On the eve of its release today in India, the British independent film “Slumdog Millionaire” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. It’s already won four Golden Globes: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Score. The movie’s up for all of those categories at the Oscars, and may well win some if not all [...]
Entries from January 2009
“Slumdog Millionaire” opens in India, nominated for 10 Oscars
January 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: asian american · places · pop culture
Discussion of race in America is black and white — even among journalists
January 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I missed this column by Howard Kurtz the other day in the Washington Post: “Little Diversity at White House.” The first part of the column is about the lack of journalists of color in the White House Press Corps, and focuses on TV and newspaper reporters assigned to cover the presidential beat. It’s an important [...]
Tags: asian american · media
Update on ramen at Bento Zanmai in Boulder
January 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
We returned to Bento Zanmai today and got some good news: the shop, which operates out of a tiny food court on The Hill in Boulder, just across the University of Colorado campus at 13th and College, has extended its hours. The joint used to close up at 6 on weekdays and 3 on Saturdays. [...]
Tags: Food & Dining · asian american
Dr. Sanjay Gupta tapped as Obama’s Surgeon General
January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Big news for Asian Americans (and for the South Asian community): Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the affable and seemingly tireless chief medical correspondent for CNN (and a practicing neurosurgeon), is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to serve as Surgeon General of the United States. According to the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz: Gupta has told administration officials that [...]
Tags: asian american · media
