9.18.2011

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The Great GQ Pants-Off: Check out Hawaii Five-0's Daniel Dae Kim rocking some pants -- lots and lots of pants -- in the August 2011 issue of GQ.

Blue Scholars' Geologic: A Maintained Seattle Brain: Here's a cool interview with George Quibuyen, aka Prometheus Brown, aka Geologic of the Blue Scholars -- one of my favorite hip hop groups.

From OUTSOURCED to WIDOW OF NO IMPORTANCE: Actor Parvesh Cheena, who played Gupta in the NBC comedy Outsourced and can be seen in East West Players' A Widow of No Importance, guest blogs for YOMYOMF.

Sexy Quirky Love with Leonardo Nam: A podcast about relationships -- dating advice, pick up lines, etc., courtesy of Giant Robot and Leonardo Nam.


Star Wars Blu-ray | Stand Up To Cancer: Funny guys Ken Jeong and Aziz Ansari are among the celebrities recreating classic scenes from the Star Wars trilogy to raise awareness for cancer research.

Pushing the Pen: An interview with Jenny Yang: Comedian, writer, podcaster and friend to the blog Jenny Yang, who talks about some of the challenges she faces as an Asian American woman in her discipline.

Jennifer Chung | "Know that the fact that you're different is beautiful, and you're going to offer something that no one else can offer." The Other Asians interviews singer Jennifer Chung, who recently released her debut album 4 Years & Counting.

Ed Lee Thinks San Francisco Is Worth It: Here's a recent Hyphen profile on Edwin Lee, who surprised a lot of people when he officially threw his hat into the San Francisco mayoral race last month.


SPX 2011: Through his interviews, G.B. TRAN constructs an especially compelling 'Vietnamerica': Here's a great profile on graphic novelist G.B. Tran and his amazing, acclaimed memoir Vietnamerica.

The Supply | "Believe in what you do. If not you, who? If not now, when? Just hold on tightly to idealism." The Other Asians interviews John, Shawn and Eddo of The Supply, a not-for-profit organization that builds secondary schools for slum children all over the world.

Interview with Bertha Bay-sa Pan, director of this year's opening night film ALMOST PERFECT: An interview with director Bertha Bay-sa Pan, whose film Almost Perfect opens this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Dave Gibbons Is a Church Misfit: OC Weekly recently ran an interesting cover story on Dave Gibbons, founder of the Irvine-based church Newsong.

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