Whoopi compares Vick case to Chinese eating cats
New The View host Whoopi Goldberg took the plunge into ethnic stereotyping by comparing football star Michael Vick’s cultural upbringing with dog fighting to the Chinese and eating cats.
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See trailer for ‘Harold and Kumar 2′
The trailer is out. The movie is set for 2008 release. I can’t wait!
Simpsons 7-Eleven Apu promos criticized
As part of its publicity blitz for The Simpsons Movie, several 7-Elevens around the country have been turned into Kwik-E-Marts, just like the ones run by Apu, the Indian American store owner from the animated Read More …
Not so secret Asian man anymore
Tak Toyoshima’s Secret Asian Man comic strip is being picked up by United Features, which will distribute it to daily newspapers around the world.
TV channel tries Asian American MYX
The MYX, a new channel from the Phillippines’ ABS-CBN network, is the latest attempt to conquer the elusive Asian American television audience.
It happens in Vegas: change
The bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. My first visit to Las Vegas was in 1999. A buddy and I booked the best hotel deal we could find, and not knowing the geography, we Read More …
CBS fires ‘Dog House With JV & Elvis’
Two New York radio show hosts were fired for airing a prank call to a Chinese restaurant in which the caller ordered “shrimp flied lice,” claimed he was a student of kung fu, and compared Read More …
Kenneth Eng takes credit for Virginia Tech shootings
Screen grab from Kenneth Eng’s YouTube post. In a YouTube posting, Kenneth Eng, the former AsianWeek columnist says the Virginia Tech shootings were the “funniest thing” he’d ever read about.
Kal Penn to teach at Penn
Would you take a class from this guy? Kal Penn in Epic Movie. Actor Kal Penn, Kumar of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, is going to teach two classes at the University of Read More …
‘Flower Drum Song’ still sings
Released in 1961, Flower Drum Song was a revolutionary movie for its time and would be unheard of if it were attempted today–a big-studio musical with a largely Asian American cast.