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Thu, Jan 5 2012

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 20th Annual Wise Guy Awards

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 20th Annual Wise Guy Awards

Also tagged: 2 BROKE GIRLS, Akira, alexandra wallace, american idol, AMY CHUA, APA Media Coalition, Aziz Ansari, Bob Oschack, Brett Ratner, Brian Matayoshi, Captain America: The First Avenger, Carrie Ann Inaba, Cashmere Mafia, Chick-fil-A, Ching Chong Ling Long Ting Tong, Christopher Markus, Combat Hospital, Dance War, David Kim, david ono, Farewell to Manzanar, Fast and Furious, Fast Five, Frances Kakugawa, Gal Gadot, george takei, GLEE, Greg Grunberg, Gren Hornet, Harold and Kumar, Harry Shum Jr., Hawaii Five-0, J.D. Sun, Jackie Chan, Jackson Rathbone, Jamie Chung, janm, Jason Momoa, JAY CHOU, Jay Leno, Jen Bresnan, Jennifer Lopez, jimmy wong, John Wallace, Justin Lin, Kapono, Kelvin Lee, ken jeong, Kenneth Choi, Keong Sim, Larisa Oleynik, last airbender, Lauren German, long duk dong, Lucy Liu, M. Night Shyamalan, MANAA, Maria Kwong, Marylyn Matayoshi, MATTHEW MOY, Olivia Munn, Phil Shigekuni, randy jackson, Razzies, Ryan Potter, Scotty McCreery, SETH ROGEN, Shelly Conn, Stephen McFeely, Sung Kang, Supah Ninjas, Tadanobu Sano, tamlyn tomita, Terra Nova, Terry Chen, Terry O'Quinn, The College Experiment, THIA MEGIA, TIGER MOM, Tom Sizemore, Undercover Boss, Vanessa Hudgens, wimpy hiroto, Witness American Heroes: Nisei Soldiers, yellowstone national park

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 29, 2011.) === In 2011, the biggest news on the television front was Fox’s “Terra Nova’ with multiple Asian regulars — Shelly Conn (Sri...

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Fri, Dec 16 2011

Media Coalition Challenges Networks to Create APA Stars in Next 3 Years

Media Coalition Challenges Networks to Create APA Stars in Next 3 Years

Also tagged: 2 BROKE GIRLS, ABC, Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, audience strategy, Aziz Ansari, Body of Proof, Bones, Carrie Ann Inaba, Cashmere Mafia, cbs, Charlyne Yi, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, Dancing with the Stars, Daniel Dae Kim, diversity initiatives, east west players, ER, FOX, grace park, Hawaii Five-0, House, jacl, Law & Order: SVU, Live to Dance, Liza Lapira, LOST, Lucy Liu, MARILYN TOKUDA, masi oka, MATTHEW MOY, Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Medium, National Federation of Filipino American Associations, nbc, NCIS: Los Angeles, Nina Tassler, OUTSOURCED, Parks and Recreation, Prison Break, Terra Nova, The Amazing Race, The Walking Dead, Traffic Light, Undercover Boss, visual communications

Carrie Ann Inaba of "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC Photo) Concerned with the slow progress of TV networks in the area of diversity casting, the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC) has...

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Fri, Dec 9 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Remembering Kapoho, Hawaii’s Pompeii

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Remembering Kapoho, Hawaii’s Pompeii

Also tagged: ALZHEIMERS, disney, Frances Kakugawa, george takei, John Tateishi, Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii, Pearl Harbor movie, Pele, PIDGIN, Sadame Kakugawa, Watermark Publishing

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 1, 2011.) === In March of 1990, I sat in a Disney office with JACL National Director John Tateishi reading the shooting script for the studio’s...

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Thu, Oct 27 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Kal Penn Returns to Acting in ‘How I Met Your Mother’

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Kal Penn Returns to Acting in ‘How I Met Your Mother’

Also tagged: 2 BROKE GIRLS, Autumn Reeser, Billy Baldwin, Cobie Smulders, Daniel Dae Kim, grace park, Harold and Kumar, Hawaii Five-0, Hawaii Five-O, Honolulu Advertiser, How I Met Your Mother, itns, josh radnor, Kal Penn, KAT DENNINGS, Lauren German, MATTHEW MOY, Maulik Pancholy, Michelle Borth, Nazanin Boniadi, neil patrick harris, Patty Duke, Peter Fonda, Reiko Aylesworth, Tania Raymonde, Terry O'Quinn, Tom Sizemore, Wayne Harada, Whitney Cummings

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 20, 2011.) Three weeks ago when CBS executives told me and the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition that Kal Penn — fresh off his two-year...

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Thu, Sep 22 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The New Fall Season Kicks Off

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The New Fall Season Kicks Off

Also tagged: 2 BROKE GIRLS, actors, ASIAN AMERICAN ACTORS, BETH BEHRS, cbs, entertainment, GLEE, HAN LEE, harry shum, Hawaii Five-O, JOHN LOCKE, KAT DENNINGS, KOREAN AMERICANS, LOST, MANAA, masi oka, MATTHEW MOY, MIKE CHANG, MIRIAM NAKAMURA-QUAN, NEW GIRL, television, Terry O'Quinn, THOR, TWO BROKE GIRLS, UNFORGETTABLE

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Aug. 22, 2011.) === This week marked the official start of the new 2011-2012 television season with the return of shows like “Hawaii Five-0” and...

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Thu, Sep 8 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Sad Death on Season Finale of ‘Combat Hospital’

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Sad Death on Season Finale of ‘Combat Hospital’

Also tagged: Ali Wong, Bobby Trang, Col. Marks, Combat Hospital, David Letterman, Deborah Kara Unger, Dr. Pedersen, Elias Koteas, Ellen Wong, GLEE, Harry Shum Jr., Joe Wong, Keong Sim, Luke Mably, Maj. Rebecca Gordon, Michelle Borth, MIKE CHANG, Simon Hill, Suzy Chao, tamlyn tomita, Terry Chen, TONIGHT SHOW

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Sept. 8, 2011.) === In the preview for this week’s season finale of “Combat Hospital,” we learned that someone on the medical base at Kandahar,...

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Thu, Aug 25 2011

Disclaimers Precede ‘Tiffany’s’ Screenings in L.A., N.Y.

Disclaimers Precede ‘Tiffany’s’ Screenings in L.A., N.Y.

Also tagged: AMPAS, Audrey Hepburn, Birth of a Nation, blackface, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Dragon Seed, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Ellen Harrington, Filmwax Film Series, GEORGE PEPPARD, Gothamist, Holly Golightly, JASON SCOTT LEE, JOHN WAYNE, Katherine Hepburn, MANAA, MARILYN TOKUDA, MARLON BRANDO, Mick LaSalle, MICKEY ROONEY, Mr. Yunioshi, Nancy Webster, NBC Universal, Patricia Neal, Paul Muni, Richard Roeper, Samuel Goldwyn Theater, San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford Theatre, Syfy Movies with a View, Tahira Bhatti-McClure, Teahouse of the August Moon, The Conqueror, The Good Earth, TRUMAN CAPOTE, Ursula Liang, Wes Nihei, YELLOWFACE

Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer Fifty years after its release, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” continues to reach new audiences —and continues to be a source of controversy. But...

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Thu, Aug 25 2011

THROUGH THE FIRE: What Ever Happened to Kenneth Eng?

THROUGH THE FIRE: What Ever Happened to Kenneth Eng?

Also tagged: alexandra wallace, Angry Asian Man, Asian Week, asians in the library, BRETT FUJIOKA, Chinese American, Columnists, HIP HOP, Kenneth Eng, Phil Yu, RACISM, RACISTS, VIDEOS, VIRAL

By BRETT FUJIOKA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 24, 2011.) === Another offensive video about Asians made the circuit online. This time, it was by a girl on Worldstarhiphop.com slathering...

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Thu, Aug 11 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Bobby Trang Gets Lucky

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Bobby Trang Gets Lucky

Also tagged: 30 Minutes or Less, Aziz Ansari, Baywatch Hawaii, Bobby Trang, Combat Hospital, Conan the Barbarian, Ellen Wong, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, Harry Shum Jr., Jason Momoa, Jay Leno, JENNA USHKOWITZ, Jesse Eisenberg, JImmy Kimmel, Lisa Bonet, Michelle Borth, Parks and Recreation, Rebecca Gordon, Rosanne Barr, Steve Carrell, Suzy Chao, Terry Chen

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Aug. 11, 2011.) === The previews for the upcoming episode of ABC’s “Combat Hospital” looked enticing: Captain Bobby Trang (Terry Chen) and Major...

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Tue, Jul 19 2011

OCHAZUKE: Calling a Slut a Slut

OCHAZUKE: Calling a Slut a Slut

Also tagged: aiko herzig-yoshinaga, arnold schwarzenegger, CONCENTRATION CAMP, george yoshinaga, iku kiriyama, jacl, James Bond, relocation center, slut, SlutWalk

By GWEN MURANAKA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 16, 2011.) === With respect to Guy Aoki, Asian women do not want to, nor should they be called sluts. Guy’s column “Is It OK for Asian...

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