CVK
The San Fransisco Chronicle covers a study of Asian Americans in primetime TV that demonstrates (surprise, surprise) that they’re way under-represented:
Asians, who make up 5 percent of the U.S. population, play 2.7 percent of regular characters. It also shows virtually no Asian actors are on situation comedies, and the characters they play in dramas tend […]

JC

The NY Times featured an article in their Sunday Styles section about Mavin’s Generation Mix tour and some of the other activism that is coming out of the mixed community. We were especially excited to have Mixed Media Watch mentioned! This is definitely one of the better articles we have seen written about the mixed […]

JC
Nirali Magazine highlights Navi Rawat, an up and coming actress in her 20s. She is recently getting a lot of attention for her ability to play a diversity of roles (the New York Daily News just named her a “Hot Face to Watch” in its January issue). In this article, she discusses her mixed heritage […]

CVK

Woah. Last night’s episode of America’s Next Top Model was… interesting. They did a photo shoot where each model was transformed into an ethnicity different from their own, and were supposed to emote that ethnicity from within, or something. In one priceless moment, Tyra berated a model for not emoting “Eskimo” enough, saying: “Think about […]

JC
Now…I’m not one to gossip ;), but…looks like Life & Style is getting canned and people are pointing the finger at Kimora. Her diva ways seem to have turned off more than a couple of people. The assumption about why she has failed to bring in the “urban” watchers is interesting. Perhaps the statement is […]

JC
Diversity Inc. interviews Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment. She appreciates her own mixed heritage and considers it a tool that has helped her to be more proactive in showcasing diverse talent.
Developing diversity from within is the philosophy Nina Tassler, president, CBS Entertainment, applies to her inclusive stable of writers, producers, directors and actors. […]

JC
But is she back? The show looks horrible! Check out this wonderfully sarcastic opinion piece (thanks for the tip, George!) from the New York Post about Kirstie Alley’s new sitcom (in which she plays herself), Fat Actress. This show sounds offensive on so many different levels…but I’m here to focus on one. The […]

ELW
I too saw ‘In Race We Lust’ last night. I agree that it did a pretty good job of talking about lots of the stereotypes.
What i did not like were the sections where they polled the various interviewees about which mixed celeb is more this or that (insert race). Like asking people who they […]

CVK
Tragic mulattos, of course! The last segment of Ego Trip’s Race-O-Rama aired on VH1 last night and it was very funny, and really quite good. The episode was titled “In Race We Lust” and explored all the taboo and stereotypes surrounding interracial couples and their mixed-race offspring. People in the mixed community probably wouldn’t have […]

CVK
Ego Trip’s Race-o-Rama, a 3-part series about race and racism in pop culture, premiered this week on VH1. (We told you about it late last month.) Last night’s episode was on “Blackaphobia!” and it explored why white people are so scared of blacks, and how the media has perpetuated these stereotypes.
So in one segment, […]

CVK
We all know that media folks love us young, racially ambiguous, oh-so-hip people (yes, tongue is firmly planted in cheek). But now Hollywood blog Defamer offers a hilarious inside look at how music videos go about finding these “Generation EA’ers”:
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has presented itself, as curiously hacky director Brett Ratner takes a short break […]

CVK
Reuters reports that Raven Symone will star in the Lifetime TV movie “For One Night.” She will play a black teenager who, with the help of a newspaper reporter, braves decades of segregation to stage the first interracial high school prom in the history of their small town. “For One Night” (working title) is set […]

JC & CVK
Media watchdog organization Mixed Media Watch announces that Jennifer Beals, The Rock, Showtime’s The L Word, UPN’s Girlfriends, and Verizon’s “The Elliotts” ad campaign are among its Image Award honorees.
New York, NY, February 9, 2005 — Mixed Media Watch, an organization that seeks to promote more realistic, three-dimensional portrayals of mixed race people, […]

CVK
Those of you who have been watching Missy Elliott’s new reality show on UPN, “Road to Stardom,” will be familiar with the very talented Akil Dasan, who has been stealing the show with his great voice, thoughtful lyrics, and guitar skills. Here’s some more info about him.
—Akil’s bio page on the official “Road to Stardom” […]

CVK
Playbill reports that Jeffrey Wright is in talks to star alongside Ben Stiller in Neil LaBute’s new play, “This Is How It Goes” at New York’s Public Theater from March 8 to April 10:
In “This Is How It Goes,” LaBute trains his eye on a small town in America for what is billed as a […]

CVK
VH1 will mark Black History Month with an array of original documentaries and specials including “Ego Trip’s Race-O-Rama,” which will air February 21-23 at 9 PM.
I’m looking forward to it, as I thoroughly enjoyed VH1 and Ego Trip’s last collaboration, “TV’s Illest Minority Moments,” a hilarious look at the way minorities have been misrepresented […]

CVK
Florida’s Sun-Sentinel’s Celebrity Q&A column profiles Naveen Andrews, the actor who plays an Iraqi ex-soldier on ABC’s hit series “Lost.”
There’s something familiar about the actor who plays an ex-Iraqi army officer on ABC’s Lost. Where have I seen him before?
Biracial actor Naveen Andrews has appeared in some 20 movies and television shows, but his most […]

JC & CVK
Thanks to everyone who nominated our site for the 2005 Bloggies!
Mixed Media Watch is currently a FINALIST for the Best Kept Secret award, so please vote for us!
Please vote for us here.
(”Best Kept Secret” is the 4th category from the bottom.)
Thank you for your support, and please ask your friends and […]

JC
Star-Telegram gives a heads-up on Miracle’s Boys, a miniseries that will air on The N (Noggin’s teen network) next month.
Miracle’s Boys, about three biracial (Puerto Rican and black) teen-age brothers coping with life after the death of their mother… is a big-time project. Not only is Lee directing a pair of 30-minute episodes, but so […]

CVK
The Hartford Courant ran a great column for Martin Luther King Day celebrating black role models from the earlier days of television. The article talks specifically about how Martin Luther King himself encouraged black actress Nichelle Nichols to stay on “Star Trek.” Nichols shared the first-ever interracial kiss on television with William Shatner, who played […]