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A-pop! Action ahead … — … for Asian Americans in film and television

November 20, 2015 By Vivian Nguyen Leave a Comment

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Daylight savings is officially underway which means shorter days and more reasons to stay inside. Fortunately, there are some great movies and television shows out to help you survive the next few months. Read on to see what’s playing and streaming near you. Asian Americans take on action films […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, Actor Dave Bautista, Actress Naomi Scott, Aziz Ansari, Filipino, Fox News, Golden Globe-winning, Indian American, Kal Penn, NPR, Nisha Ganatra, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pink Ranger, President Obama, Sarita Gupta, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

A-POP! Jin breaking into the mainstream?

December 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly 4 Comments

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Sometimes, when one person’s dream begins, the dream unfortunately ends for someone else. Such is the case for two Asian celebrities featured in this month’s column.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, 2012, ASA, Boo Boo Stewart, Booboo Stewart, Chinese, Dev Anand, Guinevere Van Seenus, Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Derulo, Jin Akanishi, John Cho, Justin Bieber Japanese, Kal Penn, Keanu Reeves, Korean American, Michelle Yeoh, Miu Miu, Rain, Sean Kingston, Several Asian, Test Drive, Utada Hikaru Utada, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23

A-pop!: Don’t mess with Wendi

August 12, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The slap heard around the world Who is Wendi Deng Murdoch? Just a month ago, the public was introduced to Deng Murdoch, a former shrewd businesswoman and news corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch’s alleged gold-digging wife.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, Although Irabu, Asian American, Boo Boo Stewart, British Parliament, Charlyne Yi, China, DUI, George Steinbrenner, Harry Shum Jr., Hideki Irabu, Kal Penn, Kelly Hu, Love Bites, New York Yankees, Paper Heart, Quentin Lee, Vol 30 No 33 | August 13 - August 19, White Frog, culture, japan, margaret cho

The top 10 amazing Asian American achievers of 2010

December 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 3 Comments

A Korean American West Point graduate, Dan Choi became the face of the movement against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT).

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, African American, Asian Americans, DADT, Dan Choi, Democrat Hansen Clarke, Indian American, Kal Penn, Kamala Harris, Laura Ling, Michigan House, Nikki Haley, North Koreans, Phyllis Wise, President Barack Obama, South Carolina, UW, Vol 29 No 52 | December 25 - December 31, Wallace Loh, Year in Review 2010

Kal Penn has a very good and very bad month: A-pop! is monthly column about all things Asian in pop culture

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

It’s that time of the month again! We have more news about your favorite Asian and Asian Ameri­can celebrities! Kal Penn has announced his re­turn to show business.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, ABC, Chinese Celebrities, Damon Lindelof, Entertainment Weekly, Estee Lauder, Forbes Magazine, Harold Kumar, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, Kal Penn, Ken Leung, Liu Hopefully, Liu Wen, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Pussycat Doll, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Wow Hope, Yunjin Kim

Actor Kal Penn goes to Washington

April 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

Actor Kal Penn shocked fans when his character on “House, M.D.” exited the show in a dramatic fashion on April 6. Indian American Penn played Dr. Lawrence Kutner. After two seasons on the show, Penn’s character was found dead in his apartment, apparently due to suicide.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Actor Kal Penn, Asian American, Indian American Penn, Kal Penn, Lawrence Kutner, Obama, White Castle, White House

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