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The highly anticipated Mortal Kombat movie is out now and we caught up with breakout star Sisi Stringer to learn more about her!

The up-and-coming Australian actress plays the role of femme fatale Mileena in the new adaptation of the beloved video game franchise. This is her first major movie and she spent four months training for the physically challenging role.

Sisi quickly caught on to the muay thai and gymnastics training thanks to her background in dance and musical theater.

Make sure to check out the trailer for the movie, which is in theaters and on HBO Max now. Here are 10 Fun Facts about Sisi:

1. In high school I shaved my head, down to a number 2, and for my senior year wore a plastic tiara to school every day, including graduation.
2. My favorite video game of all time is Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door on Nintendo GameCube.
3. I cry all the time. Sometimes multiple times a day. The other day I cried at a video of Tibetan throat singing. I have been known to cry over the absence of lemons, ads for eyebrow gel and while listening to BLACKPINK and BTS.
4. My favorite genres of music are blues, country and soul. That’s the kind of music I write.
5. I have seen every episode of Drag Race, minus season one because I hate that damn Vaseline filter.

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Amber Liu is already an established global superstar, and we want Just Jared readers to get to know her even better!

The 28-year-old Chinese-American singer-songwriter debuted in 2009 as part of the iconic K-pop group f(x), later embarking on a solo career in 2015 with her EP Beautiful.

She’s since collaborated with producers and artists around the world, as well as collaborating with stars on projects like the “Anna Kendrick Goes K-Pop with f(x)” Funny or Die sketch. She’s released several EPs and embarked on two U.S. concert tours ever since.

Amber Liu also has over 12 million followers across social media, and she uses her platform to advocate for female empowerment and mental health awareness.

Ahead of her forthcoming album, Amber just released her new song “Neon” on Friday (April 9) in two different languages, Mandarin and English.

Listen to “Neon” and check out these 10 Fun Facts about Amber Liu inside!

1. I am terrified of ghosts! During my 2019 U.S. concert tour, we had a show in Milwaukee and the venue was across from the Ambassador Hotel. The hotel has a giant, empty swimming pool in the basement that is supposedly haunted. After that show, I felt like a ghost was on the tour bus with me and the crew. However, I still love watching horror movies.
2. I love escape rooms and will drive up to two hours to get to the nearest escape room.
3. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. I was scouted at the SM Global Auditions in 2008 and debuted in Seoul in 2009 to pursue a career as a K-Pop singer.
4. Tteokbokki is my favorite Korean food! It is made from a soft rice cake, fish cake, and a sweet red chili sauce.
5. SHINee is my favorite K-Pop group. They’re my brothers and I love them very much.
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The new series Rebel premieres tonight on ABC and we caught up with one of the stars, Ariela Barer, to learn more about her!

The 22-year-old actress plays Ziggie, a recovering teen addict, in the new series that is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich.

Ariela is best known for playing Gert on Hulu’s Marvel series Runaways and she can also be seen in the Hulu movie The Ultimate Playlist of Noise.

Get to know Ariela with these 10 Fun Facts:

1. I grew up in LA, raised by Mexican Jewish parents. I used to self identify as a Mexi-jew.
2. I grew up playing piano, guitar, bass, drums, ukulele and briefly cello! Then I was in a punk band for most of high school where I played bass and sang.
3. I recently wrote and directed my first short film Jelly about the exploitation of social movements for personal gain. Coming out sooooon!
4. I’m a Scorpio rising which apparently “makes a lot of sense.” I’m a libra sun, but because it’s in my 12th house it’s not that present in my personality the way scorpio is.
5. Some books I read as a teen that shaped who I am are From Margin To Centre by Bell Hooks and Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke.

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Gatlin is an exciting new pop act on the rise, and we want Just Jared readers to get to know her even better!

The 22-year-old Los Angeles-based, Orlando-born singer-songwriter is paving her own path with her brand of storytelling and dreamy, catchy alt-pop melodies, and she’s kicking off a new chapter on Thursday (April 8) with “What If I Love You” off of her upcoming second EP, which is due out later this summer.

“I wrote this song about a situation where I felt like I had found my ‘once in a lifetime’ love, but they didn’t feel that way about me. I wanted the production to feel more uplifting pop because even in the situation I was trying to always stay positive to mask the feeling of being rejected,” she says of the immediately captivating tune.

“I did the ‘What If I Love You’ music video with Luke Harvey of Mossflower Productions. It had been a dream of mine to shoot at Joshua Tree since making the move to Los Angeles in the beginning of 2021. I wanted the visuals to feel like a fun escape to match the production and lyrics of the track. We shot using four different camera styles (35mm, 16mm, Super 8, and vintage TV) and then combined them all in a sort of ‘montage’ final video.”

The track follows the release of her debut EP Sugarcoated in the summer of 2020, featuring “Talking to Myself,” which has garnered over 2.5 million Spotify streams alone to date.

Check out the video for “What If I Love You,” and learn 10 Fun Facts about Gatlin inside!

1. I am absolutely obsessed with True Crime and can’t get enough of the podcasts and documentaries.
2. I played three sports in high school: lacrosse, soccer, and track. (Was not very good at any of them.)
3. I once got kicked out of Disney World when I was fifteen.
4. I’ve been to 47 of the 50 states in the US.
5. I got my motorcycle’s license at 18 and bought a Harley at 19.
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Gavin Stenhouse stars in the new The CW series Kung Fu and we caught up with the rising star to learn more about him ahead of the show’s premiere!

The 35-year-old actor, who celebrated his birthday this week, plays Evan, the Assistant DA and ex-boyfriend of the lead character.

Gavin is best known for his work in shows such as Black Mirror, American Horror Story, Allegiance, and the Freeform original movie Life-Size 2.

Learn 10 Fun Facts about Gavin below:

1. I’m from Hong Kong. My Mother is Welsh and my Dad is Scottish… so I guess that makes me “Scwelsh”??
2. As a kid I was obsessed with bugs and creepy crawlies. I wanted to be an entomologist. I love finding bugs out-and-about and teaching my kids about them.
3. I love old film cameras. My favorite is a Hasseblad 500c, which is the same model that first went to space in the Mercury rocket in 1962.
4. I develop my own photographic film in my bathtub.
5. For my ’2020 wrapped’ yearly roundup on Spotify I was in the top 1% of Idina Menzel listeners, in the world… Frozen 2 makes me cry every time.

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aespa is one of the most exciting new acts to debut on the K-pop scene, and we’re so excited to give Just Jared readers a chance to exclusively get to know the group a little better.

The SM Entertainment troupe debuted on the music scene back in November of 2020 with their debut single “Black Mamba.”

They’ve already racked up a ton of views and streams globally, as well as building up an enthusiastic fanbase (called “MY”) with their bold first release.

The group – made up of KARINA, GISELLE, WINTER and NINGNING – also has a very unique twist: each member has their own digital counterpart, meaning that there are technically eight members of aespa!

Watch the music video for the group’s debut smash “Black Mamba,” and learn 10 Fun Facts about the group…

1. They’ve already broken multiple records. Their debut music video for recent single “Black Mamba” racked up 21 million views in its first 24 hours, earning the most views on a debut music video by a K-pop group in that short amount of time. It soon broke another record: the fastest debut music video to surpass 100 million views in K-pop history.

2. “aespa” is more than their band name. The “ae” is derived from the words “avatar and experience” and combined with the word “aspect” (meaning two sides) to get “aespa.” This symbolizes “meeting another self and experiencing the new world.”

3. They have 4 or 8 members. The girls all have their own digital avatars, called “ae,” that were created from each member’s personal data in a virtual world and that can be “rekalled” into the real world. The group consists of four members: KARINA, WINTER, GISELLE and NINGNING, and their four respective avatars (referred to as ae-KARINA, ae-WINTER, ae-GISELLE and ae-NINGNING.)

4. In fact, they even have their own “world.” The band’s avatars are said to “live” in ‘FLAT’, a virtual world in KWANGYA.

5. Members of the fandom refer to themselves at “MY.” “MY” means “the most precious friend” in FLAT.

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“The Sky Blues” is the debut novel by Robbie Couch and we caught up with the author ahead of the book’s release to learn more about him!

The book hits stores TOMORROW (April 6) and Robbie just announced the exciting news that the film rights were optioned to Walden Media, the studio behind such book-to-screen adaptations as The Chronicles of Narnia, Holes, and the Bridge to Terabithia.

In “The Sky Blues,” openly gay high schooler Sky Baker’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school. The book has already earned raves from Entertainment Weekly, “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” author Becky Albertalli, and stars like Kevin McHale and Tyler Oakley.

Order it now on Amazon or wherever books are sold!

Robbie opened up to us about his favorite food, one of his childhood obsessions, writing his second book, and more. Check out 10 Fun Facts below:

1. I can’t ride roller coasters, sit in back seats on long road trips, or go on cruises! The motion sickness is REAL with me.
2. Like many gay millennials, my Lizzie McGuire obsession in middle school was off the rails. I got an autograph from Hilary Duff one time and lost. my. mind.
3. I spent Christmas Eve 1999 in the emergency room after splitting open my thumb and needing stitches. Kids, be careful playing with breakable plastic brooms in freezing cold weather.
4. “The Sky Blues” is my queer-themed, young-adult rom-com debut! Its themes and characters are so near and dear to my heart. I am excited, nervous, overjoyed, and FEELING ALL OF THE FEELS getting it out into the world.
5. I’ve lived in every time zone in the continental U.S., calling Michigan, New York, Chicago, Denver, and now Los Angeles home at one point or another.

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