By Thi-Le Vo Northwest Asian Weekly When it comes to children’s books, many have the common assumption that these books can’t offer children more than a cute story and pages of colorful illustrations.
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Kids: Travel the world through books
Posted on 16 April 2009.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, On the Shelf, Reviews, Vol 28 No 17 | 4/18 - 4/240 Comments
Bai Ling: on being Asian in Hollywood (and her parents’ reaction to the Playboy shoot)
Posted on 16 April 2009.
By Ninette Cheng Northwest Asian Weekly This week, I talked with Chinese-born American actress Bai Ling over the phone. We discussed her new movie, being an Asian actress in Hollywood, China, and — of course — the controversial Playboy photo shoot. Hello, Bai Ling. How are you doing? Good. I am in beautiful San Francisco.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Profiles, Vol 28 No 17 | 4/18 - 4/240 Comments
Fashion Issue Cover
Posted on 12 April 2009.
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Vol 28 No 16 | 4/11 - 4/170 Comments
The first lady of style: Meet the designers that created the looks
Posted on 11 April 2009.
By Thi-Le Vo Northwest Asian Weekly What do Asian American and Asian designers Thakoon Panichgul, Jason Wu, and Junya Watanabe all have in common? Their creations have graced the frame of first lady Michelle Obama, who is now emerging as a fashion icon. When she wore a J. Crew “crystal constellation” cardigan, it sold out [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Fashion, Features, Lifestyle, Vol 28 No 16 | 4/11 - 4/170 Comments
Those Disney stars just don’t learn
Posted on 02 April 2009.
March was a month of highs and lows for Asian celebrities. Yao Ming, Ichiro Suziki, and Freida Pinto flexed their star power. Michelle Kwan attempted a comeback, Bai Ling released a new film, and Lisa Ling’s sister, Laura Ling, ran into some trouble. Things aren’t looking so good for Joe Jonas, who has not seemed to learn from Miley Cyrus’ embarrassing debacle.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Vol 28 No 15 | 4/4 - 4/100 Comments
Far East awkwardly meets Old West ‘Yellowfish’ review
Posted on 08 January 2009.
John Keeble’s novel “Yellowfish” begins in the thick fog of San Francisco’s Chinatown. In such a fog, things disappear
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 28 No 3 | 1/10-1/160 Comments
‘Gran Torino’ falls short on depiction of Hmong
Posted on 31 December 2008.
The Internet Movie Database, with listings for roughly 755,000 films and TV shows, lists only four movies featuring the Hmong language.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 28 No 2 | 1/3-1/90 Comments
1993: Christmas shopping ideas in the ID
Posted on 06 December 2008.
Editor’s note: This story was originally printed in Northwest Asian Weekly on Dec. 11, 1993. This article will reference the year of the dog, plug stores that now exist in our memories, and remind us that TV sets and stereos were hot items in the early 90s. We hope that our readers will get a kick from this holiday blast from the past.
Posted in Community News, Cultures, Features, Vol 27 No 50 | 12/6 - 12/120 Comments
The benefits of being a middle child
Posted on 29 November 2008.
“I owe my life to two strokes of incredible luck,” writes Sarfraz Manzoor in his memoir. “I was not born female, and I was not the oldest son.” Manzoor discusses his life in a Pakistani immigrant family living in Luton, England. In his father’s rigid household, the first son would follow into the father’s work. The daughter would remain on her best behavior until she found a man to marry.
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 27 No 49 | 11/29 - 12/50 Comments
Who doesn’t want to be millionaire?
Posted on 22 November 2008.
“Slumdog Millionaire” opens with our hero, Jamal (Dev Patel), getting smoke blown into his face by a police interrogator. Then he gets his head slammed into a bucket of water, and electrical shock is applied to his feet. English director Danny Boyle always makes Jamal’s fast grin, quick mind and mischievous pranks fun to follow. However, he never reconciles this fun with the film’s often-devastating spin throughout India.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Vol 27 No 48 | 11/22-280 Comments
