My Journal

Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more July 25, 2018 “The fact that the director allowed me to breathe and thought me worthy to take up space, it’s such a simple, subtle thing, but it was startling to me,”...

To play an Asian-American cowboy, actor Yoshi Sudarso needed to go to Indonesia (NBC News) “Westerns are such a big part of American culture. But as Asian Americans, we never see ourselves in them.”   Ricky He is love interest in new Disney musical remake of...

How 'bad guy' roles have evolved for people of color As calls for a more diverse Hollywood grows, actors of color are getting opportunities to play more iconic "bad guy" roles. A mash-up of Asian harvest holidays gets the hip-hop treatment For these comedy rappers and...

Finished our third season of Saturday School, check it out here! @wakeupsatschool, https://podcastpotluck.com/saturday-school [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/356676425"...

Remember Rufio in ‘Hook’? The actor is trying to keep his cult character’s legacy alive. By Ada Tseng (June 28, 2017) His red triple-mohawk. His dark eyeliner. His showing midriff. His shiny black fringed leather jacket, necklaces made of bones and skulls, one long...

With 'The Great Wall,' is China buying its way into Hollywood? For all the controversy around the casting of Matt Damon in a “white savior” role in a story set in ancient China, director Zhang Yimou plainly acknowledges that Damon’s involvement was a Chinese strategy...

Giullian Yao Gioiello Is Julie Andrews’ Right-Hand Man on Netflix Show (NBC News Asian America) When Giullian Yao Gioiello was in high school, his friends used to joke that he was so animated that he'd fit in perfectly if he was the only human in a cartoon world....

Yay, the Kickstarter for the PRI's Global Nation Reporting Fund funded at 102%!!! Happy to support and represent through the campaign video, as a Global Nation contributor. "Just 13% of radio reporters are minorities, according to the Radio Television Digital News...

Ada Tseng Covers the Asian-American Pop Culture You'll Find Out About Next Year by Taylor Weik Today, Asian-Americans everywhere can rejoice when they turn on their televisions—they finally see people who look like them, such as Randall Park as an American...