I don't know how much airtime B.D. Wong is going to get in NBC's new show Awake - but he is on the main cast page (so here's to hoping at least a little).
Random G.I. Joe: Retaliation Trailer
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Directed by Jon M. Chu and coming to a theater near you this summer.
You're Suing Amazon (IMDb To Be Exact): Junie Hoang
Tuesday, January 10, 2012Yes, you may like your Kindle Fire (I hear it's all the rage), but that doesn't mean you should succumb to their issues with privacy - and really - don't you want to support some Vietnamese American actors and their quest to stay ageless?
Not every actor or actress can have the prestige of a Dustin Hoffman or a Helen Mirren. And when you don't, age can be a huge factor in landing a role, or losing one.
That's the argument Junie Hoang is pushing out there in her lawsuit against the popular Hollywood directory Internet Movie Database, amending her lawsuit against the site's parent, Amazon, to reveal her identity.
Hoang originally filed anonymously, claiming that IMDb revealed her age, 40, without her permission. According to her lawsuit, the site accessed her age using billing information she submitted to become a member of IMDb Pro, a subscription service that provides further details about television and film projects, as well as the cast and crew involved.
"We are very disappointed that the judge required the plaintiff to identify herself by name," Hoang's attorney, John Dozier, told The Hollywood Reporter. "But her willingness to do so should be a strong indication that my client is willing to see this case to its conclusion, however long that road may be."
Just as she did before she revealed her identity, Hoang won the support from the Screen Actors Guild in her efforts against IMDb.
Korean Adoptees Like To Have Lots Of Sex In Seoul?
Tuesday, January 10, 2012Got sent in this link and thought I'd post a little bit of it up.
Those of us who live in Korea know that this exists amongst adoptees. Both visitors and residents of Korea participate in this silent exchange of fucking or amongst some, making love. Some might call it a cultural exchange; as we come from different parts of the world, America, Germany, France, Scandinavia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Australia, etc [...] I speculate that one of the reasons why adoptees fuck hard here is because it is the most basic primitive way of connecting, maybe other than hunting and killing a dinner together. Also, in our adoptive countries, many of the visitors have white partners and by coming to Korea are allowed to explore what it is like to have a Korean body. To be with another Korean body, explore an unknown territory that has been suppressed by the normalized white society where it is so easy to fall into this routine of whiteness or mediocrity.Read it in full here.
From Wat Misaka To Jeremy Lin
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
From ESPN:
"I wish him luck," Misaka said Tuesday from his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. "I don't know exactly what kind of player he is, except for what I've read about him. I sure hope that he can stick. New York could be a great place for him, although Oakland would've been great too with all of the Chinese people that are in California. I think it was one of the reasons why they drafted him. He should have a big following [in New York] if he gets a chance to play."
And just in case you were wondering, in the first five games that Lin has been on the roster with the Knicks, he's played in 1 game (against Detroit), playing 4 minutes with 4 points and one turnover.
In Post Production: Yes, We're Open + Lynn Chen, Parry Shen, And H.P. Mendoza
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
From the FB page.
Luke and Sylvia are the very models of modern individuals in a metropolitan relationship. Enter Elena and Ronald, the free spirited polyamorous couple who are hellbent on getting Luke and Sylvia into bed. A fun slice of liberal San Francisco life told as a sex comedy, the but much more sophisticated than a bedroom farce, YES WE'RE OPEN throws our unlikely heroes Luke and Sylvia into a hotbed of sex, jealousy, politics, sexual jealousy, sexual politics, sex and sex. And if they all play their cards right, there might even be some sex somewhere along the way.
Papa John's Manager Blames Korean American For Racist Receipt
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
If you haven't heard by now Papa John's has some serious issues that they need to deal with including not only referring to Asian American customers as "Chinky eyes", but also having their managers blame the bad press on *gasp* the victim of the racism:
A manager from Papa John’s — only identified as Jerome — told the New York Post the teenaged cashier had meant no harm, and the name was just “a way to identify her and her order.”It's bad enough that an employee did that - and they should be fired because I don't care what you say - everyone knows they shouldn't be doing that. But when you have the manager taking up for them and pushing the blame on Minhee Cho - that goes above and beyond.
“I think the lady put it out there just to get some attention — some people like that type of attention. I truly don’t think it’s fair. It’s been taking up all our time. It’s been very disruptive.”
Then again...maybe I'm just being too sensitive.
Maybe that really was her problem and she should be ashamed of herself for trying to get some attention. I mean if I think about it maybe Gordon Hirabayashi was just out there getting some attention. Maybe the family of Pvt. Danny Chen is just trying to get some attention (because that was clearly his issue of course) and now that I think of it - when it really comes down to it - if you're a POC and you have an issue because of racism -- you better shut the fuck up and just take it like they want us too and forget what anyone else says - because if you don't - clearly - you're just out there trying to get some attention and cause some good people in a good company to do extra work that they really shouldn't be doing anyway.
I'll take some Pizza Hut instead?
Most Notable Network News Television Happening Of The Year
Monday, January 09, 2012
Honestly, if this would have happened any other way I'm not really sure what I would have done, but I do envision something about being completely naked, some pigeons, and holding Matt Lauer hostage.
But really - who else would they have gotten except Ann Curry to co-host the Today Show?
Exactly.
And in case you care about ratings - well - they held up too.
The Today Show is still #1 (take that Ben Sherwood).
The Best Wedding Proposal Of 2011 (And Possibly Also The Worst Responses Ever. Yes That Was Plural)
Friday, January 06, 2012
Even the most jaded of people should have shed a tear when Nam Tran broke into dance to serenade Trang Vu the love of his life (or possibly the love of his life in the past tense), because when you put that much time and choreography into that - you just know one thing: he must have really loved her (or possibly really screwed things up before).
But even if he did screw things up and maybe it wasn't perfect before I just couldn't help but think that the words "embarrassed", "you should have told me so I could put on make-up", "cheesy", and instead of saying "yes" saying "duh" to the question of the moment when Tran was down on one knee that somehow - well - these were possibly the worst responses to one of the most awesome Flash Mob Wedding proposals I've ever seen.
Maybe that's just the cynic in me though as everything looked fine on the news.
Except that they haven't actually set a date...
Here's hoping that I'm just an ass and they have a great wedding.
And an amicable divorce.
Direct Arts + Take Two
Friday, January 06, 2012Because you always need something to do.
Take Two 1/10
7:00 SOCIAL (HALF) HOUR
Theater artists, filmmakers and social activists unite! And get slightly tipsy together.
7:30 INJA (DOG)
Written & Directed by Steve Pasvolsky
Set during and after Apartheid in South Africa, this powerful 2003 Academy Award-winning short film explores the devastating consequences of colonial domination in the life of a black South African boy and a white landowner.
8:00 DESHIMA
By Ping Chong, directed by Victoria Linchong
Obie Award-winner Ping Chong invokes Dutch colonialism, Van Gogh and Japanese internment camps in his epic, poetic and brilliantly eclectic documentary theater piece spanning Japan's 400 year relationship with the West.
You're A First: Mayor Conrad Lee
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Lee, who has been on the council since 1994, was the deputy mayor under outgoing Mayor Don Davidson. Bellevue has a council-manager system of government, which means that the mayor and deputy mayor are chosen among the council members. In Bellevue, the positions are chosen every two years.
Lee's appointment is a historical one for Bellevue, which has become increasingly diverse in the past 10 years, according to numbers generated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
"It's important to note that Bellevue just chose our first Asian-American mayor in our history, and that is an important milestone," said Jennifer Robertson, who also was elected by the council unanimously Tuesday night to be the city's Deputy Mayor.
What Barbie Possibly Tells Me About Women Of Color And Women Of Non-Color
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
While some of you might say the Barbie in back isn't a woman of color, some would say she is so let's just leave it at that - but just remember - if Barbie tells us anything it's that that one that's all jointed up and easy isn't the one in the back.
And yes - obviously this has nothing to do about anything with absolute nothing scientific about it (again, obviously, and yes, that is redundant, but sometimes I have to be).
I just really wanted to upload that picture because I'm still a man-child.
And some would say pervert.
Jeff Yang + The WSJ + 2011
Monday, January 02, 2012I guess it's that time of year for the best and worsts of 2011, and while I was only a 1/2 time blogger last year, yup - mine's coming too - but since you should be reading more eruditic people (other than myself of course and yes, eruditic isn't actually a word) -- here's a sampling of Jeff Yang's "The Best in Asia and Asian American 2011".
Smart young women: A trio of Asian American teens singlehandedly — triplehandedly? — flipped the script on stereotypes of females in science, while scoring major wins in the fight against the most insidious of killer diseases. Seventeen-year-old Shree Bose of Fort Worth, TAXwon the $50,000 grand prize in the inaugural Google Science Fair with a project that solves a weakness in current chemotherapies for ovarian cancer, while 17-year-old Angela Zhang of Cupertino, CA scored the $100,000 top award in the 2011 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for designing a nanoparticle that could potentially be the “Swiss Army knife” of cancer drug delivery. Meanwhile, 16-year old Amy Chyao of Richardson, TX sat next to the First Lady at the State of the Union in January, while basking in the President’s praise of her as the face of America’s STEM-studies future; Chyao won last year’s Intel Science and Engineering Fair with her own groundbreaking nanotech anti-tumor treatment. Cancer better hope these three don’t team up.Read it in full here.
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