‘Parasite’ Makes Oscar History
By DIANA CHENGAAP Film & Arts Writer The Bong Joon Ho directed, genre-bending South-Korean feature ‘Parasite’ makes history today as the 92nd Academy Awards announced its nominees in the early[…]
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Awkwafina and Bong Joon Ho Make Golden Globe History
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer The 77th Golden Globe Awards took place at the Beverly Hilton on January 5th, kicking off the film awards momentum of the new[…]
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Council of Korean Americans denounces Jay Leno comments
Washington, D.C. (Dec.16, 2019) — The Council of Korean Americans (CKA) denounces former Tonight Show host Jay Leno for his derogatory jokes about Koreans eating dog meat during an August 2019[…]
‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Guthrie
By KIM HWANGAAP theater review MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 27, 2019) — “A Christmas Carol” opened is running through Dec. 29 at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Directed by Lauren Keating, the[…]
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Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’ is poised to be noticed at Awards Season
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer At the Gotham Awards on December 2 in New York City, the multi-talented Chinese-American rapper, comedian, and actor Awkwafina just wins the Best[…]
The Karen Lyu Experience
‘Autumn Leaves’ single released ahead of new album Karen Lyu, a Korean American jazz vocalist, has released the single, “Autumn Leaves” ahead of the “The Karen Lyu Jazz Experience” CD[…]
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Gregg Araki among FilmNorth honorees
St. Paul, Minn. (October 10, 2019) — FilmNorth, the Minneapolis-St. Paul based nonprofit organization empowering media artists in The North to tell their stories and build successful careers, announced Thursday[…]
‘To the Ends of the Earth’ is a window to a distant land
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer “To the Ends of the Earth” is Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s newest feature, a U.S. premiere at the 57th New York Film Festival (NYFF) in[…]
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Monkeybear, Saymoukda Vongsay, Kao Kalia Yang among Ordway’s Sally Award recipients
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Oct. 1, 2019) — The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday announced the recipients of the 27th annual Sally Awards. The prestigious award recognizes individuals and organizations[…]
‘Hala’ is a portrait of a teenager caught between two cultures
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer Chicago born writer-director Minhal Baig’s character study of an immigrant teenager named Hala is an intimate coming-of-age story of a girl struggling to[…]
