How Theater Community Mobilized to Stop Asian Hate

Game of Thrones alumna Lena Headey is returning to HBO with a lead role opposite Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux and Domhnall Gleeson in The White House Plumbers, HBO’s five-part limited series, which revisits one of the biggest political scandals in American history, Watergate. The project hails from Veep executive producers Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, David Mandel and Frank Rich, and Ruben Fleischer and David Bernad’s The District. The limited series is a co-production between HBO and wiip.

Michael Stipe has criticised the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, over his failure to not suspend the account of former US President Donald Trump sooner.Speaking to The Guardian, the former R.E.M.

Hollywood is slowly catching up with its increasingly diverse audience. But it still has a long way to go before those who create films and TV shows match the ethnic and gender makeup of those who watch them.

Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho recently opened up about Asian hate and called on his fellow filmmakers to speak out and use their medium to respond to the racism and hate directed towards Asian and Black communities. “I’m far away in Korea and I have to see everything in the news from an outsider’s perspective, but as someone who is a part of mankind, as a person, it’s quite fearful to watch the hate crimes against Asian-Americans and the BLM movement,” Bong shared during a virtual masterclass

DMX‘s manager has released a video confirming that the rapper is still on life support after false reports of DMX’s death spread on social media on the night of Thursday, April 8 (US time).The 50-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, is currently in the intensive care unit of White Plains Hospital in New York, where he was admitted on Friday (April 2) after going into cardiac arrest.In the video uploaded to Instagram, DMX’s manager Steve Rifkind confirmed the rapper is still alive

The Beatles, or legendary lyrical duo OutKast — it’s a “So Fresh, So Clean” sweep for the rhymers from Atlanta. With Twitter as the digital battlefield, cyber-soldiers of the OutKast army beat back troops in the Beatles brigade with hard-hitting arguments supporting their stance that the “ATLiens” are the greatest group of all time. The drums of better band war were sounded by a now-viral retweet from OutKast’s official Twitter account which read: “When society admits OutKast is better than The

In the light of rising incidents of violence against Asian Americans, several citizens took to the streets to march for a Stop Asian Hate rally. While several celebrities have also shown support online, Rihanna joined the rally in a rather unrecognisable look as she protested against Asian Hate.

Rihanna has stood in solidarity with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community after attending a Stop Asian Hate rally in New York City over the weekend.The singer attended the rally on Easter Sunday (April 4), with her assistant Tina Truong sharing pictures of the two of them attending the protest on Instagram.Remaining low-key, Rihanna was decked out in a black sunglasses, face mask and a casual black baseball cap for the event.Footage from the rally showed the singer dancing in

As a sea of protests continue to engulf the US, the latest celebrity to come out in solidarity was none other than Rihanna. The pop icon joined a bunch of protestors in New York City who were protesting Asian hate.

Tencent, has reportedly earned US$10billion in 2020.The news was first reported exclusively by Reuters, which obtained the information from two anonymous sources “with direct knowledge of the matter”. This now reportedly makes TiMi “the world’s largest developer” according to Reuters’ sources.The $10billion generated by TiMi stems from its two biggest games, Call Of Duty Mobile in collaboration with Activision Blizzard, and Honor Of Kings.

BTS is speaking out against the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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

Ellise Shafer administratorSouth Korean pop group BTS has posted a letter expressing its support for the Stop Asian Hate movement that has arisen as a result of increased frequency in instances of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.“We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones,” reads the statement, which was published both in Korean and English. “We feel grief and anger.

debuting a new nameplate earring on her left ear in honor of little Khai. The half-Jordanian, half-Dutch American has also been rocking a $68 The Sis Kiss gold chain-link necklace spelling out her precious princess' name.

Bowen Yang used Saturday Night Live to demand people do more in combating the rising anti-Asian violence and rhetoric in America. Since the pandemic began more than a year ago, Asian Americans have been targeted for harassment and attacks.

CAA has assembled a packed lineup of Asian American influencers and leaders to discuss the wave of anti-Asian violence and hate that continues to sweep the country. The 90-minute CAA Amplify Town Hall will take place online April 1 at 10 a.m.