Tag: actor
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‘Gran Torino’ Actor Draws Parallels Between 2008 Film, Anti-Asian COVID-19 Racism
Bee Vang, the actor who co-starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the director’s 2008 film “Gran Torino,” offered up a mixed view of the film in a Wednesday NBC News editorial, arguing that it … Read Full Article
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St. Paul native Doua Moua put on 40 pounds for Disney ‘Mulan’ role
Hollywood didn’t want a skinny Hmong actor who grew up in St. Paul for the new Disney live-action “Mulan” movie. They wanted a chubby actor for Po, one of Mulan’s soldier pals. The skinny Hmong actor, … Read Full Article
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Why listen to an actor when you have the voice of Toni Morrison? Here are the best author-narrated audiobooks for fall.
Kao Kalia Yang’s narration of her book “The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father” ought not to work. As she tells the story of her father, Hmong song-poet Bee Yang, and his life in Laos during the Vietnam … Read Full Article
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Looking for a Reflection as the Only Asian Actor in a Production of ‘Mulan’
My family practiced Shamanism and, as part of our Hmong culture, worshipped our ancestors—just like Mulan did. Although I didn’t fully understand the practice as a kid, I did know that it was a way … Read Full Article
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Disney Casts Jimmy Wong and Doua Moua in the Live-Action ‘Mulan’
Doua Moua, also 31, is a Hmong-American actor born in Thailand and raised in Minnesota. He is best known for his role as Fong in Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film “Gran Torino.” Read Full Article
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