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"Linsanity"- Jeremy Lin: ESPN fires writer and suspends broadcaster for its racist headline and remarks -New York Knicks Sensation has Captured our Hearts
Update:
July 17, 2012
Goodbye New York, Hello Houston!
After weeks of speculation, Tuesday night the New York Knicks announced it would not match the Houston Rockets' offer.
Emotions have been running high with Knicks fans. To quote writer Ian O'Connor at ESPNNewYork.com, "Jim Dolan just made one of the dumbest moves of his basketball life"...
Meanwhile, Lin remains a gentleman, thanking the Knicks and showing enthusiasm for Houston.
Twitter comments: (@JLin7)
"Extremely excited and honored to be a Houston Rocket again!! #RedNation" "Much love and thankfulness to the Knicks and New York for your support this past year...easily the best year of my life #ForeverGrateful"
For the latest on Jeremy Lin:
July 5, 2012
This
afternoon
Jeremy
Lin
agreed
to
a
multi-million
dollar
offer
sheet
by
the
Houston
Rockets.
Numerous
sources
say
that
the
Houston
Rockets'
offer
is
reportedly
a
four
year
$28.8
million
deal
with
Lin.
The
contract
cannot
be
signed
until
after
the
NBA
moratorium
ends
next
Wednesday,
July
11,
2012,
then
the
New
York
Knicks
have
three
days
to
match
the
Rockets'
offer
or
let
him
go.
This
story
is
evolving
day
by
day,
and
in
some
cases
hour
by
hour.
(Video image by Suzanne Joe Kai at a press interview with Jeremy Lin in the NY Knicks locker room at Madison Square Garden March 11, 2012)
Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson Wins Annie Award
Jennifer Yuh Nelson was named best director for KUNG FU PANDA 2 by the International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood) at the 39th Annual Annie Awards.
Nelson is the first solo woman to win the award for Directing in a Feature Production. KUNG FU PANDA 2 also won an Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production.
The film is also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category.
AsianConnections team was at Kung Fu Panda 2's red carpet premiere in Los Angeles in 2011.
Sports Illustrated Cover Guy New York Knicks Starting Point Guard Jeremy Lin
Click here for
the
SI
article
on
New
York
Knicks
Starting
Point
Guard
Jeremy
Lin’s
astonishing
ascent.
Linsanity
continues
tonight
at
Madison
Square
Garden,
when
the
New
York
Knicks
play
the
Sacramento
Kings.
Click
here
for
more
commentary
on
Linmania
at
AsianConnections.com.
Other Articles on Jeremy Lin:
cbsnews.com:
Jeremy
Lin:
New
York
Knicks’
Cinderella
story
espn.go.com:
When
Jeremy
Lin
takes
over
your
team
Click here for the Lia Chang Articles Archive and here for the Lia Chang Photography Website.
Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist. In 2010, the Library of Congress established The Lia Chang APA Theater Portfolio in the Asian Pacific American Performing Arts Collection housed in the Library of Congress Asian Division’s Asian Pacific American Islander Collection.
New Asian American super PAC fights GOP Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra's controversial ad. Actress Lisa Chan apologizes.
A new super PAC is demanding an apology from GOP Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra for the broadcast of his controversial ad in Michigan on Super Bowl Sunday depicting negative stereotypes of Asian Americans. The ad shows an Asian female speaking in broken English, cycling through what appears to be rice paddies, "Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good."
Actress Lisa Chan apologized for her involvement. The recent UCLA graduate wrote on her Facebook page,"I am deeply sorry for any pain that the character I portrayed brought to my communities."
“In an age where virtually all Americans have moved forward on race relations, it seems Congressman Hoekstra has taken a giant step back. We are here to say we are not going to put up with it. We are here to tell him we are outraged and demand an official apology," said Jesse Tangkhpanya, the national political director for the American Values super PAC.
In
addition
to
the
Super
Bowl
ad
which
was
aired
in
Michigan,
the
GOP
Senate
hopeful
posted
a
website
accusing
GOP
rival
candidate
Senator
Debbie
Stabenow,
(D-MIch.)
of
supporting
deficit
spending.
The
Hoekstra
campaign
website
Vote for your favorite video in the White House AAPI "What's Your Story Video Challenge"
More than 200 videos were submitted by members from the AAPI communities to a video challenge called "What's Your Story" sponsored by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Here are the top eleven finalists. You may vote only once, for one of these eleven video entries. The deadline to vote is March 1, 2012. A group of finalists will be selected to come to the White House in March, 2012 to share their stories at a White House Champions of Change event.
White House staffers Eddie Lee, Associate Director, Office of Engagement, and Miya Saika Chen talk about the "What's Your Story" video challenge.
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