-
8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
-
Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
-
Asian Pubic Hair Questions
-
The Science and History of the Asian Squat
-
Do Asians Have Body Hair?
-
Do Asians Have the Smallest Testicle?
-
Asian American Frozen Foods: Trader Joe’s Korean Style Beef Short Ribs
-
Do All Asians Have Flat Butts?
-
Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
-
Category Archives: Entertainment
8Books Review: Chinatown Pretty by Andria Lo and Valerie Luu
Chinatown Pretty by photographer Andria Lo and Valerie Luu is a beautiful tribute to our popos and gunggungs. The book celebrates the street styles of Chinatown’s elders in six major cities: San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, Books, Family, Fashion, The Arts
Tagged Andria Lo, Chinatown, Chinatown Pretty, Valerie Luu
2 Comments
A Short Review: Si
While the short Si was a finalist for the 2020 HBO Visionaries contest, I had some skepticism about it. What about microaggressions could make a substantial film? Director Thomas Kim, in the interview above (some *spoilers* in it – I … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Movies
Tagged HBO Visionaries, Ki Hong Lee, Si, Thomas Kim
Leave a comment
A Short Review: Fine China
As she says in the interview above, Tiffany So, the director of the Fine China short that was a finalist for the 2020 HBO Visionaries contest, loves musicals. I do too, and so Fine China was a pleasant surprise. I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Fine China, HBO Max, HBO Visionaries, Tiffany So
Leave a comment
HBO APA Visionaries: 2020 Winners of Short Film Contest made available for Streaming
Every year, HBO sponsors a contest for Asian American short films and showcases the winners. 2020’s winners were recently made available for viewing on HBO Max after honoring them as part of the Virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, The Arts
Tagged Fine China, HBO, HBO APA Visionaries, HBO Max, Ki Hong Lee, Lonely Blue Night, Si, Tiffany So
2 Comments
“A Sugar and Spice Holiday”, An Asian American Christmas Movie, Premieres December 2020
Lifetime channel is premiering “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” which is the channel’s first movie featuring Asian American leads, in December 2020. Tzi Ma (Mulan, The Farewell), Jacky Lai (V-Wars), and Tony Giroux (Motherland: Fort Salem) headline this feature. In … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, TV
Tagged A Sugar & Spice Holiday, Jacky Lai, Lifetime, Tony Giroux, Tzi Ma
5 Comments
8Books Review: The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Nancy Jooyoun Kim’s first novel The Last Story of Mina Lee is a thoughtful, heart-wrenching dive into the story of a mother and daughter. When Margot Lee’s mother–the eponymous Mina Lee–stops answering her phone, Margot wonders what could have happened. … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, Books, Family
Leave a comment
The First US Television series featuring an Asian American Actor is Lost and Probably Gone Forever
The blog title above might make you wonder if something happened to Fresh off the Boat. Perhaps if you were older or well versed in pop culture, you might wonder if something happened to copies of All American Girl (1994), … Continue reading
Posted in History, TV
Tagged Anna May Wong, The DuMont Television Network, The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong
Leave a comment
Grant Imahara, Engineer and Host of Mythbusters, Dead at 49
Grant Masaru Imahara, host of Mythbusters, died on July 13, 2020 of a brain aneurysm. One thing I loved about him was that not only was he a handsome and affable TV host, he was a working engineer and an … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: The Fighting Spirit of Anderson Paak
I first heard of Anderson .Paak from Number One Son and Number Two Son, but I didn’t bother to find anything about him until I saw him featured in this commercial for Modelo beer. “Fighting Spirit” is definitely an appropriate … Continue reading
Awkwafina, Andrew Yang, and Dino-Ray Ramos make the A100 list of Influential Asians
For the past three years, Gold House has published the A100 list of Asians and Asian Americans who have been highly influential in the past year. 2020’s list includes well known people like Awkwafina and Andrew Yang, plus others that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Entertainment
Tagged A100, Andrew Yang, Awkfina, Dino-Ray Ramos, Gold House
4 Comments
The Joy Luck Club: Online Discussion with Author Amy Tan and Movie Cast on June 9
Before Crazy Rich Asians or Always be my Maybe, there was The Joy Luck Club in 1993. Not many mainstream American movies before it and for a long time afterward had a majority Asian American cast. Some Asian Americans really … Continue reading
ESPN’s 30 for 30: “Be Water” Bruce Lee Documentary Airing Sun, June 7th
This coming Sunday, ESPN, in their ’30 for 30′ documentary series, will be exploring the life of Bruce Lee, in the documentary ‘Be Water’: “Take a first look at ‘Be Water’, a 30 for 30 film that intimately chronicles Bruce … Continue reading