Showing 1 - 15 of 166 articles tagged "Asian Americans and TV"

• Posted Friday 7/09/21 at 12:32AM EDT

  Lou Diamond Phillips: Prodigal Son marked the first time I asked to have my character changed to Filipino American

  Phillips, whose mother is Filipino and father is Scots-Irish and Cherokee, is best known for playing Mexican American and Native...

• Posted Tuesday 6/29/21 at 8:16PM EDT

  An ethnic studies professor wonders why it took so long for James Corden's "Spill Your Guts" segment to be seen as racist

  The Late Late Show has been doing its “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts” segment since 2016.

• Posted Tuesday 6/29/21 at 10:03AM EDT

  Woman who started a petition for James Corden to end The Late Show's "Spill Your Guts" segment says she's been getting death threats

  Kim Saira, whose petition called out The Late Late Show segment's cultural insensitivity, tells TMZ that while she's received a...

• Posted Monday 6/28/21 at 6:27PM EDT

  Petition starter isn't satsfied with James Corden's response to "Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts" controversy

  Kim Saira, a Filipina Chinese social-media influencer whose Change.

• Posted Sunday 6/27/21 at 7:06PM EDT

  James Corden to change his "Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts" segment after accusations it mocked Asian dishes

  Corden has responded to the recent outcry that the comedy big that has been a Late Late Show staple since...

• Posted Sunday 6/27/21 at 7:06PM EDT

  Margaret Cho forgives Jay Leno after he apologized for his anti-Asian Tonight Show jokes

  Cho, who will soon be appearing on CNBC's Jay Leno's Garage, tells EW of Leno's apology in March amid the...

• Posted Thursday 6/10/21 at 1:10PM EDT

  Another Vincent Chin limited series is in the works -- this one will have his estate's support

  Last month, Amazon Studios revealed plans to turn the story of Chinese American Vincent Chin, who was brutally beaten to...

• Posted Monday 6/07/21 at 2:49PM EDT

  John Oliver devotes 27 minutes to the history of Asian Americans while debunking the "model minority" myth

  On Sunday, The Last Week Tonight host presented what he called a “long-overdue, better-informed conversation,” and a “smarter, more nuanced”...

• Posted Wednesday 6/02/21 at 7:42PM EDT

  Simu Liu expresses frustration with Kim's Convenience's "overwhelmingly white" producers after abrupt cancelation

  With Kim's Convenience's fifth and final season dropping on Netflix today, Liu wrote a lengthy Facebook post describing how the...

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  Posted Thursday 5/27/21 at 8:30PM EDT

  Jo Koy is set to star in ABC Filipino American sitcom Josep from Fresh Off the Boat vets

  Koy, who has made his Filipino American background a big part of his Netflix standup specials, will play a hardworking...

• Posted Thursday 5/27/21 at 8:30PM EDT

  Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Sutton Stracke apologizes to co-star Crystal Kung Minkoff after a heated argument over racial stereotypes

  During Wednesday's episode, Minkoff, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' first Asian American cast member, discussed her experiences with racial stereotyping,...

• Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT

  Shadow and Bone is groundbreaking in its diversity of Asian characters

  The Netflix fantasy series "has four prominent Asian characters in its ensemble, and all of them are breaking up the...

• Posted Wednesday 5/05/21 at 11:34PM EDT

  Russian Doll's Greta Lee will star in a TV adaptation of the bestselling book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

  Lee will also write and executive produce the adaptation of Cathy Park Hong's 2020 bestselling book, described as part memoir,...

• Posted Tuesday 5/04/21 at 6:35PM EDT

  Vincent Chin murder case to become an Amazon limited series

  In wake of recent wave of anti-Asian hate crimes, Amazon has put into development a limited series telling the story...

• Posted Thursday 4/29/21 at 2:22PM EDT

  Ken Jeong to help combat Asian-American hate crimes with See Us Unite for Change on ViacomCBS channels

  The May 21 special produced by MTV Entertainment Studios in partnership with Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation will air across...