South Asian emcees and DJs take hip-hop into their own hands.

Videos from Jez Lee and Shawn Tamaribuchi feature feminist, sex-positive images of queer couples, a rarity in the adult industry.

Performance artist Robert Karimi gets to hearts (and minds) through the stomach.

Filmmaker gives an uncompromising Fuck You to conventional American wisdom about what being Asian means.

This month Saving Face opens in movie theaters – the result of 5 years of stubborn toiling by director and writer Alice Wu. The film is a first in many ways. It is the first Hollywood film about Asian Americans since The Joy Luck Club. Not only that, it is the first lesbian romantic comedy featuring Asian American leads. An Asian American lesbian love story? Where half the dialogue is in Mandarin? Bankrolled by Hollywood? Produced by Will Smith? It's amazing that Wu, a former software d...
Future of Asian American Cinema?

Commercial Asian American cinema doesn't really exist. While Black and Latino films are healthily created on commercial (Soul Place, Spy Kids) and independent (Brother to Brother, Real Women Have Curves) parallel planes, Asian American cinema is nearly all indie, only occasionally flirting with the commercial cross-over (Better Luck Tomorrow, Joy Luck Club). And that's what makes New Line's summer rel...
Protests Continue over Hot 97

February 22, 2005 – Protests over a radio station's song about tsunami victims continue more than a month after the song originally aired.

Interior designer Vern Yip sketches out his future after "Trading Spaces."

Can't tell the current crop of Asian American R&B divas apart? Consult this handy chart.

Ali Wong talks to Bobby Lee about having a girl as his body double, acting alongside Webster and getting schooled by breakdancing legend Shabba-Doo.

Actor Kal Penn takes on his first dramatic role in 'The Namesake," based on the best-selling novel about an Indian American family's assimilation.

Charlotte Sometimes

Imagine a bunch of sweaty, noisy teenaged boys dancing in your garage. This is the story of some youths' Rize to fame.

OK, I just don't get it. The recent flap about "Gay or Asian" is turning from a storm in a teacup into a full-fledged tornado. Sorry, it probably should be typhoon.

Racism, war influence the creativity of 'The Art of Gaman," "The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa."

Freida Lee Mock keeps her Oscar in her guest bathroom. Really. She received the Academy Award in 1995 for her feature documentary Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.

Why Asian Americans are at high risk for hepatitis B.

Making a path to the American dream in the dirt.

Before landing a role in Heroes, Masi Oka had big parts in blockbuster movies like the Star Wars prequels and The Perfect Storm.

If you don't remember seeing him in those movies, it's because he did his work behind the camera. Oka was a digital effects artist with Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked before taking up...
Hyphen Holiday Gift Guide: Goods made by Asian Americans

If you're anything like us, you're a last-minute gift shopper. Good thing shopping now is as easy as pointing and clicking. (Let's say it all together now: What did we do before the Internet?)