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A-pop! Controversy abound: plastic beauty queens and R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Pinkberry mogul

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All things Asian in popular culture! By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Do you hear that sizzle? No, it’s not the sound of an egg cooking on the sidewalk, as […]

Seattle Opera marries artistic visions of East and West — Part 1 of a 2 part series: Behind the scenes of Turandot

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By Samantha Test Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle’s latest opera, “Turandot,” is a love story.

A controversial artist revealed in “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly When Alison Klayman headed to China for an “adventure,” as she puts it, she got what she was expecting, and more. While studying history […]

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

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

A-pop! Summer blockbusters and new opportunities

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All things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly From America to Japan, June was a month of rebooting in the world of pop culture. This meant […]

SIFF celebrates Studio Ghibli in “Castles in the Sky” series

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly In 1985, Japanese anime directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata joined forces to create a new studio for anime films. The studio’s name, Studio […]

A-pop! Castles don’t float in Asia, Roger Mayweather is bananas

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A-pop! All things Asian in popular culture By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month was wacky. In the words of the inimitable Sharon Stone, “Is that karma, when you’re […]