Over the last year, we’ve seen Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in more nuanced roles in popular culture than ever before—some of it was great, some of it was not so great.
Shogun, Jon Chu, and Ali Wong win big at 2025 Golden Globes
Asian Americans won significant awards at the 2025 Golden Globes, which took place Sunday, Jan. 5.
“Beef” winning streak continues
Steven Yeun and Ali Wong of “Beef” had historic wins at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony that was finally held four months late after a turbulent year of strikes in Hollywood.
AAPI stars make history at Golden Globe Awards 2024
The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tacoma native Jo Koy on Sunday in Beverly Hills, California, turned into a celebration of notable victories for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
If you can’t look away from train wrecks, then Netflix’s “Beef” is for you
“Beef” on Netflix is watching two people have the worst day you have ever seen except it lasts forever and also, they are both jerks.
A-pop! — I hate Star Wars. I’m scared saying that out loud. So I’m going to run away and hide now.
Hi, guys! This month in pop culture news, we have it all. We have research that flies in the face of decades of racist conventional wisdom. We have an Asian dream team coming together to make what will hopefully be the best romantic comedy there ever has been. We have sex cult stuff. And we also have a Vietnamese American actor who was driven off of social media because — guess why! — people were racist dicks to her.
A-pop! Halls of fame/shame — Because unadulterated praise makes people soft
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Top 5 A-pop hall of famers I bet you’re wondering how I picked the Hall of Famers. Really scientifically and through a rigorous point […]
A-POP! So over you, Academy Awards. (And Asian American newcomers on the big and small screens!)
With February coming to a close, we’ve finally reached the holiest of award shows: the Oscars. Read on to see what the Academy Awards meant to Asians and other news in Hollywood this past month.
Yola Lu says she’s not the next Margaret Cho (but still hilarious)
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly She’s real. She’s funny. And she’s not trying to be the next Margaret Cho. Taiwanese American Yola Lu is a University of Washington graduate, […]