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Tina Fey has a problematic history with race that goes beyond 30 Rock's blackface
When Fey apologized and pulled four 30 Rock episodes on Monday over their use of blackface, some pointed out that...
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Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 7:07PM EDT
Amazon picks up Asian-American comedy Nancy Wu Done It co-written by Jessica Henwick
Iron Fist and Game of Thrones alum Henwick is teaming with former The Flash writer Kai Yu Wu on a...
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has outlasted all other Marvel shows by constantly reinventing itself
The Marvel series kicked off its seventh and final season on Wednesday as a period drama set in 1930s New...
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Posted Tuesday 5/26/20 at 12:15PM EDT
Fresh Off the Boat and Kim’s Convenience casts are teaming for a virtual table read benefit
The groundbreaking Asian-American sitcom and the groundbreaking Asian-Canadian sitcom will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on Saturday with a...
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Posted Friday 5/15/20 at 5:10AM EDT
Jimmy O. Yang hopes his standup comedy subverts Asian stereotypes
Yang, who recently dropped his first-ever special on Amazon Prime, tells The Last Laugh podcast of his comedy: “A year...
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Posted Wednesday 5/13/20 at 12:52AM EDT
NBC News to host a virtual town hall tackling anti-Asian racism
The “United Against Hate” town hall will be streamed Wednesday on NBC Asian America’s site as well as Twitter, Facebook...
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Posted Tuesday 5/12/20 at 1:48AM EDT
PBS celebrates an unsung history in documentary series Asian Americans
The five-part documentary series that premieres Monday, narrated by Daniel Dae Kim and Tamlyn Tomita, spans 150 years.
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Posted Monday 5/11/20 at 3:43PM EDT
Daniel Dae Kim says sharing his coronavirus diagnosis opened his eyes to anti-Asian racism
Kim, a narrator on the PBS Asian Americans documentary series premiering tonight, tells The New York Times he was "exposed"...
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Posted Thursday 4/23/20 at 2:53AM EDT
John Cho: "Coronavirus reminds Asian-Americans like me that our belonging is conditional"
The Cowboy Bebop star penned an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times Wednesday decrying the anti-Asian racism that has surfaced...
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Posted Tuesday 4/07/20 at 3:45AM EDT
Fox finds its new The Cleaning Lady: Élodie Yung
Yung replaces Shannyn Sossamon in the title role in The Cleaning Lady.
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Posted Thursday 3/26/20 at 3:28AM EDT
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens' Season 1 finale explains the seldom-told difference between Asians and Asian-Americans
Co-creator and executive producer Teresa Hsiao says of the Wednesday's season finale: "A lot of the story is based on...
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Posted Saturday 3/14/20 at 3:13AM EDT
Why Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens used "K-Drama" to tell a story about the Chinese Revolution
Executive producer Teresa Hsiao tells EW that the writers realized a perfect conduit to convey Nora's grandma's story was through...
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Posted Tuesday 3/03/20 at 8:27PM EST
Asian Descent comedy from Fresh Off the Boat producers is in the works at Freeform
Fresh Off the Boat executive producers Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan are teaming with series writer Cindy Fang on Asian...
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Posted Friday 2/28/20 at 1:50PM EST
The CW's Maverick pilot casts Reina Hardesty as the biracial first daughter of the president of the United States
The Flash actress, who is Asian and white, will lead the first daughter drama playing Kit, the president's daughter.
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Posted Friday 2/28/20 at 4:44AM EST
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens is showcasing a different kind of Asian-American family, one that isn't consumed by cultural and intergenerational clashes
"It's not the character's cannabis cravings that make Nora From Queens such an urgent advancement in Asian American pop cultural...