8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Hizashi no Naka no Rairu
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Asian American Frozen Foods: Royal Asia’s ‘Prawn Hacao With Soy Ginger Sauce’
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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Author Archives: Jeff
Measuring Inclusive Casting: Hulu tops for AAPI with a 32.2% share of Cast
Media representation has long been an issue for Asian Americans, to the point where 8Asians has a series dedicated toward representation in commercials. So exactly how are Asian Americans doing? Nielson’s Gracenote division has announced that they have released a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, TV
Tagged Gracenote, Hulu, Jacob Batalon, Nielsen, Reginald the Vampire, Shogun
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Opinions on Asian and Asian Men Representation in American Movies and TV
When Crazy Rich Asians came out, some people declared that there was a new narrative on the attractiveness of Asian and Asian American men. But did Henry Golding and this movie make make a difference? Has it affected your life … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Movies, TV
Tagged AMWF, Crazy Rich Asians, henry golding, New York Times
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US Memorial Day: Remembering John Tomney, a Chinese American Soldier killed at Gettysburg
During an era when Asian Americans continue to be questioned for their loyalty and are still considered perpetual foreigners, it is worthwhile on US Memorial Day to note Asian Americans who fought and died for their country. One such Asian … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged John Tomney, Memorial Day, US Army, US Civil War, US Memorial Day
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Kanaye Nagasawa and the other Asian Americans who built California Wine Country
Asian Americans are generally not associated with California Wine Country, but they were key players in getting it established. Chinese laborers built and worked in Sonoma’s oldest winery, Buena Vista Winery, as well as planting millions of grapevines between 1856 … Continue reading
DÌDI (弟弟) Official Trailer Released
It seemed funny that we talked about Sean Wang and his movie DÌDI (弟弟) but we never included a trailer. We can remedy that as the official trailer from Focus Features has just come out. Like the main character in … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi (弟弟), Fremont, Fremont California, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Sean Wang
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Nielsen Finds that Asian Americans are Key Audience for Ad Supported Video On-Demand
The ratings and audience measurement and analysis firm Nielsen has found that Asian Americans are a key audience for ad supported video on-demand services (AVOD), among other findings in their just released their report, Reaching Asian American Audiences: Understanding Asian … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entertainment, TV
Tagged ads, Gold House, Nielsen, Shogun, Streaming
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Leanne Wong: Student, Entrepreneur, and Possible Olympic Gymnast
1) Pre-med student 2) business owner 3) college gymnast trying to make it into the Olympics – Leanne Wong is all three! I first learned about her story from this ESPN article. She is an elite level gymnast, having achieved … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Sports
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, gymnastics, Leanne Wong, Olympics
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Is Ube becoming Ubiquitous?
A few years ago, I asked “Has Filipino Food Arrived?” and mentioned that ube is starting to appear in many places. In the shopping areas, grocery, and restaurants that I frequent, ube is already very well established. One could argue … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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Filipina American Basketball Player Kayla Padilla makes it to the NCAA Elite 8
It seemed strange yet very cool to see an Asian American woman basketball player in a NCAA Division 1 game televised on national television. It was not just any game – USC guard Kayla Padilla was playing in a NCAA … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged basketball, Filipino American, Kayla Padilla, NCAA, NCAA Basketball Tournament, The Sideline Post, USC
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The Brothers Sun cancelled (a.k.a. finish watching a show you like)
I was enthusiastically watching The Brothers Sun series when after getting through part of episode 5, I got distracted and didn’t finish it and the rest of the episodes. Later I read that The Brothers Sun has been cancelled! It … Continue reading
Năi Nai & Wài Pó make it to the Oscars Red Carpet and into Vogue and GQ!
My family and I really enjoyed watching Nai Nai & Wài Pó . Even though the Sean Wang’s short did not win an Oscar, The Daughter shared with me that the real life Nai Nai and Wài Pó were big … Continue reading