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Skin Care For a Hot Day

Skin Care For a Hot Day

Summer can be killer on your skin, especially your pores. Dumpling offers a few solutions for men and women to help care for your skin.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, June 19, 2012

Media Releases, June 19, 2012

UPDATE: The musical drought ends, as we discover Jhameel released an EP today. That, along with several DVDs, round out this week’s Media Releases.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, June 15, 2012

Friday Features, June 15, 2012

People whip their hair back and forth, as funny men walk down the aisle in this week’s Hollywood new film Asian American report card, Friday Features.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, June 12, 2012

Media Releases, June 12, 2012

It’s a musical avalanche as POP ETC and Far East Movement release new albums and “Entourage” season eight hits DVD in this week’s Media Releases.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, June 8, 2012

Friday Features, June 8, 2012

A lion, hippo, giraffe and zebra walk into an alien civilizations’ breeding grounds in this week’s feeble attempt at humor…we mean, Friday Features.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, June 5, 2012

Media Releases, June 5, 2012

Aliens invade and take our music away, in this week’s new release CD and DVD roundup segment, Media Releases.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, June 1, 2012

Friday Features, June 1, 2012

Snow White keeps eating apples, while children try to escape man-eating piranhas and dance-battle for survival in this week’s Feature Fridays.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, May 29, 2012

Media Releases, May 29, 2012

The music is non-existant, but the DVDs are full of series and a quirky love film in this week’s Media Releases.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, May 25, 2012

Friday Features, May 25, 2012

Men who wear black, nuclear disasters that keep diaries and kingdoms that feature moonrises round out this week’s Feature Fridays.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, May 22, 2012

Media Releases, May 22, 2012

Far East Movement returns with a new album, as an unauthorized Bruno Mars biopic makes its way to DVD in this week’s Media Releases.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, May 18, 2012

Friday Features, May 18, 2012

Hollywood makes a come back with several films featuring Asian Americans, although none in leading roles, in this week’s Friday Features.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, May 15, 2012

Media Releases, May 15, 2012

It’s raining indie musicians (and blood) in this week’s musicalifornianated Media Releases.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, May 11, 2012

Friday Features, May 11, 2012

A vampire wakes to find he’s not in a soap opera anymore in this week’s edition of Friday Features.

By Justin McCraw
“Asian-izing” Milk’s Favorite Cookie

“Asian-izing” Milk’s Favorite Cookie

As American brands expand overseas, sometimes they have to rethink their products for foreign markets, as is the case for Oreo.

By Christy Lim
Kimora Lee Simmons: Birthday Celebration Review

Kimora Lee Simmons: Birthday Celebration Review

Dumpling celebrates style-savvy businesswoman Kimora Lee Simmons’ birthday with a look back at her accomplishments.

By Christy Lim
Friday Features, May 4, 2012

Friday Features, May 4, 2012

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.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, May 1, 2012

Media Releases, May 1, 2012

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.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, April 27, 2012

Friday Features, April 27, 2012

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.

By Justin McCraw
America Revealed: The Food Machine

America Revealed: The Food Machine

“Survivor” winner Yul Kwon hosts a new PBS mini-series looking at America’s food machine, and boy, is it a monster.

By Christy Lim
Media Releases, April 24, 2012

Media Releases, April 24, 2012

Filipinos and Malaysians and Chinese, oh my! This week’s new release music spans the Southeast Asian continent of ethnicity.

By Justin McCraw
Friday Features, April 20, 2012

Friday Features, April 20, 2012

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.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, April 17, 2012

Media Releases, April 17, 2012

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?

By Justin McCraw
Dale Talde: Our Own Kind of Asian Food

Dale Talde: Our Own Kind of Asian Food

Restauranteur and chef Dale Talde tell The Village Voice about his new restaurant, Pork Slope, and Asian Americans coming into their own.

By Christy Lim
Friday Features, April 13, 2012

Friday Features, April 13, 2012

A cabin in the woods, a political leader, a space prison and three guys with varying levels of hair walk into a bar…

By Justin McCraw
Asian-American Beauty Guru Roundup

Asian-American Beauty Guru Roundup

Dumpling checks out the movers and groovers of the beauty community on YouTube in this roundup of current favorite tips and tricks to be fabulous.

By Christy Lim
Media Releases, April 10, 2012

Media Releases, April 10, 2012

The Eternal Summers end our Asian-American music drought with their latest album, and an indie film akin with subtitles rounds out this week’s releases.

By Justin McCraw
Dragons in the Kitchen: A New Tool For Healthy Asian Chefs

Dragons in the Kitchen: A New Tool For Healthy Asian Chefs

Technology invades Asian-American kitchens, and we’re not talking appliances. New diabetes management app targets ethnic recipes.

By Christy Lim
Friday Features, April 6, 2012

Friday Features, April 6, 2012

Even an unsinkable ship’s sinking (in 3-D!) couldn’t deter the sex-addicted adults of American Pie fame from coming back for yet another raucous comedy.

By Justin McCraw
Media Releases, April 3, 2012

Media Releases, April 3, 2012

Either Dumpling is loosing its mind, or there were no Asian-American music releases for a second straight week in a row. Someone tell us we’re wrong.

By Justin McCraw
Dumpling Cast: Goh Nakamura Interview

Dumpling Cast: Goh Nakamura Interview

Dumpling Cast is an Asian-American podcast that features news, interviews and other tidbits from the Asian-American community and beyond.

By Justin McCraw