Look, I don’t know what’s going on with the title of this movie, but I got wind of it via Disgrasion, and I thought I’d post about it. Lemonade Mouth, according to the press release, is an upcoming Disney Channel movie starring “popular stars” of the Channel. It’s…
…or one of them, anyway. This is Godfrey Gao, a Taiwanese Canadian actor/model who’s appearing in Louis Vuitton’s newest advertising campaign. This is the first time an Asian man has showcased LV products. LV hopes that using Gao will help their sales in Asia keep growing. So…if you…
I’m late to this! Apparently, the Wall Street Journal recently published an article by Amy Chua entitled Why Asian Mothers are Superior. It’s an excerpt from Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and it’s all about how Crazy Asian Moms can browbeat their children into becoming…
Còn nước, còn tát: Still We Rise The Vietnamese Student Union at UCLA is proud to present its 2011 Vietnamese Culture Night, “Still We Rise”—a tribute and commemoration to DREAM ACTivist Tâm Trần (R.I.P.). This year’s story is based on the true trials and tribulations of the Trần…
Oooh, exciting news from the book front. Ellen Oh, a lawyer-turned-author, will be publishing the first of her three books on ancient Korea next summer. These won’t be history books. They’re YA fantasy novels based on Korean history and the Dragon King Prophecy. Seven will become three. Three…
The Getty Museum is currently hosting an exhibit that displays two contrasting views of China: Felice Beato’s 19th century depictions of China during the Opium Qar, and modern Chinese artists’ work. The photos are hung next to each other, and are meant to be complements. Felice Beato captured…