A first look at “Okja,” the long-anticipated English/Korean-language pic coming to theaters and Netflix next year from filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, was made available by the streaming giant today. The […]
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Legendary Costume Designer Willa Kim Dead at 99
The two-time Tony Award-winning theater and costume designer Willa Kim, whose notable works included musicals like “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Will Rogers Follies,” died Friday in Washington, aged 99. Kim […]
To The Year 2016: You Suck
First we said goodbye to Prince and David Bowie, then to Victoria Wood, Mohammad Ali and Alan Rickman — and now, this month, we’ve been forced to mourn the […]
Making a Gingerbread Nightclub with Actress Christine Ko
Christine Ko plays Emma in the new CBS comedy “The Great Indoors.” She sat down with our host Andrew Ghai to make a Gingerbread Nightclub, in which she got […]
George Takei Pens Letter Criticizing Trump’s Cabinet Picks
In a letter published by Advocate titled “Welcome to the Resistance,” George Takei took aim at president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. Takei, a prominent LGBT activist who grew up […]
Top 5 Asian American Social Media Activism Moments Of 2016
1. #Asians4BlackLives Christina Xu, a Chinese American activist, crowdsourced a letter written via Google Docs by hundreds in the Asian American community to support the Black Lives Matter […]
Six Asian American Comedians Unite For Comedy InvAsian
Six Asian American comedians will be performing in the upcoming series “Comedy InvAsian,” a live and filmed stand-up show expected to kick off next year at the Japanese American […]
Rich Chigga Drops New Single ‘Seventeen’
Can Brian Imanuel do no internet wrong? The Indonesian teenage rap sensation we love calling Rich Chigga released his latest self-produced single “Seventeen” yesterday (his first time), and you […]
Eric Nam Wants To Interview Obama
If Eric could choose anyone in the world to come on his talk show, who would it be?
Trump Considers Debra Wong Yang For SEC Chair
President-elect Donald Trump is considering Debra Wong Yang, the first Asian American woman to be named as a United States prosecution attorney back in 2002, as the next chair […]
Dodgers Pitcher Kenta Maeda Pulls Prank On Little Leaguers
There’s an old man striking out kids on the baseball field and it’s… Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda? Maeda, in disguise complete with straggly gray hair, a cane and a […]
“Count To Three” By Ego Amigo
Check out indie rock band Ego Amigo sing their original Christmas song “Count To Three”!
Meet Ian Alexander, The Asian American Trans Teen Actor On Netflix’s ‘The OA’
If you binge-watched “The OA” on Netflix like the rest of us this weekend, it was hard to miss Buck, the transgender teenager played by Asian American actor Ian […]
Donnie Yen Was Near Blind While Filming ‘Rogue One’
To prepare for his role as a blinded super-fighter in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” Hong Kong actor Donnie Yen wore contact lenses in real life to simulate […]
LA Times Under Fire For Printing Letters Defending Japanese Internment
Many in the Asian Pacific American community are outraged over the Los Angeles Times’ printing of a Letters to the Editor this week defending the United States’ decision to intern […]
