While women’s movements including #MeToo and Time’s Up grab headlines and Color of Change works designs to empower African-Americans, the Television Academy hosted a discussion on the state of Asian-American representation in Hollywood Wednesday.
Although panelists including Jeannie Mai, Kulap Vilaysack, Veena Sud and Howard Meltzer, Csa, and moderator Miguel Santos of Myx TV, acknowledged strides toward inclusion — primarily citing ABC’s family comedy “Fresh Off The Boat” and the upcoming film “Crazy Rich Asians” — the consensus was that such projects should only be the beginning.
“Just speaking for myself, when I’m complimented for being Vietnamese-American in television — the only one — that doesn’t make me feel happy, that makes me feel really lonely, actually,” Mai said.
Mai shared that in her 15-year career she has often had to kick open doors for herself, even as recently as 2013 when she landed a spot as co-host on “The Real.
Although panelists including Jeannie Mai, Kulap Vilaysack, Veena Sud and Howard Meltzer, Csa, and moderator Miguel Santos of Myx TV, acknowledged strides toward inclusion — primarily citing ABC’s family comedy “Fresh Off The Boat” and the upcoming film “Crazy Rich Asians” — the consensus was that such projects should only be the beginning.
“Just speaking for myself, when I’m complimented for being Vietnamese-American in television — the only one — that doesn’t make me feel happy, that makes me feel really lonely, actually,” Mai said.
Mai shared that in her 15-year career she has often had to kick open doors for herself, even as recently as 2013 when she landed a spot as co-host on “The Real.
- 5/17/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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- 10/20/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Kimmy Gibbler’s bringing along some very handsome baggage when she moves into Fuller House next year.
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Juan Pablo Di Pace (Dallas) will recur on the Netflix revival series as Kimmy’s ex-husband Fernando, TVLine has learned exclusively. As we previously reported, Fernando — with whom Kimmy shares a daughter named Ramona — is being described as “inappropriately passionate,” a character trait largely responsible for the couple’s split. Still, he’s “relentless” in his efforts to win Kimmy back.
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- 10/7/2015
- TVLine.com
Here’s a film I should’ve watched years ago upon its limited theatrical release; although it was indeed limited to only NY and La. Sony Film Classics' 2009’s Indie "Sugar" is not your average sports flick; it avoids the usual "for the love of the game" and the "glorious champion" clichés so common among films in this genre. Unsurprisingly, "Sugar" was deemed one of the 10 best films of 2009 by AFI, and ranks a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. The film’s success lies in its subtlety and realism and its nuanced performances, especially by the titular character, Miguel Santos aka “Azucar” ("Sugar"), played by...
- 5/29/2015
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
“Dallas” has just increased its population by one. TNT’s revamp of “Dallas” has cast Juan Pablo Di Pace as a regular on the series, which is entering its third season on the cable network. Also read: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s ‘Wake Up Call’ Gets TNT Greenlight Di Pace will play Nicolas Trevino, described as a powerful self-made billionaire businessman who endured a rough childhood. Argentine-born actor Di Pace most recently appeared on NBC’s limited series “Camp,” as the recurring character Miguel Santos. His television appearances also include the British series “Reubenesque” and “The Catherine Tate Show.” Also...
- 10/30/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
NBC’s new dramedy Camp — not to be confused with USA’s reality series Summer Camp, which premieres tonight, even though the conflicting promos certainly do their best — debuted Wednesday. I love Rachel Griffiths and therefore want to love this, but I’m not quite sold, not yet. The show seemed to want to project a “freakish outdoorsy cult mentality,” but I mostly saw people sitting around fabulously lit-from-all-sides bonfires and kids interrupting their parents during somewhat juicy sex talk. (Wait, they’re at a “family camp”? What is this, Dirty Dancing? Ooh, I wish.)
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- 7/11/2013
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
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- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
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