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Dance shimmies onto the international sports stage

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GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Dance Sport shimmies onto its biggest international stage when it recently debuted this year as an Asian Games event.

Q&A: Ryuichi Sakamoto, master composer, pianist, and … foodie?

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Over his 30-year career spanning continents and styles, Tokyo-born keyboardist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has worn so many creative hats

Asians shoot to the top of the charts!

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Last month was exciting in terms of entertainment news. Musicians made Asian American history, San Diego hosted its annual Asian Film Festival

These days, APIs create a big fashion footprint

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During Lars Lee’s sophomore year at the University of Washington, the Chinese American student met classmate and future fashion business partner David Fung.

Local Filipino rap duo balances passions and professions

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Long before they met and formed their hip hop group, J-Pros, Filipino American rap artists Reggie Sapida and Ran Gamboa had been spitting out verses.

At the Burke, a myriad of colors and textures are woven into layers of meaning

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Traditional weaving has become an endangered art because, as stated in a Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture press release, in the past 150 years,

“Last Train Home” succeeds in exploring the cross-generational struggles of one migrant family

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“Last Train Home,” the fascinating new documentary film by Lixin Fan, begins with a long, slow panoramic shot of thousands of people waiting for trains.

Anime convention goers on their passion — and the stigma attached to it

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“Sailor Moon” was a Japanese animated show (anime) that debuted in the early 90s. It dealt with a team of magical young girls who saved the universe from evil. It proved to be amazingly popular.

Female Asian actresses on the rise to stardom

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Welcome back to another month of Asian American entertainment news! This fall, a number of Asian Americans embark on new projects.