Did you hear? President Obama told People magazine in its most recent issue what he has on his iPod: “You know, there’s Reggie Love, but then all I get is Jay-Z, and I love Jay-Z, but once in a while I might want some Yo-Yo Ma or something.” If you’ll recall, the iconic Chinese American [...]

Audrey Magazine‘s Fall Issue feature story, “Picking Up the Pieces,” looks at how the economic recession has affected the lives of Asian Americans. And in light of President Obama’s recent jobs speech to a joint session of Congress, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement [...]

As you know, our President has significant Asian ties. Not only did he grow up in Indonesia and was raised as child by his Indonesian stepfather, but he grew up in Hawaii and has an Indonesian American half sister (who is married to a Chinese American). So we wanted to share a little note from [...]

We were really hoping that President Obama would nominate an Asian American (former dean of Yale Law School Harold Koh? Boalt law professor Goodwin Liu?) when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stevens stepped down. It didn’t happen, obviously, and it looks like Elena Kagan is going to be confirmed. But all is not lost! We may [...]

Hunky Japanese actor Ken Watanabe walked the red carpet with his wife Kaho Minami, a Japanese actress of Korean descent, for the premiere of Warner Bros.’s new film Inception, starring Leonard DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard. The film opens tomorrow nationwide. My husband’s been dying to see this movie. We just saw Christopher Nolan’s [...]