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Raining on ‘Speed Racer’: Korean Pop Star Rain in Highly Anticipated ‘Speed Racer’ Flick
Korean pop sensation Rain joins a star-studded cast in Speed Racer — the live-action film adaptation of the anglicized version of Tatsuo Yoshida’s popular anime series, Mach GoGoGo — in theatres May 9.
Directed by the Wachowski Brothers (of The Matrix trilogy), the film represents one of the first successful Japanese anime franchises and the first -
Chef: ‘Twinkie in a Philly’
Kristi Yamaguchi made it into the semifinals of Dancing with the Stars — although not without some serious criticism from judge and fellow Asian American, Carrie Ann. After the ballroom quickstep, Carrie Ann remarked, “Your technique is always flawless; I’ll never fault you on that. But, I thought you got a little out of sync.” […]
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Izzie Dance Awards Winners
SAN FRANCISCO — Danny and Peter Luong received the 22nd annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards April 28 in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum at the 2007 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The pair were chosen for their ensemble performance “Lion Leaping Through the Plum Blossom Mountain to Reach the High Green” with […]
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One Smart Cookie: Documentary explores origins of popular Chinese restaurant treat
LOS ANGELES — Unlike John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, there’s no violence in Derek Shimoda’s The Killing of a Chinese Cookie. Unless you consider the killing of the cookie’s Chinese — or even Chinese American — roots to be violence.
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AsianWeek Hot Shots: 05/02/08
Hot Shots features a photo profile of cute guys and gals of the Asian Pacific American community.
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William Hung: Head of the Class
Kimora Claims Full Custody
Kimora Lee Simmons wants custody of her two daughters, Ming and Aoki, with Russell Simmons. But first, she’ll have to prove that parenting can be done without swilling a full daily cocktail of “fabulosity” or, as they call it in other places, vodka. In other news, Russell Simmons certainly has a […] -
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Q&A with Don Lee, author of the new novel Wrack and Ruin
Don Lee, author of the story collection Yellow and the novel Country of Origin, has a new novel out, a farcical comedy called Wrack and Ruin.
In the novel, Lyndon Song is a renowned sculptor who fled New York City to become a Brussels sprouts farmer in the small California town of Rosarita Bay. Lyndon’s brother […]
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Well, you asked how you could make up for hitting him, and he told you. So, I think either you follow through(and the pain of voting Republican will remind you not to do this again) or go to anger management to make sure you never hit him again, even "half by accident".
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Thank you for covering the awards. I am greateful for the reporter's analysis of the dance itself, esp.
Paul Parish on Izzie Dance Awards Winners
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As one of the organizers from CAIR, I was humbled by some of the particpants suggestions that the Japanese American community should get to know the Muslims because so many of us were interested in visiting and being part of Manzanar and the rememberance of the internment of the Japanse Americans.
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The movie kinda reminds me of the Karate Kid...
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Thank you AsianWeek for covering the awards! Jez Kuono`ono Lee Isadora Duncan Dance Award Committee Member Izzie Dance Awards Winners
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In addition to hijacking planes, Muslims are now apparently hijacking the history of Japanese Americans.
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