by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean American contestant Katie Kim, 22, was crowned the winner of survival audition show K-pop Star 4 on Sunday, taking home 300 million won and an […]
Category: TV
Comedy Series ‘Halal in the Family’ Uses Humor to Tackle Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Recognize Aasif Mandvi? You should. Aside from a number of film and television show appearances, this Indian American actor and comedian is a regular correspondent on The Daily Show and […]
Spotlight on Malese Jow
After more than a decade navigating the travails of Hollywood, actress Malese Jow has developed her own method for dealing with the madness. “Being open and ready for anything, […]
Eddie Huang Slams ABC’s ‘Fresh Off The Boat’: “I Don’t Recognize My Own Life”
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Fresh Off The Boat has earned high praise from critics and audiences alike for its bold jokes and refreshing portrayals of Asian Americans, but […]
John Cho to Guest Star in ‘New Girl’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com FOX has renewed the Zooey Deschanel comedy New Girl for a fifth season, and John Cho will be featured as a guest star. Cho, who […]
[VIDEO] Randall Park Tangles His G-string on ‘Repeat After Me’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Following last night’s Fresh Off The Boat episode, Randall Park played the harmonica and fixed his G-string in the fifth episode of the […]
Hollywood Mamalogues: And In The End
by AMY ANDERSON All good things must come to an end. As schedules have gotten busier (this is a good thing), I’ve decided it’s time to wrap up The […]
U.S. Remakes of ‘My Love From Another Star’ and ‘Nine’ Likely to Be Shelved
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com ABC and NBC recently announced their television show lineup for the 2015-16 season, and the U.S. remakes of Korean dramas My Love From Another […]
Hardly Elementary: Spring 2015 Cover Story Featuring Lucy Liu
Google “Lucy Liu,” and Liu herself will tell you that most of the information about her on the Internet is incorrect. She’s not Taiwanese, like many websites claim […]
K-drama ‘God’s Gift – 14 Days’ to Get a Hollywood Remake
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The Hollywood trend of adapting Korean dramas into American TV shows continues, with SBS’s God’s Gift – 14 Days becoming the latest K-drama […]
Street Style: Get Jamie Chung’s Denim-On-Denim Look
Jamie Chung was recently spotted out enjoying the early spring temps in Los Angeles while looking casually cool in distressed denim and a pair of great oxfords. We broke down Chung’s […]
Jessika Van Talks Madonna, Playing a Pastor’s Daughter in ‘Seoul Searching’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When Jessika Van first read her lines for her character in Seoul Searching, she didn’t have much to go off of: Writer-director Benson […]
Nickelodeon’s ‘Make It Pop’ Receives Mixed Reactions Ahead of Premiere
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Nickelodeon has announced that it will premiere its musical comedy Make It Pop, which stars K-pop star Megan Lee, on April 6 at […]
Justin Chon Does His Own ‘Seoul Searching’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com When actor Justin Chon spoke to KoreAm months ago about his role in Revenge of the Green Dragons, he seemed considerably more excited […]
New Yahoo Show ‘Other Space’ Will Star an Asian Guy
While Paul Feig may not be a household name, his body of work is immediately recognizable. He got started as one of the head showrunners of Freaks and Geeks […]
