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7.09.2017

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'Hawaii Five-0' Asian actors won't be without projects for long: "So yes, the path to equality is rarely easy. But for Asian Americans who want roles of substance and commensurate success, it's increasingly looking like that path leads in a direction beyond acting."

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CBS Made Wrong Call on Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park 'Hawaii Five-0' Deals (Column): CBS's upcoming season of Hawaii Five-0 will be sans Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park due to the inabiltiy to negotiate a contract that would resolve the pay parity with the show's white co-stars.

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Deportation a 'Death Sentence' to Adoptees After a Lifetime in the U.S.: At least a dozen adoptees live in South Korea after they were deported from the U.S. because their adoptive parents failed to get them citizenship. Without economic resources, networks, and often without a grasp of the language, many deportees see their situation as a "death sentence."

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The Big Sick & Brown Romance In Pop Culture Narratives: Yes to more Brown representation on the big screen -- but there's still room for improvement. Taz Ahmed offers this on-point intersectional feminist reading of The Big Sick alongside other Brown narratives, like Master of None.

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Steven Yeun Finds Life After Glenn: Just because Glenn is over, doesn't mean Steven Yeun is. The Okja star talks about navigating Hollywood after The Walking Dead.

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Ben Fong-Torres Remembers His Summer of Love in San Francisco: Before Ben Fong-Torres became a rock music journalist for Rolling Stone, he was a DJ in San Francisco, spinning golden oldies during the Summer of Love.

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Gestured to and not yet quite: an interview with Muriel Leung: Bone Confetti writer Muriel Lung discusses queer love, how loss can activate political consciousness, Hortense Spillers, and writing in a state of transition.

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How 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Star Jacob Batalon Went From College Dropout to Blockbuster Star: Jacob Batalon had never auditioned for a movie before he landed his big screen debut Ned Leeds in Spider-Man: Homecoming. This is how he got there.