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Don’t Forget to Vote Today!
It’s sad, but true. Asian Americans are the fastest growing community of color in the United States, but with the lowest voter turnout. Do your part by voting today. Find your polling location online, as well as getting information on … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics
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8$: MARVELS – Rap Music Video About Comic Books & Superheroes
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
Posted in 8$, Comics, Entertainment, Music, The Arts, Video Games
Tagged asian rap, jason chu, rap, superheroes, video game, Videogames
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8$: East West Players Creates the World of ‘Takarazuka!!!’
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
Posted in 8$, Nonprofit, Southern California, The Arts
Tagged asian american theater, East West Players
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Sumi Sevilla Haru, First and Only Woman of Color to Serve as SAG Interim President, Dies at 75
Last year, I had the honor of conducting a number of interviews of notable figures for a documentary celebrating East West Players’ 50th anniversary. One of the interviewees was Sumi Sevilla Haru, who came with a copy of her book, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Entertainment, History, Movies, Southern California, TV
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Hari Kondabolu Asks to Celebrate Joe DiMaggio Day Instead of Columbus Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlFyn1Ip6q4 This came out two years ago for Columbus Day, but it’s still as good today… From Totally Biased: Over 500 years later and Christopher Columbus is still the bane of Indians everywhere (and we mean everywhere). Never one to … Continue reading
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Stuff That Should Stay in Asia: Singing & Spinning Happy Birthday Flower Candles
Have you seen these fire hazards known as “The Amazing Happy Birthday Candle?” Easily found on the Internet and evidently legal and available in the United States (via Amazon and other websites), these candles have been popular in mainland China … Continue reading
Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Food, Shopping, Toys
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Viral Like SARS: Andrew Huang Uses Red Balloons to Cover “99 Red Balloons”
This is the video I can’t stop playing! Canadian Andrew Huang did a cover of “99 Luftballons” or “99 Red Balloons” by Nena that’s sweeping social media by storm, especially by those of us old enough to remember the 80s. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Viral Like SARS
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Jeremy Lin Pranks Fans at Madame Tussauds SF by Pretending to Be His Own Wax Figure
http://youtu.be/SNBIVUeMrvU We already know that Jeremy Lin has a good sense of humor (see Jeremy Lin reads mean tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jeremy Lin dunking on his Mom, and wishing her “happy birthday”). We also know Madame Tussauds SF … Continue reading
Video: Asian Woman Has White Fetish
Actor and writer Joy Regullano takes the “Asian fetish” dialogue that usually is directed at Asian/Asian American females and turns directs it at a white man for “White Fetish.” It’s nice to see someone do a funny take on “yellow … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Discrimination, Entertainment
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Awesome Photoshop Trend: Hello Kitty-fying Superheroes
We already know that Hello Kitty is not a cat, that Hello Kitty is also for men, that you can get pretty much anything you want emblazoned with Hello Kitty on it, and that if you need to get away … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Toys
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Giveaway: GODIVA Limited Edition 2014 Chocolate Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncakes
UPDATE 9/10/2014: Congrats to Douglas C, winner of the GODIVA Limited Edition 2014 Chocolate Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncakes. In 2014, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 8. That means it’s mooncake time! Now if you’re like me, and you basically hated … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Food & Drink, Promotions
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Bay Area Giveaway: Tickets to ‘A Letter to Momo’
EDITORS NOTE: See Mitchell’s 8Asians review of ‘A Letter to Momo’ GKIDS presents A Letter to Momo, opening September 5, 2014 at Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco, and Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley. It will be presented in … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Promotions, San Francisco Bay Area
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