Category Archives: Entertainment

Some more thoughts on ’21’… and the MIT Blackjack team

Posted on April 21, 2008 by John

I had written earlier in the month on “The [MIT] Tech: Movie ‘21′ Discriminatory Casting Unjustified,” and had some additional thoughts on the movie ’21’ given my recent travels and experiences. My brother and I were in Boston two weekends … Continue reading →

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Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival 2008 (4/20 – 5/4)

Posted on April 20, 2008 by John

In today’s Sunday San Jose Mercury News reports, “The China connection – Stanford’s Pan-Asian Festival Focuses Spotlight on Best of Chinese Music, Dance, and Arts.” Artists from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, as well as ethnic … Continue reading →

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Dancing with the Stars: Jaryd & Cara

Posted on April 15, 2008 by John

Jaryd & Cara I was over a friend’s house tonight and channel surfing when I came across Dancing with the Stars. I’ve never watched the show before, so I was surprised and shocked to see the “Ballroom Kids” competition, where … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Yoon’s 13 of Blondes

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Ernie

If you find ideas of white standards for Asian beauty a controversial one, then London-based Korean multimedia artist Dorothy Yoon’s latest show 13 of Blondes has a series of exhibits portraying Asian women as women with blonde hair and blue … Continue reading →

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Kristi Yamaguchi: Dancing with the Stars

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Jen

  I know some of my fellow 8Asians writers like America’s Next Dance Crew…I know “hip hop” is popular, and break dancing is much more sexier and grittier than ballroom dancing right now, but I’m going to still stick to … Continue reading →

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50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time!

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Jun

OH MY GOD… what an INCREDIBLE way to waste 5 hours of my life. Maybe its because I’m wayyy too young, but I remember waiting for my parents to fall asleep and then sneaking to the living room to watch … Continue reading →

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Vincent Who?

Posted on April 5, 2008 by John

I was on Facebook when I noticed that a friend of mine had become a “fan” of “Vincent Who?” and I thought to myself, “What is this all about?” Vincent Who? is a new documentary about Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American … Continue reading →

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More good music: Renee Sebastian

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Ernie

Meet Renee Sebastian – a Filipino-American wife and mother who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She majored in Computer Science in college. Just your typical Asian American living in the Bay, right? Wrong. Because Renee Sebastian is also … Continue reading →

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Planet B-Boy: Seriously, GO SEE IT

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Ernie

Yesterday night, I had the opportunity to see Benson Lee’s Planet B-Boy at the Lumiere in San Francisco. And you might have heard about it in the film festival circuit or through the YouTube front-page promotion or through other Asian-American … Continue reading →

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SPACE INVADERS!!!!

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Jun

Taito, creator of “Space Invaders”, has teamed up with Yahoo Japan and incorporated the game into the website where space invaders destroy the Yahoo homepage. It was a part of a April Fools joke but its still active. GO BEFORE … Continue reading →

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Shock-us Sulu!

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Brian

Here’s the great George Takei (“That’s Tah-Kay… rhymes with OK“) on Conan O’Brien last night. The highlight @ 2:50… Banana Oil! I’ve been a dedicated diehard loyally psychopathic Howard Stern fan dating back to my 13th birthday. It wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Chop Socky!

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Efren

So in an e-mail that we all got from our fearless leader, Ernie, we got this rather interesting synopsis of an upcoming cartoon on Cartoon Network, Chop Socky Chooks: Lets analyze why this show is freaking racist to Asians. First … Continue reading →

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