I just had an interesting phone conversation with Leo Duran, a producer at KPCC public radio in Los Angeles, about a burning issue the media must address: Why are there no Asian Santa Clauses? Granted, the image that immediately springs to mind when you say "Santa" is a big fat white man with rosy cheeks, a bushy white beard and a...
PSY, the Korean pop sensation whose viral hit video, "Gangnam Style," has been viewed alomst 800 million times on YouTube (that's the official video, never mind the countless other users' uploads and all the spoofs and tributes), closed out the American Music Awards on Nov. 18. In a savvy, surprising and ultimately, ironic, collaboration, the 35-year-old PSY (real name: Park...
[caption id="attachment_4763" align="alignleft" width="520"] This bronze statue of Buddha, at 15 meters (almost 50 feet, or five stories) tall, is the largest bronze statue of Buddha in the world. It sits in one of the largest wooden structures in the world, Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. I shot this photo during a 2011 trip.[/caption] An excellent, thoughtful and thought-provoking article on...
This commercial debuts on TV during the American Music Awards. Takei, who's a hero to Asian Americans, gay people and sci-fi geeks the world over, is just so shameless about having fun in everything he does...
I have a soft spot for children's music, especially if they're traditional folk songs of any culture. But the children's music that really tugs at my heart are the timeless melodies I grew up with as a kid in Japan. So when I listened to Elena Moon Park and Friends' beautiful and fun album, "Rabbit Days and Dumplings," I was...
Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh are a hyper-creative husband-and-wife team who came up with a brilliant idea: "Dim Sum Warriors" an interactive comic book about kung fu-fighting sim sum characters that's available as an iPad app. Yeah, it sounds kinda corny but it's super cool. The app has all the action and coolness quotient of manga, but has...
Filmmaker Linda Hattendorf posted the sad news today on the Facebook page for "The Cats of Mirikitani," the wonderful and powerful documentary she made in 2006: It is with deep deep sorrow that we must share the sad news that our dear friend Jimmy Mirikitani passed away on Sunday October 21. He was 92 years old. Thank you for all...
Here's an update to my post of a few weeks ago, about the use of yellowface to have white actors playing Asian characters in "Cloud Atlas." MANAA, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, adds its voice to the chorus criticizing the big-budget Hollywood sci-fi for its ridiculous and laughable depiction of Asians: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Guy Aoki (818)...
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