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A-pop! Emma Stone, Asian?! — Victories at the Tony’s, ‘The Mindy Project’ cancelled, and more entertainment news

June 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The sun may be out in Seattle, but it’s definitely not shining in all parts of Hollywood! Read on to find out the latest pop culture news and media happenings for Asians and Asian Americans in Hollywood—the good and the ugly. The whitest Asian character in Hollywood Another month, […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, Actress Emma Stone, Air Force, Asian Americans, Better Luck Tomorrow, Bradley Cooper, Director Cameron Crowe, Director Justin Lin, FOX, Hollywood Read, Huang Xiaoming, Ken Watanabe, Korean, Lady Thiang, Mainland China, Mindy Kaling, Popular Chinese, Ruthie Ann Mills, San Andreas, Seattle, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 34 No 25 | June 13 - June 19, WNPA2016

A-pop! Top 10 stories of 2013 — Take one final look at the best, and the best of the worst, of last year’s Asian pop media moments

January 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With the New Year underway, it’s the perfect time to take a moment and reflect on 2013’s biggest hits and misses in pop culture. It’s been an interesting year, which saw Asian Americans breaking ground in new ways in pop media, as well as some spectacularly offensive moments from […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Academy Awards, Asian Americans, Better Luck Tomorrow, Chinese Food, Fast Furious, Google Glass, Hayao Miyazaki, Katy Perry, Kristen Kish, Miss America Nina Davuluri, Roger Ebert, Top Chef, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, culture

Not ‘Fast,’ not ‘Furious’

June 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Director Justin Lin, born in Taiwan but raised in California, caught the attention of the public and the Asian community with “Shopping For Fangs” and “Better Luck Tomorrow,” two edgy and sometimes gritty portrayals of a countercultural, and sometimes outright-criminal, existence.  He’s currently plugged into the “Fast & Furious” […]

Filed Under: Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Better Luck Tomorrow, Chris Morgan, Diplomatic Security Service, Director Justin Lin, Enter Luke Hobbs, Fast Furious, James Bond, Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Taiwan, Vin Diesel, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, attention

A-pop! Goodbye Ebert, goodbye Lin, hello China.

May 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Honoring Roger Ebert In early April, the world bid adieu to Roger Ebert, famed writer, journalist, and film critic, who passed away after an 11-year battle with cancer. He was an unparalleled figure in the world of film criticism, and he was often known for championing cinematic work from […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2013, Actor Steve Byrne, Asian Americans, Better Luck Tomorrow, China, Chinese Actor Talent Search, Honoring Roger Ebert, John Cho, Justin Lin, Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sullivan Son, Sung Kang, Taiwanese American, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 32 No 19 | May 4 - May 10

A-pop! The New Bond Girl

November 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With November underway and Halloween behind us, I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and avoided dressing in ethnic or race-based costumes. Read on to see which fools in the media didn’t follow suit this past month.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2012, Although Skyfall, Andy Wachowski, Better Luck Tomorrow, Chinese, Fa Mulan, Huffington Post, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Justin Lin, Keith David, Korean, Mexican Woman, Race-bending Cloud Atlas, Tom Hanks, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 31 No 46 | November 10 - November 16, Zhou Xun

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