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Love in Taipei Coming to Nextflix on August 9th

Posted on August 12, 2024 by John

I’m  a little late to this posting, but the film Love in Taipei is now available on Netflix: “On a summer trip to Taipei, a pre-med student must balance parental expectations, romance and a passion for dance. Based on a … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Asian American TV Series: First half of 2017

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Jeff

So what do Asian Americans watch on TV?  USA Today analyzed Nielsen data for most of the first half of 2017 and came up with the data shown above.  I was personally was surprised that it was so divergent compared … Continue reading →

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Wired: It’s Time For ‘Silicon Valley’ to Disrupt Its Toxic Asian Stereotypes

Posted on June 5, 2017 by John

Note: this discusses a little bit of the current season – so possible spoilers if you haven’t been watching. When I saw this headline on Facebook, I wondered why no one had written about this yet. I’m a fan of … Continue reading →

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Why are Asian American Films Bad?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Edward

Before I even wrote the April’s Fools article Joy Luck Ranked Greatest Asian American Film Of All Time, I have contemplated for the longest time creating a list for the Top 10 Worst Asian American films of all time. There’s … Continue reading →

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Australian Comedian Plays Overbearing Asian Mom in HBO’s Angry Boys

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dino-Ray

With his new HBO show, Angry Boys, Australian comedian Chris Lilley is following the grand politically incorrect tradition of Chapelle’s Show and Da Ali G Show by skewering pop culture and testing audience’s offensive threshold when it comes to tackling … Continue reading →

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‘Glee’ is Looking for a Filipina Maid

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Dino-Ray

(Clockwise from top left) Deedee Magno, Joyo Velarde, Jocelyn Enriquez, Pinay and Lea Salonga It’s just a couple of days before the season premiere of Glee (on April 13th to be exact) and I, like millions of others, am more … Continue reading →

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Searching for Asian-American Actors On TV

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Linda

It’s TV pilot season, which means the networks are loading up on new projects they’d like to pursue in hopes of finding the next hit series. Since I work in TV research, I hear pilot news on a regular basis. … Continue reading →

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Jon & Kate will End Forever in November

Posted on October 15, 2009 by jozjozjoz

I’m not one to read or believe tabloids, but if this news is true, I’ll be thrilled. Radar reports that Jon & Kate Plus Eight “will officially end in mid to late November” because “sources outside the network [say] that … Continue reading →

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Harry Shum Jr Has the Moves in Glee and the New iPod Nano Commercial

Posted on October 7, 2009 by jozjozjoz

iPod Nano Commercial Video Camera from Harry Shum on Vimeo. It’s Wednesday night, which means it’s Glee night! In honor of my favorite new show of the season, I’d like to give a shout-out to Harry Shum, Jr. We haven’t … Continue reading →

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Ming-Na Plays the First Lesbian Asian-American TV Series Regular on SyFy’s SGU

Posted on October 4, 2009 by jozjozjoz

Ming-Na rocks. Seriously. Rocks. And I love her even though she’s seriously messing with my fall season TV mojo. The thing is, I’m really trying to limit the number of new shows I get into this season. Originally, I only … Continue reading →

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Watching TV on a Sony Bravia HDTV can improve my Chinese?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by John

A loyal reader pointed us to this latest Sony commercial. In an ever-increasing field of HDTV manufacturers, Sony has been making the case that it’s worth buying their brand and claims, “You can’t fake Sony quality. It makes watching sports … Continue reading →

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“Chinese” reference on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Premiere

Posted on September 22, 2009 by jozjozjoz

Because I love geeks and because I love geek humor even more, one of my favorite TV shows is The Big Bang Theory on CBS. Last night, Season 3 started with our scientist heroes (Sheldon, Leonard, Wolowitz, and Koothrappali) returning … Continue reading →

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