Category Archives: Southern California

L.A. Ticket Giveaway: Comedy Zen, Jokes of Fury (Friday, December 3)

UPDATE: Congrats to mwei for winning the giveaway! If you’re in Los Angeles, check out Comedy Zen, a showcase of the funniest and finest multicultural comedians working today! We’ve blogged about a lot of these guys before, so if you … Continue reading

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Asian influences on American Cuisine: Andrew Lam’s “East Eats West”

“You know your cultural heritage is a major success when someone else is selling it back to you.” I have always been interested in how Asian Americans have influenced American culture at large. No where is this influence more apparent … Continue reading

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BANANA-2, the Second Asian American Bloggers Conference to Convene in LA

Remember the first BANANA Conference held in November 2009? It’s official! The date is set. The venue is set. A website is up with more info to come. And 8Asians is proud to be one of the organizing entities of … Continue reading

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All Eyes on K-Town’s Young Lee

K-Town Exclusive: Spotlight on Young (MTVK) Young Starting with my first piece on Scarlet Chan, it is clear that I hold tremendous amount of love for K-Town–so much that Joz and I will be taking turns covering every single of the … Continue reading

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Spotlight on K-Town’s Steve “Mohawk” Kim

K-Town Exclusive: Spotlight on Steve (MTVK)Steve I’m loving these spotlights that MTV Iggy is doing on the individual members of the K-Town cast. A few weeks ago, Eddy dished about Scarlet Chan, one of the biggest personalities on the female … Continue reading

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Asians Behaving Badly: Mayor of San Gabriel Valley Arrested for Robbery and Assault

San Gabriel Valley: land of delicious Asian food and mayors that assault people have misunderstandings between friends. Per KTLA: The mayor of San Gabriel, 35 year old Albert Huang, “was arrested early Friday morning on charges of felony robbery and … Continue reading

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Giveaway: Free tickets to the San Diego Asian Film Festival

UPDATE 10/21/2010: Thanks to everyone who entered! Congrats to the winners: mwei, TienVNguyen, and AbrahamLim The San Diego Asian Film Festival celebrates the best of Asian American and international Asian film. And of course, the festival is packed full of … Continue reading

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Los Angeles: 2010 ID Film Fest in Little Tokyo This Weekend

The 3-day 2010 ID Film Fest kicks off tonight in Little Tokyo and it features a weekend of Asian/Asian American films and workshops. Opening with the Los Angeles premiere of the critically acclaimed film Kit Hui’s Fog (starring Terrence Yin … Continue reading

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All Eyes on K-Town’s Scarlet Chan

K-Town Exclusive: Spotlight on Scarlet First, check out the MTV Iggy spotlight feature on Scarlet Chan, one of the cast members of the upcoming K-Town reality television show. Now, let any honest opinions of Scarlet Chan and the K-Town reality … Continue reading

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Vietnamese American Politicians in the National News

In the past week, two different races have highlighted Vietnamese American politicians to the national level: The most controversial race has been seven-term Representative Loretta Sanchez‘s (D-California / 47th Congressional District – Orange County that includes Disneyland and Angels Stadium) … Continue reading

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Long Live Blogger Prom Queen & 8Asians Co-Editor Joz!

Last week, tech savvy bloggers from all over Southern California gathered at Yamashiro Restaurant in Hollywood for the second annual Blogger Prom, celebrating a night of delicious food, drinks, live Tweeting, overflowing gift bags and prizes. On behalf of 8Asians, … Continue reading

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LA: Tonight is Audrey’s Night Out 2010

Our friends at Audrey Magazine, the nation’s premier lifestyle magazine for Asian American women by Asian American women, is hosting Audrey’s Night Out 2010, its third annual fashion show at the Petersen Automotive Museum tonight (Thursday, September 23, 2010). The … Continue reading

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