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    ‘Searching’ star John Cho and director Aneesh Chaganty

    When John Cho got an offer to star in the new movie ‘Searching,’ a thriller set entirely on computer screens, he didn’t have to search for an answer: it was no.

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    By Kim Masters • Aug 25, 2018 • 28m Listen

    In the new movie ‘Searching’--which is set entirely on computer screens--John Cho plays David Kim, a father desperate to find his missing teenage daughter. Incredibly, it’s the first time an Asian-American actor has headlined a mainstream Hollywood thriller.

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    1. 1:00

      Hollywood news banter

      Fall film festival season begins next week in Venice, and with it, Netflix will try to position itself as an awards-contender for movies.

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    2. 7:52

      John Cho and Aneesh Chaganty on ‘Searching’

      In the new movie ‘ Searching ,’ John Cho plays David Kim, a father desperate to find his teenage daughter after she fails to return home from a high school study group one night.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 1:007 min

      Hollywood news banter

    2. 7:5220 min

      John Cho and Aneesh Chaganty on ‘Searching’

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