By Mark Savage, BBC
Pop star Taylor Swift is to become the first female winner of the Global Icon award at the Brits on Tuesday. She will also be the first non-British recipient of the prize, which the Brits characterise as their highest honour. Continue reading Brits 2021: Taylor Swift to become first female winner of global icon award
Has anyone ever given you “the look,” laughed at your accent, or criticized you for the way you mix your adjectives and adverbs? Continue reading Asia-Latinos, More Than Allies – Breaking Intersectionality by Activating the Word Inclusion
IOScholarships (IOS), the first of its kind scholarship and financial education platform for minority STEM students recently announced the launch of its search engine website. The technology has been designed with a streamlined user-friendly interface that offers great functionality to help high school, undergraduate and graduate students find STEM scholarships. Continue reading IOScholarships Provides Free Access to STEM Scholarships
OpenTable, the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations and part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), recently released its annual list of the 100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America for 2021. Continue reading Just In Time For Mother’s Day, OpenTable Reveals its 2021 List of the 100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America
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Get ready to swoon. Berkley, a Penguin Random House imprint, is rereleasing three Stacey Abrams romantic suspense novels that have been out of print for many years. Originally published under the pen name Selena Montgomery, Rules of Engagement, The Art of Desire, and Power of Persuasion will be out in hardcover and audio in 2022. Continue reading Stacey Abrams is Re-Releasing Three of Her Romance Novels
By Hannah Southwick, Page Six
Billie Eilish is continuing to set records everywhere she goes.
The “Everything I Wanted” hitmaker, 19, will co-host the 2021 Met Gala, making history as the youngest co-chair in the history of the hallowed event. Continue reading Billie Eilish to make history at the 2021 Met Gala as youngest-ever co-host
By Alexander Kacala, Today
Today would have been Gianna Bryant’s 15th birthday. Last January, the daughter of late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, died alongside her father and seven others in a helicopter crash. Continue reading Vanessa Bryant launches clothing line in honor of late daughter Gianna
Lucy Liu, award-winning actress, director and visual artist, writes in Washington Post Opinions: When I was growing up, no one on television, in movies, or on magazine covers looked like me or my family. Continue reading Lucy Liu in WashPost Opinions: My success has helped move the needle. But it’ll take more to end 200 years of Asian stereotypes.
Iconic guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors and 13-language soprano Maki Mae join forces to accelerate mental health and medical care for hate crime survivors, and expand social justice programming to end anti-Asian violence. The free livestream on Mother’s Day Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. PST is hosted on the Asian Hall of Fame website. Continue reading The Doors’ Robby Krieger and Maki Mae Headline Multi-City Stop Asian Hate Concerts
By Nancy Wang Yuen, CNN
It took 93 years for the Academy to name an Asian woman as Best Director. And until this year, only five women, all White, had ever been nominated and only one had won — Kathryn Bigelow, in 2010, for “The Hurt Locker.” Continue reading Here’s why Chloé Zhao’s win matters for Asian women in Hollywood
