When I first tried to find work in TV, I scored a meeting with a studio president and explained that I wanted to be a TV writer. He looked […]
Category: Screen
The Treatment: What Happens When Social Media Turns Deadly? Find Out In ‘DiE Phone’
Editor’s note: In each issue, we scour the creative world of Asian American wordsmiths to bring a compelling screenplay to you, our dear reader. This month, we bring to […]
Revisit The Horror Of Your Middle School Years With Our Top 7 Maya Moments From ‘Pen15’
Ahh… Middle school. Just the thought conjures up smells and images that you probably wish you had kept tamped down. What better way to revisit the blunder years than […]
How ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Star Simu Liu Went From Accounting to Acting
Wearing a simple black T-shirt and a tuxedo jacket, Simu Liu looked right at home at a dinner party to honor Sandra Oh at an upscale Beverly Hills restaurant […]
How Ali Wong And Randall Park’s New Rom-Com ‘Always Be My Maybe’ Came To Be
In a way, we—you, me, America, the internet, everybody—are responsible for “Always Be My Maybe,” the new romantic comedy starring Randall Park and Ali Wong. We willed it into […]
Makeup Guru And Refinery29 Beauty Editor Mi-Anne Chan Is Diving Into New Trends Feet First
It’s 12:33 a.m., and in the back of an undisclosed beauty retailer, Refinery29’s Mi-Anne Chan dives feet first into a large dumpster. Equipped with rubber gloves, Dr. Martens boots […]
Legends: Take A Look Back At Asian American Hollywood History
They played prostitutes, maids, butlers, laundry workers and craven villains. They were often denied substantive roles, equal pay and fair representation. Yet, they persevered. This Asian Pacific American Heritage […]
Q&A: Step Into The World of Animator and Cartoonist Aminder Dhaliwal
To celebrate APAHM and the launch of our new name, Character Media, we’ll be sitting down with notable Asian American creatives working in entertainment for a series of Q&As […]
‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Is A Mindless Kaiju Cage-Fight
The story for “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” is the flimsy tortilla chip that scoops up the guacamole of the film’s monstrous battles. The latest installment to the legendary […]
Miya Cech Is One Of The Brightest Young Minds In Hollywood
In her role as Suzume Kimura in “The Darkest Minds,” Miya Cech has hardly any speaking lines—her character is mostly mute. But on the 12th floor of a hip […]
Throwback: Why ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Is An Essential Element Of Millennial Nostalgia
Confession time: I had never seen “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” But a gopher at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles ratted me out. After seeing the […]
The Ultimate List Of Asian American Superheroes
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … an Asian American superhero? While invisibility is a useful superpower, it’s also one of the biggest villains of the Asian American […]
Propping It Up: 8 Pieces Of Asian American History We’d Love to See At The Smithsonian
As the museum’s website will tell you, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is not “a traditional museum with a public building,” an eloquent way of saying that real […]
Wondering If ‘We Gon’ Be Alright?’ According To This Must-See Series, Yes.
After reading his non-fiction work on racial injustice in America, one might imagine author Jeff Chang to have a voice like Christian Bale’s Batman in “The Dark Knight.” In […]
First Look At ‘Abominable’ Provides Plenty Of Warm And Fuzzies
It might be warming up in Southern California, but come September we’ll be watching an adventure taking place on the chilly slopes of the Himalayas. The first trailer for […]
