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The Office’s Mindy Kaling Has Comedy Pilot Picked Up By Fox
Mindy Kaling, author if Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and best known as Kelly Kapoor on The Office, may soon have her very own show. Via The Hollywood Reporter: Fox “has officially picked up to pilot an untitled comedy from The Office‘s Kaling that would star the writer-actress as a young Bridget Jones-type doctor trying to navigate both her personal and professional lives. The project, which hails from Universal TV, would be written and [...] Continue »
TMZ Asks Apolo Anton Ohno, “Who is the Best Asian-American Athlete?”
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player A TMZ cameraman stalked Apolo Ohno while he was leaving the gym and asked, “Who is the best Asian-American[sic] athlete?” The TMZ staff tries to answer this question, as well. Not surprisingly, the TMZ staff was stumped by the question, but who did Apolo give as his answer? What are your thoughts on the question or this video?
Kung Fu Master Teaches Dance
Every once in a while, I’ll get an email or a blog posting about a commercial I blogged about, like the McDonald’s commercial. The actor I highlighted, Vince Foster, sent a shout out thanking for profiling him and wanted to showcase a recent skit he helped put together with his friends. Funny, while just looking at his “What’s New” section of his site, I realized that Foster is also in the Samsung commercial mocking Apple [...] Continue »
Viral Like SARS: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical
From the 8Asians Suggestion Box: “I’m Carmen, the co-creator/writer of Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical. [...] Beyond being part of the ‘Filipino Youtube’ movement, Prison Dancer is a story inspired by Filipinos – created by Filipinos – and ACTED by Filipinos. Not to say this is exclusionist of any other Asians but as a former cast member of Miss Saigon (I’m Filipina), I can say I appreciate that we’re actually portraying ourselves this time! [...] Continue »
Australian Comedian Plays Overbearing Asian Mom in HBO’s Angry Boys
With his new HBO show, Angry Boys, Australian comedian Chris Lilley is following the grand politically incorrect tradition of Chapelle’s Show and Da Ali G Show by skewering pop culture and testing audience’s offensive threshold when it comes to tackling portrayal of race.
John Cho Talks A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas And His Christmas Wishlist
If you haven’t noticed, 8Asians has nothing but love for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (and the entire Harold & Kumar franchise for that matter) — and why shouldn’t we? The movie has two Asian leads in off-beat (*ahem* non-stereotypical *ahem* stoner) roles. That said, when we get the chance to interview John Cho and/or Kal Penn we will jump on it because we like famous Asians. Moye had the opportunity to interview [...] Continue »
8Questions with John Cho & Kal Penn on A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Nudity & Occupy Wall Street
Harold and Kumar are back for a brand new adventure with a Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas but this time, they’re older, wiser and well, not really friends with each other any more. Uh-oh. Does this mean their best friendship is over together? I had to find out for myself. I sat down with stars John Cho and Kal Penn to talk about the latest sequel and was treated to a pretty hilarious conversation. [...] Continue »
Giveaway: The Ultimate Prize Package from A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
UPDATE 11/2/11: Congrats to our Ultimate Prize Winner: Gondica who gets the whole she-bang! Congrats also to our runner-ups: Frank Huynh, Kao S., Nate, mwei, Anthony LaPaglia, Maureen C., Steve H., Linda B., Michelle V, Dave Seto who all get posters! Harold & Kumar are back! John Cho and Kal Penn reprise their title roles in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, the third installment of this franchise which opens November 4th. Six years [...] Continue »
Let’s Overanalyze An SNL Skit: J-Pop Talk Show
Now that we’ve established that, yes, there are people who aren’t Asian who like Asian music, leave it up to Saturday Night Live to present this in a comedy skit called J-Pop America Fun Time Now, a mock college TV show where two white anime fans honor Japanese culture by looking like idiots. Read how the writers of a TV show are able to make jokes about Japanese people without getting protested by Huffington Post [...] Continue »
8Asians’ The A-Word: Eps #7 – Gil Asakawa and China’s Breast-Touching Festival
8Asians' The A-Word: Eps #7 - Gil Asakawa and China's Breast-Touching Festival [ 10:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (373)For the month of October, we tackle ghosts of the past, namely the issues and topics that keep popping up over the last five years or so since 8Asians launched. In this episode we trap Gil Asakawa into the podcast and then chat about China’s Breast-Touching Festival. (Photo after the jump.) Take a listen and subscribe to our iTunes channel and get all A-Word podcasts automatically downloaded to your computer!
Friend-Zoned Phil Meme: Who Is Phil and Why Is He Asian?
“Friend-Zoned Phil” is the latest meme with an Asian guy circulating the intarwebs, thanks to those crazy folks at Reddit. Behold! The Friend-Zoned Phil Meme is an image series featuring an Asian guy “Phil,” who is in the friend zone– that is, a guy who has a really great girl friend that’s not a girlfriend. Friend-Zoned Phil is flip side of “Friend Zone Fiona,” the pretty (white) chick who PUTS guys like Phil into the [...] Continue »
Fox Sports Airs Racist USC Video, Then Apologizes
Fox Sports thought this video of reporter Bob Oschack visiting the USC campus for man on the street interviews with Asian college students would be hilarious. The Internet thought otherwise and last Saturday, Fox Sports issued an apology to “the entire USC community” for airing the piece.
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