Conrad Ricamora promoted to series regular on 'How To Get Away With Murder'

Fan favorite has been a recurring guest star on the hit ABC drama since season one.



Actor Conrad Ricamora, who plays Oliver on ABC's How To Get Away With Murder has been promoted to series regular status for season three of producer Shonda Rhimes' hit crime drama.

How to Get Away With Murder: Conrad Ricamora promoted to series regular

Ricamora first joined the Emmy-winning series in season one as a recurring guest star playing Connor's tech-savvy hookup turned boyfriend, and quickly became a fan favorite. Starting next season, he'll get the upgrade to full-fledged series regular. (I'm guessing many viewers assumed he already was a series regular.)

Ms. Marvel chooses a side in 'Civil War II'

Teaser image for Marvel Comics' crossover event shows Kamala Khan taking a stand against her namesake.



Daaaaamn. This awesome teaser image by artist Phil Noto for Marvel Comics' upcoming crossover event Civil War II features Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, tearing up a picture of her idol Captain Marvel.

When the superheroes of the Marvel Universe are forced to take sides in this summer's impending conflict, I think it's safe to assume that Kamala will not fall on the side of her namesake.

Community calls for hate crime charges in triple homicide

Dan Popp fatally shot Phia Vue, Mai Vue and Jesus Manso-Perez in their Milwaukee apartment building.



In Wisconsin, a coalition of over twenty community groups is calling for the triple homicide of a Puerto Rican man and Hmong couple, who were fatally shot by their white neighbor, to be prosecuted as a hate crime.

Groups urge hate crime charges in Milwaukee triple homicide

The criminal complaint against Dan J. Popp, who is white, alleges that he made racial comments before fatally shooting a Hmong couple, Phia Vue and Mai K. Vue, and a Puerto Rican man, Jesus R. Manso-Perez, in their apartment complex in southwest Milwaukee earlier this month.

On Friday, representatives from 22 groups representing members of the Latino, Hmong and other communities called on authorities to investigate the killings as hate crimes.

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Deeper than awful Asian jokes at the Oscars: Hollywood's vanilla reflex doesn't just hurt artists -- it's bad business, too: The Academy's Asian member's protested the offensive jokes at this year's Oscar broadcast -- and the Academy's response shows how far Hollywood has to go.

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Ang Lee and George Takei signed the letter, but here's who wrote it: Filmmaker Feida Lee Mock penned the first draft of the widely-circulated letter to the Academy convincing them to apologize for the jokes that stereotyped Asians in the 2016 Oscars.

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Editorial: I Walked Out On a Racist Audition: Here we go again... Actor Justin Chon explains why he walked out on an audition for a role that called for yet another fake Asian accent.

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'Resume whitening' doubles callbacks for minority job candidates, study finds: According to a new study, minority job applicants who resort to "resume whitening" -- altering any information on their resume that indicates their ethnicity -- are more than twice as likely to receive a callback than those who don't.

Angry Reader of the Week: Peter Jae

"I also bartend and work security to help maintain my masochistic lifestyle."



What's up, everybody? It's time, once again, to meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Peter Jae.

Woman says Virgin Atlantic staff did nothing after passenger called her a "f**king Chinese pig"

Now, Virgin Atlantic, feel the wrath of Chinese netizens.



Virgin is facing the wrath of Chinese netizens after a passenger on a recent Virgin Atlantic flight said she was racially abused by a white male passenger -- who called her, among other things, a "f**cking Chinese pig" -- then threatened with removal from the plane by a flight attendant after she reported the abuse.

Virgin trashed on social media over China racism claims

A Chinese passenger named Liu Wei says a white man called her racist names, including "you f**cking Chinese pig," after the boarded Virgin Atlantic Flight 250 from London Heathrow to Shanghai on March 1. But instead of receiving assistance from the cabin crew, they threatened to throw her off the flight.

Liu later recounted her experience in an angry post on Weibo, which went viral and gained the attention millions of Chinese readers, setting off an onslaught of outraged messages to Virgin Atlantic's social media accounts.

Chinese Daily News settles labor lawsuit for $7.8 million

Class action victory represents one of the largest wage justice settlements in Asian American history.



After more than a decade of hard-fought litigation, more than 200 past and present employees of China Daily News, one of the country's biggest Chinese language newspapers, obtained a $7.8 million settlement for multiple alleged labor violations.

The class action victory represents one of the largest wage justice settlements in Asian American history.

The suit alleged that Chinese Daily News, known in the Chinese community as World Journal, routinely subjected employees to unfair labor practices including violations of wage laws.

Workers said they were often forced to work 12-hour shifts six days a week without the required rest break. They were not paid overtime, nor were they allowed to report the actual number of hours they worked. The paper also denied workers proper holiday pay.

The original lawsuit stretches back to 2004, when three workers -- including a reporter and sales agent -- sued the Monterey Park-based newspaper over the alleged labor abuses. The suit was certified as a class action, eventually ballooning to more than 200 newspaper workers.

It's another 'Community' reunion on 'Dr. Ken'

Episode 118: "Ken's An Expert Witness" airs Friday, March 18 at 8:30pm on ABC



On this week's Dr. Ken, Ken becomes a medical expert witness at a trial, but gets hammered by the plaintiff's lawyer, played by guest star Jim Rash. It's another Community reunion!

Inspired by executive producer/star Ken Jeong's real life and career as a medical doctor, the multi-camera comedy Dr. Ken follows Dr. Ken Park, a physician with bad bedside manner trying to juggle medicine and being a family man to his wife and kids -- and not quite succeeding on either front.

Dr. Ken also stars the awesome Suzy Nakamura as Ken's wife Allison, Krista Marie Yu as daughter Molly, and Albert Tsai as his son Dave. They're all great. The cast is rounded out by Tisha Campbell-Martin as Damona, Jonathan Slavin as Clark, Kate Simses as Julie and Dave Foley as Pat.

Here's some more info about this week's episode, "Ken's An Expert Witness":

Steven Yeun to star in action movie 'Mayhem'

Indie action thriller marks 'The Walking Dead' star's biggest role to date.



Steven Yeun, who plays your favorite apocalypse survivor Glenn on AMC's hit zombie drama The Walking Dead, has signed on to star opposite Australian actress Samara Weaving in the indie action thriller Mayhem.

'Walking Dead' Star Steven Yeun Tackles Action Movie 'Mayhem' (Exclusive)

Directed by Joe Lynch and produced by Circle of Confusion (which also produces The Walking Dead), the script by Matias Caruso tells the story of a virus capable of making people act out their wildest impulses.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Yeun will play Derek Saunders, an attorney who is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired on the very day the virus infects their corporate law office. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to fight tooth and nail for not only his job, but also his life.

That's correct. "Our hero."

Did you leave $8,000 at a Denny's? Do you want it back?

Police seek unidentified man who left $8,000 in cash at a restaurant near LAX.



Did you lose a sack of a cash? Come forward and claim it! In Los Angeles, police are asking for the public's help identifying a man who left $8,000 in cash at a restaurant near Los Angeles International Airport.

This man left $8,000 near LAX. Have you seen him?

On December 19, an unidentified man had breakfast at the Denny's on Century Blvd. near LAX, then walked out of the restaurant, leaving behind more than $8,000 in cash in the booth where he was sitting. Another customer then found the money and turned it over to police.

If you look at the surveillance image of the guy, he looks Asian. He looks like your uncle.

Academy apologizes, realizes it's a terrible apology, agrees to meet with Asian members

"It certainly was never the Academy's intent to offend anyone."



After issuing an apology, then perhaps realizing their apology was insufficient, the leadership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has decided to meet with the two dozen members of Asian descent who signed a letter protesting the racist jokes that aired during last month's Oscars broadcast.

After Failed Apology, Academy Agrees To Meet With Members On Treatment Of Asians During Oscars

To recap: Oscar night featured a couple of blatant off-color references to Asians, including a skit in which host Chris Rock introduced three Asian children as accountants (because we're great at math!), and a joke by presenter Sacha Baron Cohen (as Ali G) about "hard-working, little yellow people with tiny dongs."

This week, twenty-five members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences who are of Asian descent -- including director Ang Lee and several other Oscar winners -- sent a letter to the organization protesting the telecast's "tasteless" Asian jokes and its "perpetuation of racist stereotypes."

The strange, beautiful gift of 'Hana Sasaki's Tail'

Short film starring Michelle Krusiec and Philip Wang to premiere at Cannes



I am so intrigued by this killer trailer for the short film Hana Sasaki's Tail, written and directed by Kevin Berlandi. Starring Michelle Krusiec and Philip Wang, and adapted from the award-winning book of short stories Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail by Kelly Luce, the fantastical film delves into the idea of identity as Hana Sasaki, on her thirtieth birthday, receives a "gift" that she could have never imagined.

Support the families of Milwaukee shooting rampage victims

Phia Vue, Mai Vue and Jesus Manso-Perez were fatally shot by a neighbor in their apartment building.


At Sunday's vigil for Phia Vue and Mai Vue.
Last week, Phia Vue and his wife Mai Vue were gunned down by their neighbor Dan Popp, who went on a shooting rampage in their Milwaukee apartment building. Popp also fatally shot Jesus R. Manso-Perez.

Family of couple killed in triple homicide at 92nd & Beloit speak out: "Their kids are in need"

The Vues' families are speaking out about the tragedy, and have set up a memorial fund to help to pay for Phia and Mai's funeral services and supporting their four surviving children.

Mai Vue's sister, Linda Xiong, asks for your support:

2016 Advancing Justice Conference

March 30-31 at the Westin Bonventure Hotel in Los Angeles.



Heads up. The 2016 Advancing Justice Conference is the first and only national conference in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community focusing on civil rights and social justice. It's happening March 30-31 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles.

Over 700 AAPIs from across the U.S. will come together to address issues facing our fastest growing populations. The theme will focus on civic engagement and building our electoral and social power in support of economic and racial justice. Conference attendees will participate in two days of panel discussions, caucus sessions, skills and capacity building, trainings, and networking receptions.

It's going to be a great conference. I have the pleasure of moderating the panel "Making Media That Moves" featuring Fracesca Fiorentini of AJ+, Eugene Lee Yang of BuzzFeed, and Jenny Yang of Disoriented Comedy. We'll be talking about producing and disseminating content that is entertaining, engaging and inspires action.

Hope to see you there.

Registration for the conference will be available on site. For further information about the Advancing Justice Conference, including the full schedule of plenaries, panels and speakers, go here.

YOMYOMF re-launches "Interpretations" short film initiative

Submit a short film for a chance to make a film produced by Justin Lin.



Hey filmmakers! Justin Lin's YOMYOMF recently announced the relaunch of the "Interpretations" short film initiative -- a unique filmmaking competition to find the next generation of Asian American filmmakers, in partnership with Comcast and NBCUniversal.

The challenge: produce and shoot a three-minute short film using a prescribed four-line script. For this edition of the initiative, the four lines are supplied by one of our greatest American writers, none other than acclaimed Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang.

Here's the script:

Help preserve the stories of Manhattan's Chinatown

Eveline Chao's project will document stories of Manhattan Chinatown from the 1940s, '50s and '60s.



What was it like to live in Manhattan Chinatown in the 1940s and 50s? What are the untold stories from this unique era of American immigration? Brooklyn-based freelance writer and editor Eveline Chao, whose stories have appeared on RollingStone.com, The Daily Beast, Fast Company and Foreign Policy, is working on a project to document and preserve the Disappearing Stories From Manhattan's Chinatown.

Through a series of print stories and recorded oral histories, Eveline will document stories about Manhattan Chinatown from Chinese-American immigrants who grew up or socialized there during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. From record hops to the World's Fair, stickball games to the Miss Chinatown pageant, their memories fill in the gaps from an era when Asian America was largely invisible.

Asian Academy members protest Oscar night's racist jokes

Signatories include Ang Lee and other Oscar winners and nominees.



In the wake of last month's Oscars debacle, twenty-five members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who are of Asian descent -- including Ang Lee and several other Oscar winners -- have sent a letter to the organization protesting the "tasteless and offensive skits" about Asians that were featured during the 88th Academy Awards telecast and its "perpetuation of racist stereotypes."

Ang Lee, Other Asian Oscar Winners Protest 'Racist Stereotypes' to Academy

In case you missed it, Oscar night featured a couple of blatant off-color references to Asians, including a skit in which host Chris Rock introduced three Asian children as accountants (because we're great at math!), and a joke by presenter Sacha Baron Cohen (as Ali G) about "hard-working, little yellow people with tiny dongs."

"In light of criticism over #OscarsSoWhite, we were hopeful that the telecast would provide the Academy a way forward and the chance to present a spectacular example of inclusion and diversity," the letter reads. "Instead, the Oscars show was marred by a tone-deaf approach to its portrayal of Asians."

'Ktown Cowboys' hits theaters on March 18

Bro-mantic dramedy opens in limited release in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Virginia.



The boys are back. Ktown Cowboys, the cult hit webseries that became a feature film, hits theaters in limited release this week, opening Friday, March 18 in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Fairfax, Virginia. The film will also be available for download on iTunes and other VOD platforms on March 25.

Directed by Daniel "DPD" Park and written by Danny Cho, the bro-mantic dramedy follows a group of ball-busting hard-partying friends wrestling with their evolution into adulthood. As their individual struggles come to light, the group of friends band together in Koreatown and through late nights at seedy after-hour soju bars, karaoke drinking girls and even a stint in jail, each emerges as a better version of himself.

Here's the trailer:

2016 LAAPFF x AAM15 Festival Kickoff Party

Saturday, April 2 at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena



All right, good readers. As many of you know, last month marked the 15th anniversary of this website. Yes, I've been running this blog for fifteen years and counting. We weren't going to let the moment pass without a proper celebration, so heads up, Los Angeles: we're throwing a party!.

We're partnering with Visual Communications to present the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Kick-Off Party, which is also doubling as the official Angry Asian Man 15th Anniversary Party. It's happening Saturday, April 2 at the USCA Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena.

Here are some more details:

Manzanar Committee announces Student Awards Program

K-12 students are invited to submit creative works about social justice.



The Manzanar Committee is dedicated to educating and raising public awareness about the incarceration and violation of civil rights of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II and to the continuing struggle of all peoples when Constitutional rights are in danger.

The Committee recently announced the first annual Manzanar Committee Student Awards Program, a creative works program that will recognize students who demonstrate an understanding of his/her guiding principles of social justice and constitutional rights in today's society.

This year's theme is Kodomo No Tame Ni: For The Sake of the Children - Liberty and Justice For All. K-12 students are invited to submit essays, short stories, poetry, works of art, including drawings, collages, posters, and works involving technology, including animation, podcasts, movies or videos.

Winning entries will be eligible for prizes up to $100, and their works may be presented at the 47th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on April 30, 2016, and on the Manzanar Committee's website and/or blog.