Actress, writer, comedian and YouTube personality Anna Akana has valuable advice for aspiring Asian American entertainers trying to make it in Los Angeles: “Never live in Santa Monica! The 405…
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Anna Akana Tells About New Book ‘So Much I Want to Tell You’
YouTube star Anna Akana is jumping out of the screen and onto the page — and getting even more personal — in her new book, “So Much I Want to…
Character Conversations: Sherry Cola and Anna Akana Use Their Voices To Speak Out
https://youtu.be/iQAhWkGG_VA Actors Sherry Cola and Anna Akana have never been known to stay silent, especially when their own community is under attack. Just days after the tragedy in Atlanta, the…
YouTube Star Anna Akana Is Going Back To China In Her Latest Film
https://youtu.be/pFXwMeUlzWw Anna Akana, better known for her YouTube antics, will be headlining the upcoming indie film, “Go Back to China.” A followup to director Emily Ting’s 2015 movie “Already Tomorrow…
Watch the Trailer for Anna Akana’s ‘Youth & Consequences’
YouTube Red’s latest series, “Youth & Consequences,” is a teen dramedy starring popular YouTuber Anna Akana coming March 7. Described as a “woke” version of “Mean Girls,” the show follows…
Get to Know Anna Akana
HERITAGE: Japanese, Hawaiian, a bunch of Caucasian AGE: 25 BORN & RAISED: Born in California, raised all over the world (military brat) CLAIM TO FAME: Actress and filmmaker Anna…
Don’t Miss This Epic Star Wars Fan Film Starring Anna Akana
…by Vitale, “Hoshino” is a 7-minute Star Wars fan film about how Jedi master Ko Hoshino, who is played by YouTuber Anna Akana, becomes one with the Force. The film…
Top Stories of the Week: Randall Park Shares His Poetry and Anna Akana Tells Us Her Greatest Fear
…to Know Anna Akana [READ HERE] 4) 5 Other Kickass Chinese Women Warriors Besides Mulan [READ HERE] 5) How to Care…
Check Out This (Awesome) Angry Rant About Yellow Fever
You probably remember YouTube personality, Anna Akana, from her makeup tutorial that didn’t teach us anything about makeup, but was one of our favorites nonetheless. Obviously, only someone as…
2016 Unforgettable Gala Event Recap [Photo Gallery]
…with the Icon Award for his influential life and career. Digital influencers Anna Akana and Buzzfeed’s Eugene Lee Yang, as well as his Sulu heir John Cho, presented Takei with…
The Lookout: Get Ready For Spring With These New Blooms
…(2015). YouTuber Anna Akana plays the role of spoiled trust-fund kid Sasha Li, starring alongside Richard Ng and Lynn Chen. 3/13 – “I Still Believe” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnxHyBbYwQQ “Riverdale” star K.J. Apa…
AAPI Women Speak Up About Hate
…about the recent onslaught of hate crimes and her experiences with racism in the latest episode of Character Conversations with fellow actor Anna Akana. (Photo by Sthanlee Mirador.) Actor and…
Asia Pacific Art’s ‘Bullet Train’ Podcast
…to the APA staff, the podcast will take you “where you didn’t even know you wanted to go.” Check out the first three episodes of Bullet Train below. Anna Akana,…
Meet The Creative Minds Behind the Headlining Films of LAAPFF 2019
…Back to China” featuring YouTube personality Anna Akana and “Blinded by the Light,” a Bruce Springsteen-inspired flick directed by Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”). Character sat down with the…
Why we all need to be someone’s Margaret Cho
We present a reinterpretation of Anna Akana’s keynote speech on Asians in entertainment, given during her acceptance of the ISA Impact Award for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month this year….
