8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Tag Archives: Jon Chu
Jon M. Chu Joins Ethnic E-Grocery Weee! As Chief Creative Officer
If you haven’t heard of Weee!, maybe the online delivery grocer doesn’t deliver in your area (their major markets are SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle, Portland, San Diego and New York but expanding rapidly). Weee! was founded in Fremont, California … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Food & Drink
Tagged Jon Chu, Weee!
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Jon M. Chu Makes Airline Safety Videos Actually Interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtyfiPIHsIg As someone who flies almost every month, I usually tune out the safety talk, with the aim of being asleep before the airplane takes off. This flight safety video that Jon Chu made for Virgin America is one that … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: “Movement” For Microsoft Surface
This commercial is not so notable for Asian Americans in it as the Asian Americans behind it, such as director Jon M. Chu (GI Joe 2, Step Up 2, Step Up 3D, Justin Biefer: Never Say Never) and our favorite … Continue reading
Having An Asian Moment: Men in Black III, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, And The Rufio prequel
I pride myself in patrolling movie and TV news and finding something relevant for our 8Asians readers — and I find TONS of news. Unfortunately I find SO much news that I get overwhelmed and have a nervous breakdown. I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, TV
Tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Baz Luhrmann, Dante Basco, G.I. Joe Retaliation, Jon Chu, Razza Jaffrey, Rufio, Smash, The Great Gatsby
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John Chu’s G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation Trailer Is Asian Enough
http://youtu.be/bSX2oxLdcWA The first full trailer for John Chu’s kind of anticipated G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation flooded blogs and websites. The follow-up to the first million dollar installment worthy of B-movie acclaim, looks promising. It has lots of explosions, guns, Asian … Continue reading
Jon Chu Talks About Directing ‘G.I. Joe 2’
Earlier in March, we found out that Hollywood’s Asian American token director Jon Chu was going from singing Bieber’s “Baby” to hollering “YO JOE!” In other words, he will be directing the much-anticipated sequel to G.I. Joe. Actually, calling it … Continue reading
Jon Chu Goes from Bieber to G.I. Joe 2
The transformation is nearly complete: director Jon Chu is becoming the Asian Brett Ratner. Fresh off his stint with Justin Bieber’s groundbreaking (and in 3D!) documentary, Never Say Never, Chu was tapped last week to hop into the cockpit of … Continue reading