September 5, 2008
Update: LPGA Reverses Itself on English rule
Feeling the heat from criticism, the LPGA today backed off its new policy of suspending international players who do not learn to speak English.Continue reading "Update: LPGA Reverses Itself on English rule"
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MTV's Top Pop Group is Cheesy, but Empowering?
When MTV has a hit, they milk it for all it's worth. After two highly successful seasons of "America's Best Dance Crew", the cable channel has just launched a singing competition in the same vein: groups perform for a panel of young, urban judges (including Taboo from Black Eyed Peas and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child) and America votes for MTV's Top Pop Group. It's "American Idol" but with singers in multiples of 3 or more. And yes, Mario Lopez is still there.Continue reading "MTV's Top Pop Group is Cheesy, but Empowering?"
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Media, KoreAm Journal, And The Death Of Print?
Some more thoughts on KoreAm and the original momo post.Don't get me wrong about the headline -- print will definitely always be alive in some form or another, and print has always been a source of great news, stories, narratives, photo spreads -- and there's just something inherently nice about reaching out and actually touching a magazine or newspaper at times -- but the current campaign which you've been hearing a lot about to save KoreAm Journal does beg the question of whether or not a niche magazine can survive in the long run given that its direct and indirect competition is online, where the environment and news isn't just publishing once or twice a week -- or month, or every two months -- but every day, every few hours, and in some cases, almost every minute.
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Hyphen Presents The Official Afterparty For Ping Pong Playa
You've been PONGed: Don't be a playa hata. Join Hyphen in celebrating the SF release of indie hit, Ping Pong Playa, at the official afterparty!
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September 4, 2008
Republicans Are Only White?
I'm not
sure that I have much commentary to add on Sarah Palin. There's plenty of it
already and I hate to add to the media circus surrounding her. If it's
attention the Republicans wanted to generate, they sure got it.
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MATCHA : Tea & Spice : Thursday, September 4th
For all you Bay Area folk, swing by the Asian Art museum and check out this month's MATCHA event, Tea & Spice!
MATCHA: Tea & Spice
Asian Art Museum
Thursday, September 4
5 to 9 pm
FREE with museum admission ($5 after 5 pm)
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September 3, 2008
LA Times Spotlights 'Playa' Jimmy Tsai
As you gear up for Friday's release of Jessica Yu's "Ping Pong Playa" and the Hyphen sponsored after party on September 6, check out this Los Angeles Times piece on the film's leading man Jimmy Tsai.Continue reading "LA Times Spotlights 'Playa' Jimmy Tsai"
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KoreAm Campaign
By now, you may have heard about the Save KoreAm campaign. If you haven't, KoreAm is a Korean American magazine that's been around for 18 years, a lifetime in Asian Am magazine years. Staffers at the magazine recently launched this campaign to reach out to the wider community for support.
I talked to the President of KoreAm Journal, James Ryu, on the phone yesterday, to clarify some things about what's going on at KoreAm. If anything happens, we may be short of not one, but two Asian American publications, since KoreAm also publishes Audrey, an Asian American women's magazine.
Basically over the last year and a half, they've had a huge dip in advertising -- nearly 30 percent -- which makes up 70-75 percent of their revenue, according to Ryu. He said the staff met as a whole to see what to do -- cut 20 percent of the jobs, or cut everyone's pay by 20 percent. The staff decided they would all take the pay cuts to save their jobs. There are currently 11 staffers at KoreAm and Audrey, based in Los Angeles.
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September 2, 2008
A Village Called Versailles
I've been meaning to write about this upcoming film called "New Orleans: A Village Called Versailles," a PBS FRONTLINE/World documentary by S. Leo Chiang. A 15-minute rough cut is now online.
I really look forward to seeing the film, which tells the story of a tight-knit Vietnamese American community in New Orleans East known as Versailles. The community of thousands of Vietnamese families, mostly Catholic, have largely resettled and rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. Though Dateline did an inspiring and emotional story on Versailles last year, it largely painted the folks of Versailles as a model minority community. And as I've complained about before, the Asian American experience was missing from "When the Levees Broke" -- as great and important a film as it is -- so I'm glad this film is being made.
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Still Looking For A Few Good Men: Mr. Hyphen 2008
The 3rd annual Mr. Hyphen is quickly approaching and we are still need of a few good men -- passionate, community-conscious men willing to strut their stuff to win a $1000 prize donation for their favorite Asian American nonprofit. Our application deadline has been extended to Sunday, September 7th, 2008.
The Mr. Hyphen 2008 contest will be at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on October 4th, 2008 -- mark your calendars!
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