Tag: Crazy Rich Asians

Marvel, Movies

Gemma Chan Joins ‘Captain Marvel’ as Minn-Erva

Laura Sirikul

Humans star Gemma Chan is joining the MCU in Marvel’s first female-led superhero film, Captain Marvel.

The British actress has been cast as Kree geneticist, Minn-Erva aka Doctor Minvera. In the comics, Minn-Erva was a Kree spy and enemy of Captain Marvel (played by Brie Larson). Chan joins Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ben Mendelsohn in the film. Mendelsohn is rumored to play a villainous role as well.

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Hard N.O.C. Life, Movies2 Comments

EW’s Shirley Li Breaks Down ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Hard NOC Media

This weekend’s cover story in Entertainment Weekly features Constance Wu and Henry Golding from next year’s can’t-miss rom-com Crazy Rich Asians. Since Asian Americans on the cover of EW is so rare, we brought in the story’s author, Shirley Li, to talk about her behind-the-scenes look at the movie all of Asian America is pinning its hopes and dreams on (no pressure, Jon Chu!)

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Movies, Television

Entertainment Weekly’s Asian AF Covers

Keith Chow

This morning, Entertainment Weekly unveiled Shirley Li’s cover story featuring the highly anticipated romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians — which is set to hit cinemas on August 17, 2018. Seeing Constance Wu and Henry Golding looking fab on the cover got us thinking, how many EW covers* have featured Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders? So we dug into the EW archives and unearthed the following.

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Hard N.O.C. Life, Podcasts3 Comments

BuzzFeed’s Susan Cheng on the State of AAPI Pop Culture

The Nerds of Color

It’s been nearly a year since we were hit with the double whammy of Tilda Swinton and Scarlett Johannson. Now with Iron Fist and Ghost in the Shell just around the corner, we’re joined by BuzzFeed News’ entertainment reporter Susan Cheng to let us know where Asian Americans currently stand in the greater pop cultural landscape.

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