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 […]
Wong debuts ‘Letters to You’
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly “Music is where my heart is,” said Seattle-based Rachel Wong.
A-pop! Summer blockbusters and new opportunities
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.
A-pop! Asians in new fall sitcoms
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Racial caricatures as an incentive to buy … chips?
Rachel Wong wants to be more than an idol — Chinese American performs to promote debut album
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.”
World’s tallest Chinese baby on the way?
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.
Harry Potter travels to Asia while Kung Pao chicken invades America
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.
After 6 years of nurturing celeb addictions, an editor steps down
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.
Vote!
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?