Asian American Entertainment Now
by Genessee Kagy
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• San Fransicco International Asian American Film Festival
• Asian Americans on Primetime
• AA Celebrity Blogs
• Asian Excellence Awards
• Asian Pop Music Scene
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AA Celebs Use Blogs Keep Fans Close
logs have democratized free expression, channeling a flow of new literary voices and marginalized opinion. Whether past the summit or barely at basecamp, actor or author, blogs give great publicity to burgeoning artists. It's a problem when an Asian American screen presence can be defined as "the Asian dude from American Pie," (John Cho). More appealing than making tabloid headlines, online journals allow for cost-effective distinction and reputation preservation, while giving normal folk glimpses into a glamorous life.
Established actors like Daniel Dae Kim, Kal Penn and Kelly Hu don't bother, while headliners like Margaret Cho on the other hand, enthusiastically chronicle such personal milestones as getting new ass, hip and thigh tattoos. But kooky as it sounds, Cho might be on to something: intimate familiarity leads to stronger support. Just take the case of Apollo Ohno. His relationship with Dancing with the Stars partner Julianne Hough swayed some in their favor.
That's not to say that there's a typical disclosure style when it comes to connecting with the fans. Militant Azn prider Jin, writes about his tours, mingling shaky stick figures and thug-style photographs with minimal text. Funny, apt, and G-rated, his observations preserve his bad-boy-with-a-heart-of-gold style and wicked social observation outside the realm of his typical race-dominated dialogue. In Shanghai, a city of over 20 million Chinese people his political complaints are void. And his entries flow like those of a typical twenty-something blogger with a sense of humor.
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Maggie Q strikes a fierce one at the New York Die Hard 4 premiere.
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