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ARTIST REFLECTS ON THE BIG 7-0
Chinese American artist Flo Oy Wong started her creative career at the young age of 40, following her occupation as a teacher. Wong turns 70 this year, and a retrospective at the Soma Arts Cultural Center, 864 Brannan St. in San Francisco, features a multimedia installation for her disabled […] -
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 […] -
Yune Never Know
Rick Yune Dropped From ‘Street Fighter’
After weeks of rumors that Snow Falling on Cedars’ Rick Yune would be playing Gen in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, it’s been debunked. A blogger keeping tabs on the production revealed that Gen will actually be played by someone else from video game movie history: Robin Shou, who -
Yul Kwon Engaged
Yul Kwon Puts Pressure On for ‘I Do’
When Yul Kwon won Survivor: Cook Islands in 2006, he became the newest 30-something money purse to peruse the San Francisco nightclubs, from Suede to Whisper and Element parties at the grand Westin St. Francis ballroom.
Although friends were wary of cosmopolitan gold diggers, Kwon stayed level-headed and […] -
Supermodel: Spitting Mad
Jeff Ma Fails to Boycott ‘21’
San Francisco resident Jeff Ma, an MIT graduate and the inspiration for the recently opened film 21, addressed the audience at a screening at the Balboa Theater on April 6. Of course, the most obvious question of the evening was: -
Urkel is Back!
Funnyman’s Filipino Wife Splits
Robin Williams once joked that when “you marry a Philippine woman … they like you in the Philippines” — which may explain why Williams still has a career despite his disastrous move into serious movies like Patch Adams, What Dreams May Come and 24 Hour Photo. He might not be so […] -
Edison’s Losing Face
Master Face Reader: Edison’s Failure Destined
“Edison Chen has deep lines under his eyes that cut across his cheekbones — this means that he has one great failure in his life,” said Joey Yap, Malaysia’s feng shui master extraordinaire and founder of the Mastery Academy of -
Film Festival Gossip
‘West 32nd’ Delivers the Goods on ‘Lost’
Recent New York University grad Lanny Joon has an enviable post-college job: hanging out with Grace Park on the set of West 32nd and delivering Yunjin Kim’s baby on ABC’s Lost. Don’t worry — Park is married, and Joon didn’t -
Bai Ling Gets Off
Willis Toast of Town
Rumer Willis, the eldest daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, who some might compare to Eric Stoltz’ Mask, is a hot commodity these days. She was spotted snuggling with Aaron Yoo, the Korean American star of the upcoming film 21, at the W Hotel in Los Angeles,
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A guilt free pass? Wow, I can’t believe that actually works. Maybe I should try that on my girlfriend.
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Wow! This is wonderful. Talk about "model" "minorities"! Art Hu, where the Hell are you when we need you most? Randy, I hope you are simply being worldly and wise when you equate your 150G annual income with parity with the movers and shakers.
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Obama wouldn't work with 80-20 specifically because he doesn't sell himself out to interest groups. I don't blame 80-20 for trying to increase asian influence by forming a voting block.
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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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Rob: Please don't advocate sending Mr. Tran anywhere other than his own safe home and environs. Just let him stew in his own "juices" of belief systems and self-righteousness.
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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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