New York Fashion Week September 2011: Click photos to see larger versions.
Also, I realize this week is the big Spring 2012 reveal; autumn is upon us, however, so I'll be posting Fall 2011 collections as well
ENJOY!NYFW
Donate: March 2011 Tohoku or Great East Japan Earthquake (9.0 magnitude, one of the 5 most powerful earthquakes in the world, triggered a tsunami of waves reaching up to 40 meters/133ft;
Japanese Police agency confirmed 16,000 deaths, 6,000 injured, and more than 4,100 missing)
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has enjoyed 5 seasons with the Jeopardy Clue Crew as of 2005 and has traveled to more than 200 cities, 25 countries, and 45 American states to tape video clues for the game show.
Miyahara grew up in California and Virginia, is fourth generation Japanese, and received a Business Administration degree from University of Washington in Seattle in 2000. [Via: 1, 2]
Miyahara on the Jeopardy Clue Crew site. Jeopardy airs weeknights at 7PM/ET on ABC.
The video below shows Miyahara giving a tour of the new Jeopardy set with featuring energy efficient LED monitors.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Aziz Ansari
-currently plays Tom Haverford on NBC’s Parks & Recreation, which airs Thursdays at 8:30pm-that’s TONIGHT!!! (Also starring Saturday Night Live veteran, Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation is brought to you by the producers of The Office.)
-also starred in films such as I Love You, Man and Observe and Report. He was most recently in Judd Apatow’s Funny People, with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, and is shown below on Jimmy Kimmel (July 2009) promoting the movie.
-writes for and performs in the MTV sketchcomedy series, The Human Giant.
-was born in Columbia South Carolina to Muslim Tamil Indian parents on February 23, 1983 and obtained an MBA in Marketing from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2004. He began stand up comedy while at NYU, often performing at Upright Citizen’s Brigade, won a bunch of awards for being funny, and you can read the rest here.
Related Posts: Indian Keywords: Aziz Ansari, Funny People, Parks & Recreation, The Human Giant, Live on Jimmy Kimmel, comedian, UCB [photos 1, 2, 3,4]
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Harry Shum Jr.
currently plays one pop-and-locking Mike Chang in the Fox hit series Glee, which airs Wednesdays (TONIGHT!!!) at 9pm. (See Fall TV Schedule of shows with Asians on primetime & regular network)
He will reprise the role of Cable in the next installment of the Step Up film series. Step Up 3-D will be in theaters 2010. (I actually saw part of this being filmed in NYC’s Grand Central a couple of months ago.) Shum Jr. has appeared as a dancer in several other films including 2004’s You Got Served.
Shum Jr. was born April 28, 1982 in Limon, Costa Rica and has not confirmed his ethnicity on any medium I can find. Definitely Asian, but not sure which heritage. From his name I’d guess Chinese, but I would really need to confirm before taking him out of the ‘suspected’ category.
UPDATE: Harry Shum JR. is Chinese
as of October 31, 2009…Harry Shum Jr. confirms on his twitter he is Chinese!
Shum Jr. started dancing with his high school company and continued formal training with several dance studios in San Fransisco. His dance career really began to take off when he was recognized for being the only male dancer on BET’s Comic View.
Have you noticed I’ve posted a bunch on Glee? It’s not only because the show happens to have cast not 1 or 2, but at least 6 Asians in main roles…SIX ASIANS, ONE SHOW, MAJOR NETWORK…How many primetime TV productions have done that?
Also, Jane Lynch’s delivery of Sue Sylvester’s lines are not to be missed. She’s brilliant in this role and her lines are priceless. Check out a 3 minute funny…
was most recently on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters. Sohn played a pregnant doctor who chose Kitty and Robert McCallister (played by Calista Flockhart and Rob Lowe) to adopt her baby.
Sohn is an American actress of Korean and East African descent. She won the “Best Supporting Television Actress” Asian Excellence Award in 2008 for her role as Detective Kima Greggs on the hit HBO series, The Wire.
You know what else rocks? Sohn also has a talent for slampoetry. Sohn wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the script for the 1998 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Slam; which I am now going to Q. I wonder if the words will give me the same rush as the beats in Drumline.
is a Canadian actress of Indian descent best known for her role as Tory Foster in the Syfy hit series Battlestar Galactica (BSG). She will appear in a 90-minute BSG special, The Plan, to be released on DVD and Blue Ray October 27th.
5 BSG Castmates at NYC COMIC CON starting TODAY!!!
From Fri-Sun, October 16-18, Sharma (along with BSG castmates below) will be at the NYC Big Apple Comic Con at Pier 54 on W55th/12th Ave. The BSG panel will be held Saturday 12:30-1:30pm. Click on link for tix.
is an American actress of Indian and German descent born June 5, 1977 in Malibu, CA. She has a recurring role as Amita Ramanujan on CBS’s hit television show, Numb3rs, which also stars Judd Hirsch and Peter MacNichol. More on Nawat in Wiki and IMDB. Numb3rs airs Fridays (TONIGHT!) on CBS at 10pm.
is a Tony Award-winning American actor of Chinese descent born in San Francisco on October 24, 1960. Wong is best known for his current role as Dr. George Huang on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which airs Wednesdays, 9pm (Tonight!)
Per Wiki: “Wong, who is openly gay, began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988.[4] In 2000, the couple had twin sons together: Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo Wong. They were born through a surrogatesurrogacy titled mother, using Wong’s sperm and an egg donated by Jackson’s sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004.[4]”
DWTS is on ABC/8pm, Mondays (tonight!) - other Famous Asians on DWTS this season - dancer Cheryl Burke (L), contestant and Olympic gold medalist, Natalie Coughlin (R) - both women are part Filipino.
[Via DWTS: Cheryl with Tom Delay, Natalie with Alec Mazo]
![Kelly Miyahara
has enjoyed 5 seasons with the Jeopardy Clue Crew as of 2005 and has traveled to more than 200 cities, 25 countries, and 45 American states to tape video clues for the game show. Miyahara grew up in California and Virginia, is fourth generation Japanese, and received a Business Administration degree from University of Washington in Seattle in 2000. [Via: 1, 2]Miyahara on the Jeopardy Clue Crew site. Jeopardy airs weeknights at 7PM/ET on ABC.The video below shows Miyahara giving a tour of the new Jeopardy set with featuring energy efficient LED monitors.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks4u2vnoMA1qa172uo1_500.jpg)
![Harry Shum Jr.
currently plays one pop-and-locking Mike Chang in the Fox hit series Glee, which airs Wednesdays (TONIGHT!!!) at 9pm. (See Fall TV Schedule of shows with Asians on primetime & regular network) He will reprise the role of Cable in the next installment of the Step Up film series. Step Up 3-D will be in theaters 2010. (I actually saw part of this being filmed in NYC’s Grand Central a couple of months ago.) Shum Jr. has appeared as a dancer in several other films including 2004’s You Got Served. Shum Jr. was born April 28, 1982 in Limon, Costa Rica and has not confirmed his ethnicity on any medium I can find. Definitely Asian, but not sure which heritage. From his name I’d guess Chinese, but I would really need to confirm before taking him out of the ‘suspected’ category.
UPDATE: Harry Shum JR. is Chinese
as of October 31, 2009…Harry Shum Jr. confirms on his twitter he is Chinese! Shum Jr. started dancing with his high school company and continued formal training with several dance studios in San Fransisco. His dance career really began to take off when he was recognized for being the only male dancer on BET’s Comic View. Have you noticed I’ve posted a bunch on Glee? It’s not only because the show happens to have cast not 1 or 2, but at least 6 Asians in main roles…SIX ASIANS, ONE SHOW, MAJOR NETWORK…How many primetime TV productions have done that?
Besides Mike Chang, there’s the football coach, Glee Club lead singer, OB/GYN Doc Wu, Principal Figgins, and pharmacy/CVS-type stock guy. Former 3 done, latter 3 to go…Also, Jane Lynch’s delivery of Sue Sylvester’s lines are not to be missed. She’s brilliant in this role and her lines are priceless. Check out a 3 minute funny…
Related Posts: Chinese, Suspected, In TV Film, DancerKeywords: Famous Asians, Asian guy in Glee[Shum Jr’s IMDB, photo]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krtqilsCBk1qa172uo1_500.jpg)
![Ravi Nawat
is an American actress of Indian and German descent born June 5, 1977 in Malibu, CA. She has a recurring role as Amita Ramanujan on CBS’s hit television show, Numb3rs, which also stars Judd Hirsch and Peter MacNichol. More on Nawat in Wiki and IMDB. Numb3rs airs Fridays (TONIGHT!) on CBS at 10pm.
[photos via: top, 1, 2 & 3, 4]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr442eZRJQ1qa172uo1_400.jpg)
![BD Wong
is a Tony Award-winning American actor of Chinese descent born in San Francisco on October 24, 1960. Wong is best known for his current role as Dr. George Huang on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which airs Wednesdays, 9pm (Tonight!)
Wong garnered mainstream attention for his leading role, opposite John Lithgow, in Broadway’s M. Butterfly. Wong is “notable as being the only actor to have been honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award,[2]Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same performance.[3]“ Wong performed 10 different characters in a rave-reviewed one man musical, Herringbone, in 2008. Per Wiki: “Wong, who is openly gay, began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988.[4] In 2000, the couple had twin sons together: Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo Wong. They were born through a surrogatesurrogacy titled mother, using Wong’s sperm and an egg donated by Jackson’s sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004.[4]”More on Wiki and IMDB
[photos top via 1, 2]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr3ysf8LKH1qa172uo1_400.jpg)
Wong garnered mainstream attention for his leading role, opposite John Lithgow, in Broadway’s 
