Southern Fried Asian: Vinny Chhibber
In a first for Southern Fried Asian, Keith welcomes a previous guest’s sibling, Big Sky star, Vinny Chhibber.
Tag: Janina Gavankar
Janina Gavankar Talks About Her New Film, ‘Encounter’
After four years since the last time she stopped by, Janina Gavankar returns to the NOC to catch up on the last few years. She and I discuss the projects she’s completed in that time, including the new film starring Riz Ahmed, Encounter, now available to stream on Prime Video.
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Get All the Details on Season 2 of ‘The Morning Show’ Before It Returns in September
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon star in and executive produce Apple TV+’s The Morning Show. The drama series returns with a second season on Friday, September 17 and will include 10 new episodes. The Morning Show will premiere with the first episode, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday. The cast also includes Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Bel Powley, Desean Terry, Janina Gavankar, Tom Irwin, and Marcia Gay Harden.
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Go Asians: A History of AAPI Representation in ‘Star Wars’
The month of May holds a special place in the hearts of Asian American and Pacific Islander Star Wars fans. For starters, May has been AAPI Heritage Month since 1990, though it originally began as “Asian Pacific Heritage Week” when it was proposed in Congress by Representatives Frank Horton and Norman Y. Mineta in 1977. That’s right, 1977. You know what else debuted in May 1977?
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Janina Gavankar: How a Nerd of Color Became the Face of Star Wars
Since the NOC launched in 2013, actress Janina Gavankar has been one of the community’s biggest celebrity boosters. Now, finally, Janina is able to join us on Hard NOC Life! In the intervening years, she has racked up the nerd bona fides by starring in Arrow, True Blood, and Sleepy Hollow. But now, she is part of the biggest nerd franchise of them all: as Iden Versio in the blockbuster game franchise Star Wars: Battlefront II.
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