A Victory for 'Golden' Gives K-Pop Its First Ever Grammy Win
It's not the Idol Awards, but the Grammys ain't bad. "Golden," the anthemic smash hit from Kpop Demon Hunters, has become the first ever K-Pop song to win a Grammy Award. Performed by EJAE (who also co-wrote the song), Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, aka Huntr/x, it won Best Song Written for Visual Media. It was also nominated in three other categories, including Song of the Year. (Alas, Billie Eilish.) Still, things are looking pretty "Golden" for the Oscars next month...
Pardoned auto shop owner freed after rare government reversal
A day after Fong Khang received a pardon from the state of Minnesota, his mug shotlanded on a federal website touting “More Worst of Worst" arrests, packaged between photos of two convicted murderers and two sex offenders. Khang was freed January 28, after seven days in detention, when federal officials deviated from their usual practice and agreed to support his wrongful detention case.
Letter From Minnesota: "If They Take Me and Leave the Children..."
"All these years, that has been my goal. As a writer, I’ve tried hard to tell the stories of my people and others who have fled their homes in search of safety and a future, and now all these years later, I find myself wondering if I still have a home here in Minnesota, in America, in the world of the people who get to decide who is valuable and who is not, who belongs and who does not, who lives and who dies."
Playwright Keiko Green On Pulling Her Play from the Kennedy Center
Last month, Seattle Children's Theatre announced their decision to pull their two-week run of the play Young Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story from the Kennedy Center due to the impact of the Trump administration. Playwright Keiko Green talks about the decision, the fallout and the future of the play.
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