NBC Entertainment just announced the 2019-2020 classes of its Female Forward and Emerging Director Program, and three of the visionaries are repping Asian America in the director’s chair. Kim […]
Category: TV
From Real-Life Lawyer To TV Detective: Here’s Why Desmond Chiam Left The Law Behind
It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere, but on Australia’s Gold Coast, it’s sunny and 75 (well, 23 Celsius). And actor Desmond Chiam is swimming in open water, in a […]
Review: Japanese Mythology And A Horrific Period In American History Collide In ‘The Terror: Infamy’
Who needs a haunted house for creepy-crawlies when you’ve got an internment camp? The second season of AMC’s prestige drama “The Terror” takes us back to one of the darker periods […]
Funnyman Derek Mio Is Experiencing A Full Circle Moment As The Breakout Star Of AMC’s ‘The Terror: Infamy’
The second season of AMC’s anthology series “The Terror” begins not with a bang, but a squelch. On Terminal Island, just off the coast of Southern California, a woman dressed in […]
Actor Lewis Tan Is Out Of The Badlands And Into ‘Wu Assassins’
In the center of the boxing ring, Lewis Tan composes himself with the grace of a dancer. Before he begins, there is a moment of stillness as Tan quietly […]
Why Did ‘Wu Assassins’ Actress Li Jun Li Swear Off Acting As A Kid?
As the curtain cloaking the stage lifts and the sound of chopping helicopter blades breaks the silence of the theater, lights shine upon a horde of scantily clad Vietnamese […]
How Did Celia Au Go From Business-School Mentee To ‘Wu Assassins’ Mentor?
On opening night of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, one slim figure towered above many of her fellow actors and filmmakers on the yellow carpet—Chinese American actress, […]
Siena Agudong, The Star Of ‘No Good Nick,’ Is Actually Pretty Good
Thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean, a warm and enthusiastic “Hi!” from 14-year-old Siena Agudong breaks the silence on the other end of the phone connection, like a […]
Society Pages: This Month We Toasted Randall Park And Said ‘Farewell’
Business leaders, creatives and luminaries gathered at The Bazaar by José Andrés in Beverly Hills on July 1 to celebrate Netflix’s “Always Be My Maybe” and the man of […]
Coming In 2020 To A TV Screen Near You: ‘Asian Americans’
For decades, Asian American stories like those of the “Railroad Chinese” and the interned Japanese were relegated to the margins of history books or were simply not mentioned. Now, […]
Shoots And Ladders: ‘Minari’ and Mermaids Are Making Waves In Asian American Entertainment This August
FILM Marvel took us all by surprise by announcing that Simu Liu will play the titular lead in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Hawaiian-born Destin Daniel Cretton is […]
Meet Marvel’s Asians of S.H.I.E.L.D.
How do you summarize “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to someone who has never seen it? There’s no concise way. It’s an amalgamation of time and space-travel, neo-Nazi cabals, ethereal […]
The Lookout: Here’s What’s Happening In Asian American Entertainment In August
Editor’s note: Each month, we’re bringing you the latest scoop of what’s happening in Asian American film, TV, literature and music in our “Lookout” articles. We’re doing the legwork, […]
Dumbfoundead To Join The Main Cast Of Awkwafina’s Comedy Central Series
There seems to be no stopping Asian American celebrity icon, Awkwafina. Earlier this year, it was confirmed that she was getting her own show. Now, her old pal, Dumbfoundead, […]
The ‘Wu Assassins’ Trailer Just Dropped. Here’s Everything We Know About The New Series
A brand new, power-packed martial arts series hits Netflix next month. Details about “Wu Assassins” was kept tightly under wraps during production and editing process, but now audiences can […]
