The latest news on Asian Americans making a splash in movies, music, TV shows, and more.
Growing up as a Filipina American, I didn’t see many characters in movies or books with my tan skin and wider nose. For Halloween and any other occasion that called for a costume, I dressed up as Mulan until I couldn’t fit in that costume anymore. The following years,...
“Raya and the Last Dragon” is the latest Disney animated film, set in the magical land of Kumandra. Inspired by Southeast Asian culture, the film features complex female characters and a star-studded voice cast, including Kelly Marie Tran, Gemma Chan and...
“We are seeing so many Black women, or biracial women like Kamala Harris, who are really leading a movement, and representing for all women of color out here. Black women have been equalizing for such a long time that it is only right that we represent that on TV.”...
Predicted by Variety magazine to be one of the top three contenders for best picture at the Academy Awards, Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” is about an immigrant Korean family starting anew in Arkansas in the ‘80s. The film has already been nominated for quite a few awards...
This review contains spoilers. "Minari," just shy of two hours long, poses a universal question: Is it worth setting out for your dreams? The film answers affirmatively, a resounding yes — because the fruits of the journey and pressure to succeed outweigh the...
The pandemic persists into the new year, so let’s dabble in all the new content available on Netflix, guilt-free. The streaming network giant recently announced a slate of new films for 2021 and it’s an attractive lineup. Not to mention, new reality series like “Bling...
A year has passed since we sat down with Jenny Han and the main cast of “To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.” Oh, how life was so different then — when we were able to attend the early screening in person at The Whitby Hotel in NYC, maskless and free of social...
(With contributions by Emily Lu Gao) Every industry needs a trailblazer — and the Asian American music industry has Kublai Kwon. Over the past two decades, Kwon co-founded the Asian Hip-Hop Summit, and founded the Los Angeles Koreatown-based music label Red Kloud...
As Disney continues its recent trend of rolling out live-action adaptations, “Mulan” (2020) has finally taken its turn to retell the story of a beloved 1998 original animation. While previous live-action adaptations such as “Lion King,” “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the...
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