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Yes, Darren Criss from ‘Glee’ is Half Filipino

Fans of Glee are still all a twitter about the show’s latest heartthrob addition: Darren Criss. Last week the relatively unknown pop star/actor became known. He made us swoon as Blaine, Kurt’s (Chris Colfer) potential love interest and mentor. As … Continue reading

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Another Hilarious Modern Family Clip Reinforcing a Stereotype

Another week, another consistently hilarious episode of Modern Family and this past week’s episode was the Halloween episode. Haley has been trying on different costumes which her mother Claire is consistently disapproving given their sexy nature. She asks Haley when … Continue reading

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Ready for an Asian American Sitcom? ‘The Chin Chens’ Coming to CoLours TV

Out of Atlanta comes a story written by Rodney Ho about The Chin Chens, a new Asian American sitcom about a family with a Chinese American father, a Vietnamese American mother, and their three children. According to the article, the … Continue reading

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The Colbert Report: Apolo Ohno

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Apolo Ohno www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive All time gold medal winner speed skater winter Olympian Apolo Ohno appeared on The Colbert Report earlier … Continue reading

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Modern Family Reinforces the Model Minority, But At Least It’s Funny

I’m a big fan of Modern Family, and I’m glad that the mockumentary TV comedy won so many Emmys recently. We’ve blogged about how the show often makes fun of as well as reinforces stereotypes at the same time, and … Continue reading

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Charice Gives ‘Glee’ a New, Cute Asian Voice

Besides Harry Shum Jr.’s abs, Filipino import pop sensation, Charice was the hot topic of the second season premiere of Glee. If we sidestep the ignorant comments (which, by the way, were cleverly executed) made by the show’s resident diva, … Continue reading

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Margaret Cho’s Cho Dependent Album Review

By Ken Margaret Cho has become the Banshee of Bawdiness, the Brad Paisley of blue jokes and a Big Bitch of Bathroom Humor. Since the beginning of her career, Cho has managed to reincarnate herself as many times as Madonna … Continue reading

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The Colbert Report: Japanese Hackers Are Out to Get Us

The other night, Stephen Colbert reported that a Japanese hacker by the name of Masato Nakatsuji had been arrested for writing a computer virus that replaced all the files on a person’s computer with images of squid – infecting an … Continue reading

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Ryan Higa Makes More Money From Adsense Than You Ever Will

Asian Americans may not be seen in the movies or on primetime television, but a recent article from Yahoo! on the earnings of top YouTube celebrities such as Ryan Higa reveals that while they’re not getting multi-million dollar contracts and … Continue reading

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