Asian girls react to Mo’Nique’s legs

ellie | March 11th, 2010 - 11:27 am
Asian girls react to Mo’Nique’s legs

She may have just won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in a film, but that doesn’t mean her newfound A-list fame makes her want to become less hairy. Jimmy Kimmel sent a camera crew out to capture peoples’ reactions to Mo’Nique at the Oscars and then a close up on her legs.
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Justin Beiber’s a poser

ellie | March 10th, 2010 - 11:30 am
Justin Beiber’s a poser

Not a lot of skits make me chuckle in amusement, but comedian/actor Aziz Ansari has managed to do just that for me. His new laugh out loud skit on Funny or Die has made me scared of Justin Beiber and I swear if I see “The Beib” anywhere near me, I’m calling the cops. 
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Yo Yo Ma’s ancestor was who? Yamaguchi’s related to whom?

ellie | March 6th, 2010 - 2:49 pm
Yo Yo Ma’s ancestor was who? Yamaguchi’s related to whom?

PBS’s new series, “Faces of America,” finds the answers to the questions that have us wondering what made America and what makes us, us? Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard scholar “turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans,” including figure-skater Kristi Yamaguchi and musician ...

AA: “Dancing with the Stars” Contestants

ellie | March 4th, 2010 - 11:50 am
AA: “Dancing with the Stars” Contestants

ABC’s hit show, “Dancing with the stars,” is coming back with another season! The cast this season are a packed group, including half-Filipino singer, Nicole Scherzinger and Kate Gosselin whose 8 children are all a quarter-Korean.
Other contestants include: Shannen Doherty, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek, soap star Aiden Turner, NFL star ...

They Got the Munchies

ellie | March 3rd, 2010 - 1:41 pm
They Got the Munchies

VBS.TV interviewed restaurant owners of LA hotspot, Animal for a special “food tour” episode where the two chefs take some of their Hollywood buddies, including actor/comedian Aziz Ansari, on a fattening binge eating food fest around LA. Their first stop was at Korean BBQ restaurant called Goolim. Korean is most famous for their spicy cabbage ...

American Idol Update: Park & Garcia

ellie | March 2nd, 2010 - 8:00 pm
American Idol Update: Park & Garcia

Korean-American John Park went second in tonight’s episode and before his performance, AI asked the singer to reveal something about him that viewers would never expect. It turns out that though Park was born in America, his first language was Korean. He moved to the motherland at a young age and moved back to Illinois ...

Slow & steady Joeidi: The Amazing Race 16×3 Recap

happyhatts | March 1st, 2010 - 5:57 pm
Slow & steady Joeidi: The Amazing Race 16×3 Recap

They may be slow n’ steady, but can Joe and Heidi Wang win the race? A boring maybe.
Don’t get me wrong, I am super-psyched to see a normal, well-t0-do, loving Asian couple compete with oodles of  kindness and intelligence, but would it kill them to be a little more exciting?! 3 episodes have aired and ...

American Idol Update: Who went home & was John Park safe?

ellie | February 25th, 2010 - 8:03 pm
American Idol Update: Who went home & was John Park safe?

Let’s start with the females. Unfortunately, we have no Asian Americans females in the top 12 but oh well! Let’s take a look at the two ladies that were sent home tonight:
Ashley Rodriguez did a mediocre version of Leonia Lewis’s “Happy” yesterday and the judges weren’t impressed. If you’re going to cover Leonia, you got to have ...

The Japanese Susan Boyle!?

ellie | February 25th, 2010 - 11:30 am
The Japanese Susan Boyle!?

Oh, Samsan Boyle, you got nothing on the adorable Susan Boyle! I have not a clue what they’re saying but the Japanese have gone and done a parody of X Factor’s episode with the famous Susan Boyle and it went something like this:

Pretty horrendous parody, if I do say so myself. Team Susan Boyle all ...

American Idol: John Park & Idol Update

ellie | February 24th, 2010 - 9:40 pm
American Idol: John Park & Idol Update

It was the boys’ night to shine on AI tonight, and 10/12 of the dudes disappointed the judges including Korean American John Park and my personal favorite Andrew Garcia. The judges were extremely brutal tonight and ripped most of the contestants a new anus. But I’ll give the guys this, they were 10x better than ...