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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! The New Bond Girl

November 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With November underway and Halloween behind us, I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and avoided dressing in ethnic or race-based costumes. Read on to see which fools in the media didn’t follow suit this past month.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2012, Although Skyfall, Andy Wachowski, Better Luck Tomorrow, Chinese, Fa Mulan, Huffington Post, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Justin Lin, Keith David, Korean, Mexican Woman, Race-bending Cloud Atlas, Tom Hanks, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 31 No 46 | November 10 - November 16, Zhou Xun

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