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Thu, Mar 22 2012

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: You’ve Got to Be Kidding

Also tagged: american idol, Aubrey O'Day, Celebrity Apprentice, Columnists, DONALD TRUMP, entertainment, george takei, guy aoki, Heejun Han, into the next stage, JESSICA SANCHEZ, JOHN RUBY, Mina Shum, MINH DUC NGUYEN, PORTER LYNN, sandra oh, Tia Carrere, Trojans, USC, USC FILM SCHOOL, Vietnamese

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Mar. 22, 2012.) === This column’s title applies to at least three different situations. In 1994, Chinese Canadian Mina Shum wrote and directed a film...

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Thu, Oct 27 2011

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, guy aoki, Harold and Kumar, Hawaii Five-0, Hawaii Five-O, Honolulu Advertiser, How I Met Your Mother, 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 15 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 10 Years After 9/11: Did Bin Laden Win?

Also tagged: 9-11, GEORGE JOHNSTON, Middle Eastern Americans, MUSLIM AMERICANS, NYC, terrorism

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Sept. 15, 2011.) === Now that all the 9/11 10th anniversary news coverage has died down, I figured I might as well weigh in with my perspective,...

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Thu, Aug 18 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Okinawa Is Backdrop of Debut Novel ‘My Name Is Mahataa’

Also tagged: Ainu, Burakumin, GEORGE JOHNSTON, Kathy Sankey, minorities, mixed race, Okinawa, Steven Fujita, vampires

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 18, 2011.) === Japan has a reputation as a homogenous society, and when compared with the diversity of the U.S., that perception...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Frank Abe Is Back With a Fresh ‘Conscience’

Also tagged: ben kuroki, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, DOCUMENTARIES, documentary, DVD, FRANK ABE, frank emi, fred korematsu, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, mike masaoka, Minoru Yasui, nisei, pearl harbor

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 21, 2011.) === When the Sansei transitioned from innocent and acquiescent adolescence into questioning and indignant young adulthood...

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Thu, Dec 2 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Interview With Jason Scott Lee

Also tagged: 24, ALEX O'LOUGHLIN, ALIENS, ALZHEIMERS, APAMC, BRUCE LEE, cbs, COLD CASE, Daniel Dae Kim, DIVERSITY, ewp, guy aoki, Hawaii Five-O, HERBERT AOKI, IAN ANTHONY DANIEL, JASON SCOTT LEE, KURT RUSSELL, Leslie Ishii, LOST, MANAA, nbc, RACIAL DIVERSITY, THE EVENT, WWII

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on December 2, 2010.) === Readers of this column know I’m no fan of Alex O’Loughlin. It’s no coincidence the two shows the Australian’s headlined...

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Thu, Nov 18 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Racial Bullying-Hope From a Former Victim

Also tagged: bullying, COUNTERPUNCH, Filipino, GLEE, hawaii, HAWAIIAN, into the next stage, LATINO, MAD TV, MANAA, Occidental, occidental college, OXY, pearl harbor, People Magazine, personal essay, PORTUGUESE, RACIAL SLURS, RACISM

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on November 18, 2010.) === Over the last month, it’s been hard to avoid reading stories about students who were bullied so relentlessly, made to feel...

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Thu, Sep 23 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: What’s Missing in the New “Hawaii Five-O”

Also tagged: ABC, ALEX O'LOUGHLIN, cbs, Dancing with the Stars, Daniel Dae Kim, DAVID HASSELHOFF, DONALD TRUMP, DWTS, entertainment, grace park, guy aoki, hachiko, hapa, hawaii, Hawaii Five-O, hollywood, Honolulu, IAN ANTHONY DALE, JACK LORD, JEAN HIRATA, JEAN SMART, Maggie Q, MARGARET CHO, MARY MCNAMARA, NIKITA, SCOTT CAAN, television, THE APPRENTICE, THE HOFF, THOMAS SHIGEKUNI, VICKI SHIGEKUNI WONG

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 23, 2010.) === Back in January when I read the pilot script for the new “Hawaii Five-O,” I knew it was going to become a series. The dramatics...

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Thu, Sep 16 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Hannari’ DVD Brings Modern Geisha Docu to Masses

Also tagged: arts, ASIAN AMERICAN ACTORS, documentary, DVDS, entertainment, GEIKO, geisha, GEISHA MODERN, GEORGE JOHNSTON, GONG LI, HANARI, into the next stage, IYUKI SOHARA, JAPANESE ARTS, KENTARO KAJINO, MAIKO, memoirs of a geisha, MICHELLE YEOH, NIKKEI NATION DAILY, OKIYA, ROB MARSHALL, STEVEN SPIELBERG, YELLOWFACE, ZHANG ZIYI

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 16, 2010.) === Hollywood, it goes without saying, is a funny place. (It should also go without saying that I mean “funny”...

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Thu, Apr 8 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: “Lost”: As Confusing As Ever and Running Out of Time

Also tagged: ABC, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Daniel Dae Kim, guy aoki, into the next stage, Kal Penn, LOST, MANAA

By GUY AOKI === (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 8, 2010) === It’s one of the most confusing television series of all time yet one of the most intriguing and probably the most complicated....

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Tag Archives: itns

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: You’ve Got to Be Kidding

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

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 10 Years After 9/11: Did Bin Laden Win?

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Okinawa Is Backdrop of Debut Novel ‘My Name Is Mahataa’

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Frank Abe Is Back With a Fresh ‘Conscience’

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Interview With Jason Scott Lee

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Racial Bullying-Hope From a Former Victim

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: What’s Missing in the New “Hawaii Five-O”

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Hannari’ DVD Brings Modern Geisha Docu to Masses

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: “Lost”: As Confusing As Ever and Running Out of Time

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