It’s built into our psyches from an early age: If you get hurt, Grandma gives you a cookie. If you don’t get asked to the prom or make the football team, you comfort yourself with a burger, fries and a milkshake. The job is upsetting to you, so you eat a pizza.
Outstanding Graduates
Compiled by Kelianne Chinn Vivek Rajkumar University of Washington At age 14, Vivek was admitted to the Early Entrance program at the University of Washington. An excellent student, he was awarded the Early Entrance Program Paradise Scholarship in 2004 and the Apogee Scholarship in 2001. He recently graduated at age 18 with degrees in computer […]
Ming-Na returns to TV
Ming-Na, most recently seen in the hit NBC show “ER,” will star in a new drama series called “Inconceivable.” The show, debuting this fall, is set in a fertility clinic and will revolve around the lives of doctors, lawyer and patients.
Al Gore aids tribute to Locke
By Carol N. Vu For the Northwest Asian Weekly Al Gore is helping lead the charge to establish a special library in Chinatown/International District that will honor the legacy of Washington’s first and only Asian American governor.
EDITORIAL: Seafair shows off our cultural treasures
Can you imagine a summer in Seattle without Seafair?
“Beautiful Country” actor an unlikely star
By Tiffany Wan For the Northwest Asian Weekly People rely on certainties in life, especially when thrust into unfamiliar territory. Actor Damien Nguyen, the freshly minted star of the new film “The Beautiful Country,” is firmly aware of that fact. His family left Vietnam in 1975 on a boat that carried him, six siblings, his […]
SIFF
Guys, go ahead, in the comments below, write out which films you are doing so you don’t duplicate each other 🙂 Please remember to give your capsule reviews a star rating (4 most, 0 least, half stars OK) Tiffany: The Empire of the Mid Sun (France) The White Meadows May Grandma, A Thousand Times may […]
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SIFF 2010
China Bodyguards and Assassins † City of Life and Death Last Train Home Little Big Soldier † A Spray of Plum Blossoms Hong Kong Bodyguards and Assassins Crossing Hennessy Dream Home Little Big Soldier Love in a Puff Prince of Tears India Khargosh Peepli Live A Request From Earth Japan Air Doll The Chef of South […]