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My eyes may be deceiving me, but I believe that's Aaron Yoo making an appearance in the trailer for the new A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, which opens in theaters this Friday. While he's featured fairly prominently in the trailer, I'm guessing it's not a huge role, but there he is looking rather weary-eyed as Marcus Yeon. Since he's not officially listed in the credits, I think it's safe to

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This Sunday, May 2, join Asian Pacific Americans for Progress for their annual State of Asian Pacific America House Party. You're invited to join in and listen, via conference call, to several prominent APA guests and get updates from the White House, Congress and grassroots activists on the progress they made this past year. Here are some details:State of Asian Pacific America House

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Can't remember if I've mentioned it, but our awesome actress friend Lynn Chen runs an excellent blog called The Actors Diet, an exploration of actors and what they eat. It's a great resource for actors and anyone interested in hearing about nutrition and eating habits from the perspective of someone working in "the biz."But that's not Lynn in the photo above. That's actor Daniel Dae Kim. Lynn

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In Fairfield, California, authorities and family members have been searching for Phuong Le, a 24-year-old nurse who went missing earlier this week: Woman Vanishes Near Fairfield Book Store.According to police, Le parked her car near a Barnes & Nobles bookstore in shopping plaza on Gateway Drive on Sunday night at about 4:00pm and hasn't been heard from since. Surveillance footage shows Le inside

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This is for all my people in Arizona (sorry...) interested in checking out Eric Byler and Annabel Park's award-winning documentary 9500 Liberty. It will be screening this Friday, April 30 at the Harkins Valley Art Theater in Tempe. The film is an interesting, provocative examination of a Virginia county's short-lived police mandate requiring officers to question people they had cause to suspect

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Triangle Offense is rap trio -- Adonis, Sci and Finesse -- hailing from Jersey City. I've been hearing about them for a while, and just took a listen to their newly released mixtape The Courting. Good stuff to get your party going. Fans of FM will probably dig the Triangle Offense vibe -- they've got a cool sound, with a nice blend of rap and pop/dance elements. Can wait to hear more from these

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Remember young Luc Cagadoc? He's the Filipino Canadian boy who was repeatedly reprimanded by at school for eating with a fork and a spoon at the same time -- a tradition in the Filipino community. The lunch monitor apparently called the practice "disgusting," then ordered to the kid to eat alone in the corner:The family of the boy, who was attending Grade 2 at Lalande School in Montreal's

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Check out this awesome of a dude doing some crazy-ass tricks with a stack of business cards: Master of Business Card Throwing. I am fairly certain this guy could kill you with a small piece of card stock. And yes, the geek in me was immediately reminded of Gambit from X-Men.

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Here's another Huffington Post piece calling for Harold Koh's nomination to the Supreme Court, suggesting that the President should look beyond the appellate courts to nominate someone with real experience outside the judiciary to replace Justice Stevens: Experience Is the Life of the Law - and Right Now We Need Harold Koh's Experience. David Perez uses a historical argument, looking at Justice

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The monthly Bay Area music showcase OHANA!, which recently changed its name to GO!OHANA (because it's just more fun that way) presents its latest show this week, featuring Ken Pulido, The Like Me's and Jack Tung, bringing his unique brand of ambient post-hardcore rock. It's happening this Thursday, April 29 at La Pena Cultural in Berkeley. Here's some more info:GO!OHANABay Area Rise Up!Thursday,

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If you're headed to the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival this weekend, one event you might want to check out is YOMYOMF.COM's INTERPRETATIONS: So You Really Want To Make Films?, an industry panel presented by director Justin Lin and his blogger colleagues at You Offend Me You Offend My Family, discussing the qualities they look for in filmmakers. In conjunction, they're launching

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Our friend and YouTube darling Jennifer Chung is offering her single "I Don't Know, Let's Sing" as a $1 download to raise money to study abroad this summer. She may be famous on the internet, but she's also a college student and needs to pay the bills! It's just a buck, so why not support an artist's summer dreams? Preview the track and download it here.

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On a press conference call today, the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders announced the Obama administration's efforts to increase API access and participation in federal programs, and improve the lives of API communities underserved by federal resources. Here's the press release:WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER

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Don't really know what to make of this, but hey, I'll just go with it. YouTube stars Wong Fu Productions, KevJumba and David Choi have come together for their first ever collaboration, a song entitled "Dance To This Song." Listen (and dance) to the song here. Kevin and Philip "rap" and "sing" on the track with much help from auto tuning and audio filters, while David sings the bridge. Don't

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Yesterday in Connecticut, Dr. Lishan Wang was charged with fatally shooting a Yale University doctor and firing at the victim's pregnant wife after a history of confrontations with the victim and other colleagues that led to his dismissal from a New York hospital: Former colleague kills Yale doctor at home.Branford police say Wang is charged with murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses in

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Just wanted to let you know that Christopher Wong's excellent documentary Whatever It Takes is now available on DVD. If you missed it on the film festival circuit, or the PBS broadcast -- or if you already saw it and loved it -- you can buy it and put it in your collection. Here's the story:WHATEVER IT TAKES chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the very first year of the Bronx Center for

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Remember East High, home of the fighting Orientals, in Akron, Ohio? Yes, their mascot is actually the "Orientals." According to a school superintendent, they're finally changing the damn nickname: Akron's East High sports teams no longer will be 'Orientals'.Akron Superintendent David James says he is updating the district's anti-discrimination policy to drop the "Orientals" nickname for sports

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Holy crap. First of all, this music video for "Born Free" by M.I.A., directed by Romain Gavras, is not safe for work (nudity, language, violence). You've been warned. Secondly, it's shocking, graphic... and totally stunning. I was kind of speechless after watching it. Is it weird that I'm reminded of both the notorious "gingers" episode of South Park and all the shitty stuff going down right

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Check this. Next week on Tuesday, May 4th, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will host a live online video chat on WhiteHouse.gov, on the White House Initiative on AAPIs. He'll be taking some questions live from Facebok... but also from you, the good readers of this website.I've been asked by the White House Office of Media Affairs to solicit some questions. Do you have something to ask Secretary

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If you're in the San Diego area, and want to hear some good music, don't miss the next edition of Luminance, featuring Marie Digby, Clara Chung and Sam Hart. It's happening this Wednesday, April 28 at The Loft at UC San Diego. Here are the details:The Loft and University Event Centers Presents Luminance 5Featuring Asian American MusiciansMarie Digby, Clara Chung and Sam HartThe Loft at UC San

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Victoria Manalo Draves, the first woman to win a gold medal in springboard and platform diving -- considered the Filipino American community's "first national heroine" -- died earlier this month of heart and cancer complications. She was 85: Olympic diver Victoria Draves dies.Draves was the Filipino American community's “first national heroine,” said Fred Cordova, a founder of the Filipino

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By now, you've heard about the next-gen iPhone prototype that was lost by an Apple engineer, and eventually find its way into the hands of editors of the popular gadget blog Gizmodo: This Is Apple's Next iPhone.Blogger Jason Chen's posts with photos and a description of the new iPhone became one of the site's most popular ever. Awesome scoop! The fact that Apple asked for the device back only

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Hard to believe, but Bruce Lee would have turned 70 years old this year. Forever immortalized on the screen as the electrifying martial artist who died at the age 32, it's difficult to imagine him kicking ass as a senior citizen. But decades after his passing, you can't deny that he remains as influential as ever.In celebration of the life and legacy of Bruce Lee, the 2010 Los Angeles Asian

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I recently had the pleasure of attending Conan O'Brien's live concert show. Loads of fun. Inspired by this craziness, I am posting this video of Hollywood stuntman (and frequent Tonight Show guest) Stephen Ho as Asian Conan. In this episode, Conan sets out to stop an illegal child fighting ring. It is weird and fun.

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