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BTS Member Goes Viral After Non K-Pop Fans See Him at Billboard Music Awards
BTS made history at Sunday night’s 2017 Billboard Music Awards after nabbing the Top Social Artist award, but one handsome band member caught the attention of thousands online. Jin took the Internet by storm and was trending on social media during the awards show for standing…
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People Are Upset BTS Won a Billboard Music Award Because They Are Asian
South Korean boy band BTS became the first K-pop group to be nominated and win a Billboard award for the Top Social Artist, surpassing Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Shawn Mendes. Also known as Bangtan Boys, BTS made history during Sunday night’s 2017 Billboard…
· Ryan General
Asian Man’s Business Billboard Defaced with Racist ‘No More Asians’ Poster in Australia
An unknown racist assailant recently defaced a Chinese Australian’s billboard ads with a poster filled with hateful messages. According to SBS, a property investor, Yancheng Wang, found a black and white poster listing anti-Asian phrases posted on his advertisements at a…
· Ryan General
PPAP Sets World Record For the Shortest Song to Enter Billboard Hot 100
The catchy 45-second viral hit PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) has now made it to the Guinness World Record as the shortest song to ever appear on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Japanese singer/comedian DJ Daimaou Kosaka, who penned the infectious song under his comic persona…
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China Publicly Shames People Who Owe as Little as $300 on Huge Billboards
More and more Chinese businessmen have been struggling to pay back government loans due to the current economic slowdown. Now the government has taken some drastic steps in making borrowers pay up. So far, 20 individuals the government dubbed as “dishonest,” have had their…
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New X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Billboard Sparks Outrage
A billboard advertising the new film X-Men: Apocalypse is stirring outrage amongst people in Hollywood. The billboard features Apocalypse (Oscar Issac) choking Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), with the caption that reads”Only The Strong Will Survive.”
· Riley Schatzle
Vandal Epically Trolls a McDonald’s Billboard with Emojis
A McDonald’s billboard in the UK that advertised the company’s Good Times ad campaign message was comically altered to transmit a new message that conveys harsh times. McDonald’s recently launched an ad campaign using a series of emojis to appeal to millennials. However, their…
· Riley Schatzle
Why One Proud Mother Rented a Billboard For Her Son After Graduating High School
A New Jersey mother used a billboard to show people that it is possible to raise a gentleman in one of the most dangerous cities in America.
· Ryan General
Fans Want BTS to Play the Super Bowl Halftime Show Next Year Without a Doubt
Performing at the halftime show of the Super Bowl is definitely a big deal, as the tradition has evolved into a spectacle in itself as part of the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). Notable artists who have performed in the event for millions of…
· Ryan General
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Expresses Shock and Grief Over Chester Bennington’s Death
Linkin Park band member Mike Shinoda took to Twitter to express his feelings about the death of his longtime friend and lead singer, Chester Bennington. Bennington was found dead at his home in the Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles, California in an apparent suicide by…
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Kiwi Singer Becomes Huge K-Pop Star After Her Father’s Simple Suggestion
As a member of the massively popular K-pop group BlackPink, Roseanne Park has so far achieved global success along with bandmates Lisa Manoban, Jennie Kim, and Ji Soo Kim since the group launched in August 2016. The Kiwi-Korean singer, who’s born in New Zealand and raised in…
· Guy Aoki
The Supreme Court May Support ‘The Slants,’ But Their Decision Doesn’t Help Asian Americans
The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based band that for six years fought in the courts for the right to trademark their controversial name, finally won Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in their favor. In doing so, they overturned a 71-year-old policy preventing…
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Margaret Zhang’s Elle Magazine Photoshoot Was Shot Entirely on an iPhone
Elle Australia’s latest issue marked a world-first for a fashion publication when it shot its cover and fashion spread entirely on an iPhone. Using the portrait mode on the iPhone 7 Plus, Australian photographer Georges Antoni captured the images of digital fashion guru and…
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World’s #1 YouTuber Breaks Down After BTS Unfollows Him on Twitter
K-pop band and recent Billboard Music Award winners BTS unfollowed Swedish YouTube gamer PewDiePie on Twitter and everything hurts, at least for him. After YouTube’s biggest star uploaded a video on his channel on May 17, jokingly titled “My Coming Out Story”, where he expresses…
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‘Who is BTS?’ Becomes Top Google Search After Group’s Epic BBMAs Victory
After BTS made history for winning Top Social Artist at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, everyone and their mother have been frantically Googling the K-pop boy band. Following the historic Sunday night win against artists including Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Shawn Mendes, and…
· Ryan General
Perez Hilton Pisses Off BTS Fans With the Most Ignorant Question Ever
K-pop boy band BTS made history at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night after becoming the first K-pop group to win a prestigious U.S. Billboard music award. The group, known as Bangtan Sonyeondan in Korean, or “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”, took home the fan-voted “Top Social…
· Guy Aoki
‘Dr. Ken’s’ Cancellation Could Mean Dark Times For Asian Americans in Television
Little did we know when Margaret Cho’s “All American Girl” debuted on ABC in September 1994 that we’d have to wait more than 20 years to get another Asian American family sitcom. It wasn’t for lack of effort. Since 1999, I’d been part of the Asian Pacific American Media…
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South Korean TV Show Causes Outrage for Featuring Racist Character in Blackface
South Korean television network SBS has come under fire after airing a racist comedy sketch featuring a character in blackface on the show “Laughing Legend Match”. In a comedy skit, a character named Hyunhee talks to her family about her dreams of becoming a comedian despite her…
· Ryan General
Beyonce Watches NBA All-Star Game Wearing a $21,945 Gucci Kimono
Beyonce Knowles was spotted at the Smoothie King Center last Sunday night wearing a Gucci Kimono worth a whopping $22,000. The superstar was with her husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy Carter sitting courtside during the 66th NBA All-Star Game held at the stadium in New…
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China is Upset Donald Trump Didn’t Wish Them a Happy Chinese New Year
As the so-called new “leader of the free world” and the United States’ Chief Diplomat, POTUS Donald Trump might need to learn some diplomacy skills from his granddaughter Arabella, especially when dealing with China. So far, Donald Trump’s words toward China have mostly been…