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Overseas slice of ‘Pi’ flips Hollywood formula

February 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Germain AP Movie Writer LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — With 11 Academy Awards nominations — second only to “Lincoln” with 12 — and the sort of global box office receipts normally reserved for superheroes, “Life of Pi” is one of the most unusual megahits ever to hit the big screen. Approaching $600 million […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Alfonso Cuaron, Bombay Jayashri, Century Fox, David Magee, Django Unchained, Gitesh Pandya, Irrfan Khan, Jim Gianopulos, Les Miserables, Mychael Danna, Neill Blonkamp, Peter Jackson, Pi Patel, Rafe Spall, Slumdog Millionaire, Suraj Sharma, Vol 32 No 9 | February 23 - March 1, language

Scandals and mysteries abound in this month’s recommended reads

September 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Tokyo Heist By Diana Renn Viking, 2012 When Violet Rossi, a lover of all things Japan, finds out her father is commissioned to paint a mural in Tokyo, the 16-year-old is thrilled.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2009, 2012, Ethan Wolfe, Minotaur Books, Morris Gardener, New Delhi, Puget Sound State University, Ruby Gill, Sheila Tao, Six Suspects, Slumdog Millionaire, Tokyo Heist, Vikas Swarup, Vivek Vicky Rai, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, attention

A Tom Hardy classic reborn in Winterbottom’s “Trishna”

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly U.K.-born director Michael Winterbottom made his reputation

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Canada, Director Winterbottom, Freida Pinto, His English, Indian Broadcasting Network, Jay Singh, Kate Winslet, London, Mags Arnold, Michael Winterbottom, Mumbai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Slumdog Millionaire, Thomas Hardy, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

The best, exotic landscape of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

May 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” begins with a gray clamminess, where seven English characters work to

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Ben Davis, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Dev Patel, India, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Wilkinson, United Kingdom, Vol 31 No 20 | May 12 - May 18

A-POP! column: Another whitewashed cast

April 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Pop superstar Lady Gaga released her song “Born This Way” as the lead single from her second studio album of the same name.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, Asian Americans, Express Yourself, High School Musical, Italian Americans, Jersey Shore, Korea Town, Korean American Jamie Chung, Lady Gaga, Legendary Pictures, MTV, Malaysia, SNSD, Slumdog Millionaire, Sucker Punch, Vol 30 No 15 | April 9 - April 15, Warner Bros

Beggars are mostly hidden from New Delhi tourists during Commonwealth games

September 30, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — The banners were erected at the little hillside enclave while everyone was at work, long blue and purple signs with a smiling cartoon tiger proclaiming the arrival of the Commonwealth Games.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Beijing, Chaitran Rahu, China, Commonwealth Games, India, New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Olympics, Pakistan Olympic Association Chief Arif Hasan, Slumdog Millionaire, South African, Vol 29 No 40 | October 2 - October 8, World Bank, culture, poverty

Critics: ‘Airbender’ & ‘Prince’ were whitewashed

June 3, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ever since he first came out of a block of ice in the Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” the other tribes in his fictional, Asian-inspired

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Cultures Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Asian Americans, Chinese, Dev Patel, Guy Aoki, Jackson Rathbone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jehanzeb Dar, Martha Nichols, Middle Eastern, Nicola Peltz, Noah Ringer, Paramount Pictures, Slumdog Millionaire, TV, Vol 29 No 23 | June 5 - June 11, Yet Harvard

Indian American will host MTV Movie Awards

April 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

How was everyone’s March? It’s time for an update on last month’s activities of your favorite Asian American celebrities! Tiger Woods announced his return to golf, “The Cove” won Best Documentary at the Academy Awards, Aziz Ansari prepared to host the MTV Movie Awards, and Nicole Scherzinger joined the cast of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, Academy Awards, Asian American, Aziz Ansari, Battlestar Galactica, DWTS, Henry Cavill, Indian American, Kellan Lutz, MTV, Masters Tournament, Mickey Rourke, Nicole Scherzinger, Pussycat Dolls, Slumdog Millionaire, Tarsem Singh, Tiger Woods, Universal City, Vol 29 No 16 | April 17 - April 23, japan

Blog: You don’t need Yo-Yo Ma or Midori to pack Benaroya Hall

February 5, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Local stars can be attractive, too. It’s up to us to discover them. If you were not among the 2,376 people in the audience at Celebrate Asia!, a remarkable performance showcasing Asian American talents collaborating with mainstream musicians, you missed one of the most exciting events in Seattle. Held at the Benaroya Hall on Jan. […]

Filed Under: Opinion, Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: Asian American, Benaroya Hall, Celebrate Asia!, Chinese Butterfly Lovers, Chuanyun Li, Filipino, Jai Ho, Korean, Seattle Symphony, Slumdog Millionaire, Vietnamese, Watch Carolyn Kuan, Yoshi Minegishi

The 2009 Asian celebrity wall of fame … and the 2009 hall of shame

December 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Welcome to the special 13th edition of my pop culture column! After one year of covering Asian Americans in pop culture, I have witnessed a lot of ups and downs. It is on that note that I present my list of top celebrities and figures that reflected how far Asians have come in pop culture and the bottom five that were flat out embarrassing.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, ABC, Asian Americans, Barbara Walters Special, Beverly Hills, British Indian, Jason Wu, Jay Sean, John Cho, Jon Gosselin, Lindsay Price, Northwest Asian Weekly, People Magazine, Richard Heene, Slumdog Millionaire, Tiger Woods, Vietnamese American, Vol 29 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, culture

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