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Eddie Huang came to both bury and praise Vice at the opening night of the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday.

The author, chef and former host of the bankrupt media company’s show, “Huang’s World,” was on hand with his new documentary “Vice Is Broke.” The film serves as both an ode to Vice’s anarchic spirit and the generations of aggressive, barrier-pushing, break-shit journalists and filmmakers it employed, as well as a darker look at the greed and questionable ethics that helped send it into Chapter 11. And Huang, who says he got an NDA he had signed waived in return for unpaid residuals, made it clear that Vice, or what’s left of it, isn’t too happy with what he made.

“Their lawyers are still trying to fight us on this film,” Huang said during a question-and-answer session following the documentary’s premiere at TIFF Lightbox Cinema. He added that Shane Smith,...

The title of Eddie Huang’s new documentary says it all: “Vice Is Broke.” The media company that defined counterculture sensibilities filed for bankruptcy in 2023. And Huang — the multitalented author, on-camera personality, and documentarian — began his new film with a grievance.

First, Huang says in an interview, he had a personal falling-out with controversial Vice executive Shane Smith, the face of the brand and the mastermind of the company’s scaling-up beyond what was sustainable. (Huang declines to go into the nature of the offense.) Then, he noticed that he was owed money for his on-camera work for Vice, including the TV series “Huang’s World,” in which he traveled and experienced other cultures in the style of his role model and late friend, Anthony Bourdain.

“I had been asking for an accounting since 2018,” Huang says. “They kicked the can down the road and never paid me my residuals. The bankruptcy...

The tradition of South Korean haenyeo is now being brought to the big screen.

Director/executive producer Sue Kim helms the highly-anticipated A24 and Apple documentary “The Last of the Sea Women,” which centers on elderly women divers. Peabody Award nominee Kim captures the haenyeo, who are called real-life mermaids, for the feature.

The official synopsis reads: “In ‘The Last of the Sea Women,’ an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. The haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island are renowned for centuries of diving to the ocean floor — without oxygen — to harvest seafood for their livelihood. Today, with most haenyeo now in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, their traditions and way of life are in imminent danger. But these fierce, funny, hardworking women refuse to give an inch, aided by a younger generation’s fight to revive their ancestral lifestyle through social media.

Filmmaker, actor, chef and television personality Eddie Huang (“Boogie,” “Fresh Off the Boat”) has signed on to direct a new documentary exploring the rise and surprising fall of Vice Media.

In a dramatic turn of events, the digital media company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May after boasting a valuation of $5.7 billion in 2017. Earlier this month, Vice Media Group announced a new restructuring plan and layoffs in the wake of its bankruptcy and $350 million asset sale.

Huang has an unique perspective on the story: for four seasons, he hosted “Huang’s World” on Vice, which chronicled his travels around the world to learn about local history, culture and food.

“For the majority of my late-20s and 30s, I loved Vice,” Huang says in a statement announcing the project. “It gave a generation of talent the opportunity to make things they didn’t have anywhere else.”

He continues: “Whether that was because we were weirdos,...

Filmmaker, actor, chef and television personality Eddie Huang has signed with M88 for representation.

The multi-hyphenate entertainer’s career kicked into high gear when Huang penned the autobiography “Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir,” about growing up the son of Taiwanese-Chinese immigrants, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed ABC comedy series of the same name. The series — starring Randall Park, Constance Wu and Hudson Yang as a younger version of Eddie — wrapped its six-season run in 2020.

Before bringing his life experiences to television, Huang owned the iconic NYC restaurant Baohaus, ushering in a generation of Taiwanese-Chinese restaurants over the course of a decade in business and launching his career as the host of cooking shows, including “Cheap Bites,” “Unique Eats” and “Huang’s World.”

In 2021, Huang made his feature directorial debut with the basketball drama “Boogie.” He also wrote the Focus Features film, in which he co-starred opposite Taylour Paige...

Exclusive: Grammy-winning singer Sza and Euphoria breakout Chloe Cherry have signed on to star alongside Eddie Huang (Boogie) in Tuna Melt, an off-beat dramedy that he wrote and will direct for Sb Projects and Ryder Picture Company.

Tuna Melt is likened to an updated Pulp Fiction meets High Fidelity. Huang will lead the darkly comedic feature as a hitman who unexpectedly meets the love of his life soon after he completes a job. This all transpires in the aftermath of a break-up. While Sza will play Huang’s love interest, details as to Cherry’s role are being kept under wraps.

Scooter Braun and James Shin will produce for Sb Projects, along with Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett for Ryder Picture Company. Huang is also producing, with Scott Manson serving as exec producer.

Huang is a writer, director, actor, chef and television personality who made his feature directorial debut with...

Taylor Takahashi has a hell of an origin story.

Just five years ago, he moved from his Bay Area hometown of Alameda to Orange County to work as a personal trainer. After about a year, the ex-high school basketball star missed playing hoops, so he joined a recreation league in Monterey Park in L.A.’s San Gabriel Valley. To his surprise, one of his teammates was Eddie Huang.

Takahashi, 28, was a fan of the chef turned TV personality’s Vice show, Huang’s World, and the two ended up bonding over their shared passions for basketball and cooking ...

Taylor Takahashi has a hell of an origin story.

Just five years ago, he moved from his Bay Area hometown of Alameda to Orange County to work as a personal trainer. After about a year, the ex-high school basketball star missed playing hoops, so he joined a recreation league in Monterey Park in L.A.’s San Gabriel Valley. To his surprise, one of his teammates was Eddie Huang.

Takahashi, 28, was a fan of the chef turned TV personality’s Vice show, Huang’s World, and the two ended up bonding over their shared passions for basketball and cooking ...

Viceland, the cable network owned by Vice media and A&E Networks, has ordered its first daily late-night talk show, Desus & Mero, set to debut in October. Additionally, the network has ordered two new series, including one starring Tyler the Creator, and has given second-season renewals to Huang's World with chef, restaurateur and writer Eddie Huang, and States of Undress, with writer and model Hailey Gates. Viceland is crossing the six-month mark and will start to be…...