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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 […] -
Bachelor Bro
Dear Q,
My brother’s a really sweet man and very shy. Growing up, he was always the quiet one reading books who didn’t have a lot of friends. Our parents both passed away when we were in high school, so we have been taking care of each other ever since. He now lives in a rental -
Asian Nights: 05/02/08
Friday, May 2
‘Meet Market Fridays’ Presented by Beyond and VisionshockSF
Details: Rouge Nightclub,
1500 Broadway St., San Francisco,
10 p.m.-2 a.m., 21+
Music: Hip-hop
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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 […] -
Flo Oy Wong Retrospective
Celebrating her upcoming 70th birthday and three decades of work, Chinese American artist Flo Oy Wong’s exhibit, 70/30: Seventy Years of Living, Thirty Years of Art, is on view May 1 through 25 at SomArts Cultural Center on 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco.
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‘Dark Matter’: Exploring the dark underbelly of the immigrant experience
If you were to sit through Dark Matter with no knowledge of the story, the ending is bound to be a shock — as much for its “that came out of nowhere” quality as its unexpected violence.
The feature film debut of Chinese opera director Chen Shi-Zheng (The Peony Pavilion), Dark Matter tells the story of […] -
Daniel Wu: Alive, Not Dead
SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area native Daniel Wu still smirks at the idea of being a celebrity despite being one of Hong Kong’s brightest film stars. And unlike other Hong Kong film stars of late, Wu has avoided scandal by staying grounded.
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A Different Kind of Martial Arts Film: D. Lee Inosanto’s ‘The Sensei’ battles prejudice and homophobia in 1980s small town in Colorado
If there’s one thing D. Lee Inosanto is no stranger to, it’s martial arts. Her father is martial arts legend Dan Inosanto, her godfather was the late Bruce Lee (whom she refers to simply as “Uncle Bruce”), and Inosanto herself is a highly trained martial artist who has worked as a stunt person on projects […]
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Ace: Point taken. Agree almost totally. But I think Dong was "reporting" or "reflecting" the common "American" perceptions in this current Sinophobia campaign.
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Frank Eng, Are you illiterate? I didn't say that Dong's *warning* to Asian America was paranoid and unwarranted.
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Dear Ace: Hope you are correct in assuming Roger S. Dong's "warning" is paranoid and unwarranted. But, you yourself are the one who posited the century-long "irrational, racist, and xenojphobic fears commonly perpetuated in western media.
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