Asian Americans in Hollywood: Progress and hope for more By Rodney Ho, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published: April 26, 2021, 6:00am
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For decades in Hollywood, Asian Americans were largely absent on TV and film. For every Mr. Miyagi, there was Long Duk Dong. Lucy Liu was the only Asian American female who got any attention for years.
But in 2021, Asian Americans are having a moment. “Nomadland” director Chloe Zhao is favored by oddsmakers to win an Oscar. The CW’s “Kung Fu,” a reboot of the David Carradine 1970s show, debuted to strong ratings earlier this month with an Asian American female lead. Ken Jeong is zany comic relief on Fox’s hit reality competition show “The Masked Singer.” There are not one – but two – reality shows focused around rich Asian Americans: Netflix’s “Bling
The internet was buzzing yesterday after Marvel Studios surprised star Simu Liu on his birthday by dropping the debut trailer for September’s
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Naturally, it didn’t take long for people to start digging through the actor’s social media history to try and have him canceled for admitting a decade ago that he isn’t a fan of Nicki Minaj’s music, which is a thing that actually happened less than 24 hours ago.
Shang-Chi were hugely enthusiastic. The visuals and action sequences promise something different to what we’ve become used to seeing from the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the years, even if the broad strokes of the narrative are firmly on familiar ground by having a title hero reconcile with his troubled past to embrace his destiny in the present.
Lights up on Washington Heights, as Twitter lit up with glowing reactions to
In the Heights, director
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s acclaimed Broadway musical. Some critics got the chance to see
In the Heights last year before theaters shut down amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and it seems like others had the chance to see it virtually more recently. But last night’s reactions still seemed to arrive early, considering the film isn’t set to debut in theaters and HBO Max until June.
But shortly after the
In the Heights early buzz hit the internet with many praising the film to be a beautiful love letter to New York City and
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Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin now a dad, gets called out for past ‘Asian babies’ comment After Culkin and Brenda Song announced that they have a son named Dakota, netizens unearthed an old interview where the actor talked about wanting a bunch of Sean Lennons running around the house .
US actor Macaulay Culkin arrives at the 2018 American Music Awards on October 9, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. Valerie MACON / AFP
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Remember that fresh-faced kid who played Kevin McAllister in the classic holiday movie Home Alone? Well, not only is Macaulay Culkin 40 years old now, he’s also just become a dad.
The resolute expression on 83-year-old Ngoc Pham’s swollen, bruised face is hard to forget. So is the image of 75-year-old Xiao Zhen Xie, who was filmed in the aftermath of her assault, clutching a pack of ice in her left hand and wielding a wooden board with her right. With it, she was motioning in the direction of her and Pham’s white attacker, who was being wheeled away on a stretcher, bloodied from Xie’s board.
The assault against Pham and Xie on San Francisco’s Market Street occurred one day after the Atlanta spa shootings, stoking yet another wave of outrage and fear among Asian Americans. The seniors’ battered faces and testimonies garnered viral attention from various Instagram accounts dedicated to aggregating news, resources, and cultural content about Asian Americans.