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Tag: Asian American actor
Masala: Taylor Takahashi’s Jump From Assistant To Starring Role With ‘Boogie’
First-time actor Taylor Takahashi’s journey to starring in the highly-anticipated “Boogie” is parallel to a Cinderella story, going from being someone’s personal assistant to a leading man overnight. Takahashi […]
Actor Orion Lee Travels Back In Time In A24’s ‘First Cow’
Actor Orion Lee sits in a white, minimalist room on the top floor of a swanky Los Angeles office tower. Against blue-sky views of West Hollywood, lit with soft […]
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 […]
Breakthrough: Vinny Chhibber On Working In The Industry As A Young Actor Of Color
When actor Vineet Chhibber first began auditioning for roles, there was one time he was asked to make out with a camel. “They would tell me, ‘It’s just comedy; […]
Review: “Hellboy” Is Alive—Like Frankenstein’s Monster
Who in the hell wanted another “Hellboy?” Take into consideration that the two highest grossing movies last weekend were “Shazam!” ($53 million) and “Pet Sematary” ($42 million) and you […]
Will “Shazam” Be Able To Appeal To Kids And Adults?
All kids fantasize about the day that they’ll become adults. But what if that fantasy could be fulfilled immediately? And what if they got super powers at the same […]
Kenneth Choi Cast as Judge Ito in ‘American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Kenneth Choi has been cast as a regular in the FX miniseries American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, which focuses on […]
Soo Joo Park Named L’Oréal’s First Asian American Spokesmodel
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean American model Soo Joo Park has been named the new global face of L‘Oréal Paris, becoming the first ever Asian American spokesperson for […]
Get to Know Charles Rahi Chun of ‘The Interview’
by AMANDA WALUJONO Looking back at 2014, there was no movie quite like The Interview. A comedy about a fictional assassination attempt of North Korean’s current sitting leader Kim Jong […]
Off Script with Randall Park
The Los Angeles native has long entertained fans with scene-stealing spots on television, film and the web. Now, with two major studio projects to his name, the actor talks candidly about working […]
Randall Park’s Last Column: This Is the End
by RANDALL PARK When Julie, my esteemed editor here at KoreAm, informed me that the print edition of our magazine was going from a monthly to a bimonthly, I […]
ABC Deletes ‘Selfie’ Off Its TV Schedule
by REERA YOO ABC won’t be taking another Selfie. The network has confirmed that it will not be ordering any additional episodes outside of the freshman comedy’s initial order of […]