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The Brothers Sun cancelled (a.k.a. finish watching a show you like)
I was enthusiastically watching The Brothers Sun series when after getting through part of episode 5, I got distracted and didn’t finish it and the rest of the episodes. Later I read that The Brothers...
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
Sheltered third generation politician Taishi Shoji (Tori Matsuzaka) and wildly successful actress Yui Kurosawa (Riisa Naka) can no longer stand each other and want to get a divorce, but their high...
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What if “Gene of AI” became our future?
By Nathan Lin The Japanese cartoon, Gene of AI, available on Crunchyroll, is set in the future where ten percent of the population are humanoids with artificial intelligence (AI). They are robots...
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Nielsen Finds that Asian Americans are Key Audience for Ad Supported Video...
The ratings and audience measurement and analysis firm Nielsen has found that Asian Americans are a key audience for ad supported video on-demand services (AVOD), among other findings in their just...
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Opinions on Asian and Asian Men Representation in American Movies and TV
When Crazy Rich Asians came out, some people declared that there was a new narrative on the attractiveness of Asian and Asian American men. But did Henry Golding and this movie make make a difference?...
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Measuring Inclusive Casting: Hulu tops for AAPI with a 32.2% share of Cast
Credit: James Dittiger/SYFY Media representation has long been an issue for Asian Americans, to the point where 8Asians has a series dedicated toward representation in commercials. So exactly how are...
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The Bachelorette with Jenn Tran, its First Asian American Woman, Premieres...
This Monday, July 8th, is the premiere of the new season of The Bachelorette (on ABC), starring Jenn Tran, the first ever Asian American woman to lead the franchise. Just a week before the premiere,...
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Plot Twists of Attack on Titan (Spoilers)
By Wesley Wang Plot twists are a big part of the success of anime. Some do it well, while others try too hard to create a shock factor, making the twist unreasonable and not plausible. Popular...
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Feature: AWW Film’s David Aure
By Julie Shen David Aure is a Filipino American film producer and director from Anaheim, California. He runs his own company, AWW Films, where he primarily creates music videos for artists, social...
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‘Interior Chinatown’– Trailer – Hulu & Disney+ Streaming All Episodes on...
I remember when the novel Interior Chinatown won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction because the author was an Taiwanese American ex-lawyer, Charles Yu. I recently read that the novel was being...
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Ken Jeong Receives His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
I’ve been woefully behind in my blogging, but I wanted to get around to writing about actor, comedian, entertainer, and fellow Duke alum like myself Ken Jeong getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of...
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