Author: Kimle Nguyen

Journalist, Digital Strategist, & Creative Entrepreneur residing in the Bay Area

ABC has decided to cancel Dr. Ken after 2 seasons. Ken Jeong still remains humble  on Twitter after the cancellation was announced: Thank you @ABCNetwork and @Sony for making my dreams come true. I honestly can’t believe I was able to have my own show. #DrKen @DrKenABC — Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) May 11, 2017 Fortunately, though, Jeong has another project on the way– he will be joining the cast of Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the novel “Crazy Rich Asians.”

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13 Reasons Why, a Netflix series executive produced by Selena Gomez, will return with a second season on Netflix in 2018. The series– deemed “controversial” for its themes of suicide, rape, and mental health struggles– has been the most tweeted about show of 2017, as well as the Most Watched Show on Netflix. The show has done well with casting a variety of roles. In fact, two leads are Asian-American. Leads, Ross Butler who plays Zach Dempsey, and Michele Selene Ang who plays Courtney Crimsen on the show, have lead the way on how Asian-American acting talent are portrayed in mainstream media…

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CoCo Avenue is a LA-based duo comprised of Jenna and Jenny. Their first single “Eottae,” is produced by Alex Jin Kang, featuring both English and Korean lyrics. Although both singers are not of Korean descent, the duo hopes they can be a positive representation of Black culture in the Korean music scene.

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Youtuber, Techie, and Zelda Super Fan, Allen Pan, made a home automation system based off the Zelda series using an ocarina from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Some of the tasks he programed included: unlocking/locking his front door, controlling the room humidifier, watering his plants, calling his phone, unlocking his car, etc. Not to complain, especially as impressive as this all was, but Pan should have cosplayed Zelda too.

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Now streaming on Netflix is Jo Koy’s new standup special “Jo Koy: Live From Seattle.” Watch the trailer. Also, a fun fact- one of our favorite Filipino singers, Jeremy Passion, helped produce the music for the production. Proud of my boy @jokoy for releasing his new comedy special on @Netflix! Go and watch it! Also, my boy @tunedarula and I made the music for the special! #JOKOY #netflix A post shared by Jeremy Passion (@jeremypassion) on Mar 29, 2017 at 2:08pm PDT

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