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Category Archives: TV
Joe & Heidi Wang Eliminated from The Amazing Race
In the most recent episode of The Amazing Race, husband and wife team, Joe and Heidi Wang were eliminated after being “U-turned” by the police detective duo Louie and Michael, who felt that the couple were a strong team that … Continue reading
14 Years Ago Today: Bert is Evil
It’s pretty difficult to believe if you’re an Internet junkie veteran like I am, but fourteen years ago my friend Dino Ignatio created a little website called Bert is Evil. While the original website has long been taken down, internet … Continue reading
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The Pacific: the Crossroad Between Generation Gaps and Political Correctness
A couple of years ago, I was introduced to Band of Brothers, the hugely successful HBO miniseries about the 101st Airborne and their accomplishments in the European theater in World War II, and was instantly hooked. The miniseries focused more … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: All American Mom, Daughter & Boyfriend in Target Ad
While watching The Amazing Race on my DVR, I had to quickly rewind to see what I thought I had seen. Target has done it again, this time with a new television commercial featuring an all Asian American cast featuring … Continue reading
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Asian Stereotypes on ABC’s Modern Family
As I had blogged previously, Modern Family is one of my favorite new comedy shows of the 2009-2010 television season. In a recent episode, I was pleasantly surprised to see actress Suzy Nakamura reprises her role as Dr. Miura, who … Continue reading
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ABC News’ Nightline: Nobu, the Sushi Master
Last Friday night, ABC News’ Nightline profiled Nobu Matsuhisa, better known as just “Nobu,” who prepared some of his signature dishes and spoke a little bit about his background. To be honest, I have never ever eaten at a Nobu … Continue reading
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PSA: Write in “Taiwanese” on the 2010 US Census
Recently, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), TaiwaneseAmerican.org, Taiwanese American Foundation, TACL-LYF: Leading Youth Forward, Taiwanese American Professionals – San Francisco (TAP-SF), Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California helped produce this Public Service Announcement (PSA), advocating for all Taiwanese Americans … Continue reading
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John Park Booted Off American Idol
So I guess 2010 won’t be the year of the Asian American Idol with 21 year old John Park being voted off the show last night with 3 other contestants. Even though I’m not one of those AI fanatics who … Continue reading
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Apolo Ohno on The Tonight Show
Last night, Apolo Ohno was on The Tonight Show (now back with Jay Leno) to talk about his 2010 Vancouver Olympic experience to an audience seemingly filled with heart throbbed teenage girls. While I do enjoy watching the short track … Continue reading
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Zero Kazama interview with channelAPA.com
(This is the first post for channelAPA.com on 8asians. We’re excited about this partnership! For our first post, we’re introducing you to Zero Kazama, the host of MTV Silent Library. He doesn’t get to do much as the host on … Continue reading
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America’s Best Dance Crew: Proof that Asian Girl on Girl Action Still Sells
Something is going wrong with my DVR. It has not been recording episodes of America’s Best Dance Crew, therefore ruining my life. Luckily, MTV posts the episodes on their site and I finally watched it and was very pleased to … Continue reading
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The Blatant Cultural Branding and the Sexualization of Speed Skaters
So how about those speed skating races last night? Man, that Apolo Anton Ohno sure knows how to do a nice crotch shot. Seriously – did the camera man wake up in the morning and say, “I am going to … Continue reading
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