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Published on April 19, 2024 - Page 18
Vietnamese journalist-turned-filmmaker Phanxin? remembers when he decided to make movies in his native country rather than Hollywood.
It was in 2008...
Published on January 14, 2024 - Page 3
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As communities nationwide celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this weekend with events...
Published on January 7, 2024 - Page 25
In 2021, Sam Song Li was cast in an independent film as the ancestor of a character played by a pre-"Shang-Chi" Simu Liu. For Li, the non-speaking...
Published on July 15, 2023 - Page 18
Lea Salonga is back on the stage where her Broadway journey began. But for the first time, the Filipino musical legend is playing a Filipino. She's...
Published on June 27, 2023 - Page 15
Greeted with a standing ovation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, James Hong could have just basked in the applause and moved on. But for the 94-...
Published on June 18, 2023 - Page 4
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities.
It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in...
Published on January 21, 2023 - Page 7
Every Lunar New Year without fail, Kat Lieu's mother would make her steamed nian gao, which is a sweet rice -- or mochi -- cake. It was a tasty...
Published on August 5, 2022 - Page 8
LOS ANGELES — For a comedy, Jo Koy’s new movie “Easter Sunday” had a lot of waterworks. The film was no ordinary job for the comedian and the rest...
Published on November 16, 2021 - Page 18
What’s in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there. “So, in Korean...
Published on July 12, 2020 - Page 27
Author Ann M. Martin had no master plan when she made one of the core members of “The Baby-Sitters Club” a Japanese American girl. Claudia Kishi was...