Category Archives: TV

Emily Chang to Join ‘Vampire Diaries’ for Season 6

Posted on July 17, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

From The Hollywood Reporter: The Vampire Diaries is adding a new character who may not be who she seems. On the heels of Eureka star Colin Ferguson joining the sixth season, The CW drama will be introducing the recurring character … Continue reading →

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Sullivan & Son Episode Review: “Sexual Healing”

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Season 3, Episode 4 (originally aired July 8): “Sexual Healing” Microsynopsis: Kunal Nayyar as Sanjay, also known as Neil from a Season 2 episode, returns to the bar to make amends as a recovering sex addict. Melanie is quick to … Continue reading →

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Sullivan & Son Episode Review: “About a Boy, His Mom, and the Man They’re Dating”

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Season 3, Episode 3: “About a Boy, His Mom, and the Man They’re Dating” (originally aired July 1, 2014) Microsynopsis: Carol is at first shocked and then pleased to realize that Daryl (Charles Shaughnessy) has become her boyfriend. Owen is … Continue reading →

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Sullivan & Son Episode Review: “The Big O” and “Everybody Loved Frank”

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Sullivan & Son is now in its third season, and it’s time to admit that it’s just not very good.  It doesn’t suck most of the time, but it has sucky pieces in sufficient numbers to make it never as … Continue reading →

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YouTube: If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say

Posted on June 26, 2014 by John

Well, this video starring Jenny Yang and Eugene Yang was posted on YouTube by Buzzfeed Yellow back in the first week of June, but I still think of the video from time-to-time. I just took a look, and the video … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Wendy’s New Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad

Posted on June 20, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/X__WdkyiUCo In the latest Wendy’s commercial, the fast food restaurant chain is promoting its latest creation: their new strawberry fields chicken salad. Not too surprising that the Asian American IT guy (full of IT equipment) is kind of dorky, much … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Progressive Insurance: Superport

Posted on June 13, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/5jSKXCY5aos In the latest Progressive Insurance commercial, actor Aaron Takahashi plays the role of a father waiting at the airport, playing around with his tablet, checking out insurance quotes online. The mother who doesn’t have any lines is actress Angela Ai. … Continue reading →

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What You Might Not Know about Ann Curry, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Vision Award

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Guest Writer

By Eugene Hung This post is part of a series that will introduce 8Asians readers to some of this year’s V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) honorees, speakers, panelists, and performers. The V3con Opening Awards Reception will be held on Friday, … Continue reading →

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Priscilla Chan Gives First Television Interview

Posted on June 11, 2014 by John

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy At the end of May Priscilla Chan – most known for being Facebook founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wife – gave her first television interview ever, on the … Continue reading →

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Chloe Bennet’s Chinese Pop Music Video

Posted on June 11, 2014 by tinabot

After finding out that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet was actually a popstar in China as a teen, I was curious and searched for some videos of her singing in Chinese, and here it is, posted above. Very … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Samsung Experience Shop — Countdown to Upgrade

Posted on June 6, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/81d009GtJWs If you haven’t been to a Best Buy recently, it’s hard not to notice the Samsung store-within-a-store set-ups that Samsung has. As you may know, the Samsung Galaxy S5 launched a few months ago, and now Samsung is promoting … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ted Lieu for Congress 2014

Posted on June 3, 2014 by John

Ted Lieu is currently a California State Assembly member in the California state legislature and he is running for Congress. Full disclosure: I think I have donated to to his campaign in the past, and have met him a few … Continue reading →

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