…Wong’s niece, Anna, will serve as consultant on the film. Often described as Hollywood’s first Chinese American movie star, Wong’s career was marked as much by success as by controversy….
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Throwback: Past And Present Collide Through Anna May Wong And Michele Selene Ang
…girl with American ambition. I had always known faintly of Anna May Wong, the glamorous film actress born in 1905 as Wong Liu Tsong. She’s always been in the back…
Get Collecting: Actress Anna May Wong to Grace U.S. Quarters in 2022
Better hang onto that spare change—the U.S. Mint just announced that legendary 1920s starlet Anna May Wong will appear on the back of the quarter next year. Wong’s quarter is…
Chinese Actress Fan Bing Bing Tapped to Play Anna May Wong (+ Her Top 5 Red Carpet Looks)
…been confirmed whether or not the actress has agreed, we sincerely hope that the rumors are true. Dragon Lady depicts the inspiring story of the late actress Anna May Wong…
Legends: Take A Look Back At Asian American Hollywood History
…saying: “My one ambition is to play a hero.” It’s a goal still shared by Asian American actors today. Anna May Wong Photo by by Carl van Vechten. Despite Wong’s…
Audrey Woman of Influence | VERONICA WONG
…Wong was just 2. Raising three daughters alone, Wong’s mother eventually moved her family from Hong Kong to New York. Five years later, Wong’s oldest sister was involved in a…
Masala: Li Jun Li Dishes on Her Role as Lady Fay in Damien Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’
…film features characters inspired by Hollywood icons such as Anna May Wong, Marion Davies, Irving Thalberg and Clara Bow, among others. Inspired by Wong, Lady Fay Zhu is played by…
Get to Know Joanna Sotomura From Wong Fu’s ‘Everything Before Us’
Full name: Joanna Reed Sotomura Age: 28 Ethnic background: Japanese, German Where she was born: Honolulu, Hawaii Where she was raised: Honolulu, Hawaii In Wong Fu’s very first feature-length…
Get This Celeb Look: Ellen Wong’s ‘Picture Perfect’ Look
…stunning lady in real life. Hair and makeup artist Anna Barseghian spills her secret on how to get Ellen Wong’s “Picture Perfect” look. Hair: I used a Rowenta 2…
Harry Shum Jr. talks ‘Single By 30,’ Wong Fu, diversity
…variety – turns all too real for two millennials in “Single By 30,” an eight-episode rom-com by Wong Fu Productions. Harry Shum Jr. plays Peter, the leading man, as he…
Before Daniel and Sandra…
TOP: Philip Ahn. ABOVE: With Anna May Wong in “Daughter of Shanghai” When we think of Korean American trailblazers in Hollywood today, we tend to think of on-screen pair Daniel…
150 years of Chinese American identity, as told by ‘The Fortunes’
…a transcontinental railroad baron in the late 1800s; Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Chinese American star in the 1920s; Vincent Chin, whose hate-crime death in 1982 sparked an unprecedented unification…
Celebrate 20 Years of Unforgettable
…Lucia Ahn, Maria Ahn, Amerie, Angela Ahn and James Ryu Nicole Bilderback and Hyunjin Jo Amerie Karin Anna Cheung 2004 Even the dreaded 405 freeway couldn’t stop the third edition…
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…
New Additions To Your Bookshelf
…on her Hawaiian grandmother’s folktales and legends about family guardians, Anna finds that her friends in Colorado don’t believe in such things. When Anna returns to Hawai’i to visit her…
