Category Archives: TV

Asian Pacific Male Calendar Becoming New Reality Show

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Lily

The team who created the successful 2010 Asian Pacific Male Calendar are creating a new reality show based on “their behind-the scenes experiences of creating the culturally diverse calendar which simultaneously raised thousands of dollars for charity” that will hopefully … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Target’s Little Drummer Girl

Posted on December 19, 2011 by John

http://youtu.be/6ktjn3j12eo Here’s another very cute commercial by Target, highlighting what a little girl can do with pots and pans while Mom is preparing to make Christmas cookies for baking. But I think Target’s over-protective Mom and daughter commercial is a … Continue reading →

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North Korean TV Found Streaming Live on Website

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Mihee

From Yahoo News: A former North Korean soldier owns and operates SPTV, which streams North Korean television for seven hours a day from 0800 GMT and edited footage is also posted online the next day. While some venues that offer … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Hank Chen In Verizon’s 4G LTE Campaign

Posted on December 15, 2011 by John

http://youtu.be/jA0RmFqA0qo In August, as part of our post on Top 5 Gay/Lesbian Asian Channels On YouTube, 8Asians highlighted Hank Chen. Now, Chen is part of Verizon’s online campaign for 4G LTE, highlighting Verizon’s speedy next generation network. One of the … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: VW’s Sign Then Drive – Let’s go to Vegas!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by John

http://youtu.be/8rStXG1NS4Y When I first saw this commercial a few weeks ago, I thought it was hilarious. I was wondering what was taking VW so long to post this up on YouTube. In any case, I love Randall Park‘s brief and … Continue reading →

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Marie Lu On Her New Young Adult Novel, Legend

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Lily

CBS films already bought the movie rights to 27-year-old author Marie Lu’s new young adult novel Legend. That’s gotta mean something good about the book right? (Okay, except that the Twilight producers are attached to the plans which makes me a … Continue reading →

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Cindy Chiang & Ernie Halvorsen Win Season 19 of The Amazing Race

Posted on December 13, 2011 by John

Ironically, I was traveling abroad when the latest season of The Amazing Race kicked off at the end of September and never caught up on watching this season. Well, Cindy Chiang and her fiance Ernie Halvorsen, won this past Sunday. … Continue reading →

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Lowes Pulls Ads From TLC’s All-American Muslim

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Edward

TLC’s All-American Muslim profiles several Michigan Muslim families as normal people with everyday issues and triumphs. It has been generally well received by the public and critics, which I see this as a real positive sign that we are making … Continue reading →

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Australian Soap Opera Neighbours Welcomes First Indian Family

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Moye

The classic Australian soap opera, Neighbours, is best known for featuring now well known cast members, like Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia but now they’re introducing their first all-Indian family–and not every fan is happy: “Melbourne-born of Indian … Continue reading →

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NBC Earns a B in APA Diversity Casting; Fox Gets a C-

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Ernie

“The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) has released its 2011 report cards grading the networks’ past 2010-2011 season while simultaneously challenging ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC to cast at least one Asian Pacific American actor as the main star … Continue reading →

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Nightline Features Simple Pickup Artists

Posted on December 9, 2011 by John

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player I was watching Nightline the other night, and for some reason, they decided to do a segment on “pick up artists,” specifically Simple Pickup, a group of three mid-twenty-something-looking , Jason, Jesse and Kong – … Continue reading →

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