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Posted Saturday 12/19/20 at 6:00AM EST
It's okay that House of Ho and A Sugar & Spice Holiday represent mediocre attempts at Asian-American representation on TV
Lifetime's first Asian-American-led holiday romcom A Sugar & Spice Holiday and the new HBO Max reality show House of Ho,...
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Posted Monday 10/26/20 at 1:08PM EDT
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills taps Crystal Kung Minkoff as its newest cast member
Minkoff, an entrepreneur and mom, is married to Rob Minkoff, who directed the original Lion King movie.
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Posted Monday 10/19/20 at 1:47PM EDT
Mulan's Jimmy Wong calls out The Boys and Umbrella Academy for featuring prominent Asian characters in near-silent roles
“Least favorite acting thing I’ve noticed during pandemic binge watching: incredibly sexy and good looking Asian actors playing characters with...
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Posted Thursday 10/15/20 at 2:19PM EDT
Hulu to adapt Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown, a novel about an Asian-American actor struggling against clichéd roles and stereotypes
Yu is expected to write the TV adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel that he released in January.
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Posted Saturday 10/10/20 at 4:24AM EDT
Monsterland's Trieu Tran was stunned that, as an Asian-American, he landed a fleshed-out leading role
“When I was reading the script, I’m like, ‘Man, I finally get to play a fleshed-out character with an arc,”...
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Posted Saturday 10/03/20 at 7:13AM EDT
Warrior fought to be a show revolving around Asian characters
The Asian characters are the most important ones on the Cinemax series inspired by Bruce Lee's writings, and they are...
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Posted Monday 9/14/20 at 3:14PM EDT
Tzi Ma among the stars of Lifetime's first Asian-American holiday movie
A Sugar & Spice Holiday will also star Jacky Lai, Tony Giroux and Lillian Lim in the story of a...
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Posted Wednesday 9/02/20 at 11:28PM EDT
A CBS police drama is in the works revolving around two Chinese-American detectives
The Bay is described as The Good Wife meets NYPD Blue, centering on "two newly partnered Chinese-American detectives who strive...
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Posted Monday 8/03/20 at 2:08PM EDT
Lifetime announces its first Christmas movie revolving around an LGBTQ romance
The Christmas Set-Up arrives one year after Lifetime featured a same-sex kiss for the first time in the Christmas movie...
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Posted Thursday 7/30/20 at 5:59AM EDT
Did Good Morning America's Amy Robach mistake Asian-American comedian Kristina Wong for Ali Wong?
Robach interviewed Kristina Wong on Good Morning America's GMA3: What You Need to Know on Tuesday, discussing the comedian's Auntie...
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Daredevil's Peter Shinkoda: Former Marvel TV boss said "nobody gives a sh*t" about Asian people
Shinkoda, who played the villainous Nobu Yoshioka on the Marvel Netflix series, made the allegation against former Marvel Television head...
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Posted Wednesday 7/08/20 at 2:50AM EDT
Netflix is releasing a documentary short on the impact of The Baby-Sitters Club character Claudia Kishi
The Claudia Kishi Club, premiering Friday, features Asian-American creatives paying tribute to the "iconic, stereotype-busting" character, who's played by Momona...
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Posted Thursday 7/02/20 at 2:50AM EDT
Revisiting Survivor's 2006 "race wars" season
Survivor: Cook Islands premiered to controversy in fall 2006 by dividing 20 castaways into four tribes by race and ethnicity:...
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Alison Brie is "truly sorry" for voicing BoJack Horseman's Vietnamese-American character
"In hindsight, I wish that I didn't voice the character of Diane Nguyen," Brie wrote on Instagram of the Vietnamese-American...
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Posted Thursday 6/25/20 at 3:59AM EDT
BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg reiterates his regret over hiring a white actress to play a Vietnamese character
Bob-Waksberg revisited his evolution on the Diane Nguyen character, played by Alison Brie, in a late-night Twitter thread on Tuesday...