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Asian Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Posted on November 13, 2011 by bigWOWO

This isn’t something that I think about much (since I don’t live near Hollywood), but there was an article on CNN about the Hollywood Walk of Fame and minority representation. According to the article, Asians are falling behind just about everyone else. I was pleasantly surprised that the article devoted ample coverage to the Asian thing.

See this:

By the end of 2011 — with a few more minority celebrities scheduled to be honored this year — the Walk of Fame will have 77 stars overall given to Latinos, 119 stars to African-Americans or African-American ensembles (three of those performers — Nat “King” Cole, Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughn — have a second star, but they are counted only once), and only 10 stars to Asians, according to the chamber.

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The Difference Between Bruce and Jet (and Jackie)

Posted on June 25, 2009 by bigWOWO
Bruce

Bruce

jet-li

Jet

Jackie

Jackie

(Bruce pic from here, Jet pic from here, Jackie pic from here)

In our last podcast with Ed and Eric, we touched on the difference between Bruce, Jackie, and Jet.  Vu had brought up the difference between Jackie and Jet during the podcast, and we made numerous inquiries into the characters that the actors portrayed and their respective reputations.  For me, if we look at the three guys at the highest points of their careers, there’s always been a clear difference between the three men physically:

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