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South Korea astronaut has landed in W. Washington

August 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kari Plog The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Puyallup isn’t out of this world, but Soyeon Yi will take it. Sitting in a cafe off East Main Avenue, Yi looks like an average 36-year-old resident. But she doesn’t have an average career. She is an international icon after becoming the first South Korean […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2008, American Idol, East Main Avenue, International Space Station, Ko San, Russia, Seattle, South Korean, Soyeon Yi, TACOMA, TV, attention, technology

Wong debuts ‘Letters to You’

July 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly “Music is where my heart is,” said Seattle-based Rachel Wong.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2011, 2013, American Idol, Brown Paper Tickets, Canada, Center Stage, Curtain Fall, Ford Motor Company, Invisible Strength, Krish Sharma, Los Angeles, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, Rachel Wong, Seattle-based Rachel Wong, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, Wing Luke, social media

A-pop! Summer blockbusters and new opportunities

July 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 some Asians were fortunate enough to receive new opportunities. Other Asians, however, got the boot.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Idol, Ann Curry, Anna Maria Perez, Chinese American, Choosing Glee, David Ren, FOX, Irrfan Khan, Jessica Sanchez, Meredith Vieira, Miss Saigon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon, Savannah Guthrie, Today Show, Vol 31 No 29 | July 14 - July 20, culture

A-pop! Asians in new fall sitcoms

May 24, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Racial caricatures as an incentive to buy … chips?

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2012, Adam Lambert, American Idol, Ashton Kutcher, Asian Americans, Bridget Jones, CBS, CW, Chinese American, Demi Moore, FOX, Jessica Sanchez, Kristin Kreuk, Phillip Phillips, Sherlock Holmes, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1

Rachel Wong wants to be more than an idol — Chinese American performs to promote debut album

October 27, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Rachel Wong will not win American Idol, but that’s fine by her. The 23-year-old singer/songwriter hopes to represent Asian American women in music as she is pursuing her passion. Without a record deal, Wong wrote, performed, and is now promoting her debut album, “Curtain Fall.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Although Wong, American Idol, Asian Americans, Chinese American, Curtain Fall, Jason Cruz, John Mayer, John Wakayama Carey, Lauryn Hill, Northwest Asian Weekly, Princeton University, Rachel Wong, Seattle, Vol 30 No 44 | October 29 - November 4, social media

World’s tallest Chinese baby on the way?

February 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Looks like it’s time for another update on your favorite Asian American celebrities! This past month, Tila Tequila made a fool of herself, Yao Ming finds out that he is becoming a father, the Black Eyed Peas head home with three Grammy awards, John Park makes his mark on American Idol, and “Lost” returns. Plus, I have updates on awards, television shows, and movies.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, American Idol, Asian American, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Short Form Music Video, Black Eyed Peas, Comedy Series, Grammy Awards, Jessica Cohen, John Park, Korea American, Remember Tequila, Shania Twain, Socialite Casey Johnson, Tila Tequila, Vol 29 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, Yao Ming, Yunjin Kim, attention

Harry Potter travels to Asia while Kung Pao chicken invades America

October 1, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As two of the largest economies in the world, the United States and China have an open-door policy when it comes to cultural coalescing through music, food, pop culture, medicine, and technology.

Filed Under: Cultures Tagged With: 2009, American Idol, Big Macs, China, Disney Channel, Double Cheeseburgers, Kung Fu Hip Hop, Kung Pao, Northwest Asian Weekly, PCB, President Nixon, Super Girl, United States, Vol 28 No 41 | October 3-October 9, Zhang Liangying, culture, technology

After 6 years of nurturing celeb addictions, an editor steps down

July 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — As editor in chief of Us Weekly magazine for 6 years, Janice Min often found herself zealously watching young women in airport lounges.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, American Idol, Bonnie Fuller, Columbia Journalism School, Foreign Affairs, Janice Min, Jann Wenner, Jon Kate Plus, Paris, Rolling Stone, Samir Husni, TV, Though Fuller, Us Weekly, Wenner Media, Worst Wardrobe Malfunctions, vol 28 no 32 | August 1 - August 7

Vote!

September 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The prevalent angle that much of the media has been spinning in the presidential election is their stress on the fact that, next year, we will either have a Black president or a female vice president. Either way – isn’t it fantastic how far we’ve come?

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: American Idol, Asian Americans, White House, vol 27 no 39 | September 20 - September 26

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