History in the making! Steven Yeun is earning plenty of praise for his role in Lee Isaac Chung‘s Minari — but he’s not a Hollywood newcomer.
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As the nominations were announced for the 93rd Academy Awards, actors like Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed made history. 9 actors of colour received an Oscar nomination on Monday, this was certainly a big milestone for the Academy after its years of attempts to diversify the Award ceremony.
The year 2015 and 2016 saw the presence of all-white nominees, and fortunately, this year saw Yeun who became the first Asian American to be awarded an Oscar nomination for his acting in the film Minari. Meanwhile,
.History in the making! Steven Yeun is earning plenty of praise for his role in Lee Isaac Chung‘s Minari — but he’s not a Hollywood newcomer.
Steven Yeun has landed an exciting role!
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.
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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.
Full Metal Jacket brought us the phrases “me love you long time,” “me so horny,” and “me sucky sucky,” which are still used to objectify and harass Asian women today. I was a sophomore in high school when Memoirs of a Geisha was released, and men saw it as a license to cast any Asian woman in their own geisha fantasies.
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 .
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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.
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 .
Lulu Wang, Olivia Munn, Mindy Kaling and Daniel Dae Kim are among the celebrities who have spoken out in support of the Asian American community following shootings in Atlanta. Eight people were killed in shootings at a number of Georgia massage parlours on Tuesday (16 March), a majority of them women of Asian descent.
The movie is directed by Manjari Makijany, an Indian writer-director based in Los Angeles. She has also worked on Desert Dolphin, India’s first skateboarding feature, which will be released globally on Netflix in 2021. Vandana is seen here celebrating Diwali with her co-actors from Spin.
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A pair of actors received historic best actor Oscar nominations on Monday.Riz Ahmed, nominated for his role in The Sound of Metal, became the first Muslim actor nominated in the category, whileMinari's Steven Yeun became the first Asian American actor to receive a best actor nomination. The nomination of Ahmed, the British Pakistani rapper and actor, follows two wins by Mahershala Ali in the supporting actor category for Moonlight (2016) and Greenbook (2018).
Best Actor predictions included Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father and Tahar Rahim The Mauritanian for Best Actor; and Judas and the Black Messiah's Daniel Kaluuya, and Sacha Baron Cohen for The Trial of the Chicago 7 for supporting actor. Meanwhile, Best Actress nominees include Mank's Amanda Seyfried, Pieces of a Woman's Vanessa Kirby, Nomadland's Frances McDormand, The Father's Olivia Colman, and Andra Day for The United States vs.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterNine actors of color earned Academy Award nominations on Monday, setting an Oscar record for diversity in those categories.
Steven Yeun just made Oscars history, becoming the first Asian American ever nominated for Best Actor. The recognition comes for his acclaimed performance in the film,, which picked up several nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards.Although the actor is the first Asian American to be nominated in the category, he’s also only the fourth man of East or South Asian descent to ever be recognized in the Academy Awards’ 93-year history.