Louis plays stay-at-home dad on 'Fresh Off The Boat'

Episode 214: "Tight Two" airs Tuesday, March 15, 8:00pm on ABC



ABC's hit Asian American family sitcom Fresh Off The Boat airs Tuesday nights at 8:00pm. The comedy, inspired by the memoir of chef Eddie Huang, tells the story of the Huang family, a Taiwanese American family getting their immigrant hustle on in 1990s suburban Orlando, in pursuit of the American dream. If you missed this season's episodes, they're available for viewing on the ABC website.

Fresh Off The Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery, Ian Chen as Evan and Chelsey Crisp as Honey. With special guest assist from Lucille Soong as Grandma Huang. This week, Louis is stuck at home solo parenting after he has an accident.

Here's a preview of episode 214, "Tight Two":

Ross Butler and Daniel Yang cast in CW's 'Riverdale'

Teen drama pilot is a live-action twist on the classic 'Archie' comic books.



Huh. Interesting. The CW teen drama pilot Riverdale -- a live-action twist on the classic Archie comic book series -- has cast Ross Butler as Archie's rival Reggie Mantle and Daniel Yang as the brilliant Dilton Doiley.

The CW's Riverdale Has Cast Reggie, Moose, and Dilton

The one-hour drama, set in present day, is described as a "surprising and subversive" take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring "the surrealism of small town life -- the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade." So it's Archie by way of David Lynch? Maybe.

Let's talk about these Asian kids in Riverdale.

1983 Ad Seeks "Oriental Boy" for "Raiders of the Lost Ark II"

'Short Round Up' documentary seeks Asian guys who auditioned for 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'



This is an actual ad that ran in the Toronto Star and other cities back in 1983, putting the call out for an "Oriental Boy" to play Indiana Jones' sidekick in the movie that would be released as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Open auditions were held Toronto this week, thirty-three years ago.

Nobu Adilman was among the hundreds (thousands?) of Asian boys across North American who showed up to audition for the role of Short Round. He didn't get the part, which would ultimately go to Jonathan Ke Quan.

Now all grown up, and now a filmmaker, Nobu is putting the call out for his documentary Short Round Up, a quest to find all the fellow men who, as boys, auditioned for the role of Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Do you know one of those boys? Do you know anyone else who worked on the movie?

Milwaukee man targets, shoots neighbors in triple homicide

"You guys got to go."



This has to be a hate crime. How is this not a hate crime? In Milwaukee, a 39-year-old man faces murder charges for targeting, hunting down and fatally shooting three people on the city's southwest side.

Man methodically targeted neighbors in triple homicide, complaint says

Dan J. Popp faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of 40-year-old Jesus R. Manso-Perez, 36-year-old Phia Vue and 32-year-old Mai K. Vue. Popp also faces a charge of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for shooting at, but not wounding, 18-year-old Jesus Manso-Carrasquillo.

The killings occurred on Sunday, March 6 at the four-unit apartment building Popp shared with the victims. According to the criminal complaint, the shootings began after Popp offered Manso Perez a beer, then questioned his ability to speak English.

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Angry Reader of the Week: Elmer Jan

"I'm a runner: can't claim being fast, but can claim being steady."



Hey, there. You know what time it is. It's time 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 Elmer Jan.

Odd Ways Our Asian Moms Say "I Love You"

Jenny Yang, Christine Minji Chang and Joy Regullano channel their Asian moms.



Immigrant parents speak a unique language of love. And it doesn't necessarily mean saying the actual words, "I love you." Often, it sounds like the love in this hilariously awesome BuzzFeed video, Odd Ways Our Asian Moms Say "I Love You," in which Jenny Yang, Christine Minji Chang and Joy Regullano expertly channel their Asian moms and drop some truth. Asian Mom Truth. This is so real it hurts:

Ken's favorite patient comes for checkup on 'Dr. Ken'

Episode 117: "Dicky Wexler's Last Show" airs Friday, March 11 at 8:30pm on ABC



On this week's Dr. Ken, when a long-time patient/comedian is forced to stay at the hospital, Ken is determined to show him being funny again.

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, "Dicky Wexler's Last Show":

Fans yelled racial slurs during girls basketball game

Witnesses say opposing fans yelled racist comments at McClatchy High School's girls basketball team.



Sarcastic slow clap for classy sportsmanship. In Sacramento, parents and students are speaking out after a large crowd of fans chanted racial slurs at players during a recent high school girls basketball game.

Parents Say Racial Taunts Mar Sacramento High School Girls Basketball Game

During a game last month between McClatchy High School and Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, witnesses say that Oak Ridge fans chanted racial slurs at McClatchy's Asian American players. Glen Kumamoto, whose daughter plays for McClatchy, says that Oak Ridge fans were yelling offensive comments about the girls' weight and appearance, as well as references to "soy sauce" and "little eyes."

"A lot of our girls on our team are of Asian descent. So I started to hear chants like 'soy sauce' 'go back to Fiji,' gestures about small eyes things like that," Kumamoto told KCRA News.

Highs, lows and more highs in the stoner comedy 'Grass'

Screens Friday, March 11 at CAAMFest 2016 in San Francisco.



The arthouse stoner comedy Grass, written directed by Tanuj Chopra, makes its world premiere this week at CAAMFest 2016. Starring Pia Shah and Emily C. Chang, it's described as "an epic adventure of merriment, revelation and the quest for pizza spanning a single day in the park." And yes, there is weed.

UC Santa Cruz students arrested in alleged drug ring

Three sorority and three fraternity members were arrested for possession of over $100,000 worth of MDMA.



Daaaaaamn. Asians behaving badly... collegiate drug ring edition! Last week at the University of California Santa Cruz, three sorority and three fraternity members were arrested for allegedly a running a drug ring and possession of over $100,000 worth of the club drug MDMA.

Six UC Santa Cruz students arrested in alleged drug ring, affiliated with Greek organizations

The suspects were identified as Mariah Dremel, Benny Liu, Cesar Casil, Nathan Tieu, Hoai Nguyen and Cecilia Le, all students at UC Santa Cruz, and all affiliated with the Alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority or Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity. They were all arrested for possession of a controlled substance.

Dremel, Liu, Casil and Tieu are also suspected of conspiracy, according to police.

'Into the Badlands' renewed for second season

Genre-bending martial arts drama will return to AMC in 2017.



Looks like we're heading back to the Badlands. It's official. AMC's kickass martial arts drama Into the Badlands, starring Daniel Wu, has been picked up for a 10-episode second season set to premiere in 2017.

AMC is Going Back Into the Badlands in 2017

According to AMC, Into the Badlands delivered the third highest-rated first season in U.S. cable TV history, averaging 5.6 million viewers per episode, including a 3.4 rating in the 18-49 demo, with live + 7-day ratings.

Season two of Into the Badlands will premiere on AMC in 2017. Simultaneous to its U.s. launch, AMC Global will premiere the second season within minutes of the U.S. broadcast.

Who is spray-painting this racist graffiti in Garden Grove?

The phrase "South Viet Whores" has been found tagged in multiple locations around the area.



Straight outta Orange County... this photo was submitted by a reader who says they spotted this racist graffiti on Newland Street near Trask Avenue in Garden Grove. It seems that the author feels a certain way about "South Viet Whores" and "Chinese Fuckes" and decided to publicly express that sentiment with spray paint.

This photo was taken on Monday, but evidence suggests that the graffiti has perhaps been there for at least a month. Several Twitter mentions indicate that the "South Viet Whores" tag has been spotted elsewhere in the vicinity, including on Bolsa Avenue and at the H Mart on Garden Grove Blvd, at least as early as last August.

Teen survives after being pushed in front of oncoming train

Police are searching for the man who pushed a 17-year-old girl onto the subway tracks in Queens.



In New York, police are searching for a man who pushed a teenage girl into the path of an oncoming subway train in Queens. Thankfully, the girl was able to get out of the way train and avoid getting seriously hurt.

Police looking for man who pushed teen in front of subway train in Queens

On Saturday night, a 17-year-old girl was on the platform at the Roosevelt Avenue and 103rd Street station when a man approached her from behind and pushed her on the tracks in front of the oncoming 7 train.

The train's motorman saw the girl on the tracks and was able to activate the emergency brake. The girl, identified by the New York Post as Xinya Huang, was able to position herself between the platform and the train's wheels. She was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Police have released blurry surveillance video of the suspect, who fled the station toward the street following the incident:

'Breathin': The Eddie Zheng Story' is a portrait of redemption

Screens Friday, March 11 at CAAMFest 2016.



A man journeys to freedom, rehabilitation and redemption in the feature documentary Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story which makes its world premiere this week at CAAMFest 2016. Directed by Ben Wang, Breathin' is an intimate, resilient portrait of activist Eddie Zheng and his decades-long struggle for new life.

Girlfriends, girl friends and jealousy on 'Fresh Off The Boat'

Episode 215: "Keep 'Em Separated" airs Tuesday, March 8, 8:00pm on ABC



ABC's hit Asian American family sitcom Fresh Off The Boat airs Tuesday nights at 8:00pm. The comedy, inspired by the memoir of chef Eddie Huang, tells the story of the Huang family, a Taiwanese American family getting their immigrant hustle on in 1990s suburban Orlando, in pursuit of the American dream. If you missed this season's episodes, they're available for viewing on the ABC website.

Fresh Off The Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery, Ian Chen as Evan and Chelsey Crisp as Honey. With special guest assist from Lucille Soong as Grandma Huang. This week, Jessica gets jealous of Louis' new billiards buddy.

Here's a preview of episode 215, "Keep 'Em Separated":

'Big Hero 6' TV series in the works

Marvel/Disney's animated superhero squad will make the leap to Disney XD in 2017.



Cool news for fans of Big Hero 6. We will indeed get to see the further adventures of the animated Marvel/Disney superhero squad, but it won't be in a feature film sequel. Big Hero 6 is making a heroic leap to the small screen as an animated TV series, set to premiere on Disney XD sometime in 2017.

Big Hero 6 animated TV series zooms to Disney XD for 2017

The series will pick up right where the hit 2014 movie left off, following the further adventures of teen tech genius Hiro Hamada, his loyal cuddly robot Baymax, and rest of the Big Hero 6 team. Now something of a legend at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro and the crew will face new villains and challenges:

Badass cashier fights off armed robber with her bare hands

This guy messed with the wrong convenience store clerk.



File under badass. In Georgia, security cameras caught a fierce-as-hell convenience store clerk fighting off a would-be robber who pulled a gun on her. Punk-ass thief messed with the wrong woman.

VIDEO: Cashier fights back, slaps gun from robber's hand

Cashier Bhumika Patel was working alone last Tuesday at the Keysville Convenience Store when a hooded customer approached the counter with a can of Mountain Dew. (Really, dude?) The gas station's surveillance video shows him pulling out a gun, demanding the cash from the open register.

Not having any of that nonsense, Patel swats at the robber's hand, trying to get the point-blank gun away from him. After several attempts, she ends up hitting him over the head with the register drawer.

Sufficiently scared, the robber runs off. But Bhumika is not done. She pulls out a hammer from under the counter -- because, of course, she's got a hammer under there -- and chases him out of the store. You're damn right, she's got a hammer. Don't make her use it.

Police investigating possible hate crime at USC

Student says assailants threw eggs and called him "Ching Chang Chong motherfucker."



Can't a guy just mind his own business and enjoy his Saturday night without some racist asshole neighbors calling him racial and homophobic slurs and throwing eggs at him? Apparently not.

LAPD investigating racist incident in USC Housing

University of Southern California student Ivan Tsang says he was chilling in an outdoor common area of his campus apartment early Sunday morning when some guys from a nearby apartment hurled several eggs at him from their balcony and called him, among other things, "Ching Chang Chong motherfucker gay."

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