One of the richest men in the world and the founder of Facebook, Mark Zukerberg, married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, today, May 19, 2012, a day after his company went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange: http://mashable.com/2012/05/19/zuckerberg-married/ Photo: Mark […]
From an outsider’s perspective, Japan has hit a rut with mainstream music, but the Metamorphose festival proves the scene isn’t yet barren.
Hollywood makes a come back with several films featuring Asian Americans, although none in leading roles, in this week’s Friday Features.
It’s raining indie musicians (and blood) in this week’s musicalifornianated Media Releases.
A vampire wakes to find he’s not in a soap opera anymore in this week’s edition of Friday Features.
As American brands expand overseas, sometimes they have to rethink their products for foreign markets, as is the case for Oreo.
Dumpling celebrates style-savvy businesswoman Kimora Lee Simmons’ birthday with a look back at her accomplishments.
Grace Hwang Lynch offers her suggestions on books to teach children about Asian-American history: http://www.blogher.com/don-t-know-much-about-asian-pacific-history-booklist-kids?wrap=blogher-topics/family/big-kids-510&crumb=32403
A new McDonald’s commercial for iced coffee features an Asian-American bride with a hankering for coffee: http://www.channelapa.com/2012/05/mcdonalds-ice-coffee-wedding-asian-american-commercial.html
“Pre-racism-dopewave” and “post-dub” musician Beat Culture chats about growing up, producing beats and planning for Yale.
A group of elders travel to India to live out their retirement, and we’re not talking the Avengers here, although they also make appearance this week.
A church choir, a woman on a mission and a ball dropping each invade this week’s Media Releases with not a tune to be carried.
To succeed abroad, you’ll need to leave your misconceptions at the door and brush up on your destination’s own cultural values.
We’ve scoured through our gaming collections to find some of the best examples of Asian-American characters in video games thus far.
We dissect the idea behind Friday Features in this week’s new release film roundup. In essence, the more Asian Americans in film, the better.
“Survivor” winner Yul Kwon hosts a new PBS mini-series looking at America’s food machine, and boy, is it a monster.
A new grant worth some $1 million is heading to Asian-American communities as part of the Department of Education’s efforts to uplift the community: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=376500013&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Asian American Film Lab is looking for entries in its 72-hour Film Shootout competition that runs June 15 – 18, 2012, in Brooklyn, N.Y.: http://www.aafilmlab.org/72hours/step-by-step/
Did you know the Smithsonian has an exhibit on Chinese food takeout? http://apanews.si.edu/2011/03/04/sweet-and-sour-showcase/
Filipinos and Malaysians and Chinese, oh my! This week’s new release music spans the Southeast Asian continent of ethnicity.
EthnoBlog contributor and Chinese American Frances Kai-Hwa Wang offers her tips for Asian-American girls growing up in a sometimes harsh climate towards ethnic minorities and those with body issues: http://ethnoblog.newamericamedia.org/2012/04/helping-asian-american-girls-and-women-navigate-a-crossroads-of-stereotypes-and-expectations.php
A new study suggests blacks are more likely to confront people in regards to race, whereas Asians prefer understated acts of revenge: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/study-of-the-day-blacks-confront-racists-asians-prefer-quiet-revenge/255845/
NPR looks at recent examples of racial insensitivity in the media, including Acura’s casting call for an African American who isn’t “too dark” and the fact that no people of color have been chosen to lead reality TV shows The […]
The White House’s Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ “What’s Your Story?” Champions of Change program is drawing questions from one nominated group after its video seemingly had the most views of the contest but failed to place in […]
The Cleveland Asian Festival returns for another weekend of Asian-centered activities, performances and food.
Annie Clark, who was adopted from China and born with hands, won a penmanship award and a place in our hearts: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20589127,00.html
Meryl Streep talks polar bears, Tim Allen talks chimps, Zac Efron talks stalking and Michael Ealy talks women in this week’s new release movies.
A dreamy rap Dj and an a Frenchified Asian chef round out this week’s new release CDs and DVDs. What are you picking up this week?
“Parks and Recreation”‘s Aziz Ansari is on the road again with his latest standup routine, Buried Alive. Dumpling took in his show and had our sides split.
Restauranteur and chef Dale Talde tell The Village Voice about his new restaurant, Pork Slope, and Asian Americans coming into their own.