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Archie Panjabi Wins Emmy

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Tim

Archie Panjabi won the Emmy for best supporting actress on Sunday night for her role as Kalinda Sharma on the show The Good Wife. She was born in West London to Sikh parents. This is the first Emmy win for … Continue reading →

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Links: Next Food Network Star, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, APA Health Concerns, Cosplay Fails

Posted on August 28, 2010 by minjung

SPONSORED LINK: AsianFashion.com aims to list the best designer clothes and shoes from leading Asian fashion designers! Aarti Sequeira, Bombay Born and Dubai raised food blogger wins the latest season of The Next Food Network Star. Filipino-American Republican Tani Cantil-Sakauye is the … Continue reading →

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Marvel Responds To Runaways Casting

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Moye

Sometimes when we protest over API representation in Hollywood, the industry actually listens and sometimes, they actually do something about it. Marvel responded to Racebending’s concerns over their lack of specification in their casting call for the Japanese American character, … Continue reading →

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U.S. to Become a Nation of “Majority Minorities”

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Ernie

A recent report by the Wall Street Journal reveals that non-white births accounted for 48.6% of all births in the United States between July 2008 and July 2009. Not just in California, New York or even Texas, but the entire … Continue reading →

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Ryan Higa Makes More Money From Adsense Than You Ever Will

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Ernie

Asian Americans may not be seen in the movies or on primetime television, but a recent article from Yahoo! on the earnings of top YouTube celebrities such as Ryan Higa reveals that while they’re not getting multi-million dollar contracts and … Continue reading →

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Advertise on 8Asians and GASP!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Guest Writer

A friendly reminder:  Text links, banner links and sponsored blog posts (called “Advertorials”) are available for both 8Asians.com and GASP!, our shopping blog. As of June 2010, the website has a reach of over 75,000 unique visitors a month, many of … Continue reading →

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Links: K-Pop Artists, Din Tai Fung, Daphne Kwok, Yakuza 3

Posted on August 11, 2010 by minjung

Ask a Korean starts reviewing the top 50 most influential Kpop Artists. The “Legend” of Din Tai Fung, the story of the famous LA restaurant chain with amazing — but possibly overrated — soup dumplings. President Obama has picked Daphne … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Filmmakers Shoot ‘First’ 3D Porn Film

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Ernie

The Chinese, inventors of many things: Fireworks! Paper! Electronic equipment, similar to the iPod in functionality but different in branding!  And, thanks to this news report from the AFP – THE FIRST 3D PORN FILM. That said, the otakus have … Continue reading →

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65th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Moye

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. At 8:15am on August 8th, 1945, the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb, “Little Boy,” on humankind, leading to the deaths of over 100,000 people and the … Continue reading →

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White Residents of Flushing, NY Object to “Weird Asian Food”

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Ernie

If you’re a foodie or you’re from the New York Metropolitan area, you know that Flushing, Queens has good Chinese food. So says Anthony Bourdain, so says Serious Eats. Those who aren’t thrilled? The white and Jewish people that live … Continue reading →

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jozjozjoz at the Asian American Journalist Association Convention in Los Angeles

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Jeff

Our jozjozjoz is going to be in a panel on “Diversity in the New Media” at the Asian American Journalist Association 2010 Convention in Los Angeles this Thursday.  She will be joined by such luminaries in the Asian-American blogosphere such … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Chinese Counterfeiters Busted in Fisherman’s Wharf

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Efren

There are lots of things one expects to see when one walks around San Francisco’s tourist trap, Fisherman’s Wharf: smelly noisy sea lions along Pier 39, people eating New England clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl (which I’ve still … Continue reading →

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