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· Riley Schatzle
A Billionaire Wall Street CEO Has One Piece of Important Advice for Pro-Athletes
Billionaire Marc Lasry, who co-owns the Milwaukee Bucks, wants all newly minted NBA millionaires to ruthlessly save their money by telling everyone who hits them up for funds that they simply don’t have any. The Moroccan-born Lasry, who made his fortune by focusing on distressed…
· Jacob Wagner
Someone Just Bought This ‘Masterpiece’ Painting For $46.5 Million
No, “The Onion” did not take over our staff for the day. Someone seriously just bought the above painting for $46.5 million this week at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The artist behind the painting is Mark Rothko, who rose to prominence in the 60s before he committed suicide…
· Eliza Romero
Dear Asian Women, I’m Calling You Out On This One
Editor’s Note: Eliza Romero is a Baltimore-based, Filipino-American fashion photographer and style blogger behind the website Aesthetic Distance, a blog critical of pop culture. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. I am a member of a lot of Asian Rights and…
· Deanna Yang
Someone Can’t Believe This Woman is a New Zealand Business Owner Because She’s Asian
So. Last night I was tagged in an instagram post because my face has been featured in an ad that’s been displayed all over online, Britomart, Newmarket, Khyber Pass, Newton and in some of the most high profile spots in Auckland, scratch that, in New Zealand. Period. One of the…
· Ryan General
Netflix’s ‘Iron Fist’ is as Horrible As Everyone Expected
Early reviews for Netflix’s highly controversial fourth Marvel series, “Iron Fist”, are already out and things aren’t looking so great for the hard-punching hero. Set to officially arrive next week (March 17), the 13-episode show stars “Game of Thrones” alumnus Finn Jones as…
· Ryan General
Pervert Rubs Indonesian Woman’s Thigh on Bus, Police Don’t Think It’s a Big Deal
Just two days after the historic Women’s March in Indonesia, a young Indonesian woman was sexually harassed by a pervert inside a bus. The victim, identified only as IK, said that the man caressed her thigh while riding a TransJakarta bus, according to Vivanews (via Coconuts…
· Khier Casino
The Chubby Chinese Tigers Hunting a Drone All Live in a Slaughter Farm
A video released on Wednesday by China Central Television shows an ambush of tigers making a cat toy out of a drone flying too close to their enclosure at the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park. The sanctuary in Heilongjiang province in China uses drones to help their tigers stay in…
· Benny Luo
Filipino-American Who Made Millions Off Snapchat Explains Why He’s Spent NONE Of It
At 28, Garrett Gee is living the life. In 2011, he launched his QR code startup Scan in his college dorm at BYU. In 2013, he received national attention after pitching his company on Shark Tank in his flip-flops. A year later, Gee sold Scan to Snapchat for $54 million, making…
· Max Chang
The Oscars Are So Full of Ignorant White People, They Can’t Recognize an Anime Masterpiece
Everyone’s new favorite anime film “Your Name” may have recently smashed some box office records and earned fans across the globe but somehow, it still fell short of earning a nod from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Makoto Shinkai’s global hit, which became the…
· Khier Casino
Eddie Huang Destroys Steve Harvey For Saying No One Likes Asian Men
“Fresh Off the Boat” author Eddie Huang called out Steve Harvey’s recent jokes about white women not wanting to date Asian men, writing in a New York Times essay that Harvey is one those “people who believe Asian men are inept and undesirable to any women outside their race.” In…
· Ryan General
Two Indonesian Designers Were Featured in This Year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
This year’s prestigious Victoria’s Secret fashion show held at the Grand Palais in Paris last Wednesday not only featured multiple Asian models, but also the works of two talented Asian designers. Designs of Tex Saverio and Rinaldy A. Yunardi, both from Indonesia, have been…
· Sam Huang
How One Man Flew Singapore Airlines’ $16,000 First Class Suite For Just $480
Nearly a decade ago, the A380 began commercial service, and with it the possibility of innovative air products that would push the limits of luxury commercial aviation. One of the most exciting new concepts was the Singapore Airlines’ new first class product, which featured the…
· Ryan General
Hayao Miyazaki is Coming Out of Retirement for One More Film
Legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is reportedly coming out of retirement to bring the story of a tiny caterpillar to life. The prolific director, who broke his legions of fans’ hearts when he announced his retirement back in 2013, confirmed his decision during a television…
· Max Chang
Chinese Man Geniously Crafts a Gemstone Out of a Beer Bottle
A young man from China allegedly found a cheap way to appease his girlfriend who nagged him for a diamond ring by crafting his own gemstone using the bottom of a beer bottle. According to Chinese news website Huanqiu (via Daily Mail), the practical man decided to make a…
· Ryan General
North Korean Hotels Get Brutally Honest Reviews On TripAdvisor
When North Korea opened its doors to tourists in an effort to increase the government’s foreign currency reserves, they might not have expected that their nicest “six-star” hotel would be subject to poor reviews online. To be more inviting to foreigners, the state’s previous…
· Ryan General
New iPhone Sells Out in Under 10 Minutes After Pre-orders Open in Hong Kong
Despite many tech experts doubting the new iPhones’ marketability, there’s no doubt that there are still many hardcore iPhone fans out there. Minimal improvements and boring updates aside, the iPhone 7 sold out in Hong Kong in less than 10 minutes after pre-orders were made…
· Ryan General
Street Cleaners Dig Through Garbage For 3 Hours to Find a Tourist’s Important iPhone
Committed Chinese street cleaners in Shanghai sifted through five tons of garbage for hours under the sweltering heat to help Beijing tourists find their lost iPhone. Zhang Xiaoliang and his girlfriend were reportedly taking a stroll around Yuyuan Garden while visiting Beijing…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Woman Who Holds the Key to Asian Money in Silicon Valley
This week, Uber made headlines after selling its Chinese operations to rival Didi Chuxing, just a few days after becoming officially legal in the country. The $1 billion deal appears like an easy purchase to relax the struggling business, but behind scenes like this are people…
· Ryan General
Asian Columnist at UC Berkeley Faces Criticisms For Racially-charged Opinion Pieces
A female student’s controversial column for UC Berkeley’s school paper “The Daily Californian” has received criticism for its racially charged, sexually-explicit content. The author, Maggie Lam, claims that she writes “about reclaiming the Asian-American narrative surrounding…
· Editorial Staff
Culture Japan’s New ‘Smart Doll’ Can Charge Your Phone and Double as a Computer Case
Computer geeks can install their Android OS and plug in their USBs into a Japanese “smart doll.” The Smart Doll line is modeled after the mascot of Japanese television show “Culture Japan.” The dolls can be turned into mobile battery charging station for their mobile devices or…
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