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“The way to win the bee is simply 90 percent hard work, 10 percent other.” That recipe for spelling bee success is from Akash Vukoti, who at age 6 was[…]
In a short film from Capital K Pictures, Sunayana Dumala shares the story of hate and murder that took her husband Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s life last year on February 22, 2017,[…]
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I sometimes wish I could go back in time and be my own guardian angel. I would reach down into that dark place of the Model Minority Myth and pull[…]
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This year’s CAAMFest in San Francisco and Oakland — the Center for Asian American Media’s celebration of film, music and food — boasts an incredible lineup of Asian American and[…]
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Viewers of last night’s episode of The Simpsons noticed that the show’s writers responded to critics of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, including one critic who made a film about Apu. Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s[…]
One particular group of Americans has been dominating the Scripps National Spelling Bee, comprising 18 of the last 22 national winners, winning every year since 2008, and co-championing (due to[…]
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Saw Black Panther, crushed intensely on Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira, generally lusted after the jewelry worn by various characters, and had some thoughts. There may be spoilers below so[…]
Hindi film Pad Man is based on the true story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, an Indian man credited with assembling a low cost sanitary pad manufacturing machine. It’s also Akshay Kumar’s fourth[…]
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Basmati Blues starring Brie Larson, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Donald Sutherland premiered on February 9 through video on demand and limited theatrical release in the United States. The musical film was[…]
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This year marks the fifth anniversary of Ada Tseng’s interview series Haikus with Hotties, which celebrates the hotness of Asian men, and has been accompanied by a calendar since 2016.[…]
Bollywood & Beyond: 3rd i’s 16th annual festival brings you some of the best cinema from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Canada, Australia, and the USA.
