Intern Jasmine’s Links Of The Daysian

September 9th, 2012 | 0 comments | Posted by jasmine

Oh look, it’s just my top two celebrity boyfriends, Kal Penn and John Cho, hanging out and taking calls from the President. [YouTube]

Did you know a white Harvard dropout from the Upper East Side of NYC started one of the first Asian American studies programs in the country? Alexander Saxton, who helped establish UCLA’s Asian American studies program in the 1970s, died last week at the age of 93. [NYT]

Why does Xinhuanet list Heath Ledger as one of their super movie villains of all time using the poster from Brokeback Mountain? [Xinhuanet via Beijing Cream]

Here are some stills and a teaser for Chink, a movie about an Asian American serial killer directed by Stanley Yung, written by Koji Steven Sakai (The People I’ve Slept With), and produced by Quentin Lee (The People I’ve Slept With, White Frog). [Twitch]

While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not very popular in China due to President Obama’s focus on the Asia (and China’s territory disputes in the South China Sea)… [The Atlantic Wire]

…First Lady Michelle Obama seems to be enjoying an upswing in popularity in China, as video of her speech from the Democratic National Convention has gone viral there. [The Atlantic]

How awesome (if not entirely appropriate) would it be if the First Lady appeared in a Harold and Kumar movie? Seriously! Check out this fist bump with actor and former Obama administration staffer Kal Penn. [BuzzFeed]

McDonald’s Hmong billboards in St. Paul, Minnesota are confusing more Hmong native speakers than enticing them to eat at the fast food chain. [AdFreak]

If Coca-Cola doesn’t do any business with North Korea officially, how did a can of the fizzy drink get into a video taken in a North Korean pizza parlor? [LAT]

If you’re going to watch any “Gangnam Style” parody/tribute videos, let this one of YouTuber Mikeosong and his umma dancing to the Korean hit be the first. [YouTube]

TBS has renewed comedy “Sullivan & Son,” which stars Korean American comedian Steve Byrne, for a second season. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Apparently, a shortage of desks for students at poor schools in China’s Hubei province has lead to the schools instituting a “bring your own desk” policy. [Time]

I know we’ve got more than three months to go until Christmas, Chanukah, and other winter gift-giving holidays are here, but can I go on the record as saying that I emphatically do not want this racist lingerie from Victoria’s Secret [Racialicious]