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Links: Japanese Radiation Project, Chinese American Weddings, Celebrity Plastic Surgeons, Puppies!
SafeCast.org collecting funds to generate an aggregate feed of nuclear radiation data from governmental, non-governmental and citizen-scientist sources. (Kickstarter) Tips on attending a Chinese American Wedding (Cupertino Patch) In Stitches, a Memoir by Dr. Anthony Youn – Celebrity Plastic Surgeon (American Health & Beauty) Shiba Inu Puppycam is Back (Ustream) No Look Pass – Burmese American Lesbian Basketball Drama
Goh Nakamura’s Surrogate Valentine Review
Surrogate Valentine Trailer HD from goh nakamura on Vimeo. Have you read enough already about Goh Nakamura from us fanboys and fangirls over at 8Asians? Then tough boned-choadmuffins if you feel so! (I don’t actually know what that means either but it sounded good in my head at the time.) You can move along to read elsewhere but I need to take a minor moment to say how much I genuinely enjoyed his new film, [...] Continue »
Links: Jim Lee, Rock Paper Scissors, Alexander Wang, Kitchenwench
DC Comic’s Jim Lee draws Batman on the Ipad. A Cisco Commercial features Rock Paper Scissors Contest. GQ’s 5th Best New Menswear Designer in America award went to Alexander Wang. The National Library of Australia archives the Korean Australian foodblog Kitchenwench
Links: Lucy Liu, Far East Movement, Mariel Martin
The Bullitts featuring Lucy Liu and Jay Electronica “Close Your Eyes”. Far East Movement appears on Conan. (Hat tip: Min Yang) Who’s the choreographer behind K-POP’s 2NE1? It’s Filipino American Mariel Martin. Who needs the Love Boat? 2RedBeans looks to be the Chinese equivalent of Jdate.
Links: Yul Kwon to become PBS Host, MTV Japanese Reality Show, Like A G6 Parody, Korean Cosmetics, Cal State Studies
Yul Kwon of Survivor Fame to become PBS Host of “America Revealed” MTV to launch Japanese Reality Show “Shibuhara Girls” Harry Potter Parody of Far East Movement’s “Like A G6″ Fly like it’s Quidditch Korean Cosmetic Brands to Check out Cal State considers suspending AA Studies (dozens of Angry Asian American students play Halo in response – kidding) Bone Marrow Transplant sought for Indian American woman with Leukemia
Links: Korean American Trauma Surgeons, Ninja Bird, Old Boy, Chinese Puzzles
Dr. Peter Rhee, Chief of Trauma for Tucson’s University Medical Center was put to work immediately following the Gifford shooting this past weekend. A ninja bird with nun-chuck like wings has been discovered. Old Boy director Chan Wook Park will direct a new film on the iPhone 4. Chinese Puzzels for the Brain.
Links: Educational achievement Gap, Kpop produced by Will.I.Am, Korean American Day in MI
Educational achievement gap that “won’t be fixed in schools” Washington Post “The story is the same for Asian Americans. Their average score was 541 – somewhat below Shanghai, about even with South Korea and ahead of Hong Kong (533) and Japan. Again, all these other systems were in the top 10.” 2NE1 to release English language release produced by Will.I.Am Wednesday January 13th to be official Korean American day in the state of Michigan. Hawaiian [...] Continue »
Links: Will.I.Am Music Video, Daniel Dae Kim, Harvard Law Professor, Pandas
SPONSORED LINK: AsianFashion.com aims to list the best designer clothes and shoes from leading Asian fashion designers! Hangul featured in Will.I.Am’s Music Video for Check It Out with Nicki Minaj and Director Rich Lee provides insight. Daniel Dae Kim on being a working APA Actor Harvard tenures first APA Law Professor Jeannie Suk 3 Completely unrelated Panda Links: Never say No to Panda (Cheese) Panda says “Hide your Wife, Hide your Kids” Chinese Professor Animated Parody [...] Continue »
Links: Margaret Cho Dancing, Sexual Racism, Robots, Tennis
SPONSORED LINK: AsianFashion.com aims to list the best designer clothes and shoes from leading Asian fashion designers! Margaret Cho is still kicking on Dancing with the Stars. Another article on sexual racism in the GLBT Community. (Hat tip: Lia) An Indian American scientist is working on Smart Robots. Taiwanese Tennis Pro (The latest generation) Vania King.
Links: Next Food Network Star, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, APA Health Concerns, Cosplay Fails
SPONSORED LINK: AsianFashion.com aims to list the best designer clothes and shoes from leading Asian fashion designers! Aarti Sequeira, Bombay Born and Dubai raised food blogger wins the latest season of The Next Food Network Star. Filipino-American Republican Tani Cantil-Sakauye is the newest Chief Justice of California, and has the thumbs up from Governor Shwarzenegger. Indian Americans and Filipinos are at greater risk of suffering from coronary heart disease, while Japanese and Chinese-Americans have higher chances of [...] Continue »
Links: K-Pop Artists, Din Tai Fung, Daphne Kwok, Yakuza 3
Ask a Korean starts reviewing the top 50 most influential Kpop Artists. The “Legend” of Din Tai Fung, the story of the famous LA restaurant chain with amazing — but possibly overrated — soup dumplings. President Obama has picked Daphne Kwok to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (New American Media) The video game Yakuza 3 gets reviewed by actual members of the Yakuza. (BoingBoing)
Links: Language, Super Sad True Love Story, Olivia Munn
Do language speakers end up attending to, understanding, and remembering their experiences differently, simply because they speak different languages? (WSJ) Super Sad True Love Story: “Within a few pages, Lenny has fallen hard for Eunice Park, an 80-pound Korean American girl half his size and age, and their titular love story is on – a cross-generational chess game playing out over 330 pages of intrigue, idiocy and crisis. (SFGate) Olivia Munn says she’s “brutally honest [...] Continue »
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