Ken Jeong to Host "See Us Unite for Change" Event Honoring Asian American Experience

Twitter yesterday (May 18).The #SGDQ2021 schedule is now live!Runners, you should be receiving an email by 8PM EDT tomorrow containing further time sensitive directions.

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.

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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.

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

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 will celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with See Us Unite for Change, an event hosted by Masked Singer judge and Tom and Jerry actor Ken Jeong.

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.

Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history.