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The year of charisma and talent — Celebs exemplify their monkey sign in notable and surprising ways

February 11, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly Way back when China’s Jade Emperor held the Great Race to determine the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, three animals stood before a river that separated them from the finish line. The monkey, who wittily picked out lengthy branches as makeshift paddles, helped the sheep and the rooster cross the […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2016, Celine Dion, Central Park, Channing Tatum, David Copperfield, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, Great Race, Jade Emperor, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Michelle Kwan, Retired Houston Rockets, Taiwan, Tom Hanks, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, Zooey Deschanel, miley cyrus

A-POP! Babies having babies? Say it isn’t so, Brenda!

September 16, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Babies having babies We’re starting this month’s news with an actress best known to tweens (also known as fans of the Disney Channel!).

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, Archie Panjabi, Asian American, Buffalo Bills, CBS, Dilshad Vadsaria, Disney Channel, Ed Wang, FOX, Indian British, Mark Zuckerberg, NFL, Primetime Emmy Awards, Trace Cyrus, Virginia Tech, miley cyrus

In celebration of APA Heritage Month

May 9, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Education is key: According to the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), education is pivotal to how Asian Pacific Americans (APA) are viewed and treated. The Seattle Chapter has launched a concerted effort to proactively fight for important APA issues by focusing on teaching students about the experiences of people of Asian ancestry.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: China, Education, Elaine Akagi, Elsie Taniguchi, JACL, Japanese Americans, Joe Jonas, Jonas Brothers, North Korea, Pau Gasol, Puyallup Valley, Ryan Chin, TV, culture, miley cyrus, vol 28 no 20 | May 9 - May 15

COMMENTARY: Cyrus lawsuit actually has merit

April 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The lawsuit seeks approximately $4 billion, based on the sum of $4,000 multiplied by an estimated population of one million Asian Pacific Islanders living in the state of California.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: African Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, California Unruh Civil Rights Act, Henry Lee, Mark Lee, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, TMZ, culture, miley cyrus

Those Disney stars just don’t learn

April 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

March was a month of highs and lows for Asian celebrities. Yao Ming, Ichiro Suziki, and Freida Pinto flexed their star power. Michelle Kwan attempted a comeback, Bai Ling released a new film, and Lisa Ling’s sister, Laura Ling, ran into some trouble. Things aren’t looking so good for Joe Jonas, who has not seemed to learn from Miley Cyrus’ embarrassing debacle.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: 2009, Bai Ling, Chinese, Freida Pinto, Ichiro Suziki, Joe Jonas, Laura Ling, Lisa Ling, Liu Xiang, Michelle Kwan, NBC, Ninette Cheng, Northwest Asian Weekly, USD, Vol 28 No 15 | April 4 - April 10, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlan, miley cyrus

LETTER: Thanks for speaking up about Cyrus

March 19, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thank you for your recent editorial on Miley Cyrus …

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Bettie Luke, Cyrus Oh Miley Chinky, Ninette Cheng, Seattle, editorial, letter, margaret cho, miley cyrus

LETTER: Hypocrisy runs deep in Miley Cyrus fingerpointing

February 27, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As a Caucasian who speaks fluent Chinese, I find it amusing that Chinese in normal conversation will use terms such as “yang guei dz” — foreign devil or ghost, “shao bai gwei” — little white devil or ghost, “Hei Guei” — black devil or ghost, and refer to Americans as “Wai Gwo Ren” — foreigners …

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Chinese, Hei Guei, letter, miley cyrus

LETTER: OCA wants voices to add to blog about Cyrus

February 19, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) National Center has posted what we hope will be a very important blog entry concerning the recent flood of media coverage around Miley Cyrus’ “slant-eye” photo …

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: APA, OCA, attention, blog, letter, miley cyrus

NWAW EDITORIAL: Miley Cyrus sucks

February 19, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the first week of February, more scandalous photos of Disney teen idol Miley Cyrus popped up on the Internet …

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: Annie Leibovitz, Chinese Americans, Disney Channel, Jose Calderon, Michael Richards, attention, editorial, miley cyrus

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