Category Archives: TV

Ken Jeong Receives His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Posted on December 4, 2024 by John

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 →

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‘Interior Chinatown’ – Trailer – Hulu & Disney+ Streaming All Episodes on November 19th

Posted on October 28, 2024 by John

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 →

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Feature: AWW Film’s David Aure

Posted on August 21, 2024 by High School Voices

  By Julie Shen David Aure is a Filipino American film producer and director from Anaheim, California. He runs his own company, AWW Films, where he primarily creates music videos for artists, social media ad campaigns, and captivating TV shows. … Continue reading →

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Plot Twists of Attack on Titan (Spoilers)

Posted on July 28, 2024 by High School Voices

By Wesley Wang   Plot twists are a big part of the success of anime. Some do it well, while others try too hard to create a shock factor, making the twist unreasonable and not plausible. Popular Japanese manga and … Continue reading →

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The Bachelorette with Jenn Tran, its First Asian American Woman, Premieres Monday July 8

Posted on July 7, 2024 by John

This Monday, July 8th, is the premiere of the new season of The Bachelorette (on ABC), starring Jenn Tran, the first ever Asian American woman to lead the franchise. Just a week before the premiere, Jenn is already calling out … Continue reading →

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Measuring Inclusive Casting: Hulu tops for AAPI with a 32.2% share of Cast

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Jeff

Media representation has long been an issue for Asian Americans, to the point where  8Asians has a series dedicated toward representation in commercials.  So exactly how are Asian Americans doing?  Nielson’s Gracenote division has announced that they have released a … Continue reading →

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Opinions on Asian and Asian Men Representation in American Movies and TV

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Jeff

When Crazy Rich Asians came out, some people declared that there was a new narrative on the attractiveness of Asian and Asian American men.  But did Henry Golding and this movie make make a difference? Has it affected your life … Continue reading →

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Nielsen Finds that Asian Americans are Key Audience for Ad Supported Video On-Demand

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Jeff

The ratings and audience measurement and analysis firm Nielsen has found that Asian Americans are a key audience for ad supported video on-demand services (AVOD), among other findings in their just released their report, Reaching Asian American Audiences: Understanding Asian … Continue reading →

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What if “Gene of AI” became our future?

Posted on April 24, 2024 by High School Voices

By Nathan Lin   The Japanese cartoon, Gene of AI, available on Crunchyroll, is set in the future where ten percent of the population are humanoids with artificial intelligence (AI). They are robots that are almost exact copies of real … Continue reading →

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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”

Posted on March 24, 2024 by tinabot

Sheltered third generation politician Taishi Shoji (Tori Matsuzaka) and wildly successful actress Yui Kurosawa (Riisa Naka) can no longer stand each other and want to get a divorce, but their high profile life makes it extremely difficult to do so … Continue reading →

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The Brothers Sun cancelled (a.k.a. finish watching a show you like)

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Jeff

I was enthusiastically watching The Brothers Sun series when after getting through part of episode 5, I got distracted and didn’t finish it and the rest of the episodes.  Later I read that The Brothers Sun has been cancelled! It … Continue reading →

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Netflix Announces Season 2 & 3 for Avatar: The Last Airbender

Posted on March 6, 2024 by tinabot

The new live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix has been trending at #1 since it was released a couple weeks ago, so it’s no surprise when it was announced that they are now planning to do … Continue reading →

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