…years; was instrumental in the productions of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and The Joy Luck Club, two rare Hollywood films with Asian American leads; and was sought out by…
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History of Asian Bond Girls
…roles in The Joy Luck Club and Memoirs of a Geisha. Her famous family members include her father Zhou Xinfang (Peking Opera actor), Michael Chow (owner of the Mr. Chow…
Unforgettable 2013: A Good Time Was Had By All [PHOTOS]
…Audrey Woman of Influence, which went to film producer Janet Yang, whose numerous credits include The Joy Luck Club, Shanghai Calling and the Chinese version of Disney’s High School Musical….
Watch DAVID CHOI’s Award Video: Arts & Entertainment Award 2013
…individuals with achievement awards: producer of The Joy Luck Club and Shanghai Calling Janet Yang, YouTube artist David Choi and journalist/activist Jose Antonio Vargas. David Choi was presented with the…
Watch JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS’ Award Video: Inspiration Award 2013
…individuals with achievement awards: producer of The Joy Luck Club and Shanghai Calling Janet Yang, YouTube artist David Choi and journalist/activist Jose Antonio Vargas. Jose Antonio Vargas was presented with…
A KARATE KID TRIBUTE for Tamlyn Tomita’s Birthday
Japanese-American actress Tamlyn Tomita turns 48 today. Tomita has had numerous Hollywood TV and movie roles such as Waverly Jong in The Joy Luck Club, Lieutenant Commander Tracy Manetti in…
Get Inspired by ‘Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Showrunner Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon
…getting to cast Wen, whom she watched in The Joy Luck Club over and over with her mother. “I had always followed Ming-Na’s career, admired her as a person, actress…
How a Two Minute Youtube Video Became a Feature Length Film
…Awesome Asian Bad Guys, which will be released tomorrow, June 23. In the movie, actress Tamlyn Tomita (Joy Luck Club) and the National Film Society (Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco)…
7 times Ming-Na Wen played a total badass
If you weren’t already aware. 1. That time she was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Melinda May? More like Melinda Bae. For Ming-Na’s current flock of fans, her role in “Agents…
‘Master Of None’ Is Finally Back For Season 2 In May
…said. “We’re great friends. We’re Taiwanese Americans from Southern California, relatively the same age. He in no way tried to ‘Joy Luck Club’ [that episode]. If it was real, that…
6 New Books By APA Authors To Add To Your Reading List
…for penning contemporary classics such as “The Joy Luck Club,” Tan turns her literary lens on herself and her own life as she explores how and why she became a…
Here’s a First Look at ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
…one of the country’s wealthiest families. The first film from a major studio with an all-Asian cast in 25 years (the last being “Joy Luck Club” in 1993), “Crazy Rich…
Q&A With HBO APA Visionaries Winners: ‘What is Home?’
…excitement is building. Hopefully, with all three filmmakers and these three stories and HBO, this is the beginning of that wave. It’s been 25 years since “Joy Luck Club,” so…
Asian American Community Bids Farewell To Veteran Actress Elizabeth Sung
…Kong and best known for her film and television roles in “The Joy Luck Club,” “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “The Young and the Restless.” A Juilliard graduate, Sung was…
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Wants to Inspire Future Generations of Asian Americans
…the first all-Asian cast in a major Hollywood studio production to hit theaters since “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993. Director Jon M. Chu and Kwan say they dream of…
