Category Archives: Entertainment

How anime and manga has infiltrated Western culture

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ben

I remember back in the day, in junior high, when I thought about how strange it was that the great comic book series, Dragonball Z and City Hunter were not available for purchase in the United States except through imports. … Continue reading →

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AsiaSF goes Hollywood!

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Efren

One of San Francisco’s best known restaurants, AsiaSF, is establishing a new restaurant in Hollywood, called AsiaSF Hollywood (which kinda sounds like the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but I digress). Aside from the lethal drinks and pretty good small … Continue reading →

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Students say Kal Penn’s Asian American Studies Class A Hit

Posted on May 5, 2008 by John

If you may recall, last year, I reported that Penn was going to be teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. Not only is Kal Penn a successful actor, but he’s a pretty good college lecturer, according to the University of … Continue reading →

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Onion News Network: China Celebrates Its Status As World’s Number One Air Polluter

Posted on May 2, 2008 by John

China Celebrates Its Status As World’s Number One Air Polluter You may have heard of the satirical printed and online newspaper The Onion, the self-proclaimed “American’s Finest News Source.” Well, they also have a satirical news program called the Onion … Continue reading →

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Ninja Warrior: The United States needs a Sasuke

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Ben

The Japanese have some of the craziest shows ever. Distributed by Monster9 whom eventually did Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course. And you know it’s definitely a big deal if ESPN picked up US distribution rights for Viking. G4 picked up … Continue reading →

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Fallout Central @ the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Ernie

The guys over at Fallout Central recently got a red carpet press pass to the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards and do what press people do best: interview a bunch of Asian American celebrities about their upcoming projects. Guests included Kaba … Continue reading →

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Kaneshiro to be cast in Onimusha film

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Ben

The Onimusha series for Sony’s Playstation 2 has had a wide following including the fan girls of Takeshi Kaneshiro. And it seems that with the movie in pre-production status currently, there are few things that we know except for the … Continue reading →

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Evolution of L.A.’s Asian film festival

Posted on May 1, 2008 by John

The 24th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival starts today and runs through next Thursday, May 8th, as mentioned in The Los Angeles Times / The Guide, “Evolution of L.A.’s Asian film festival.” Seeing how Hollywood is in Los … Continue reading →

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SF: Thursday, May 1st: 11th Annual United States of Asian America Festival Kickoff

Posted on April 30, 2008 by John

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. The White House said it, so it must be true, right? Please join the artists, cast and crew of the United States of Asian America Festival 2008 for the 11th Annual Gala Opening event. … Continue reading →

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Guo-Qiang and Murakami in New York

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Lily Huang

If you are in the New York area, there are two modern art shows not to be missed. Cai Guo-Qiang’s retrospective I Want to Believe is at the Guggenheim through May 28, and Takashi Murakami’s © Murakami is at the … Continue reading →

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The Tonight Show: Governor ‘Bobby’ Jindal of Louisiana

Posted on April 30, 2008 by John

I most recently wrote about about Governor ‘Bobby’ Jindal of Louisiana in March in, “McCain’s Surprise: VP ‘Bobby’ Jindal ?” Well, Jindal was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this past Monday night, no doubt to answer the speculations … Continue reading →

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San Francisco: Wed, April 30th – Margaret Cho Day!

Posted on April 29, 2008 by John

Wow, I beat out angry asian man out for news on Asian American entertainment… no doubt he will have this info posted soon…So I just found out from my friend who is usually in the know for concerts, etc. in … Continue reading →

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