By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Honoring Roger Ebert In early April, the world bid adieu to Roger Ebert, famed writer, journalist, and film critic, who passed away after an 11-year battle with cancer. He was an unparalleled figure in the world of film criticism, and he was often known for championing cinematic work from [...]
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A-pop! Goodbye Ebert, goodbye Lin, hello China.
Posted on 03 May 2013.
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 32 No 19 | 5/4-5/100 Comments
A-pop! On both screens — Winning awards, winning reality, and the first well-developed Asian comedy character
Posted on 29 March 2013.
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It may be officially springtime, but the vestiges of winter and its awards season still linger. Read on to see how Asians have been winning in the media this past month.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Vol 32 No 14 | 3/30-4/50 Comments
A-pop! The Awards Season — An Asian American night at the Oscars, Grammys, and more
Posted on 01 March 2013.
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It may still be chilly and dreary, but Asians have been heating up the awards scene like no other this past month! From film to music, February saw Asians and Asian Americans alike raking in nominations and wins across the media awards landscape. Academy Award wins and nominations for [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Vol 32 No 10 | 3/2-3/80 Comments
A-pop! Asians invade the screen
Posted on 18 January 2013.
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Even though 2013 has only been underway for a few short weeks, there’s already a lot of news to cover, including anti-Americanism, television castings, and even some news straight out of Seattle. Read on to find out about all the buzz of the new year!
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Vol 32 No 4 | 1/19-1/250 Comments
A-pop! Top 10 Pop Culture Stories from 2012
Posted on 03 January 2013.
By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With 2013 officially underway, everyone is clamoring for a fresh start by tackling their New Year’s resolutions.
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 32 No 2 | 1/5-1/110 Comments
The 10 Best Asian Pop Songs You Might’ve Missed in 2012
Posted on 03 January 2013.
By Reese Umbaugh For the Northwest Asian Weekly When South Korean artist Psy’s song “Gangnam Style” became a worldwide phenomenon this year, the formerly niche genre known as
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Features, Profiles, Vol 32 No 2 | 1/5-1/110 Comments
A-pop! Twitter idiots strike again, and a farewell to Das Racist
Posted on 21 December 2012.
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The holiday season typically compels people to perform acts of goodwill despite conflicts and differences. This season, however, is off to a poor start with all the hate that’s been spewed about Asians lately. What ever happened to the [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 52 | 12/22-12/280 Comments
A-pop! The New Bond Girl
Posted on 08 November 2012.
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly With November underway and Halloween behind us, I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and avoided dressing in ethnic or race-based costumes. Read on to see which fools in the media didn’t follow suit this past month.
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 46 | 11/10-11/161 Comment
A-pop! September Edition
Posted on 12 October 2012.
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Between fall television premieres and online dowries (you read that correctly), September saw Asians popping up in the media in random but interesting ways.
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 42 | 10/13-10/192 Comments
A-pop! Back to School Edition
Posted on 21 September 2012.
All things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It’s the ubiquitous question on everyone’s lips on the first day of school, “How did you spend your summer vacation?”
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 39 | 9/22-9/289 Comments
A-pop! Controversy abound: plastic beauty queens and R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Pinkberry mogul
Posted on 10 August 2012.
All things Asian in popular culture! By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Do you hear that sizzle? No, it’s not the sound of an egg cooking on the sidewalk, as summer finally ramps up in Seattle — it’s the sound of scandal sizzling around the world for Asians and Asian Americans alike! July has been [...]
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 33 | 8/11-8/170 Comments
A-pop! Summer blockbusters and new opportunities
Posted on 13 July 2012.
All things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly From America to Japan, June was a month of rebooting in the world of pop culture. This meant some Asians were fortunate enough to receive new opportunities. Other Asians, however, got the boot.
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 29 | 7/14-7/200 Comments
A-pop! Castles don’t float in Asia, Roger Mayweather is bananas
Posted on 21 June 2012.
A-pop! All things Asian in popular culture By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month was wacky. In the words of the inimitable Sharon Stone, “Is that karma, when you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?” Think about that as I run through the latest haps in pop culture. It’s not racist [...]
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 26 | 6/23-6/290 Comments
A-pop! Asians in new fall sitcoms
Posted on 24 May 2012.
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Racial caricatures as an incentive to buy … chips?
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 22 | 5/26-6/10 Comments
A-pop! Color blind casting: to dye or not dye, that is the question
Posted on 27 April 2012.
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly A media convergence for local Asian American In local and television news, Seattle web entrepreneur Ben Huh will be getting his own reality television
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 18 | 4/28-5/40 Comments
A-pop! Hate doesn’t look pretty
Posted on 02 March 2012.
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month, new and old Asian faces landed in the hot seat due to controversy. And 2012 has only just begun! Is there something in the water? Maybe Haterade? Because lots of people seem to be sipping it.
Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 10 | 3/3-3/90 Comments
