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» Musician Dawen A-Profiled |
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Feb 08, 2010 - 9:44 AM - by aarisings
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 This issue of the A-Profiler, Ray Lam interviews musician and songwriter Dawen. Find out what he is most passionate about with respect to his music, who some of his influences have been, and what he thinks is the biggest misconception of being a music artist.
A-Profiler is a regular series profiling up-and-coming and established artists in an informal questions-and-answers format. If you would like to find out about past profiles or would like to be profiled, visit http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/ for more information.
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» Author Jon Yang A-Profiled |
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Jan 22, 2010 - 12:04 PM - by aarisings
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 This issue of the A-Profiler, Ray Lam interviews author Jon Yang. Yang is the author of the book Exclusively Chloe. Find out more about who some of his favorite Asian American authors are, what his ideas for a "BFF" shoe are, and why he is known for for being vehemently anti-dim sum.
A-Profiler is a regular series profiling up-and-coming and established artists in an informal questions-and-answers format. If you would like to find out about past profiles or would like to be profiled, visit http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/ for more information.
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» Now Screening: "If Nothing Happened" - PaperDoll |
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Jan 21, 2010 - 3:17 PM - by aarisings
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 Now in The Screening Room, PaperDoll's music video "If Nothing Happened" off their debut album BALLAD NERD POP. Directed by Court Dunn Restless Films.
If you have a have an Asian Pacific American project that is housed on Google Video, You Tube, or some other video service and are looking for more exposure for yourself or your project let us know about it and we will review your video for possible future feature. We'll be changing the video every few weeks.
http://www.aarising.com/screening/
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» Actor Zero Kazama A-Profiled |
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Jan 04, 2010 - 12:10 PM - by aarisings
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 This issue of the A-Profiler, Nelson Wong interviews actor and host of MTV's Silent Library, Zero Kazama. Find out how he got started, what barriers he sees out there, and what advice he has for those interested in acting.
A-Profiler is a regular series profiling up-and-coming and established artists in an informal questions-and-answers format. If you would like to find out about past profiles or would like to be profiled, visit http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/ for more information.
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» In Relation to Banana |
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Jan 02, 2010 - 11:50 PM - by KenChoy
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In the midst of writing a romantic comedy screenplay while lying in bed, my mind caught onto a hook for the main love interest who’s suspicious of the other lead character’s ability to write his family story. Both of the characters are Asian, but the writer is called out for being white-washed that inhibits his relation to being Asian (yes, they are both male). He is accused for “doing it for the Man” and “seeking his approval.” It brought me (while I had a change of venue to the restroom [why is it that those are the best locales to write?] to think about some of the sentiments that were enunciated at Banana, a conference of API bloggers back in November.
Let me first state that any time APIs convene, any time APIs voice themselves, any time APIs rally together and attempt to... [Read More]
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» At the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Soiree |
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Dec 27, 2009 - 9:08 AM - by KenChoy
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Tonight I learned that Brook Lee is more beautiful in person than she is on TV. And more stunning now than she was in 1997 when she took the Miss Universe crown. I’m thrilled that she came out to support her API community at the CAPE Soiree with her husband and little boy. I actually couldn’t tell if there were two children because I’d see little people whizz by me throughout the night. Equally as gorgeous was Mark Dacascos. I’m partial to my Kanaka Maolis and Kamaainas. He’s two years older than me but looks at least 10 years younger. I didn’t see Soiree host ... [Read More]
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» Props and Daggers #3: Cold Tofu and Room to Improv |
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Dec 13, 2009 - 12:05 AM - by KenChoy
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Don't call me a hypochondriac when I tell you that I suffer from Verbal Apraxia. The summer after I started competing on the speech team in high school, I returned with a marked occasional stutter and a slowness in finding the words I wanted. I thought it was always that my brain worked faster than my mouth, but I realized that even when I was thinking about talking, I would mix the order of the words, and I would have to exert enormous concentration to make a cohesive sentence. This caused no problem with having a big mouth however even though, especially when I got emotional, I would sound somewhat illiterate.
At a recent experience at Banana, a conference of API bloggers, the panel was accosted by an audience member who chose to act as the aggressor and accuse all APIs of not admitting their privilege above other... [Read More]
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» Suite Surrender: BoardWalk Inn and the Coronado Springs Resort (Walt Disney World) |
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Dec 12, 2009 - 11:07 PM - by aarisings
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 Kevin Wing's column, showcasing America’s best hotels and resorts, is written exclusively for AArisings by Kevin Wing, a two-time Emmy Award-winning San Francisco Bay Area television journalist who is with NBC Bay Area/KNTV. Kevin also authors another AArisings column, Beach Trip, which highlights the best-loved beaches in the country. Kevin's new show, Catch a Wave, debuts in 2010. He is also writing a children’s book, of which he hopes will be published in late 2010. In this edition of Suite Surrender, Kevin returns to Florida to showcase two of Walt Disney World's resort hotels, the BoardWalk Inn and the Coronado Springs Resort.
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