asia — Just Not by the People Getting Paid
Beauty & Culture

The TikTok Dance Moves You Love Were Made in Southeast Asia — Just Not by the People Getting Paid

From Manila's street dance crews to Bangkok's underground pop-lock scene, Southeast Asian choreographers are quietly fueling TikTok's biggest viral moments. The problem? American influencers are cashing in while the originators go untagged, uncompensated, and unrecognized. We dug into what's really happening — and who's finally speaking up.
The Southeast Asian Creators Who Are Flipping the Script on American Beauty
Beauty & Culture

The Southeast Asian Creators Who Are Flipping the Script on American Beauty

From glass skin tutorials to bold traditional makeup looks, Southeast Asian TikTok and Instagram creators are amassing millions of US followers — and forcing major beauty brands to rethink everything they thought they knew about their audience.
From Saigon to Your Kitchen: How Vietnamese Coffee Became America's Next Big Obsession
Food & Drink

From Saigon to Your Kitchen: How Vietnamese Coffee Became America's Next Big Obsession

Vietnamese coffee shops are popping up from Houston to Brooklyn, and Gen Z can't get enough of egg coffee and phin-brewed robusta. We talked to Vietnamese-American entrepreneurs reshaping the specialty coffee scene — and got the inside scoop on how to nail it at home.