By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The new play “Peerless,” written by Jiehae Park, advertises itself as an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic “Macbeth,” a tale of kings, queens, treachery, murder, and ultimately, ruin. Still, don’t expect to see Shakespeare’s trio of witches cackling, “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble,” around their cauldron. The play’s director, […]
First Asian to win Best Actor at the Golden Globes
Aziz Ansari will go down in history as the first actor of Asian descent to win a best actor category award at the Golden Globes. On the night of Jan. 7, Aziz Ansari won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy at the 75th Annual Golden […]
Washington’s crowning glory!
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Miss India USA 2017 Shree Saini is a success story crafted with resilience and sheer will. The 21-year-old Washington resident has decided to dedicate her life to service. When Shree Saini was about 3 years old, she watched contestants of an international beauty pageant take the stage in beautiful […]
“The Last Jedi” review
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The first part of my review will have no spoilers, and I will give a warning before the spoilers start. Episode 7: The Force Awakens was released in December 2015 and left us with a chaotic conclusion. Finn is seriously injured by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), but fortunately Rey […]
Redmond’s first Asian American Poet Laureate celebrates the finale of her term
By J Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Shin Yu Pai stands at the podium in front of a packed house at Elliott Bay Book Store. She is petite, yet formidable. Gracious, yet forthright. She is there to read a selection published in the magazine, Full Bleed, that will be included in an upcoming book of […]
Kelly Marie Tran steps into Star Wars stardom in ‘Last Jedi’
By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Marie Tran still can’t quite believe she’s in a Star Wars movie. The 28-year-old was about to give up on her dreams of becoming an actress when she landed a breakthrough role in “The Last Jedi.” So after years of toiling and hoping and […]
“The Swindlers” — A fast, fraught, frothy thief of your time
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Chang-won Jang’s new caper thriller “The Swindlers” opens in a moment of deep pain. Overdone, operatic pain, as everything else in this film will prove operatic and overdone, but a moment of deep pain, still. A group of South Koreans, some young, some no longer young, learn they’ve lost […]
It’s LIT!
By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Several Chinese artists and artisans have transformed meters of silk and LED lights into dragons, pandas, a 50-foot Santa Claus, and even the Space Needle at the Lantern Light Festival in Puyallup. Not even the rain could play spoilsport as about 3,000 visitors armed with umbrellas and rain gear […]
Maa Vue — Hmong pop singer gains Wisconsin TV spotlight
By KEITH UHLIG Wausau Daily Herald WESTON, Wis. (AP) — She’s been called the “Hmong Adele,” but her fame so far has been found only among Asian Americans. The Wausau Daily Herald reports that Maa Vue’s singing and music videos in Hmong have inspired more than 37,000 people to subscribe to her YouTube channel, and […]
Ishiro Honda — Godzilla, gratefulness, and greatness
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I tried to call Ishiro Honda, once. I was about 10, and I loved reading about his Godzilla stories and watching them on KSTW-11’s “Sci-Fi Theater.” (I wanted to stay up late and catch more good ones, like Honda’s classic “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” but my bedtime was nine […]
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