The Devil Wears Prada Sequel Faces Backlash

0:00It's April 25th. This is entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI, your front row to the latest buzz. I'm Corey with the story. The Devilwares Prada 2 is stirring up major drama just before its May 1st release. Fans are hyped for Meryl Streep and Half-Away Stanley Tucci and Emily Blund coming back, but its teaser clip introducing Andy's new assistant, Jin. Chao, played by Helen J. Shin, has folks crying foul over Asian stereotypes. In the clip, now seen more than 26 million times on X, Jin rattles off her Yale crids, a 3.86 GPA, leads a Prano in the Wiffin poofs, and a perfect 36 ACT score, all while seeming super insecure about keeping the job. Critics online, especially from China, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, say it revives old Hollywood tropes of awkward, overachieving Asians with. Zero fashion sense. Every point out the name sounds too close to a racist slur from back in the day, like

1:01something out of 20 years ago. Asian media outlets are all over it too, from Hong Kong's South China morning post to Japan's Sanke Shimbun and Korea's big dailies, even calling for. Boycotts amid the heated debate, neither 20 century studios nor the cast has hit back yet, so the buzz keeps building as the fashion flick drops next week, will the backlash kill. Survive or just amp up the chatter.