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George Takei, Richard Dreyfuss respond in harassment scandal

November 16, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — George Takei took to Twitter on Nov. 11 to deny groping a male model and Richard Dreyfuss said he never exposed himself to a female writer helping him with a TV script, both back in the 1980s. Takei, the 80-year-old “Star Trek” icon, said in a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2017, George Takei, RICHARD DREYFUSS, VOL 36 NO 47 | NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 24

George Takei not running for Congress — It was an April Fools’ joke

April 6, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY George Takei caused a moment of extreme excitement last Saturday morning when he announced that he was planning to run for Congress and against Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in 2018. Nunes is the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and has dominated headlines recently due to his high-profile role in […]

Filed Under: National News, Politics Tagged With: 2017, George Takei, VOL 36 NO 15 | APRIL 8 - APRIL 14

George Takei’s musical Allegiance to play in movie theaters

December 9, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” wrote William Faulkner. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” wrote George Santayana.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2016, George Takei, VOL 35 NO 50 | DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 16

George Takei calls Donald Trump to task, in Spanish

August 13, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Takei is speaking out against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, and he’s doing it in Spanish. In an English-subtitled video that’s drawn more than 12 million views in less than two weeks online, the “Star Trek” actor compares Trump’s proposed deportation of undocumented Latino […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, George Takei, VOL 35 NO 33 | AUGUST 13 - AUGUST 19

WE Day Seattle announces lineup

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

World-renowned speakers and performers will be inspiring 15,000 youth and educators at WE Day Seattle on April 20 at KeyArena at the Seattle Center. George Takei, actor, director, author, and activist, and Lilly Singh – an Indo-Canadian comedian, better known by her YouTube username Superwoman, are part of the lineup. WE Day is a celebration […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, George Takei, Lilly Singh, Seattle Center, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8

“Allegiance” — George Takei stars in musical (and history lesson)

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jenn Fang Northwest Asian Weekly This year marks the 70th year of the closing of the World War II incarceration camps that imprisoned thousands of Japanese American civilians under inhumane conditions and threat of violence. Yet, this shameful and racist episode of American history still receives scant attention in our history classrooms. The vast […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, American Muslims, Asian American History, George Takei, Greg Watanabe, Hannah Campbell Katie Rose Clarke, Japanese Americans, Jay Kuo, Lea Salonga, Loyalty Questionnaire, Michael Lee, Sammy Kimura, Tatsuo Kimura Christopheren Nomura, Telly Leung, Tule Lake, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, attention, culture

‘Star Trek’ and social media hero George Takei is 2015 Tomodachi Award winner

April 2, 2015 By James Tabafunda

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Tomodachi is a Japanese word meaning friend. “Star Trek” actor and gay rights advocate George Takei is the newest friend of the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW). The organization named him as its 2015 Tomodachi Award winner at the Seventh Annual Tomodachi Luncheon on March 27. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Annette Clark, George Takei, JCCCW, Japanese Americans, Karin Zaugg Black, Kurt Tokita, Lori Matsukawa, Masahiro Omura, Michi Hirata North, Professor Lorraine Bannai, Regimental Combat Team, Rick Wong, Seattle University, Star Trek, Tokyo, Tomodachi Award, Toshio Nomura, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10

George Takei on Leonard Nimoy: “A great man and a great friend” — Nimoy, famous as Mr. Spock on ‘Star Trek,’ dies

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published an autobiography with the defiant title, “I Am Not Spock” — an attempt to show the world he had many more facets than the pointy-eared character that had come to define him. Yet two decades later, after proving that with […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Aaron Bay Schuck, Adam Nimoy, Boston College, Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, Golda Meir, Ingrid Bergman, LLAP, Leonard Nimoy, Loch Ness Monster, Los Angeles, Pasadena Playhouse, President Barack Obama, Sandra Zober, Star Trek, Susan Bay, TV, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, William Shatner

George Takei’s musical ‘Allegiance’ finally gets to Broadway

February 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mark Kennedy AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Takei is next boldly going somewhere special — to Broadway. The “Star Trek” star’s personal and heartfelt show about Japanese-Americans imprisoned during World War II has found a spot on the Great White Way this fall with him in a starring role. “It is […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, National News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Big Band, David Henry Hwang, George Takei, Jay Kuo, Les Miserables, Los Angeles, Marc Acito, San Diego, Seattle, Shubert Theatre, Skid Row, Stafford Arima, Telly Leung, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20, social media

Takei takes over Seattle

September 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly “You do not become an actor, you are born an actor,” informed the 77-year-old George Takei in his

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, AARP, England, Gay Pride Parade, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Ice Palace, LBGT, Life Reimagined, Los Angeles, New York, Richard Burton, Seattle Central College, UCLA, United States, Vol 33 No 40 | Septembe 27 - October 3, culture, social media

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