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A-pop! Constance Wu seems humble

June 7, 2019 By Stacy Nguyen

While the “Crazy Rich Asians” fever pitch was happening last summer, I was very withholding in my appreciation, very careful and moderated. I like to think it was because a part of me intuited that nearly a year later, we would be watching Constance Wu try to torch the show that first gave her a shot at mainstream success. Ha!

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 24 | JUNE 8 - JUNE 14

A-pop! Man tries to sell daughter, does not go well. Also, Miyazaki hates America and I love it!

March 29, 2019 By Stacy Nguyen

Happy March! This month, we learn about the lengths an Asian parent will go to, to ensure that their beloved child gets the bestest leg up in the world. There’s just nothing that compares to an Asian parent’s love, you know?

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 14 | MARCH 30 - APRIL 5

OMG, maybe I was wrong, and it’s our South Korean overlords we should worry about?

February 22, 2019 By Stacy Nguyen

Sometimes I like to be my own worst critic and read my column through the lens of a conservative white YouTube video commenter.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1

Happy Holidays! We should all be afraid of China – A-pop! All things Asian-y in popular culture!

December 22, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy NguyenNorthwest Asian Weekly I think because we Americans are all a little self-centered, we don’t realize that if we got caught in a knife fight with China, we would lose so hard and bleed all over the ground as we die slowly, because for every one American with a knife, there are 4.3 […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 52 | DECEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 28

A-pop! God, I hate Tom Cruise — Plus! Actual Asian-y goodness: Constance Wu, Alexander Hodge, Claudia Kim, Manny Jacinto

November 2, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In this month’s column, I pretty much rip into stuff that many people really, really love. I’m pre-emptively sorry for trying to taint your childhood memories. Dear Abby thinks kids should have white people names Some white guy recently wrote to Abigail Van Buren, better known as the author […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 45 | NOVEMBER 3 - NOVEMBER 9

Y ’all need to stop calling Dwayne Johnson the Rock. He is a thespian! — A-pop! All things API (heavy on the PI!) in popular culture!

September 14, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Hey, guys! Here’s a really manly edition of A-pop! Because it just happened like that! Dave Bautista threatens to bow out of future “Guardian” installments because he is over Disney Dave Bautista is half Filipino and plays Drax in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. The Marvel Cinematic Universe […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, DAVE BAUTISTA, Dwayne Johnson, JASON MOMOA, MACAULAY CULKIN, VIVIEN NGO, VOL 37 NO 38 | SEPTEMBER 15 - SEPTEMBER 21

A-pop! Oh-MG, Sandra better win an Emmy or else I will slash tires!

July 27, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It’s been real hot! Right? I love it. In honor the beautiful weather, here’s some fire with your pop culture. Sandra Oh first Asian woman to be nominated for lead actress Emmy I don’t want to creep you out or waste your time with all of my Sandra Oh-specific […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, HENRY GOLDING, JAMEELA JAMIL, Nicki Minaj, SINAKHONE KEODARA, Sandra Oh, VOL 37 NO 31 | JULY 28 - AUGUST 3, a-pop

A-pop! — I hate Star Wars. I’m scared saying that out loud. So I’m going to run away and hide now.

June 8, 2018 By Stacy Nguyen

Hi, guys! This month in pop culture news, we have it all. We have research that flies in the face of decades of racist conventional wisdom. We have an Asian dream team coming together to make what will hopefully be the best romantic comedy there ever has been. We have sex cult stuff. And we also have a Vietnamese American actor who was driven off of social media because — guess why! — people were racist dicks to her.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: Ali Wong, Apop, Daniel Dae Kim, Keanu Reeves, Kelly Marie Tran, Randall Park, Sandra Oh, VOL 37 NO 24 | JUNE 9 – JUNE 15

A-pop! Man, I love the 90s! Back when it was easier to get away with racism!

May 4, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month, I’m tackling two shows that I used to love very much, but the passage of time have ravaged their faces a bit — much like how wrinkles have started to overtake mine. But, it’s never too late to put on a bit of sunscreen and just take […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 19 | MAY 5 - MAY 11

Think all Asians look alike? You’re racist! — (JK, but you def need more Asian friends)

March 16, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month, we learn that social media is powerful. Because of social media, a college professor in charge of molding young minds cannot say what is in her heart without people getting it twisted. Because of social media, we don’t need to be in Vegas to see a beautiful […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 12 | MARCH 17 - MARCH 23

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