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This week at SIFF

June 5, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

“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

It’s a volley! — Chinese American street volleyball documentary hits cable

May 14, 2015 By Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Ursula Liang’s “labor of love,” 9-Man, which documents the Chinese American sport of street volleyball has received critical acclaim. We first covered the documentary in December 2012. Since then, the film and its makers have traveled the country showing it at various festivals and receiving awards. The film was […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2015, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Best Documentary Feature, Chinese Americans, DVD, Director Ursula Liang, Directors Choice Award, Jason Cruz, Los Angeles, New York Times, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Program Director Courtney Sheehan, San Francisco, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, World Channel, parking

Susumu Ito’s 95-year journey — Congressional Gold Medal war hero, cell biologist, Harvard teacher, reflects on wonderful life

May 7, 2015 By Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Susumu Ito constantly carried three things with him during his tour of duty in World War II: a bible with a medal shield, his camera, and a Senninbari. The latter item is a Japanese strip of cloth decorated with 1,000 stitches which is made by women when men go […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Brendan Hare, Case Western University, Congressional Gold Medal, Cornell Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Imperial Japan, Japanese Americans, Jason Cruz, Los Angeles, Northwest Asian Weekly, Susumu Ito, Texas Infantrymen, United States, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Vosges Mountains, WNPA2016, Western Reserve University

Wayne’s Worlds — The Dumpling Complex

April 3, 2015 By Wayne Chan Leave a Comment

By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly “What are you doing?”  I asked of my wife Maya, in a tone mixed between innocence and accusatory. “I’m pan frying some dumplings for the party,” she answered, matter of factly. The “party”, she was referring to, was the bi-weekly neighborhood gathering we affectionately refer to as “Yappy Hour,” […]

Filed Under: Food, Wayne's Worlds Tagged With: 2015, Chinese, Girl Scout Cookies, Los Angeles, Monterey Park, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10, Wayne Chan, Yappy Hour

Convicted rapist faces life in federal prison for child porn

March 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly 35 Comments

AP Wire Service LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted child rapist faces up to life in prison after being convicted Tuesday in Los Angeles of producing child pornography in the Philippines. Stanley Dan Reczko III, 50, of Los Angeles, was convicted by a federal judge of producing child porn while registered as a sex offender. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Filipino, International Justice Mission, Los Angeles, New York, Philippines, Thom Mrozek, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27

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 Leave a Comment

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

Jackie Chan’s son apologizes after release from jail

February 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — The son of actor Jackie Chan apologized to the public Saturday and asked for a second chance following his release from a six-month jail sentence for allowing people to use marijuana in his apartment. Jaycee Chan, 32, said at a news conference that he was rededicating himself to his […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, CCTV, Chinese, Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan, Ko Kai, Lin Feng-jiao, Los Angeles, Lunar New Year, Netherlands, Vol 34 No 9 | February 21 - February 27

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

February 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

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

Asians slower to seek immigration protection

February 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By Amy Taxin Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asians have been slower to sign up for President Barack Obama’s reprieve for young immigrants in the country illegally, and community advocates are ramping up efforts to reach thousands more who are eligible for his expanded immigration plan.<!–more–> Many advocates have blamed the paltry turnout among […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Anoop Prasad, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Associated Press, Korean, Los Angeles, Migration Policy Institute, President Barack Obama, San Diego, San Francisco, Seth Ronquillo, Tiffany Panlilio, Tom Wong, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, Washington-based Pew Research Center, Young Asians, social media

Jackie Chan expresses shame over his son’s drug charge

January 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong action film star Jackie Chan said he feels shame for his son, Jaycee Chan, who has been indicted by Beijing prosecutors on a drug charge and could be jailed for up to three years. Jaycee is the son of Chan and his wife, Lin Feng-Jiao, a Taiwanese actor. Jaycee was […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: 2009, Beijing, CCTV, China, Chinese People, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan, Ko Chen-tung, Ko Kai, Los Angeles, Political Consultative Conference, Stacy Nguyen, Xinhua News Agency, attention

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