[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrO87ItXoNg[/youtube]A free showing of the classic film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” in Sacramento has been canceled after it was pointed out to organizers that Mickey Rooney’s yellow-face Mr. Yunioshi scenes are offensive to many Asian Americans. Read the rest of this entry »

Turner Classic Movies is going to show a month-long series of movies examining images of Asians in June. It’s a extension of the network’s look at African American images and gay images it has aired during the past two years Read the rest of this entry »

Angry Asian Man points out that Mia, Lucy Liu’s character on Cashmere Mafia, is involved romantically with an Asian American man and are even shown kissing on the show!
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The search is on to find the actor to play the lead in a movie based on the old TV series, Kung Fu. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s a petition started that demands an apology for a derogatory remark about the Philippines made in last week’s episode of Desperate Housewives. Read the rest of this entry »

Miyoshi Umeki, one of the stars of the all-Asian American cast of Flower Drum Song and Oscar winner for Sayonara, died last week. She was 78.

She was the first Asian to win an Oscar, and she did it back in 1957! What are the chances of an Asian or Asian American winning an acting Oscar today? Umeki really was a pioneer.

The only movie of hers I’ve seen is Flower Drum Song, and I only saw it this year, so my appreciation for her is new.

Rest in peace

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New The View host Whoopi Goldberg took the plunge into ethnic stereotyping by comparing football star Michael Vick’s cultural upbringing with dog fighting to the Chinese and eating cats. Read the rest of this entry »