NPR’s This American Life radio program retracted part of a January show in which a performer, Mike Daisy, traveled to China to uncover the working conditions at Apple Inc. and other electronic manufacturer’s production plants, saying parts of the account […]
Joan Chen, best known for her roles in Twin Peaks and The Last Emperor, spoke with NPR’s Michael Martin about her career and being honored at the San Francisco International Asian-American Film Festival: https://www.npr.org/2012/03/15/148678021/joan-chen-motivated-to-fight-asian-stereotypes
Cast of the Asian-American LGBTQ film Saving Face reunited at the 30th annual San Francisco International Asian-American Film Festival to talk about the film eight years later: http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2012/03/saving-face-turns-eight-cast-reunites-talk-linsanity-sfiaaff30
Today’s Google Doodle honors artist Akira Yoshizawa: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-akira-yoshizawa-google-doodle-20120314,0,4165325.story?track=rss
Actor and musician Goh Nakamura is looking for funding on Kickstarter to master and publish his music from the motion pictures Surrogate Valentine and Daylight Savings, which premiered last Saturday at the South by Southwest festival in Austin: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/393112334/motion-from-the-music-picture
Debbie Lum turns the lens on Asian mail order brides and yellow fevor, or the attraction of non-Asians to those who are Asian in an almost benign manner: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/03/12/seeking-asian-female-explores-sex-and-race/
George Takei helped raise over $158,000 to bring the musical, Allegiance, about Japanese-American internment during World War II, to Broadway.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this new music video from The Shoes called “Time to Dance.”
Author Gil Asakawa is answering your Asian-American related questions on his video journal site hosted on Vyou: http://vyou.com/gilasakawa/
Artist Andy Takemoto has a line of wooden glasses frames perfect for prescription lenses or sunglasses on his Etsy page: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TAKEMOTO?ref=seller_info
Brisbane Times in Australia interviews the people behind Wong Fu Productions: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-masters-of-the-viral-video-20120305-1ubkg.html
George Heymont writes about the rise of some Asian American comedians while also looking at the idea of gender roles in several LGBTQ films: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-heymont/eat-my-genrebending-gende_b_1320200.html?ref=arts
Strategist Bill Wong started a new political blog centered around Asian Americans: thesunfire.blogspot.com
Workers World takes a look at Anna May Wong, Chinese-American film pioneer: http://www.workers.org/2012/world/anna_may_wong_0315/
An Oregon author looks at the wives of Asian-Americans interned in the United States during World War II who voluntarily accompanied their spouses to the camps: http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2012/03/happy_valley_author_examines_a.html
Indians crossed the 3 million mark for total population in the United States, with 1 million of those able to vote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Indians-cross-3-million-mark-in-US-1-million-have-voting-rights/articleshow/12205449.cms
Goh Nakamura unveiled his new single off his upcoming album, Here’s a Secret: http://gohnakamura.bandcamp.com/album/heres-a-secret-motion-from-the-music-picture
Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey announced they are expecting their first child together: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/vanessa-minnillo-pregnant-nick-lachey_n_1317439.html
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Asian-American filmmakers ascend on San Francisco for the 30th anniversary of its international Asian-American film festival.
Some $3 million is set to be divvied between Japanese-American internment camp applicants, if a Washington subcommittee approves.
In a twist, wealthy Chinese couples are looking to the U.S. for surrogate births, while Americans look to China to adopt, jolting the market for ethnically-Chinese embryos.
Video game maker Gonzo Games released a basketball shooter drawing from everyone’s recent bout of Lin-sanity.
Ancestry.com has opened its database of Japanese-American internment camps for public viewing through February 23.
Valentine’s Day may be a U.S. greeting card holiday, but that doesn’t mean others around the world haven’t caught on to the trend. We look at how a few Asian nations celebrate Cupid’s day.
Zappos.com founder, Tony Hsieh, is preparing to spend around $350 million of his own money to breath new life into downtown Las Vegas.
A documentary showcasing the life of Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American actress, is set to open with an excerpt Saturday, February 11.
Prompted by the hazing-related suicides of Asian-American servicemen last year, leaders call on the military to take action.
Jeremy Lin is causing a stir as a rising Asian-American point guard for the Knicks … and basketballs equivalent to Tim Tebow?
Asian women who drink at least 200 milligrams of caffeine or more experienced an increase in estrogen levels, at least in the short term.