Hasan Minhaj’s comedy special, “Homecoming King,” hit Netflix for online streaming today. Minhaj, whose name you may have seen all over headlines just a few weeks ago for his speech […]
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Filmmaker Sets Out To Tell The Fil-Aussie Story, One Pic At A Time
For Australian filmmaker Matthew Victor Pastor, making films is more than just a hobby — it’s a way of life. Pastor, who is of Filipino and Malaysian descent, saw […]
BTS Breaks Internet, Becomes First K-pop Act To Win Billboard Music Award
With the help of massive fandom support, BTS made K-pop history Sunday night. The seven-member boy band cemented its status as one of South Korea’s biggest pop exports by […]
1 In 6 Newlyweds’ Spouse Is Of Different Race Or Ethnicity
WASHINGTON — More and more Americans are marrying people of different races and ethnicities, reaching at least 1 in 6 newlyweds in 2015, the highest proportion in American history, […]
An Updated Look At The Cast Of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
Just when you feel like you know the entire cast for Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming “Crazy Rich Asians,” a film adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel of the same […]
This Mother’s Strawberry Obsession Will Put A Smile On Your Face
Happiness is elusive to some, but for Yuko Okumura, of Bloomington, Indiana, all it takes is an ubiquitous red berry — the strawberry — to turn her world right-side up. […]
Michelle Yeoh Is Captain Georgiou In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
Hello, “Star Trek: Discovery.” The new television show — CBS All Access’ first original series — just unveiled a first look at its world, set 10 years before Captain Kirk, […]
Watch Out For Young Boxing Prodigy Brandun Lee
At first glance, Brandun Lee is an average young man. The 5-foot-7, 143-pound senior at La Quinta High School shrugged his shoulders with a smirk on his face when […]
K-pop Fans Say First ‘Hello’ To Co-Ed Group K.A.R.D.
Judging by the enthusiastic crowd that gathered inside The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles last week, you might never suspect that K-pop group K.A.R.D. has yet […]
NRDC President Rhea Suh: ‘This Is The Fight We Were Born To Fight’
A little over two years ago, Rhea Suh joined the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading non-profit environmental advocacy group, as its president. Not long after, the Obama administration […]
Telly Leung Becomes Broadway’s Next Aladdin
Actor Telly Leung is set to take on the title role in Broadway’s production of “Aladdin,” which will begin June 13. Leung succeeds Adam Jacobs, who left earlier this […]
Check Out Jamie Chung In First Trailer For Marvel’s ‘The Gifted’
The first full-length trailer for “The Gifted” is out! The Marvel series, which will air on Fox, cast Jamie Chung as the superhero Blink earlier this year. She plays […]
Asian American Female Buying Power Expected To Hit $1.2 Trillion By 2021
Asian American buying power in 2016 was $891 billion. By 2021, it’s expected to reach $1.2 trillion, in part because of a growing population of Asian American women, a […]
Ludi Lin Will Play Murk In DC’s ‘Aquaman’ Film
The latest news coming out of “Aquaman,” the DC superhero pic directed by James Wan and starring Jason Momoa, is Ludi Lin, the Chinese Canadian actor who’s been cast as […]
Will Jay Just Wants A Chance As Your ‘Leading Man’
Will Jay just wants a chance. The 20-year-old, Los Angeles native singer/songwriter’s frustration at the seemingly impossible — breaking into the music industry as an Asian American male — […]
