To the angry, inflammatory, right-wing pundits (like Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh), and all of the folks that are losing sleep over the fact that President Obama (gasp!) bowed while shaking the hand of Japanese Emperor Akihito… …there’s a fascinating new concept we’d like to introduce to you called “SHOWING RESPECT.” Sure, it may be the American way (excluding, of course, the precedent of other leaders–including Nixon and Eise... Read Full Story

It was announced today that Lucie Kim’s $4 million dollar lawsuit against Miley Cyrus–which we knew in our hearts she would never win–was thrown out by Los Angeles judge Robert Sohigian today. Fierce. Fierce!Sohigian “was not convinced Cyrus had violated a state law protecting citizens from discrimination by businesses,” and tossed the case without so much as a stern talking-to about social responsibility, the significance of buck-teef and slit eyes, or a verbal ... Read Full Story

By now, you’ve likely heard about the just-leaked threesome sex tape (WARNING: previous link extremely, extremely NSFW) featuring Miss Trinidad & Tobago (Anya Ayoung-Chee), her boyfriend Wyatt Gallery, and a close friend that is NOT, as previously alleged, Miss Japan. Missing from this screen grab: Ponytail guy The video was snatched when Gallery dropped off his laptop for repair at a Trinidad computer shop, and quickly made waves this week throughout the Internet pervosphere. I won... Read Full Story

Adam Lambert revealed in a controversy-riddled Out interview that he’s gone down on a girl! Adam Lambert goes down From Out: OUT: Have you ever had any sex with a girl? AL: Oral. OUT: You went down on her? AL: Uh-huh. OUT: Was it gross, or it was just not what you wanted? AL: It was a little gross because I don’t think she was as clean as she could’ve been. It wasn’t the act of it that really turned me off. I don’t really remember. I was 18 and I was drunk. Or maybe I was 17… The ... Read Full Story

(Liu Wen is the “first Asian model” to walk in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show–if you don’t count Blasian Chanel Iman, who also made her VS debut at the same time–November 19, 2009.) [Starpulse: Hot Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Photos] [The Cut: Liu Wen Is the First Asian Model Confirmed for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show] Read Full Story

Our pal Angry Asian Man haaaaates it when we make fun of Ann Curry, because he’s got a mad crush on the Today show anchor, who turns 53 today. But the truth is, we do, too. There’s something ineffably charming about her, whether it’s her repeatedly wishing you a good morning or her oogly-love for Brad Pitt that makes her go all fangirl during an interview. We’ve called her a robot time and again, yet we can’t actually remember how that got started in the first p... Read Full Story

Meet Jialing Chen. He’s 62 years old and works on Wall Street. He’s not an investment banker, however; he’s Sad Panda (and SpongeBob SquarePants some days). The Guangzhou-native-turned-permanent-U.S.-resident–who lost his Chinese restaurant waiter job in 2007 because his mother died and, as the eldest son, had to return to China to make funeral arrangements–makes $30 on a good day as Sad Panda. His wife works 7 days a week as a private nurse so that they can ... Read Full Story

L.A. AREA PEEPS! This Saturday, November 21, meet some of our favorite Asian American bloggers at BANANA, a roundtable extravaganza to be held at USC. Bloggers tend to never leave the house, so this may be your one chance to meet the awesome folks behind 8 Asians, Angry Asian Man, Hyphen Magazine, channel APA and many other radtastic sites. (Sadly, we won’t be able to make it. We know, we suck.) Here are the pertinent deets: Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009 Time: 3:00pm – 6:00... Read Full Story

Did anybody else catch today’s conversation between CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Nurse Lucy Marion from the U.S. Preventive Task Force (the group that released this week’s controversial recommendation that women should begin routine mammograms 10 years later than previously determined, and perform less self-examinations–in order to prevent unnecessary “anxiety” and costly biopsy tests)? We don’t have the terse/awkward video, but here’s a transcri... Read Full Story

Sarah Palin is hopping mad about the image of her that Newsweek used for their recent cover, stating that the photo (originally taken for a profile in Runner’s World) taken out of context is “sexist.” Texting and running--someone should ticket for that Sexist? Or just stupid? In my humble opinion: after the age of 22, taking any public photo in shorts is downright irresponsible. I don’t care who the hell you are, what job you’ve got, how great your gams are, how ... Read Full Story