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Category Archives: Southern California
What You Might Not Know about Jonathan Gold, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Visibility Award
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
Posted in Community, Food & Drink, Southern California
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What You Might Not Know about Ann Curry, Recipient of the 2014 V3con Vision Award
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
Posted in Community, Southern California, TV
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LA Ticket Giveaway: 2014 V3 Digital Media Conference
V3 Digital Media Conference is coming up right around the corner. The event kicks off on Friday June 20th with an Opening Awards Reception. Then, the all day conference takes place on Saturday June 21st. Both events are being held at … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Lifestyles, Nonprofit, Promotions, Southern California
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East West Players Announces its 50th Anniversary Season, GOLDEN
East West Players (EWP), the nation’s largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theater of color in the country, announces its extended 50th Anniversary Season, GOLDEN, a celebration that will take place over the next … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Nonprofit, Southern California, The Arts
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Douglas Kim Parodies Jay-Z’s “Young Forever” with “Forever Hyung”
Douglas Kim previously released his “I’m Asian American” music video and now he (and a bunch of friends) are back with “Forever Hyung”, a parody of the Jay-Z song “Young Forever”. It’s a satire of recent media that has been … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Southern California
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ted Lieu for Congress 2014
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
Posted in Local, Politics, Southern California, TV
Tagged California, government, state assembly, Ted Lieu
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Irwindale Drops Lawsuit Againt Sriracha
Mayor Mark Breceda of Irwindale is stating that the city has dropped the lawsuit against Sriracha after meeting with owner David Tran and two representatives from California’s Governor Jerry Brown and touring the plant. They will be revisiting the situation … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Food & Drink, Local, Southern California
Tagged irwindale, sriracha, srirachapocalypse
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Anti-Asian Hate Was One of Killer Elliot Rodger’s Motivations
While I had read that misogyny and a sense of entitlement were motivations of Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people and then himself near Santa Barbara, I didn’t realize that anti-Asian hate was another one until I saw … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Southern California
Tagged Elliot Rodger, Isla Vista
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Isla Vista Stabbing Victims Were Asian American Males from the Bay Area
Via KGO/ABC7News.com: ISLA VISTA, Calif. (KGO) — Authorities have identified the three men found fatally stabbed in the apartment of Elliot Rodger, who police say fatally shot three others in a killing spree that ended with his suicide. The Santa … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Asian Family – BMW 3 Series Diesel TV Commercial
http://youtu.be/p2vBADziOa4 A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook Timeline the other day, as he knows I blog for 8Asians. I haven’t seen this BMW commercial air on television, but my friend says he’s seen it locally in the … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Entertainment, Lifestyles, Local, Southern California, TV
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LAAPFF 2014: “Firestorm” International Showcase Film, Community Co-Presented by 8Asians
The 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival runs from May 01 – May 11 at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), CGV Cinemas located in Koreatown, the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at NCPD in Little Tokyo, and the historic Art … Continue reading
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LAAPFF 2014: “Jeepney” Documentary Feature, Community Co-Presented by 8Asians
The 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival opened its 30th anniversary season last week to great excitement with George Takei and To Be Takei. The 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival runs from May 01 – May 11 … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Movies, Southern California
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