From 'The Joy Luck Club' to 'Crazy Rich Asians,' a new book hopes to 'fill in the blanks' of Asian American pop culture (CNN)

Wednesday (Mar. 2) review of Asian American news & newsmakers

Headlines

From 'The Joy Luck Club' to 'Crazy Rich Asians,' a new book hopes to 'fill in the blanks' of Asian American pop culture - (CNN)

Notable AAPI Headlines

• Top high school in US discriminated against Asian American applicants, judge rules (NextShark)

• NYPD detains person of interest in 7 attacks against Asian women on same day (NBC News)

• Asian woman, 62, attacked with rock in New York dies after 10 weeks in coma (Guardian)

Entertainment

• From 'The Joy Luck Club' to 'Crazy Rich Asians,' a new book hopes to 'fill in the blanks' of Asian American pop culture (CNN)

• 'UMMA' Trailer Teases Haunting Possession Horror Starring Sandra Oh (Collider)

• ‘Umma’ Trailer: Sandra Oh Fears Turning Into Her Mother – With Good Reason (Deadline)

• Sandra Oh Prefers to Work on All-Women Movie & TV Projects (ScreenRant)

• How 007 Began Evolving in the ‘90s, According to Bond Girl Michelle Yeoh (ScreenRant)

• 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Poster is a Mind-Melting I Spy Game Featuring Michelle Yeoh (Collider)

• From crazy stunts to Crazy Rich Asians, Michelle Yeoh talks about her most famous roles (Entertainment)

• 10 Best Music Documentaries On Hulu (ScreenRant)

Culture / Lifestyle

• From crime victims to politicians, misidentifying Asians is part of America’s racist history (NBC News)

• Meet Emma Eun-joo Choi, NPR’s newest (and youngest) host (MSN)

• Asian-Americans Fight Back Against School Discrimination (WSJ)

• Seattle reporter covering homelessness crisis alleges Antifa is targeting Asian American journalists (NextShark)

• Sandra Oh in 'Umma' spotlights generational trauma in Asian families (NBC News)

• How elderly Asians are coping amid rise of anti-Asian incidents (NY1)

• Filipino Americans hope for more recognition with new arch in L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown (LA Times)