a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Television on Feb 2nd, 2010
In this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) tries to have the “Perfect Week” (hence the title of the show) by sleeping with a different lady every night – but his danger of genital wart-infused promiscuity isn’t the focus of this episode. The focus (for me at least) was [...]
Posted in Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Pop Culture, Television on Jan 26th, 2010
John Park only hinted at the “I’m-in-an-Asian-family-therefore-my-parents-want-to-be-an-engineer/doctor-excuse” so that doesn’t make him the annoying typical reality show competition Asian boy.
With his emo/preppy Pete Wentz bangs and his bellowing baritone, Park made waves in his audition in Chicago a couple weeks ago – and he made Shania Twain get all hot and bothered with her phallic [...]
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Jan 14th, 2010
Remember when I did that whole Asians in pop culture tally thing? Well if you didn’t notice, I lost track – but that doesn’t mean I lost love for my fellow Asians.
I was delighted to see Nikki Soohoo representing in The Lovely Bones.
I love her name because it rhymes with Yoo-hoo.
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Music, Pop Culture on Nov 24th, 2009
Rain is ready to slice and dice as Raizo in ‘Ninja Assasin’ (Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
When I meet with Rain, he is all smiles. You would never think that this guy would be the lead in Ninja Assassin, a gory, slice and dice joyride produced by Andy and Larry Wachowski (the Matrix trilogy) and [...]
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Aug 28th, 2009
Ang Lee has seamlessly jumped from Jane Austen fare (Sense and Sensibility) to gracefully flying martial artists (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to giant green comic book superheroes (Hulk) to lovelorn cowboys (Brokeback Mountain) to a film called Lust, Caution (which is basically self-explanatory). With his latest film, Taking Woodstock, Lee shows that his directing chops [...]
Posted in Asian American, Designers, Events, Fashion, San Francisco on Aug 4th, 2009
Are you looking for a fashion show to go to this weekend? Do you want it to have a bunch of emerging Asian American designers?
Well you’re in luck!
The Kearny Street Workshop and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center are gearing up for APAture Runway III: Third Annual Fashion Show of Emerging Asian American Designers.
Here [...]
Posted in Articles, Asian American, Celebrities, Entertainment, Interviews, Lost, Pop Culture, Television, Work, Yunjin Kim on Apr 8th, 2008
Guess who called me yesterday at work…
Yunjin Kim! (a.k.a. Sun from Lost)
She is contributing her voice to my “Asian Americans in Entertainment” piece I am working on.
Actually she was a bit late calling me – about 30 minutes late. But that’s okay. I mean, c’mon it’s SUN from LOST! You can’t get mad at her!
So [...]
Posted in Actors, Asian American, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Grace Park, Interviews, Movies, Pop Culture, Television, West 32nd, Work on Apr 3rd, 2008
I am working on a story for work that explores the “new wave of Asian Americans in entertainment.” Yeah, I know it doesn’t sound that groundbreaking because it’s been covered like a million times, but once I get all my interviews in line I am going to flesh out a better angle.
Anyways, I’ve already interviewed [...]
Posted in America's Best Dance Crew, Asian American, B-boys, California, Dance, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Television on Mar 27th, 2008
JABBAWOCKEEZ ARE OFFICIALLY AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW.
…AND I RESPECT THAT.
I guess I am not shunning MTV.
Posted in Asian American, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, SF Bay Area, San Francisco, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festiva, Work, Writing on Mar 19th, 2008
Jimmy Tsai (left) as Christopher “C-Dub” Wang and Andrew Vo as Felix
Balls of Fury, Schmalls of Fury, if you see only one ping pong comedy in your entire life, then watch Ping Pong Playa – a story about video game couch potato b-ball jersey clad Christopher “C-Dub” Wang (Jimmy Tsai) and his attempt to carry [...]