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Jon M. Chu steering adaptation of musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ for Amazon Studios

Wednesday, April 12 by ABC News

Call it the Amazon Technicolor Dreamcoat: Deadline reports Jon M. Chu, veteran of Crazy Rich Asians and the musical In The Heights, has inked a deal with Amazon Studios to bring Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to theaters. Chu is currently in London, calling... Read More.

Rep. Judy Chu weighs in on Women’s Health Protection Act

Wednesday, August 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) — California Congresswoman Judy Chu is the lead sponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act. Along with the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, these two pieces of legislation aim to cement protections to reproductive rights by ensuring a federal right to... Read More.

Jon M. Chu apologizes for featuring South Asian stereotypes in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Thursday, June 10 by ABC News

Jon M. Chu, who directed Crazy Rich Asians, is apologizing for how the 2018 hit romantic comedy portrayed South Asian characters.Speaking recently with Insider, the director addressed the controversy over casting South Asian actor in stereotypical roles, such as domestic workers. Crazy Rich Asians was set in... Read More.

I ‘strongly believe’ Atlanta shootings were hate crimes: Rep. Judy Chu

Sunday, March 21 by ABC News

BY: JACK ARNHOLZ, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., said she "strongly" believes that Atlanta-area spa shootings were hate crimes on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. "I do strongly believe that this is a hate crime. This is a 21-year-old white male who chose, as his... Read More.

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ helmer Jon M. Chu to direct movie version of Broadway’s ‘Wicked’

Tuesday, February 2 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- Jon M. Chu will direct Universal Pictures' film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Wicked. After Deadline shared the announcement on Tuesday, Chu, who also directed 2018 smash-hit Crazy Rich Asians, as well as the upcoming adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights, took to

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Jon M. Chu steering adaptation of musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ for Amazon Studios

Rep. Judy Chu weighs in on Women’s Health Protection Act

Jon M. Chu apologizes for featuring South Asian stereotypes in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

I ‘strongly believe’ Atlanta shootings were hate crimes: Rep. Judy Chu

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ helmer Jon M. Chu to direct movie version of Broadway’s ‘Wicked’

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