Ken Jeong To Host MTV Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration ‘See Us Unite For Change’

A new study of film portrayals of Asian Pacific Islanders on the big screen makes it clear there’s a lot of room for improvement.

A new report from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that only 5.9% of the 51,159 speaking roles in the 1,300 top-grossing movies from 2007-2019 were played by Asian American and Pacific Island actors, and that only 3.4% of those films had an API lead or co-lead, with only six movies featuring an API woman in a leading or co-leading role.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, ET is showcasing some of the best, most entertaining and truly groundbreaking Korean dramas that you can screen right now.This moody crime saga follows the eponymous Vincenzo (Song Joong-ki), who was adopted by an Italian family at the age of eight and grew up in Italy, eventually becoming a consigliere for a mafia family. He is forced to flee to Seoul after the head of the family is killed and the new Don puts a hit out on Vincenzo.

Rob Riggle is joining The Masked Singer for the season 5 quarterfinals. The comedian and star sits down on the panel on Wednesday's big episode, and reunites with his former star, Ken Jeong.In ET's exclusive clip from the episode, Jeong is surprised by host Nick Cannon with a piece of fan mail sent in by an audience member.«Dear Ken, I am the world's biggest fan,» Jeong reads aloud from the fan letter.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterTo highlight its Asian American and Pacific Islander creators and talent during AAPI Heritage Month, Netflix is launching a hub on the service dedicated to AAPI content, as well as a national ad campaign.The company joins other streaming services in spotlighting its AAPI shows and movies — HBO Max and Hulu are just two other streamers that debuted a dedicated collection of content featuring Asian Americans on screen.Netflix’s Celebrate Asian American & Pacific

Daniel Dae Kim is doing his bit to stop anti-Asian hate.

UPDATE: See Us Unite For Change has expanded its roster of Asian American icons set to join the AAPI Heritage Month celebration with the addition of Daniel Dae Kim, Naomi Osaka, Lisa Ling, Jeremy Lin and Michelle Kwan.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — May, in the U.S. — there's no better time to reflect on the work you're doing to support Asian and Asian American communities, as well as to Stop Asian Hate.In the past year alone, there have been thousands of reports of anti-Asian hate, according to a release from Stop AAPI Hate, with racial violence and xenophobia exponentially fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic and racist messaging of the former president.

EXCLUSIVE: Ken Jeong is set to star in a half-hour dramedy about life failures that is in the works at Amazon with Daniel Dae Kim producing.

microsite for viewers and creators to submit minute-long videos sharing personal stories of pride, asking questions for the hosts to answer, and other content. Select responses will then be featured during the livestream.The second event is a live Minecraft competition that will stream on YouTube Gaming at a yet to be determined date.

Daniel Dae Kim is doing his part to give back to his community.

Nikki Glaser is set to host MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. The inaugural event will celebrate the shocking, outrageous and memorable moments from reality TV shows and is set to air on Monday, May 17 at 9 p.m.

Ken Jeong, a panelist on The Masked Singer, took on the role of host in Fox’s latest singing competition game show I Can See Your Voice.

Jeanie Jew, Grace Lee Boggs, Yuji Ichioka and George Takei are some of the names we learn more about each May.

MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted has a host in Nikki Glaser.

Ken Jeong is set to host a television and streaming event called "See Us Unite for Change," which will celebrate the Asian-American experience during AAPI Heritage Month and in the wake of violence affecting the community. The event, which will air on Friday, May 21 at 5 p.m.

Haley Bosselman editorKen Jeong will host the special “See Us Unite for Change,” an effort to address the rising tide of hate crimes against Asian Americans that will air May 21 across ViacomCBS channels and on Facebook Watch.The special, which coincides with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios in partnership with Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation.“This event comes at an important time for our AAPI community, as we unite with our

Padma Lakshmi, the Queer Eye hosts, Stephen Colbert and Demi Lovato are just of the few of the top tiers names joining Deadline’s Contenders Television Documentary + Unscripted event on May 1.

Leslie Jones is bringing her enthusiasm for film and TV to MTV as the host of the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The comedian is set to emcee the awards show, which is set to return live from Los Angeles next month after last year's edition of the show was replaced by a best-of special due to the coronavirus pandemic.