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Tragic end for Korean anchor — A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture

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Jeong, who currently plays the egotistical Ben Chang on the ABC sitcom “Community,” recently hosted the 2011 Billboard Music Awards (BMAs) in Las Vegas

Column: Local Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll bashes yoga and ‘Easternism’

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Last fall, Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, received national attention for an article

Spelling bee winner continues the Indian American winning streak

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Once again, an Indian-American was going to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It was just a matter of what word and what time on June 4.

Kal Penn has a very good and very bad month: A-pop! is monthly column about all things Asian in pop culture

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It’s that time of the month again! We have more news about your favorite Asian and Asian Ameri­can celebrities! Kal Penn has announced his re­turn to show business.

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

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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.

Asians on TV … Tequila’s lawsuit gets dropped

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The new season is here, and there’s a new Asian baby in Hollywood! This month, Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley adopt a baby from Korea, Tila Tequila continues her quest for attention, and Lisa Ling returns to her roots on “The View.”

I am my father’s son, but I am no pilgrim

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To my white friends, I’m an Asian American. To my family in China, I’m an American-born Chinese (ABC). These labels somehow make me different to them and will never allow me to fully be either one.