Headlines

“‘Shang-Chi’: First Asian American Marvel Superhero Movie Resurrecting Box Office & Breaking Labor Day Records With $75M-$85M” - (Deadline)

Culture

“‘SPIN’ Is A Wholesome And Worthy Addition To Your Family Movie Nights” - (SPIN)

Culture / Lifestyle

Simu Liu Says ‘Shang-Chi’ Will Change the World By Bringing “Pride Where There Was Shame” (THR)
HOW ASIAN AMERICAN INTERNET TRAILBLAZERS GAVE NEW LIFE TO SHANG-CHI (Inverse)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Made Me Feel Seen Like No Other Hollywood Blockbuster Has (Time)
Why Shang-Chi’s success matters — and why it shouldn’t (Vox)
Asian Americans Are Finally Getting the Heroes We Deserve (NY Times)
Heed the voices of Chinese clergy (Church Times)
The forgotten neighborhood: how New York’s Chinatown survived 9/11 to face a new crisis (The Guardian)

Family

‘SPIN’ Is A Wholesome And Worthy Addition To Your Family Movie Nights (SPIN)
Forgetting My First Language (The New Yorker)

Food

The great Indian curry debate, and the caudacity of white people (NBC News)
MasterChef Judge Jonathan Yao Talks About The Show - Exclusive Interview (Mashed)

Fashion

Spotting Peter Do The designer’s first-ever runway show will anchor the return of New York Fashion Week. (The Cut)
How Gen Z is putting a fresh spin on a centuries-old fashion (BBC)
How ‘The Walking Dead’ Costume Designer Gave the Final Season a Fashionable Edge (THR)

Beauty

10 BIPOC-Owned Beauty and Wellness Labor Day Sales To Shop This Weekend (Well + Good)

Art / Literature

Padma Lakshmi offers food for thought with her new children's book (EW)

Love

‘Hollywood Remixed’: Simu Liu on Portrayals of Asian Masculinity and Reclaiming the Martial Artist Trope in ‘Shang-Chi’ (THR)

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