Georgia shootings: Lulu Wang and Mindy Kaling lead support for Asian American community

Shirley Chung, a Top Chef finalist and owner of Culver City's Ms. Chi Cafe, recalls an incident last year in which a group of diners made her staff sanitize their outdoor table — twice.

The Office actress Kat Ahn has criticised the show’s portrayal of Asian American women.Ahn starred in the hit sitcom as Amy in the season three episode ‘A Benihana Christmas’ and has since called the story arc “#problematic”.In the episode, Steve Carell’s character Michael Scott invites two Asian waitresses from a popular Japanese steakhouse (which he calls “Asian Hooters”) to the Dunder Mifflin Christmas party.Scott marks one of the two women with ink in order to tell them apart, and then turns

Meghan McCain is once again catching flack online.

Meghan McCain is once again catching flack online.

Ken Jeong has donated $50,000 (£36,500) to the families of victims of last week’s shootings in Atlanta. Eight people died during attacks at three massage parlours in the Georgia city on Tuesday (16 March), with a 21-year-old man being arrested.

Rupert Grint is opening up about his comments following JK Rowling‘s own comments towards the transgender community.

Daniel Dae Kim is urging communities to join together to stamp out bigotry.

Olivia Munn was a guest on Thursday’s edition of Gayle King’s SiriusXM program, “Gayle King in The House”, where she discussed the recent Atlanta shootings and the escalation in anti-Asian hate incidents.

Asian-American entertainers are speaking out in solidarity.

Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Joe Jonas, Mindy Kaling, LeBron James and more have taken to social media in the wake of such incidents and have provided resources for people who want to help.The celebrity attention is in response to a string of shootings involving three Atlanta-area spas, which took place on Tuesday, per .

Anti-Asian sentiment is a serious concern for Daniel Dae Kim.

Late-night TV hosts issued a plea to stop anti-Asian hate crimes on Wednesday night following the horrific shootings in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

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Olivia Munn says that Asian Americans are being targeted, responding to the Atlanta shooting where a white gunman killed eight people, six of whom were Asian American. The Love Wedding Repeat and The Newsroom actress spoke to MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace about the rise in anti-Asian violence amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Monsters at Work just added Mindy Kaling to the voice cast!

Topps is feeling the wrath of the BTS Army and Asian communities after releasing caricatures of the K-pop group members appearing bandaged and bruised.

Joe Jonas, Mindy Kaling, LeBron James and more have taken to social media in the wake of such incidents and have provided resources for people who want to help.The celebrity attention is in response to a string of shootings involving three Atlanta-area spas, which took place on Tuesday, per .