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We were nominated for best new title in 2004 and best design in 2007. Read more…
Jake Shimabukuro's career took off after a YouTube video of him went viral.
Shimabukuro been called the Hendrix of Ukulele (or for you 80s heavy metal fans, the  Yngwie of Ukulele, as former Hyphen Music Editor Todd Inoue described him). I sawShimabukuro play at Yoshi’s San Francisco on Monday night, and along with his mad ukulele skills, he had an engaging stage presence when telling the little back-stories to each song before performing it. Read more…
Flash Forward star John Cho says that a script for the third Harold and Kumar has been written and that it will be a holiday-themed movie that takes place a few years after the last film. The new Star Trek script is being written, Cho says, but he doesn’t know what the story is about. I can’t wait to see both of them.
Deborah Gibson and Vic Chao make out in 'Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.'
“Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus“: the title alone should have kept me away, but flipping through the channels to SyFy, my curiosity was piqued when I saw that it starred 80s teen sensation Debbie Gibson (who’s all grown up and goes by Deborah now). I started watching and lo and behold, before I knew it, her character and a fellow scientist played by Vic Chao were making eyes for each other and heading to the closet for some, shall we say, intense research. Read more…
That red-faced glow many Asians get when they have a few too many drinks is the result of a genetic mutation that research suggests occurred about the same time farmers began growing rice in China … about 10,000 years ago. Read more…
Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang of Disgrasian.com in an outtake from the cover shoot for Hyphen magazine's Trailblazing Issue. (Photo by Derek Liu)
Hyphen just published its Trailblazing Issue, with Disgrasian bloggers Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang on the cover. Read all about it on the Hyphen blog and my editor’s note from the magazine.
The legal saga of the Miley Cyrus chinky-eyed photo is coming to an end. A judge has tossed alawsuit filed against Cyrus for posing in the image that’s been all over the Internet. Read more…
Fox commentator Bo Dietl goes all-out on Don Imus’ show the other day, even pulling his eyes back to make the point that Katie Couric looks “Oriental.” Read more…
For those in urban centers who are insulated from the immigration debate, 9500 Liberty offers revealing view of the contentious battle going on elsewhere in the country. The documentary film, produced by Eric Byler and Annabel Park, chronicles what happened in Prince William County, VA, after a law was passed in 2007 requiring police officers to question anyone they believed had “probable cause” to be an undocumented immigrant. Read more…
I'm a journalist by trade, working now as a writer, editor and social media manager for the University of California Office of the President. I worked in newspapers for more than 15 years.
Great news: Hyphen is up for a 2010Â Utne Independent Press Award in the social/cultural coverage category.
