Saturday, November 25, 2017

Famed indie director seeks Asian cast for 'Tong Wars'

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Director Wong Kar-Wai CASTING is underway for Tong Wars, an upcoming Amazon teleseries opening up a slew of opportunities for Asian Amer...
Friday, November 24, 2017

TGIF Feature: 2018 Haikus For Hotties calendar destroys the Asian male stereotype

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STILL LOOKING for that perfect stocking stuffer for someone turns up a nose at the notion of dating Asian guys? The Haikus for Hotties 20...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Asian American cops file discrimination suit

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Asian/Americans make up a majority of the population of San Gabriel, California. ASAM NEWS A GROUP of veteran police officers in San...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Thanksgiving, 1621 to 2017

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Uh ... The first Thanksgiving was not like this painting. THE POPULAR MYTH of Thanksgiving was that in 1621, the Pilgrim's invited...

Asian American frat found guilty in hazing death

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PI DELTA PSI, an Asian/American fraternity, has been found guilty in the 2013 death of a student participating in the frat's hazing ritu...

DOJ pressures Harvard over alleged bias towards Asian American applicants

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY Harvard graduation ceremonies. ASAM NEWS THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT is upping its pressure on Harvard in its in...

Sen. Al Franken's behavior not funny, says Filipina American deejay

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ABC Leeann Velez Tweeden SENATOR AL FRANKEN, D-Minnesota, a progressive politician, is in a heap of trouble because of his treatment ...

"Mother of Dragons' reveals that she has a dark side

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Emilia Clarke's real coloring, left, and as the blonde-tressed Khaleesi. EMILIA CLARKE, the actress who plays Daenerys Targaryen, K...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A recipe for making an American Thanksgiving a Filipino/American tradition

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A Filipino American Thanksgiving made its historical debut on network TV in the first season of 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' when main th...

Vanity Fair's newest editor-in-chief is ... who?

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Vanity Fair's new editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, wearing a sari, is not shy about her South Asian heritagi. ASAM NEWS AFTER 25 YE...

MLB and Asian Americans take one more look at the World Series racist kerfuffle

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Yuli Gurriel's racist gesture was caught by TV cameras. THE WORLD SERIES is long over but the incident where one of the players ma...

Judge calls threat vs. sanctuary cities 'unconstitutional'

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SCREEN CAPTURE / NBC Demonstrators at San Francisco's City Hall. IN ANOTHER LEGAL SETBACK, a judge ruled that Donald Trump's...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Bruno Mars wins entertainer of the year at AMA

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Bruno Mars thanks his fans via a video. THE LAST TIME Bruno Mars won at the American Music Awards was in 2011. Last night, the Hawai...

Hate crimes rising, says FBI report

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The biggest increase in hate crimes occurred against Muslim Americans. HATE CRIMES are becoming more commonplace, according to a repor...

Mother shot four times as she shielded her children from Tehama killer

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PHOMMATHEP PHOTO The Phommathep children were wounded by the Tehama shooter. ASAM NEWS A QUIET DRIVE HOME to Rancho Tehama after a qu...