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A-pop! November edition — Racism rears its ugly head again at the AMAs, while Asian Americans kill it elsewhere in the media world

December 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Another music award show, another display of racism If you caught the American Music Awards (AMAs) recently, perhaps you saw the abomination that

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2013, Actor Steven Yeun, Adam Levine, Alexander Weiss, Asian Americans, Dara Yu, Gangnam Style, Gordon Ramsay, Katy Perry, Northwest Asian Weekly, People Magazine, Sexiest Man Alive, South Korean, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 32 No 50 | December 7 - December 13

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

December 30, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, ABC, Asian Americans, Barbara Walters Special, Beverly Hills, British Indian, Jason Wu, Jay Sean, John Cho, Jon Gosselin, Lindsay Price, Northwest Asian Weekly, People Magazine, Richard Heene, Slumdog Millionaire, Tiger Woods, Vietnamese American, Vol 29 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, culture

Asians on TV … Tequila’s lawsuit gets dropped

October 15, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2009, ABC, Best Dressed, Josh Kelley, Joy Behar, Katherine Heigl, Korea, Lisa Ling, Melrose Place, Nancy Leigh, People Magazine, San Francisco Gate, Shawne Merriman, Stephanie Jacobsen, Tila Nguyen, Tila Tequila, Vol 28 No 43 | October 17-October 23, Welcome Naleigh, attention

June: Keeping up with the stars in H-town

June 18, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Marital troubles were the talk of the town for Jon and Kate Gosselin of “Jon and Kate Plus 8.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: Asian Americans, Deanna Hummel, Dev Patel, Fellow Asians, Frieda Pinto, Jamie Chung, June Keeping, Kate Gosselin, Kate Plus, Lucy Liu Charlie, Moon Bloodgood, People Magazine, Scoreboard Time, Steve Neild, Terminator Salvation, Tila Tequila, Top Chef, Western Conference, Young Slumdog Millionaire

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