Do not watch this show on an empty stomach.

YOMYOMF's unscripted series 'Family Style' offers a lively look at Asian food.



Family Style is a 12-episode unscripted food and travel series that offers a lively look at not just Asian food, but the traditions, culture and backstory of the food and the dish that's brought to the table. Shot in Vietnam, China and the Philippines as well as Hawaii and Los Angeles, the series is produced by Stage 13 and YOMYOMF.

The series is led by the Foodie Fam -- eight talented friends bound together by their knowledge and love for culture, cuisine and sharing family moments around the table. The cast includes Stacy Fan, Lana McKissack, Gilbert Galon, Arvin Lee, Anthony Ma, Oates Wu and Sujata Day.

Highlights of the first season include a visit to the Night Markets of Saigon, Singapore and the San Gabriel Valley; how to make Kare Kare, the Philippines' revered hearty stew; the legend of the Pork Highway in Oahu; Sri Lankan, Indian, Japanese, Korean and Burmese cuisine and more.

Check out the trailer:

Raise your fist for another season of 'Radical Cram School'

"Sesame Street for the resistance"



Our pal, performance artist and provocateur Kristina Wong, is in the throes of raising money for season two of Radical Cram School, her kid-centric, unscripted web series that empowers Asian American kids and all kids of color to embrace their identities, fight for social justice, and be the revolution. Think that's a bit too much for kids to handle? Just watch season one. Under Kristina's tutelage, these kids are going to save us all.

'Radical Cram School' is Sesame Street for the Resistance

Kristina Wong's kid-centric web series is badass and adorable.



How do we keep girls of color from internalizing the racist and misogynistic rhetoric amplified by the election of a presidential bully? How do we empower them to embrace their identities and become allies to other social movements? Forget Kumon. Your kid needs Radical Cram School.

Radical Cram School is a new web series that seeks answer to these questions through humor and fun. Hosted by comedian Kristina Wong, the unscripted six-episode series features Asian American kids, ages 7-11, eight of who identify as girls and one who identifies as gender fluid. Kristina and the kids play games, put on a puppet show and sing the blues to explore topics such as structural racism, misogyny, identity and bullying.

Grounded in academic research and crafted with comedy, Radical Cram School aims to spark the kinds of conversations not happening in school to explore topics such as structural racism, misogyny, feminism, gender identity, income inequality, and how to practice self-expression to transform negative experiences.

While the subject matter skews mature, the kids' unscripted reactions are hilarious and heartwarming. All six episodes of Radical Cram School are now available on YouTube. Check it out:

The 'Crazy Rich Asians' parodies have begun

"They're just the brokest family in all of San Gabriel Valley."



Well, it was pretty much inevitable. The Crazy Rich Asians parodies have already begun.

I mean, somebody had to do it. First of all, if you haven't seen the hilarious, highly relatable first episode of Will Choi's webseries Crazy Poor Asians, check it out. It's well worth the 40 seconds of your time.

Similarly but differently, check out this video by improv troupe Miss Golightly, also entitled Crazy Poor Asians -- a beat-for-beat parody of the Crazy Rich Asians trailer. It's silly as hell. I don't know why the shot of "Rachel" holding a jar of nuts makes me laugh so much. And Kim Cooper does a pretty mean Awkwafina.

Just watch:

Searching for Queer Asian Pacific America

Guest Post by Patrick G. Lee



I grew up thinking that you could be queer or Asian, but never both. That definitely had to do with the TV shows I watched (Will & Grace; Sex and the City) and the people I met at my Korean church (all straight or super super super closeted).

So when I started coming out as a queer Asian person in my twenties, I just assumed that I was on my own. Almost all of my gay friends from college were white, they all spoke the same language as their parents, and they had long ago dealt with the coming out process.

But a few years later, I moved to New York and made my first gay Asian friends in the city. We all met at a family acceptance workshop for Asian Pacific Islanders at the LGBT Center in Manhattan. That summer, we danced together, sang karaoke together, and ate Korean BBQ together -- and our chosen family just kept growing.

Many of us shared anxieties over communicating with our immigrant parents and coming out to our families. Visiting relatives abroad meant re-entering the closet. But we had each other to commiserate and confide in.

At the same time, I felt lost and unmoored in my personal history as a queer Asian American: I had found my chosen family, but who were our parents and our grandparents, our aunties and our ancestors?

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"A Girl's Guide to Not Getting Grabbed By The Pussy"

Watch 'Misery Loves Company,' a comedic digital series by Emily C. Chang and Sara Amini.



The comedic digital series Misery Loves Company, recently released on YouTube, is a funny, female-driven exploration of racism, sexism, depression and other American pastimes in the post-Trump era, LA-style.

Written and created by Emily C. Chang and Sara Amini, the seven-episode webseries centers on a New Yorker who joins her friend in Los Angeles to live together amongst the man-buns, wannabes, and Kombucha-lovers of Hollywood. Along the way, they try to find happiness while taking on casual racists, YouTube "influencers," misogynists, cults, and general Millennial ennui.

Here's Episode 5, "Pu$$y," in which Sara and Emily deal with cat-callers on the street:

Finally, a webseries about that 'Nonprofit' hustle

"...insightful, hilarious, and occasionally heartbreaking glimpse into activism, social justice, and nonprofit life."



Here's a fun-looking project that could use your crowd-funding support. Created by Luann Algoso, Nonprofit is a webseries that follows Gabby, "a spunky, idealistic Filipina organizer as she navigates relationships, friendship, family, and the realities of activism in and out of nonprofit." It's a story about finding love, searching for fulfillment in work, and navigating our life purpose.

If you recognize the ups and downs of the nonprofit hustle, this series is for you.

25-year-old Gabby Antonio just started as a community organizer at APIISA (Asian Pacific Islanders in Solidarity Alliance) a social justice nonprofit in Portland. The pilot follows Gabby as she stumbles through the planning of her first major community event, while also dealing with an incompetent boss, white savior canvassers, and all while managing her panic attacks through use of her favorite hot pink vibrator.

Here's a preview:

Constance Wu to star in Freddie Wong's 'Dimension 404'

Hulu sci-fi/fantasy anthology series explores "stories that cannot be explained in the world that we know."



Constance Wu, who you know and love as Jessica Huang on Fresh Off The Boat, has joined the cast of Dimension 404, a Hulu six-episode sci-fi/fantasy anthology scripted series from Freddie Wong's RocketJump.

Constance Wu and Megan Mullally Join Hulu's 'Dimension 404'

Inspired by the internet's "404" error code, Dimension 404 aims to evoke "wandering onto the weird side of the web at 3 AM and stumbling upon stories that cannot be explained in the world that we know."

The Twilight Zone-esque series will explore questions like: What if an obscure cartoon held the secret to time travel? What if energy drinks caused the apocalypse? What if the NSA's top analyst was a gigantic, all-knowing cube of sentient meat named Bob? These are questions that I, too, would like answers to.

Want to see some 'Pretty Dudes'?

Comedy webseries explores masculinity, race, colorism, sexuality, friendships and the rules of attraction.



Pretty Dudes is an upcoming original comedy series that explores the dynamics between a millennial multiethnic group of friends in Los Angeles. Created by Chance Calloway, the series uses humor and truth to explore masculinity, race, colorism, sexuality, friendships, and the ever-changing rules of attraction.

The 12-episode series is currently raising production funds through Seed & Spark.

The project centers on six friends who consider themselves to be "pretty" and claim that the label has ruined their romantic lives. As one of them goes through a breakup, the friends band together -- through a high stakes bet -- to find him the perfect love, discovering the truth about their own relationship struggles in the process.

Here's some more information about the project:

The Fob & I: A Webseries About Two Indians That Are Different

Writer/director Meena Ramamurthy presents an episodic comedy about culture-clashing cousins.



The Fob & I is a webseries "about two Indians that are different." Imagine that. Created by writer/director Meena Ramamurthy, the series centers on Jisha (Uttera Singh), a so-called FOB from India, and her cousin Sita (Shefali Deshay), who is Indian American. When forced to live together in a Hollywood apartment, these two cousins find that even when you seem similar, you can be so different.

It's a funny, wry take on negotiating varying levels of Indian identity and finding common ground. It also has a pretty grand time poking fun at the shameless and often ridiculous western appropriation of Indian culture. One episode involves the search for the perfect cup of chai tea, while another episode tackles a color run that is very reminiscent of the Indian Holi festival. And episode five is titled, "The Bollywood One."

It's been described as "Girls but interesting." Here's the trailer:

The Last White Guy in Los Angeles

New Comedy Central webseries imagines the year 2042, when all the white people get transported to Canada.


Beware, white people! There will be a reckoning. The new Comedy Central webseries White Flight imagines the morning of January 20, 2042 -- the exact moment that white people will become a minority in America. In episode one, a guy named Gary wakes up to discover that almost all the white people in Los Angeles have been transported to Canada -- except him.

Here's the first episode:

We really hope Michelle Ang survives 'Flight 462'

16-part 'Fear the Walking Dead' miniseries set on a plane during the zombie outbreak.



If you're a fan of AMC's The Walking Dead and its spinoff series Fear the Walking Dead, then you've probably caught Fear the Walking Dead Flight 462. The 16-part mini-series is being rolled out in weekly one-minute episodes on the AMC Mobile App and on-air during premiere episode broadcasts.

Flight 462 follows a group of passengers who experience the earliest moments of the zombie outbreak aboard a commercial plane, and must act when one of the passengers appears to be infected. AMC has announced that one of the survivors of Flight 462 will join the next season of Fear the Walking Dead.

My hope is that survivor is Charlie, played by New Zealand actress Michelle Ang. She already seems to exhibit a little bit of badassness fit for the zombie apocalypse, so my money's on her. Plus, Fear the Walking Dead, the series set in Los Angeles and its environs, really needs more Asians up in there.

Here are all the installments so far of Fear the Walking Dead Flight 462:

Sung Kang gets behind the wheel again in 'Z Dream'

Five-part docu-series chronicles 'Fast & Furious' star's restoration of a classic Nissan 240Z.



Sung Kang, the super-cool star of several mega-successful Fast & Furious movies, gets behind the wheel again. Only this time, he's building his dream car. Fox Sports' new five-part documentary webseries Z Dream follows Sung as he goes through the process of restoring a classic Nissan 240Z. The car, known as "FuguZ," will debut at the 2015 SEMA auto show next month in Las Vegas.

In the premiere episode, Sung shares why he was motivated to pursue this unique passion project, and how he connected with friends and specialists to build the car. He says that he was inspired, in part, by the tragic, untimely death of his Fast & Furious co-star Paul Walker -- who was also an avid auto enthusiast.

"I realized after he passed away that life is too short," Sung says. "You've got to just go after it."

Check it out:

An untold American story comes to Broadway in 'Allegiance'

Watch Episode 5 of the behind-the-scenes documentary webseries 'Trek to Broadway.'



Previews for Allegiance, the new Broadway musical inspired by George Takei's true-life experience in an internment camp, begin tonight at The Longacre Theatre. Starring George Takei, Lea Salonga and Telly Leung, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey through wrongful imprisonment during World War II.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll see in Allegiance:

George Takei will make his Broadway debut in 'Allegiance'

Watch the behind-the-scenes documentary webseries 'Trek to Broadway'


The new musical Allegiance opens on Broadway next month. Inspired by the true-life experiences of star George Takei, who spent his childhood in an internment camp during World War II, Allegiance is an epic multigenerational story of family, love and patriotism. Also starring Lea Salonga and Telly Leung, it will be the first time that an Asian-led cast has been on Broadway since the 2002 revival of Flower Drum Song.

Here's the TV spot that's been playing for Allegiance:

Hey Yun: A Comedy About an Angry, Whimsical Korean Woman

Hye Yun Park toddles through New York City with bursts of rage, insight and wild ambition.



Last week, I had the privilege of taking part in a panel discussion on digital media makers, hosted by NBCUniversal, where I met New York City actor/filmmaker/performer Hye Yun Park. She's super cool, and our meeting got me clicking around to check out Hey Yun, her semi-autobiographical mockumentary webseries about "an angry whimsical Korean woman." The best kind, if you ask me.

Hye Yun says she started the project because she get fed up with waiting for solid, complex roles as an actress because she didn't fit the typical mold. So she decided to make it happen herself.

In Hey Yun, she stars as a thirty-something artist who toddles through New York City with bursts of rage, insight and wild ambition. In Season two, with a healthy dosage of narcissism, Hey Yun hires a film crew to make a documentary of her rise to success. It's smart, offbeat, and hilarious.

Here's the trailer for season two:

'Awesome Asian Bad Guys' to be Released on June 23

National Film Society's action/comedy webseries will be available on all major VOD platforms.



Mark your calendars, film fans. Awesome Asian Bad Guys are coming to get you! The webseries-turned-feature action/comedy Awesome Asian Bad Guys, from Stephen Dypiangco and Patrick Epino, aka National Film Society, will be released by FilmBuff on June 23 on all major video-on-demand platforms including the film's website, powered by VHX, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu and Xbox Video.

In Awesome Asian Bad Guys, a pair of down-on-their-luck filmmakers must assemble a ragtag group of Asian "bad guy" actors in a deadly mission to take down LA's most nefarious crime boss. The cast includes Randall Park (Fresh Off The Boat, The Interview), Al Leong (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon), Dante Basco (Hook), Tamlyn Tomita (The Karate Kid Part II, Joy Luck Club), George Cheung (Rambo: First Blood Part II) and Aaron Takahashi (The Wedding Ringer). Full disclosure: I served as executive producer on the project.

The film is an irreverent homage to the nameless, expendable Asian villains of '80s and '90s action flicks. "These legendary performers have spent their careers in the background, and this project finally gives them their due," says Patrick. "It places them front and center where they belong."

Here's Patrick and Stephen with the big announcement, explaining how they pulled it off:

Meet Aasif Mandvi's All-American Muslim Sitcom Family

'Halal in the Family' aims to combat bias and stereotypes about Muslims.



Have you seen Halal in the Family ? Aasif Mandvi's sitcom parody launched last week on Funny or Die. The series aims to combat bias and challenge misinformation about Muslims and communities associated with Muslims. It's also a tool to support existing campaigns to combat anti-Muslim bias. And it's funny.

In the grand tradition of television sitcoms, Mandvi stars as the sweater-clad patriarch of the Qu'osbys, an all-American Muslim Family dealing with suspicious neighbors, uninformed classmates, misguided protesters, and more. The series also stars Sakina Jaffrey, Shoba Narayanan and Nicky Maindiratta.

Set aside 25 minutes and watch all four episodes now:

Fund This: Aasif Mandvi's sitcom parody 'Halal in the Family'

"Introducing America's Favorite Muslim Family... Don't Worry, They're Not THAT kind of Muslim!"



Halal in the Family is a comedic webseries by actor/comedian/writer/producer Aasif Mandvi, best known for his work as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It's a sitcom parody about an all-American Muslim family that aims to challenge stereotypes and misinformation about Muslim communities.

It started as a one-off gag sketch on The Daily Show, but in the course of covering way too many stories revealing the depth of prejudice against Muslims in the United States -- and getting worse every day -- Mandvi was inspired to expand the idea of a Muslim family sitcom into a full-fledged webseries.

You may remember that this project was originally titled The Qu'osby Show, a take on Bill Cosby's beloved, groundbreaking family sitcom. But when it became fairly clear that the man we knew and loved as Cliff Huxtable is actually serial rapist, it cast a rather dark shadow on our collective memory of that show. The team took a moment to rethink and rename the series. And so: Halal in the Family.

Here's Aasif with more information: