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Another controversial case of whitewashing, Scarlett Johansson cast as lead in “Ghost in the Shell”

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Card Northwest Asian Weekly “Ghost in the Shell,” a popular Japanese manga series following a cyborg policewoman, is getting a live-action adaptation set to release in 2017. However, the film is already receiving a heavy dose of backlash over the casting of Scarlett Johansson as its lead character, Major Motoko Kusanagi. This is […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2016, ABC, Academy Awards, Chinese Hawaiian, Constance Wu, Emma Stone, Eric Card, GHOST IN THE SHELL, Jon Tsuei, M. Night Shyamalan, Major Motoko Kusanagi, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sam Yoshiba, Scarlett Johansson, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6, culture, japan

“Sword of Destiny” a shrunken version of the original classic

March 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After more than a decade, the fantastical world of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” makes its belated return in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Reviews, At the Movies, Feature stories Tagged With: Academy Awards, Ang Lee, China, Chinese Americans, Costa Ricans, Crouching Tiger, Eric Card, Hades Dai, Harry Shum Jr., Hidden Dragon, Li Mu Bai, New Zealand, Vol 35 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, Wie Fang, Yuen Wo Ping, language

A-POP! So over you, Academy Awards. (And Asian American newcomers on the big and small screens!)

March 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

With February coming to a close, we’ve finally reached the holiest of award shows: the Oscars. Read on to see what the Academy Awards meant to Asians and other news in Hollywood this past month.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2016, Academy Awards, Ali Wong, Asian American, Asif Kapadia, Bao Ling, Chris Rock, Chris Smith, David Moskowitz, Dev Patel, Elizabeth Ho, Famous Black, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kelly Marie Tran, Lee Byung-hun, Matt Hubbard, Ming Zhu, NBC, Parks Recreation, Priyanka Chopra, Southern California, Star Wars, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, WNPA2016

EDITORIAL: Oscars proves it’s #sowhite with child labor joke

March 4, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The 88th Academy Awards took place last Sunday and, as usual, a bunch of really rich white people dressed up nicely and gave each other statues made of gold. It’s been obvious that the Academy has a diversity problem. Yet, even when Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 14, we were struck by certain glaring […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2016, Academy Awards, Asian Americans, Chris Rock, East Asian, Jeremy Lin, Phil Angry Asian Man Yu, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Southeast Asia, Straight Outta Compton, United States, Vol 30 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, editorial, poverty

A-pop! Hollywood wins, then fails, then flails

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The new year has just begun and already so much has happened in Hollywood! Read on to find out the latest on award ceremonies, castings, and more. Awards season: on winning trophies and being racist It is awards season and celebrities are hitting the red carpet in droves! At […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2016, Academy Awards, Actor Daniel Dae Kim, Alan Yang, Best Original Song, Best Short Film Animated, Best Writing Original Screenplay, Bill Maher, Critics Choice Television Awards, Emma Stone, Hollywood Read, Korean, Lea Salonga, Lee Byung-hun, Lincoln Center Theater, Sanjay Patel, Simple Song, Sumi Jo, Super Team, Terminator Genisys, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, social media

This week at SIFF

June 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor” Reviewed by Tiffany Ran In one lifetime, Dr. Haing S. Ngor went from Cambodian refugee to Academy Award winner, author, and activist only to be gunned down outside of his home in Los Angeles in 1996. Not to be confused with original film where Ngor served as […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Academy Awards, Andrew Hamlin, Carnival Folklore, Internet Movie Database, Kirkland Performance Center, Los Angeles, Naoki Kato, Pol Pot, Ryusuke Hayashi, SIFF, Seattle Center, Tiffany Ran, Toshiji Mikawa, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

A-pop! Notes on the Oscars… — And more TV shows featuring Asian Americans

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Happy February! Between the Academy Awards to the launch of America’s first all-Asian starring cast on TV since the 90s, this month has been full of news and events. Read on to find out the latest in Hollywood. The 87th Academy Awards This year’s Oscars host, actor Neil Patrick […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, ABC, Academy Awards, Best Animated Film Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Live Action Short Film, Big Hero, Butter Lamp La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak, Disney Junior, Episode Premiere, Hiro Hamada, Hu Wei, Randall Park, Ryan Potter, Sucker Punch, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6, Yoshiaki Nishimura, technology

Hand-drawn ‘Princess’ stands apart from other Oscar nominees

February 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) —The princess laughs and floats in sumie-brush sketches of faint pastel, a lush landscape that animated film director Isao Takahata has painstakingly depicted to relay his gentle message of faith in this world. But his Oscar-nominated work stands as a stylistic challenge to Hollywood’s computer-graphics cartoons, where 3D […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, National News Tagged With: 2015, Academy Awards, Although Kaguya, Associated Press, Daisuke Watanabe, Hand-drawn Princess, Isao Takahata, Johanna Spyri, Princess Kaguya, Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli, Tokyo, Unlike Hayao Miyazaki, Vol 34 No 9 | February 21 - February 27, japan

A-pop! Top 10 stories of 2013 — Take one final look at the best, and the best of the worst, of last year’s Asian pop media moments

January 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With the New Year underway, it’s the perfect time to take a moment and reflect on 2013’s biggest hits and misses in pop culture. It’s been an interesting year, which saw Asian Americans breaking ground in new ways in pop media, as well as some spectacularly offensive moments from […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Academy Awards, Asian Americans, Better Luck Tomorrow, Chinese Food, Fast Furious, Google Glass, Hayao Miyazaki, Katy Perry, Kristen Kish, Miss America Nina Davuluri, Roger Ebert, Top Chef, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, culture

EDITORIAL: Ang Lee serves as an example

February 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Taiwanese American director Ang Lee has a lot going for him. He just won a second Best Director Oscar for “Life of Pi” to go with his first Oscar award from “Brokeback Mountain.” He has become one of the most in-demand directors, successful both overseas and in the States, and has twice beaten out Steven […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2013, APA, Academy Awards, Ang Lee, Asian Americans, Brokeback Mountain, New York University, Steven Spielberg, Taiwanese American, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8

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