In the 16 years since she was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award in 2007 for director Clint Eastwood’s “Letters From Iwo Jima,” Iris Yamashita continued to write while constantly facing the frustrating reality of her profession, getting her screenplays made into films. But instead of falling down the rabbit hole into the […]
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Oscar-nominated screenwriter Iris Yamashita finds new wonder in a different medium
February 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
‘Everything Everywhere’ tops Oscar nominations with 11
February 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led nominations to the 95th Academy Awards as Hollywood heaped honors on big-screen spectacles like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” a year after a streaming service won best picture for the first time. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s […]
Breakthrough: Stephanie Hsu, now everywhere
January 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Dressed as Elvis and nonchalantly walking a pig on a leash, Stephanie Hsu made a memorable big screen impression last year. Hsu actually had two roles in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” playing both a sullen teen and an intergalactic supervillain for a film that can best be called a fantastical science […]
Yeoh, Quan win Golden Globes
January 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The Golden Globes returned to the air Jan. 10 with a red carpet flush with celebrities, comedian Jerrod Carmichael as a hesitant emcee and top awards for Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” and Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” as the beleaguered award show sought to rekindle its pre-pandemic and pre-scandal glamour. On a soggy night […]
BTS member Jin begins military duty at front-line boot camp
January 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment
YEONCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began his 18 months of mandatory military service at a front-line South Korean boot camp Dec. 13 as fans gathered near the base to say goodbye to their star. Six other younger BTS members are to join the military in coming years […]
Drawing The True Tokyo Rose: Iva Toguri, an American
January 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
TOKYO ROSE — ZERO HOUR By Andre Frattino and illustrated by Kate Kasenow. (North Clarendon, Vt., Tuttle Publishing, 2022, 128 pp., $16.99, hardcover) “Tokyo Rose — Zero Hour” is a graphic novel about Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was trapped in Japan during World War II. Pressured to give up her U.S. citizenship, […]
A feast for JA foodies
January 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
TABEMASHO! LET’S EAT! By Gil Asakawa (Albany, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 2022, 216 pp., $18.95, hardcover) On the surface, “Tabemasho! Let’s Eat!” is a book on the history of Japanese food in America. But really, Gil Asakawa has written a book that is part history book, memoir and column all rolled in one. Full of […]
150 years of documenting JA history
January 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Poet and author Maya Angelou is said to have said, “You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where you have been.” These words ring true in “Paper Chase,” a documentary film that takes us on a 150-year journey of where Japanese Americans have been through the lens of the community newspapers that […]
Who are we?
January 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
WE ARE HERE: 30 INSPIRING ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO HAVE SHAPED THE UNITED STATES By Naomi Hirahara, illustrated by Illianette Ferandez (New York: Running Press Kids, 2022, 128 pp., $17.99, hardcover) People from Asia and the Pacific arrive on these shores and imagine their lineage still linked to their country of origin. They […]
How and why to cook with a wok
January 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
THE WOK, RECIPES AND TECHNIQUES By J. Kenji López-Alt (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, 666 pp., $49.50, hardcover) If you have a more-than-casual interest in cooking, or look for recipes with search engine phrases that begin with “the best recipe for,” or “the best way to,” chances are, you have come across […]
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