M.A.R.A.

John C. Liu

NYC Nov. 3, 2009 - ELECTIONS TODAY!!!!
John C. Liu running for Comptroller

Under the Democratic and Working Party lines
Platform: About John

Quick Facts:

Elected to Councilman in 2001, northeast Queens (20th District)
Re-elected 2003, 2005
FIRST Chinese-American and Asian-American to be elected to City Council
Moved to the U.S. from Taiwan at 5yo
Father changed “Chun” to “John” to honor John F. Kennedy
Brothers’ names were changed to honor Robert & Edward Kennedy
Attended NYC public schools & Bronx High School of Science
Mathematical Physics major at Binghamton University in NY
Worked as a Manager at PriceWaterhouse Coopers before being elected to City Council

Keywords: First Asian American, first Chinese American, elected to City Council, Democrat, Democratic, Working Families, New York City, NYC Councilman, NYC City Council, John C. Liu, John Liu

Mixed Asian Miranda Kerr is postmodern pinup sexy »

More of Miranda from the Willy Vanderperre photo shoot styled by Olivier Rizzio. [ V Magazine.] Kerr will next appear in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show airing on CBS, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 10PM/ET. Also see candids from Monday’s (Oct 26) Victoria’s Secret photo shoot in St. Barth’s.

Is Miranda really part Asian? Check out her short bio.

Harry Shum Jr. of Fox’s Glee confirms he is…

Harry Shum Jr. who plays Mike Chang on the Fox hit series Glee (airing Wednesday nights at 9pm/ET) has just confirmed on his Twitter (approx 2pm) that he is Chinese.

No other sources had confirmed his Asian heritage until now (including Wiki) Chinese was my guess though : ) Asian radar engage!

Keywords: Harry Shum Jr is Chinese, Asian guy on Glee, Asian guy on glee is Chinese, Guy who plays Mike Chang on Glee is Chinese, Asian guy in Step Up

You ROCK Mizz Mo of DOLLHOUSE !!! THANK YOU

Maurissa (Mo) Tancharoen, is a writer for the Friday-night-aired Fox series Dollhouse and as of yesterday evening, October 30, 2009…

Tweeted My Post!!!

Tweet, Post

Readers, thanks for indulging my bit of excitement!

Related posts: Whedon stuffs, Mo, Summer Glau, Dichen Lachman
Keywords: Whedon, Firefly, Serenity, Dollhouse, Tancharoen, Castle, Nathan Fillion, TSCC, Terminator, Fox, Glee

Alexa Chung

is a British model, DJ, contributing editor at British Vogue, and host of MTV’s It’s On With Alexa Chung (airs weekdays @3:30pm/ET). Get the scoop on her interview and photo shoot at V Magazine here.

Chung was born on November 5, 1983 and raised in Privett, Hampshire, England by her English mother and 3/4 Chinese father.[via] More on Wiki.

Filipino and Korean: Recurring Roles on

Ugly Betty premiered its 4th season on October 16th and airs Fridays (TONIGHT!!!) at 9pm/ET on ABC.

Alec Mapa has portrayed reporter Suzuki St. Pierre since the show’s 2nd season

Smith Cho landed the much-anticipated role playing backhanded compliment master and Betty’s quirky new office mate, Megan. More on her character here.

ROCK ON Asians-with-non-asian-sterotype roles on Primetime TV!

Related Posts: Filipinos, Koreans, Alec Mapa, Smith Cho
Keywords: Ugly Betty, Asians on Ugly Betty
Photos: Banner, Mapa, Cho

Shane Victorino

is a right-handed switch hitter and center fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. He bats 8th in the line-up in

Tonight’s GAME 2 of the WORLD SERIES Yankees v. Phillies at Yankee Stadium.

Watch it on Fox at 7:30pm/ET.

A track champion with a phenomenal right-arm, Victorino gains respect for his incredible speed and mad throwing skillz. Even more impressive are his accomplishments despite his relatively small stature at 5’9”. More on his stats here and here.

Victorino was born November 30, 1980 in Wailuku, Hawaii and is classified as “Pacific Islander” on his myspace.

While Wiki tags Victorino under Portuguese- and Japanese- American, and other sites claim he is also of Filipino descent, there are no primary sources confirming this information. Can anyone point me to anything that can confirm?

In the meantime check out a great piece on Victorino here.

Keywords: Famous Asians, Shane Victorino, Philadelphia Phillies, Yankees, World Series 2009, October 29
Thanks to Joe P for the ref!
Photos via: 1, 2, 3

NINJA Assassin star RAIN on CNN Talk Asia last night - the Interview »

RAIN is the first Korean to grace a billboard for a movie in NY’s Times Square.

[via]

★ M.A.R.A.★