Author: Milyene Huynh

Eight dancers from Japan dancing in the dark made viral headlines this week hitting over 3.5 million views already. How could that be?! YouTube viewers were mesmerized by the Tron-inspired troop moves that the Japanese dance team Wrecking Crew Orchestra perfectly synchronized together- in the dark! The world’s first wearable wireless lighting system designed by iLuminate has performers strapped with light-emitting ribbons and tape which can be controlled remotely. This new dance technology is showcased in this jaw-dropping impressive dance routine: [youtube id=”6ydeY0tTtF4″ width=”619″ height=”375″] The technology gained mainstream attention when Team iLuminate from Los Angeles finished third place in the sixth season…

I love musical collaborations . They represent a determination between two parties or more to reach an identical objective. So I was on reply mode when I spotted Jennifer Chung and emcee Decipher doing a cover together of Elle Varner and J. Cole’s “Only Wanna Give It To You”. I was already a huge fan of their previous collaboration, Freestyle For Me, so I was definitely quick to jump on this. With Jennifer belting out mad vocals in Los Angeles  and Decipher holding it down in Philadelphia, this cross country collective definitely produced a hot track: [youtube id=”mCjUzQjQ1iY” width=”619″ height=”375″] You can get…

Earlier this week, NBC piloted it’s newest reality show - Fashion Star: Watch it today, wear it tomorrow. [youtube id=”XCQNzOcZbEQ” width=”619″ height=”315″] “It’s big, bold, beautiful, and sexy. It’s never been done before. It’s their lives on the line. Their careers on the line. 14 designers. 1 winner. The search for the next Fashion Star” Hosting 14 unrecognized designers battling it out to win the the opportunity of a lifetime: contracts with three top American retailers, H&M, Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue, worth over $6 million! The three fashion moguls act as their mentors on the show: Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie,…

Bay Area film fans, today launches the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival! As a big supporter of Asian American cinema, I always look forward to this film festival particularly because it’s in my home turf, the Bay Area!! Not to mention, it’s celebrating Asians on the big screens!! It’s crazy to me to come to the realization that I’ve been attending the SFIAAFF for over a decade now! I missed the first half of the celebration of awesome film festivities, but am looking to continue to post this special event on my calendar for years! The festivities kick off tonight with the Opening Night…

Check out former American Idol Season 6 contestant Paul Kim in his new music video for his single “You Left Me For That” that follows his rags to riches story. He plays a hardware store worker under the uninspiring boss, Mr.Kim played by David So- who doesn’t care about his singing aspirations and dreams to make it big one day. The lyrics are directed towards his ex-girlfriend who left him for a freeloader played by Timothy Delaghetto. This charming video also features Grace Su as Jennifer Grant. Check it out: [youtube id=”iazRnn1BfwI” width=”619″ height=”375″] WRITTEN BY PAUL KIM AND DAVID KATER.…

Liberty. What does it mean to you??? [youtube id=”rwwyzpEnK0M” width=”619″ height=”375″] LiNK : LIBERTY. IN. NORTH. KOREA. http://www.linkglobal.org/ We raise awareness of the North Korean human rights and refugee crisis through national awareness tours and provide opportunities to be directly involved in the issue through our local Chapters who focus on raising awareness in local communities, advocating and fundraising for LiNK’s programs. Join the movement. One of the BIGGEST human rights crisis that exists today is in North Korea. LiNK is a great organization and the only one of it’s kind world wide! The crisis includes:…

Last week was an intense week for a fight to the finish on Bravo’s Emmy winning hit series: Top Chef Season 9 finale. Paul Qui of Austin’s Uchiko (Japanese restaurant) was a strong fan and judges favorite throughout the entire season who beat Chicago chef Sarah Grueneberg  and earned himself the well-deserved title of “Top Chef” and took home the coveted prize of $125,000 as the overall winner. Winning six out of the 12 elimination challenges, a car and a trip to Costa Rica, the finale win sure was the ultimate cherry on top! Paul trained under chef Tyson Cole (who won a James Beard…

Benson Henderson was a good Korean American kid from Colorado Springs, Colorado. He’s never had a sip of alcohol or a puff of a cigarette (or anything for that matter) in his life. Henderson joined the wrestling team while in college and has grown into a current Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt and a mixed martial artist to keep an eye on. In 2010, Henderson claimed his current title of “former WEC Lightweight Champion” in the thrid round when he caught Jamie Varner with a Guillotine choke at WEC 46. In late 2010 when World Extreme Cagefighting merged with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Henderson became one of the WEC fighters that…

Did you catch American Idol last night? It was a chance for this season’s top 12 American Idol female contestants to step beneath the spotlight in the two-hour telecast. Only a few seized the moment to secure their spot as top five to make it to the next round.  This season’s diva-in-training, Jessica Sanchez was by far the best of the night (in my opinion). She blew away the crowd, the judges, and America in her rendition of “Love you I do” – a song performed by former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson for the 2006 film Dreamgirls. Judge Randy Jackson said “that…

David Choi is back with a new music video for “Missing Piece”, a new track off his latest album, “Forever and Ever”! In this charming video, actress Ellen Wong (Home is Where the Hans Are) attempts to reassemble a puzzle of herself and David after the wind broke it apart. A few missing pieces separates the two, but Ellen figures out a way to bring them back together – by drawing in the void. In life and love, some endings are bittersweet. Fate may “piece” together two people, only to rip them apart. But with a solution and a way, there’s always…

With the new season of American Idol, the Pittsburg auditions hosted a seemingly awkward 22 year-old Heejun Han, an Asian (Korean) guy with a thick accent and even thicker framed glasses. No American Idol audition would be complete without some Asian guy making a huge fool of himself on American television right? Great. I raised an eyebrow and thought to myself “Oh no… please don’t let this be another mockery of Asian talented singers… not another William Hung!” However, I was totally vested after I heard the best commentary ever to come from someone speaking to how they felt going…

On last night’s episode of the reality singing competition American Idol, Filipino-Mexican Jessica Sanchez was among the 14 contestants who made it to the Top 24! Jessica Sanchez… Hmmm. Name ring a bell? Some of you may recognize her actually. She got her start on America’s Got Talent Season 1 in 2006, when she performed her powerful rendition of Celine Dion’s “I Surrender” – leaving a judge momentarily at a loss for words before commenting. She was only 11 years old and finished as a semifinalist. Prior to that, she received her first standing ovation on television when she appeared on the legendary music…

Meet Sam Tsui – the musician and internet celebrity who rose to fame on YouTube with over 85 million views- a 22 year-old Chinese American singer, pianist, and songwriter originally from Pennsylvania who attended Yale University. He was mentioned by Tom Hanks in an address to his graduating class of Yale 2011. As a member of The Duke’s Men of Yale, an all-male acappella group of Davenport College, he was a popular figure in the group. He lived down the street away from Kurt Schneider, his producer and accompanist. As of February 2011, the YouTube channel “KurtHugoSchneider” has garnered over 360 million total…

You ever get tired of hearing the same thing over and over again because it gets played out after everyone and everybody is talking about the same old thing? What was once a hot topic becomes yesterday’s news? Kind of like a hot track that gets overly played on the radio. It just starts to get annoying, and you start to get sick of it. That’s what we call “hype” – something that peaks in popularity at some point and loses credibility once people start to get tired of it. “Linsanity” is not hype. Hype fails to inspire. Jeremy Lin…

A few months ago, the The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders announced the “What’s Your Story” video challenge. The challenge asked Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to answer 3 questions to raise awareness on the issues they are facing today. Those 3 questions: 1. How have your unique experiences shaped who you are today? 2. What issues matter to you? 3. In what ways are you making a difference in your community? With over 200 video submissions, 11 finalists have been chosen. Go here to watch the videos and vote for your favorites. By submitting your unique email address,…