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Rolling Stone Releases List Of 10 Kpop Groups Most Likely To Break In The US
Rolling Stone released their list of 10 K-pop groups most likely to break in America. Of the list are the obvious names, while others were kind of surprising. The list, needless to say, sparked much discussion in Kpop forums all over the net. As someone who’s followed K-pop for many years (and it’s getting tiresome nowadays) I’ve always rooted for acapella quartet CSJH The Grace to make their US debut. This was before one of [...] Continue »
Watch Yul Kwon’s “America Revealed” PBS Series Online
Back in April, Asian American celebrity host Yul Kwon hosted a four part series on for PBS called America Revealed with the following episodes: Episode 1 – Food Machine Episode 2 – Nation on the Move Episode 3 – Electric Nation Episode 4 – Made in the U.S.A. If you missed them, they’re online. Though I don’t know for how long. I watched the entire series and thought the cinematography and aerial photography was fantastic. [...] Continue »
Nguyen Girls’ Yearbook Prank: No, We’re Not Related
I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the question. I happen to be with Asian American friends, whether in church or at a restaurant. An acquaintance, or even a perfect stranger will ask: Are you related? Once I was sitting with friends visiting one of the churches I was serving as a pastor. They all happened to be Chinese American – one guy, two girls. Afterwards, my colleague and at least a handful of [...] Continue »
Long Delayed K-Town Reality Show To Be Released On YouTube In July
Remember K-Town, the Jersey Shore wannabe reality show based on Asian Americans? 8Asians blogged the casting of an early promotional reel two years ago, as well as observations about the cast members and even a guest post by the producer, only to have the show slip into what felt like development hell for two years. But this week a PR release has announced that the Tyrese produced project will be released after all on YouTube [...] Continue »
The Carrie Diaries Trailer Proves That Minorities Do Exist In New York
I haven’t been paying attention to anything about The Carrie Diaries, the CW’s new series about Carrie Bradshaw before the Sex and the City years (which I like to refer to as the B.C.E.–Before Cosmo Era) but look! The trailer is out! And look! There are NON-WHITE PEOPLE IN IT. Seriously, you guys. How is it possible that a series like Girls, which was deemed to be the most honest, real and down-to-earth portrayal of [...] Continue »
Asian American Commercial Watch: McDonald’s “It’s Your Lunch – Take It” Campaign
It looks like McDonald’s has launched a new ad campaign geared towards Americans who often have to work through lunch – encouraging them to take time out to eat lunch by actually going out to lunch. You can see a longer commercial of the same campaign with the same Asian American office worker after the jump.
Uploaded: The Asian American Movement Review From 2012 LAAPFF
The buzz and excitement for Uploaded: The Asian American Movement was tremendous at the world premiere, even before the film began. But I was not among one of them and instead, I was quite the doubting Thomas. I was reluctant to watch this in the first place because I am extremely critical of many YouTube stars but I came down to support the crew team who put more than 8 months of work into this, [...] Continue »
MYX TV Pemieres MashBox Interactive Series With App
We iPhone users are spoiled. I use my iPhone to its fullest, including using the Starbucks app to buy drinks at Starbucks, another app to read magazines… sometimes I even use the magic 8 ball app when I can’t decide an answer to a yes or no question. Now, there is even a more interactive app for people who want to find out more about the hosts of a show they are watching, what the [...] Continue »
Nice Girls Crew Review From 2012 LAAPFF
UPDATE: Rich didn’t actually know Lynn or Parry before shooting this movie, they were introduced to him by his friend Dave Boyle, after seeing his film and feeling like they’d be great in the roles. The film was actually more than that the originally reported $10,000…it was 30,000. The $10,000 came from the kickstarter campaign, and the rest Rich financed on his own. Finally, Lynn did introduce Rich to Sheetal, but Kerry is an old [...] Continue »
Asian American Commercial Watch: May Is Blooming At JCP
I wonder if JCP, as in JCPenney, is the new KFC (as in Kentucky Fried Chicken). Ever since Ron Johnson left Apple (former head of retail) to become head of “JCP,” I’ve noticed that the department store has had hipper television ads. In reality, JCP is not the new KFC, but more like the new Target – at least when it comes to pastel colors and hip music. (Before Apple, Johnson had worked at Target.)
The Mindy Project Makes Mindy Kaling Even More Hilarious
When I first heard that Mindy Kaling’s pilot, The Mindy Project, was picked up by Fox, I was cautiously optimistic — not because I don’t like Mindy. I mean, who DOESN’T like Mindy? She’s so girly without being SO GIRLY. She’s the gal pal that everyone wants to sit at a coffee shop with for hours and talk smack about everyone who passes by. In any case, I was cautiously optimistic because I wanted to [...] Continue »
Yes, We’re Open Review & Interview From LAAPFF 2012
First brownie point that needs to be given out immediately with Yes, We’re Open: with a largely Asian American cast as the leads, the story has nothing to do with their ethnicity nor any cultural awkward elements that are found quite often in films like these.
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