6.02.2019

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'Always Be My Maybe': Here's the Story Behind That 'Stay Angry' T-Shirt
You may have spotted the limited edition 2017 "Stay Angry" Subscriber Drive shirt in the new Netflix romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe. Here's the story behind the shirt and its placement in the movie.

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'Always Be My Maybe's' Ali Wong and Randall Park are doing it for the Asians
"What Wong and Park are helping to change with their new Netflix rom-com is the landscape of what entertainment looks like: Who gets to play the lead in movies. Who gets to fall in love in rom-coms."

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Randall Park's Small-Town L.A.
The star of Fresh Off the Boat has made Always Be My Maybe, a rom-com inspired by his own life.

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Q&A with Los Angeles star chef Niki Nakayama, who taught Ali Wong how to 'kaiseki it out'
To prepare for her role as a woman returning home to open a restaurant, Always Be My Maybe star Ali Wong hired L.A. chef Niki Nakayama to serve as a culinary consultant.

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Queer Muslims Are Still Rare on TV. One Writer Wants to Change That.
A recent episode of the CBS drama "The Red Line" featured a gay romance involving a Muslim character. Fawzia Mirza, the episode's writer, discusses how it came to be.

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How Indian Americans came to dominate the National Spelling Bee
Indian Americans have won every Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2008, a reign that is the result of a confluence of factors.

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The Scripps Spelling Bee Is Broken. Please Don't Fix It.
Too many winners is not always a bad thing.

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5 Korean American Creatives Share Their Writing Habits
Writers Nicole Chung, Andrew Ahn, R.O. Kwon, Don Lee, and Karen Chee reveal their creative processes.

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Asian American Chefs Are Embracing Spam. But How Did It Make Its Way Into Their Cultures?
How did a product of American industrialization make its way into Asian and Pacific Islander cuisines?

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An American life: He's 38, an undocumented immigrant and a school is being named for him
A school district in Northern California is naming a campus for Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist who disclosed in a magazine story his status as an undocumented immigrant.

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I Make a Podcast about Stories in the Philippine Diaspora. Here's What I've Learned So Far.
Paolo Mardo is the host and producer of Long Distance, a podcast showcasing stories in the Philippine diaspora. She shares a couple of things she's learned while making the show's first season.

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Japanese Breakfast, a.k.a. Michelle Zauner, Talks with Noah Cho About Food, Family, and Grief
""I found myself dwelling on these parts of Korean culture as a way to reconnect with my identity and also the memory of my mom."

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Kishi Bashi Uses The History Of Japanese Internment To Explore America Today
Musician Kishi Bashi talks to NPR about the World War II incarceration camps that inspired his latest album Omoiyari, reckoning with his identity as a Japanese American and more.


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