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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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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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Asian American Frozen Foods: Trader Joe’s Korean Style Beef Short Ribs
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Category Archives: 8Series
8Books Review: Eyes that Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho
Eyes that Speak to the Stars, by Joanna Ho and illustrated by Dung Ho, is the brilliant follow-up to Eyes that Kiss in the Corners. The book opens with a scene all too familiar to anyone who has grown up … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, Books, Entertainment, Family, Reviews
Tagged Dung Ho, Eyes that Speak to the Stars, Joanna Ho
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Asian Canadian Commercial Watch: Google Pixel 6 X Simu Liu | For All You Are
Asian *Canadian* actor Simu Liu is in this Google Pixel 6 commercial speaking in Mandarin showcasing the Pixel’s “Live Translate” feature. Pretty cool to see Simu speaking Mandarin. He sounds fluent to me, but I’m not fluent in Mandarin (I … Continue reading
Jon M. Chu Joins Ethnic E-Grocery Weee! As Chief Creative Officer
If you haven’t heard of Weee!, maybe the online delivery grocer doesn’t deliver in your area (their major markets are SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle, Portland, San Diego and New York but expanding rapidly). Weee! was founded in Fremont, California … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: P&G: Chloe Kim & ‘Always There’
Love you always, dad. Couldn’t have taken this wild ride without your and mom’s constant love and support. Check out our story from @proctergamble #sponsored pic.twitter.com/wjFspVMAmi — Chloe Kim (@ChloeKim) February 4, 2022 I saw Chloe Kim tweet this Proctor & … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Sports
Tagged 2022 Beijing Winter Oympics, Chloe Kim, snowboarding
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Asian American Commercial Watch: NBC Sports – 2022 Winter Olympics Tie-In with Nathan Chen & Jurassic World Dominion
I’m not sure if this is airing on television – I think I caught this on the web – but this has to be one of the strangest commercials I’ve ever seen! NBC is promoting the Winter Olympics (which it … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Progressive’s ‘Sign Spinner | Stay’
https://youtu.be/dtgmdb7zHLQ I saw this Progressive Insurance company commercial while watching the San Francisco 49ers edge the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs this past weekend and thought it was hilarious. The commercial that is, not the defeat of the Packers, … Continue reading
8mm Film Review: Try Harder
Before Try Harder came out in theatres, Number Two Son mentioned to me that he had a friend who worked on the marketing of the film, and so we decided to watch it together while he was home on winter … Continue reading
8mm Review (Non-Spoiler): Jimmy O. Yang Stars in Christmas RomCom ‘Love Hard’
I heard about Love Hard a few months ago, and I thought that it was interesting that Yang was going to be in a romantic comedy, surprisingly starring against a white female lead. Yang is best known for his work … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged christmas, Harry Shum Jr, James Saito, Jimmy O Yang, Netflix
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8mm Film Review (Non-Spoiler): ‘Eternals’
I enjoyed watched Eternals last week and and finally got around to writing this review. Eternals is currently the lowest rated Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) rated film (by critics) on Rotten Tomatoes (at 47% of this writing) which I think … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Chloe Zhao, Eternals, Gemma Chan, Marvel
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8Books Review: The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu
How can you say no to a story set in a donut shop? You can’t. You shouldn’t. Julie Tieu’s debut novel The Donut Trap is a delightful story about finding your way, about family and love and all that good … Continue reading
NYC Theater Review: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
“Please, no plays about the pandemic.” I remember as early on as April of 2020 theatre-twitter was begging playwrights and creators to take heed – we did not and do not want to see art about the pandemic; especially while … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Comedy, Current Events, Entertainment, New York, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overload
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8mm Film Review: “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres”
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres Ben Fong-Torres, Annie Liebovitz, and Cameron Crowe. Written, directed, and produced by Suzanne Joe Kai. “Ben was in the middle of this revolution from the get-go and it all … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Movies, Reviews
Tagged annie liebovitz, ben fong-torres, bob weir, documentary, elton john, quincy jones, ray manzarek, rolling stone, steve martin, suzanne joe kai
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