8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
-
‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
-
In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
-
Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
-
Filipino Kinship Terms and their Confusing Translation into English
-
Dating in Taiwan: An ABC’s Perspective
-
Filipino American Silicon Valley Pioneer Dado Banatao dies at 79
-
PANDA ATTACK!!!
-
Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
-
Category Archives: TV
Huntr/X Singers Upcoming Performances: Sesame Street, LA Concert, and Movie Singalong
Fresh off their performance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Huntr/X Singers – EJAE, Rei Ami, and Audrey Nuna, have a number of upcoming performances. They will appear on Sesame Street on Netflix next month. They are also … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, TV
Tagged Audrey Nuna, cookie monster, Ejae, Huntr/X, Netflix, Ramyeon, Rei Ami, sesame street
Leave a comment
KPop Demon Hunters Singers Tonight Show Performance and Interview
Finally, what the world was waiting for – a live performance of ‘Golden’ by the KPop Demon Hunters Singers themselves, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami! Less than 24 hours of this being posted on YouTube, the performance has over … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, TV
Tagged Audrey Nuna, Ejae, Golden, Huntr/X, KPop Demon Hunters, Rei Ami
Leave a comment
Huntr/X SNL Appearance
I was pleasantly surprised to see this Huntr/X SNL appearance. They aren’t on screen that long, but their cameo contributes to a pretty funny Saturday Night Live sketch. It’s amusing that they got Bad Bunny, a huge figure in Latin … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, TV
Tagged Bowen Yang, Huntr/X, KPop Demon Hunters, Saturday Night Live, snl
Leave a comment
Viki J-Drama Review: A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
Fuji TV’s period drama A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days With You begins uniquely with a katsudo-benshi or silent film narrator who serves as guide for modern audiences to the Showa 11 (1936) setting throughout the series. The narrator introduces … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, TV
Tagged a calm sea and beautiful days with you, Asian drama, fuji tv, honda kyoya, japanese drama, romcom, showa, world war II, WWII, yoshine kyoko, 本田響矢, 波うららかに、めおと日和, 芳根京子
Leave a comment
Squid Game Season 3 Official Trailer
Netflix just released the trailer for Squid Game Season 3, which they state is the final season. It will be coming to Netflix on Friday, June 27th: “Every game must come to an end. Squid Game. The final season. June … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2025 Closing Night with the Cast of Yellow Face
CAAMFest 2025 Closing Night screened a filming of the play, Yellow Face. It was a special evening with the cast of Yellow Face in attendance after the play’s recent nomination for three Tony’s, including: Best Revival of a Play Best … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Theatre, TV
Tagged Daniel Dae Kim, David Henry Hwang, Francis Jue, PBS, Shannon Tyo, yellow face
2 Comments
Netflix Japan’s “First Love”
Utada Hikaru’s “First Love” was a big hit, but it was more popular within Japan itself than anywhere else in the world. It’s a testament to its indelible place in modern Japanese consciousness that an entire Netflix produced drama would … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, TV
Tagged First love, Hikari Mitsushima, j-drama, Japan, japanese, japanese drama, Rikako Yahi, Taisei Kido, Takeru Satoh, utada hikaru
1 Comment
Netflix’s House of Ninjas
Haru Tawara (Kento Kaku) refills vendings machines for a living and lives in a run-down old Japanese home compound with his motley family. Despite his father Soichi’s (Yosuke Eguchi) claims that they are a normal Japanese family, all evidence suggests … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, TV
Tagged Aju Makita, house of ninjas, Kento Kaku, Netflix, ninjas, Nobuko Miyamoto, shinobi, Tae Kimura, Tenta Banka, Yosuke Eguchi
Leave a comment
‘Home Court’ Now Streaming on All PBS Platforms
Last year, I had the opportunity to see and review Home Court at CAAMFest: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, filmed over three years, is a coming-of-age story that relays the highs and lows of her immigrant family, … Continue reading
Ken Jeong Receives His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
I’ve been woefully behind in my blogging, but I wanted to get around to writing about actor, comedian, entertainer, and fellow Duke alum like myself Ken Jeong getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (back on Wednesday, October … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, TV
Tagged Asians in Hollywood, Duke, Duke University, Ken Jeong
1 Comment
‘Interior Chinatown’ – Trailer – Hulu & Disney+ Streaming All Episodes on November 19th
I remember when the novel Interior Chinatown won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction because the author was an Taiwanese American ex-lawyer, Charles Yu. I recently read that the novel was being adapted into a television series, which will now … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, TV
Tagged Charles Yu, chloe bennet, disney, Hulu, Interior Chinatown, Jimmy O Yang, Ronny Chieng, Streaming
Leave a comment