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Deftones’ Chi Cheng Wakes Up From His 3-Year Coma
Via Radio 104.5: “After spending the past 3+ years in a coma due to a tragic car accident, Deftones’ bassist Chi Cheng has finally awaken and is showing promising signs of recovery. From responding to doctors to moving his feet up and down, Cheng is on his long road to recovery, according to fansite OneLoveForChi.com.” (Hat tip: Jasmine)
SXSW 2012 Has a Nice Handful of Asian Movies
This year, SXSW (a.k.a. South by Southwest) film festival has a very hearty helping of Asian-ness — and I’LL BE THERE! YAY! Sure, the music and interactive portions of the popular festival are big draws, but when it comes to the film festival, I am totally all over it. This year they will be featuring big time movies like the Jonah Hill/Channing Tatum comedy romp 21 Jump Street and Joss Whedon’s Cabin in the Woods [...] Continue »
Naruto & Dragonball Now Available On Barnes & Noble Nook
It’s happened. I’m totally hooked on eBooks. I’m one of those book lovers that loves to sniff a new book before I read it, sighs at the sound of a page turning, and adores the solid and personal feel of a book in my hand. With the advent of eBooks, I tried to resist, fancying myself like Yomiko Readman from the anime Read or Die, living in an abandoned office building filled to the brim [...] Continue »
Steven Yeun Talks About The Walking Dead Season 2.5 & Tries A Bacon Milkshake
The Walking Dead returns to AMC on Sunday, February 12th to finish up their second season. That also means Glenn is back with even more baseball caps! Steven Yeun was on Attack of the Show yesterday to promote the new episodes, as well as share what it’s like being a huge celebrity in South Korea. Also, he shares stories about his Korean parents who were initially disappointed in his career choice (surprise) now expect him [...] Continue »
Jennifer Yuh Nelson Wins Annie Award for Kung Fu Panda 2
On Saturday, February 4th, 2012, Jennifer Yuh Nelson won the Annie Award for Best Director in a Feature Production with Kung Fu Panda 2. The Annie Award is basically the top award for animated films, and it’s not the only honor Nelson has attracted. She has won a previous Annie Award for story boarding for the first Kung Fu Panda film. Aside from being recognized as the top grossing female director ever with Kung Fu [...] Continue »
Is Classical Music Alive For Long?
It has been said that playing an instrument as a child is the greatest predictor of concert attendance as an adult. I can relate because I started taking piano lessons when I was eight and I continued learning for 10 years. I took piano exams through the Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music almost every year and I was one exam away from obtaining my Diploma in Instrumental Teaching. I also performed in [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: North Korean Accordion Players Perform a-ha’s Take On Me
And for your musical interlude of the day, we bring you a group of accordion players from North Korea’s Kum Song School performing the 80′s hit, “Take On Me” by a-ha. (In case you were wondering, they’re still sobbing over the death of Kim Jong-Il on the inside.) (Also, I didn’t know they listened to a-ha in North Korea. Did you?) (And they have accordions there, too? Crazy.)
Pete Hoekstra’s Offensive Anti-Asian Super Bowl Ad
It seems like the new Super Bowl tradition of late is airing commercials which are racist, offensive, or at least racially insensitive toward Asians. In 2008, it was a set of offensive SalesGenie.com ads (written by an Asian, no less). 2010 gave us the Doritos Samurai Guy (who didn’t know the ways of the Samurai). Last year, Timothy Hutton using the plight of Tibet as a punchline for Groupon’s deals on fish curry, not even [...] Continue »
7500 Teaser Trailer Reveals My Worst Nightmare
I don’t fly that often to Japan but when I do, a myriad of nightmares come to play. Something horrible will happen to the plane. Something scary will happen on the flight. I’ll be stuck sitting next to a douchebag for the next 10 hours. Jamie Chung will be my flight attendant. You know what I mean. And occasionally, a new film mashes all of that together, titled 7500. Directed by Takashi Shimizu, the guy [...] Continue »
I am Bruce Lee Documentary Trailer & Why We Should Remember His Legacy
Bruce Lee. Do I really have to write anymore? Those two words are worth more than anything I will write, mainly because there’s just some many different takes and angles on this incredible person who influenced the world in more ways than one. But too many people don’t realise, he was far more than the punchs and kicks, he was someone who was fully in tandem with how life incorporates both the body and the [...] Continue »
Vanessa Hudgens Talks About Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, starring Vanessa Hudgens, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine and Luis Guzman, is a family adventure that is coming to theaters in February 10. This movie is a continuation of the 2008 worldwide sensation, Journey to the Center of the Earth. It first begins with Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) getting a radio signal to go to this mysterious island. Sean’s stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) decided to join his stepson after unable [...] Continue »
Top 7 Best “Sh*t ___ Say” Videos About Asian People
Ever since the “Shit Girls Say” video launched onto YouTube a month ago, the internet community took it as a chance to create every single commentary out there about a specific group of people that they would like to parody. While some have been clever like “Shit White Girls Say…to Black Girls” due to its ability to incorporate a true social commentary on racial dynamics, many others have been failures. With the “Shit ____ Say” [...] Continue »
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