Lifestyle Spotlight

First Summit on Asian Stereotypes Urges Empowerment to Make Change

Posted by AC Team - on Sunday, 24 March 2013

Jeff Yang writer of
Little Tokyo - Los Angeles March 23, 2013 More than 200 people attended a summit yesterday in Los Angeles, provocatively titled "Beyond the Bad and the Ugly." The meeting was appropriately named as it took aim at the continued use of offensive images, ethnic slurs and stereotypical caricatures of Asian Americans in American media, and its impact on just about every aspect of American culture, politics, education and society. AsianConnections.com applauds Jeff Yang, Wall Street Journal...

Sports Profiles

Go See Linsanity!

Posted by AC Team on Friday, 04 October 2013

Go See Linsanity the documentary  Photo: Jeremy Lin in the Knicks locker room at Madison Square Garden March 11, 2012 Photo by Suzanne Joe Kai for AsianConnections.com

Update: October 11, 2013

Look up show times and purchase your tickets today 

by clicking on the city of your choice.  

Take a look at the trailer HERE!

CALIFORNIA:

  Sundance Kabuki, San Francisco

  Bluelight Cinemas, Cupertino

AMC Atlantic Times Sq, Monterey Park

  South Coast Village, Santa Ana 

  AMC Mission Valley, San Diego

HAWAII: Cons Pearlridge West, Aiea

ILLINOIS: 

  AMC Barrington, South Barrington

MARYLAND/DC: AMC Rio, Gaithersburg

MASSACHUSETTS: AMC Boston Common, Boston

NEW YORK:

  AMC Village 7, New York, NY

  Main Street Cinemas, Flushing

  Soundview Cinemas, Port Washington

TEXAS: AMC Studio, Houston

WASHINGTON

 AMC Alderwood, Lynnwood

 Sundance Cinemas Seattle, Seattle

 AMC Pacific Place, Seattle

For other cities click here: http://www.tugg.com/titles/linsanity


Update: October 8, 2013

As "Linsanity" the documentary screens in the U.S., Jeremy Lin was met by fans as he arrived yesterday to the Philippines for a Houston Rockets preseason game. Fans greeted Jeremy as he was on board a bus at the Ninoy Aquino international Airport, south of Manila. Photo credit: Jeremy Lin's Facebook page.

October 6, 2013

Go see "Linsanity" the documentary about Jeremy Lin! Bring your friends and family. Show Hollywood that a film about...

In the Locker Room with Jeremy Lin

Posted by AC Team on Sunday, 11 March 2012

In the Locker Room with Jeremy Lin

Madison Square Garden, New York City

By Suzanne Joe Kai

March 11, 2012 

JEREMY LIN IN THE LOCKER ROOM - PHOTO BY SUZANNE JOE KAI

 

I spent the day today watching a Knicks game. This time it wasn't on a television screen from California but up close, live and in person at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

I was on the court, literally, at today's pre-game practice, behind the scenes embedded with veteran sports reporters, at the pre and post game press conference with the coach, and yes - in the locker room with Jeremy Lin. 

Stay tuned soon for our feature on Jeremy Lin, Mr. Linsanity himself. Meanwhile, we have posted a few photographs from today.

The greatest thing about Linsanity is that Jeremy Lin can win, he can lose, but he has already achieved the near impossible.

In just a few short weeks, he's turned a country on its head and made it examine how Asian Americans are viewed in the mainstream.

As we watched him in person today, we saw a very talented 23 year old basketball player with a great career ahead of him.

We also thought of the historical milestone he has already achieved - for all of us.

Video screenshots are below. 

Related:

"How Linsanity hits home" by author, journalist, broadcaster and former senior editor of Rolling Stone Magazine Ben Fong-Torres. 

Author, former Wall Street Journal writer, and historian William Wong writes about Linsanity in this five-part series:

Linsanity 5: Confirming stereotypes? by William...

Linsanity: the Movie - A commentary by senior sports editor Alex Leichenger

Posted by AC Team on Thursday, 17 October 2013

Linsanity: the Movie - A commentary by senior sports editor Alex Leichenger

October 17, 2013

Linsanity: The Movie is in limited release in theaters. Movie reviewers and sports writers are weighing in on the documentary. 

Alex Leichenger, senior sports editor for Student Life, the newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis reflects on the documentary and Jeremy Lin today.

Leichenger was a freshman in college when Lin made his phenomenal break-out as a New York Knicks point guard in early 2012. 

For the full story click here.

Jeremy Lin signs endorsement deal with Volvo

Posted by AC Team on Monday, 19 March 2012

Jeremy Lin signs endorsement deal with Volvo

March 19, 2012

Automaker Volvo announced today it has signed a brand endorsement deal with New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin.

Lin will reportedly become Volvo's brand ambassador for the next two years, with focus in the U.S., China and Chinese-language markets in Asia.

"You may not immediately see the conneciton between me and Volvo, but both of us are striving to be better and smarter at what we do, and to do it our own way," Lin said at a news conference today.

"I hope that my efforts will inspire more young people to follow their ambitions in sports and education, just like Volvo Car Corp. is designing cars around epople's ambitions in life."

For the full story click here.

Related:

Jeremy Lin signs endorsement deal with Volvo

"In the locker room with Jeremy Lin" by Suzanne Joe Kai

"How Linsanity hits home" by author, journalist, broadcaster and former senior editor of Rolling Stone Magazine Ben Fong-Torres. 

Author, former Wall Street Journal writer, and historian William Wong writes about Linsanity in this five-part series:

Linsanity 5: Confirming stereotypes? by William Wong  Linsanity 4 Can't escape race no matter what by William Wong Linsanity 3: Will fame (‘friend’ of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, et. al.) ruin Jeremy Lin? by William Wong Linsanity 2: Redefining American by William Wong Linsanity 1: Am I Linsane? You Betcha! by William Wong

Guidelines on reporting on Jeremy Lin issued by the Asian American Journalists Association

Jeremy...

Controversy - Mirai Nagusu is denied spot on US Olympic Skating Team

Posted by AC Team on Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Controversy - Mirai Nagusu is denied spot on US Olympic Skating Team

January 13, 2014

Gabrielle Bluestoneon GAWKER.com - AP Photo

The top three finishers at the national figure skating championships have always been, barring injury, the skaters named to the US Olympic team. But not this year.

Mirai Nagasu, a 20-year-old skater who finished fourth at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, took third place at the nationals competition this weekend. The only top finisher with Olympic experience, she was also the only figure skater not to fall or make a major error.

But when the American women's team was announced Sunday, 22-year-old Ashley Wagner, who placed fourth, took the third Olympic spot. Nagasu was named as an alternate.

The switch seems unprecedented - click here to the story by Gabrielle Bluestone on GAWKER.com