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A-pop! Slants — Is the name offensive?

May 8, 2015 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With May underway, spring has officially sprung! And so has news for all of our Asian friends in the media. From controversial band names to casting news, see what’s happened during the last month with pop culture. “The Slants” lose their appeal to register band name Simon Tam, founder […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, Actress Olivia Munn, Asian Americans, Brokeback Mountain, Cary Fukunaga, Chinese, Eddie Huang, First Amendment, HBO, Northwest Asian Weekly, Oregon Live, Simon Tam, The Slants, Trademark Office, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, WNPA2016, 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

BLOG: Ang Lee’s Life of Pi

December 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Movie theaters hate people like me.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, Academy Awards, Ang Lee, Asian American, Best Picture, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, DVD, Hidden Dragon, Publisher Ng's blog, SPL, Seattle Public Library, Thanksgiving Day, Vol 31 No 50 | December 8 - December 14

Museum of Chinese in America gets a new home

September 10, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — In cramped quarters in Chinatown, staff at the Museum of Chinese in America had to be careful not to step on any schoolchildren as they taught a class about the role Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Alice Mong, Ang Lee, Angel Island, Brokeback Mountain, Centre Street, Chinatown, Chinese Americans, David Henry Hwang, Maya Lin, Mulberry St, San Francisco Bay, Taiwan, Transcontinental Railroad, United States, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Vol 28 No 38 | September 12 - September 18, Yo Yo Ma

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