- You are here:
- Home
- Editor's Choice
Spotlight
What’s Going On? Everything, All at Once By Ben Fong-Torres
Editor's Choice
Actor Tim Lounibos - Its an Amazing Time in Hollywood Now for Asian American Entertainment
September 16, 2018
Hollywood
At a recent screening of the box office hit Crazy Rich Asians, sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, I sat next to actor Tim Lounibos. It was truly a landmark film - actors who look like us! After 25 years of a drought of Hollywood films featuring Asian Americans - could this be a moment of change? If $100+million dollar box office clout proves that Asian faces can sell movie tickets, let's hope this continues.
We asked Tim for his commentary on this moment in time. - Suzanne Joe Kai
It’s an amazing time
The past several weeks have been absolutely amazing for the Asian American entertainment industry. Crazy Rich Asians blew past $100 million at the box office in less than three weeks, becoming the most successful rom-com in almost a decade on its way to surely cracking the top ten all-time list for that genre.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is a huge success on Netflix to the point where it has actually raised the popularity of the Japanese yogurt drink Yakult and the stock value of the company who produces it.
Searching had the second highest per-screen box office average in its opening week, trailing only CRA, and more than doubled its distributor’s box office expectations.
From California kid to Asian movie star
Tomb Raider 2's Terence Yin chats with Steven Joe.
Just a few years ago Terence Yin was a UC Berkeley student aspiring to become a medical consultant. Terence is now a Hong Kong movie star and a singer with 19 films, two TV dramas and a supporting role in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
AsianConnections Steve Joe caught up with Terence, as well as Hong Kong's legendary actor Simon Yam, and star Angelina Jolie at the movie's world premiere. Click here for red carpet coverage in Hollywood by AsianConnections' Steve Joe, Marissa Becker and Mike Kai.
Steve talked with both Terence and Simon in exclusive interviews.
Click
here
to
Steve's
chat
with
Simon
Yam
and
read
right
here
for
his
conversation
with
Terence.
Merry Pranksters have fun at Harvard-Yale Game
Berkeley
vs
Stanford,
USC
vs
UCLA,
ahhh
those
rivalries!
This
time
Harvard
gets
Punk'd
on
its
own
home
turf
at
its
big
game
against
Yale
and
AsianConnections'
very
own
Mike
Kai
and
classmate
Dave
Aulicino
lead
the
merry
pranksters.
Berkeley vs Stanford, USC vs UCLA, Arizona State vs University of Arizona - ahhh those rivalries!
This time Harvard gets Punk'd on its own home turf at its big game against Yale and AsianConnections' very own Mike Kai and classmate Dave Aulicino lead the pranksters to victory.
And if you haven't heard yet about the prank which has been covered in the news media around the world, including MSNBC''s Countdown, the Jimmy Kimmel TV Show, and Asian and European press, here are a few links:
Check out www.HarvardSucks.org for the video, the song, and the message board.
AALDEF Honors Katrina vanden Heuvel, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Ivan K. Fong with 2006 Justice in Action Awards
32nd Annual Lunar New Year Gala honoring Katrina vanden Heuvel, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Ivan K. Fong, 2006 AALDEF Justice in Action Award recipients.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) honors Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor of The Nation magazine, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School Professor, and Ivan K. Fong, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Cardinal Health, with AALDEF Justice in Action Awards at its annual Lunar New Year Gala on Thursday, February 2, 2006 at PIER SIXTY in New York City.
The Justice in Action Award is AALDEFs highest recognition of individuals who have paved the way for racial justice and equality for Asian Americans. Past recipients have included the late civil rights hero Fred Korematsu, filmmaker Mira Nair, attorney Alice Young, and playwright David Henry Hwang.
Proceeds from the gala benefit AALDEF's legal and educational programs in the areas of immigrant rights, economic justice for workers, voting rights and civic participation, affirmative action, language access to services, youth rights and educational equality, and the elimination of hate violence and police misconduct.
For
ticket
and
RSVP
info
contact
Lillian
Ling,
(212)
966-5932
ext.
202
or
Columnists
Featured Media
In the News
