ASIAN/AMERICAN entertainers were present both on stage and on the red carpet at the 68th Emmy Awards in Hollywood Sunday. For AAPI folk, the win by Master of None creators and writers Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari was one of the show's highlights.
Constance Wu and Randall Park of Fresh Off the Boat presented the awards for best guest actor and actress in a comedy series.
Wu pointed out that the Creative Emmys were presented over two nights.
Priyanka Chopra
“Wow, that makes three nights of Emmys,” responded Park. “So I guess that means Fresh Off the Boat will get our award on the fourth night?”
“Get over it, Randall,” said Wu.
Fans apparently still haven’t gotten over it, with many on Twitter giving shout outs to Wu, expressing dismay that she didn’t receive a nomination. Quantico's Priyanka Chopra presented the award for best directing of a limited series, movie or special. Chopra dazzled in a Jason Wu gown, but it was how she wore her cherry-hued red lipstick that drew raves from fashion critics.
Padma Laskshmi was on hand to see if her show Project Runway would win for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. That honor went to The Voice. (Views From the Edge contributed to this report.)
RANDALL PARK will be speaking at the AAJA National Convention next week, but even he might be upstaged if one of presidential candidates makes an appearance.
It may not quite the long shot that it might first appear to be. Since Nevada is one of the key swing states that could determine the next POTUS, organizers hold out hope that someone from the Clinton and/or Trump campaigns will make an appearance at the AAJA confab.
Because of the presidential campaign this year, CNN's Richard Liu (in the video, above) hints that someone from one of the campaigns will be a surprise guest.
Randall Park
Of all the campaigns, Clinton's outreach efforts to the AAPI electorate has been the most aggressive.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for U.S. President, has already confirmed that she would attend the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)'s joint convention this week in Washington, D.C.
The Asian American Journalists Association National Convention will be held in Las Vegas this year at Ceasar's Palace, Aug. 10-13. It appears that the AAJA event will include more community organizations than usual and thousands of AAPI are expected to descend on Las Vegas.
The co-emcees for the 2016 Opening Reception to be held Wednesday, August 10 of the 2016 AAJA National Convention will be Michael Kim, lead host for 120 Sports, and Michelle Yu, sports anchor and reporter for SNY.
Ramy Inocencio, anchor and correspondent for Bloomberg Television, and Annalisa Burgos, a freelance journalist with over 16 years of news and lifestyle reporting, will co-emcee the 2016 Silent Auction to be held Friday, August 12.
Angie Lau, anchor for Bloomberg Television’s flagship morning show First Up with Angie Lau, and John Yang, correspondent for PBS NewsHour, will co-emcee the 2016 Scholarship and Awards Gala to be held Saturday, Aug. 13.
Actor Randall Park will headline the big social event of the convention, the Annual Scholarship & Awards Gala. Park will be headlining the event. He is best known as Louis Huang on the hit ABC sitcom,Fresh Off the Boat, which was the first network television show to focus on an Asian/American family in 20 years.
Besides the main events each day, there will be workshops and seminars for journalists or would-be journalists to sharpen their skills, network or seek employment.
There are only a few more hours to register online. The last day to register online for the convention will be Aug. 3, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST. After this date, registration will only be available on-site beginning August 10.
BROTHERLY LOVE comes to Orlando as Louis’ (Randall Park) estranged brother Gene (Ken Jeong) comes to visit the Huangs on Fresh Off the Boat tonight.
The title of the season finale is "Bring the Pain," a good indication of what to expect.
ABC has revealed very little about the episode, but here's the trailer:
Jeong’s appearance on the sophomore show has been expected since mid-season when it was announced that Randall Park would appear on Jeong's show, Dr. Ken. Park played the head of the local Korean Men’s Club when Ken reluctantly joined after his wife encouraged him to get more involved in the community. The men’s club, however, was closer to a wild fraternity than a civic-oriented club and the situation made for some good laughs as the boys worked to keep their activities secret from their wives.
The season finale of Fresh Off the Boat airs (May 24) Tuesday night at 8/7c on ABC.
Both Dr. Ken and Fresh Off the Boat will return next season on ABC. Dr. Ken will remain in its Friday night slot at 8:30 p.m., but Fresh Off the Boat moves to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
