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A-pop! Sizzling! — Emmy nominations, scoop on new castings, and Aziz Ansari’s new role

August 14, 2015 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly We may be halfway through the summer, but things are still sizzling, especially for our friends in Hollywood! Read on to find out the latest and greatest news for Asians and Asian Americans in the media. Emmy nomination showdown for two Fil-Ams The Emmy nominations are out and two […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, Academy Award, Alan Yang, Asian Americans, Aziz Ansari, Darren Criss, Elodie Yung, FX, Hollywood Read, Korean American, Let It Go, Marvel Comics, NBC, Next Top Model, Robert Lopez, TV, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, WNPA2016

APAMC disappointed with lack of diversity in Oscar nominees

January 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On January 15th, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their nominations for the 2015 Oscars.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, ABC, APAMC, Academy Award, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, CBS, Dan Mayeda, East West Players, FOX, Japanese American Citizens League, NBC, OCA, Visual Communications, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30

“The Wind Rises”

March 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Master animator and director Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the man who introduced anime features in America, has declared that “The Wind Rises,” a fictionalized biography of airplane designer Jiro Horikoshi, will be his last film. It is also his first and only film not explicitly directed […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Academy Award, Andrew Hamlin, Best Animated Feature, Caproni Stanley Tucci, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Great Kanto Earthquake, Hayao Miyazaki, Jiro Horikoshi, Jiro Japanese Boy, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Studio Ghibli, United States, Vol 33 No 13 | March 22 - March 28, Walt Disney Pictures

SIFF PICKS

June 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“The Mirror Never Lies” Reviewed by Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly In “The Mirror Never Lies,” a young girl grapples with the death of her father in this aesthetically pleasing look at the indigenous Bajo sea gypsies of Indonesia. The gypsies live in stilted huts on the water in an area known as the World’s Coral […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Academy Award, Chinese, Coral Triangle, Eugene Domingo, Fa Hai, Filipino, Harvard Exit, Indonesia, Jason Cruz, Jet Li, Kirkland Performance Center, Northwest Asian Weekly, Tiffany Ran, Vol 31 No 24 | June 9 - June 15, White Snake, Xu Xian, poverty

How 8 famous Asians exemplify (or defy!) their dragon traits

January 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Jan. 23 marks the first day of the Lunar New Year, and this year happens to be the Year of the Dragon. Occupying the fifth position in the Chinese Zodiac, the dragon is the mightiest of the signs.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2012, Academy Award, Amy Tan, Bruce Lee, Chinese Zodiac, Dith Pran, Euna Lee, Haing Ngor, High School Musical, Hong Kong, Iron Chef America, Laura Ling, Lisa Ling, Maggie Cheung, Mark Dacascos, North Korea, South Pacific, Tokyo Rose, Vanessa Hudgens, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27

You Talkin’ To Me?: Racism sells: The anti-whaling movement and Japan

March 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japanese whaling and dolphin hunting has attracted international media attention. The Shepherd Society, headed by founder Paul Watson, has been one of the leaders

Filed Under: Column: You Talkin' to Me? Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Academy Award, American President, Friday Harbor, International Whaling Commission, Jack Metcalfe, Northwest Asian Weekly, Norway, Paul Watson, Ronald Reagan, Sea Shepard Society, Sea Shepherd Society, Sierra Club, United States, Vol 30 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, attention, japan, whaling

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