Best known for her roles on the Disney Channel’s hit shows, Asian-American actress Brenda Song will star opposite of Zombieland’s Jesse Eisenberg in the upcoming film about Facebook, The Social Network.

In The Social Network, Brenda plays Christina Lee, one of the early members of the Facebook team who worked with Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg). Contrary to what I previously thought, Brenda is not playing Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg’s longtime girlfriend. Which I may add, Zuckerberg is amongst the growing list of celebrities and people with Asian girlfriends. I won’t go into that whole phenomenon in this post, but take a look at our Yellow Fever post if you get the chance.

Anyhow, I digress. Brenda Song who is the daughter of Hmong father and Thai mother grew up in the Sacramento area of Northern California. Throughout her acting career, Brenda has landed hit roles on a number of Disney Channel shows including Phil of the Future, Pass the Plate, and Hannah Montana to name a few. Now with an opportunity to star on the silver screen, Brenda Song will appear in The Social Network this October.

Unfortunately there’s no Asian Male actors in The Social Network, at least not that I know of. Hopefully they’ll put in a few as a number of Asian Engineers were amongst the first hire of the immensely popular social network.

Take a look at a special sneak preview of the film below:

Picture: Mark Zuckerberg and Girlfriend Priscilla Chan

Oh my god, it’s happening. The first episode of the rumored Asian-American reality show actor/singer Tyrese Gibson is producing has been shot over this weekend in Los Angeles’ K-Town.

As reported by ChannelAPA.com, the show will feature 4 guys: Young Lee, Joe Cha, Peter Le, and Steve Kim. Starring opposite will be 4 girls: Jennifer Field, Scarlet Chan, Peter Le, and Jasmine Chang. While based in K-Town, at least from their last names, the group looks to be mixed with both Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean heritage.

The show might be terrible. The show could be awesome. Or the show could just be a guilty pleasure for most of us much as Jersey Shore was. Good or bad, I can appreciate the diversity we’re getting in the portrayal of Asian Americans in mainstream media. At the very least, it’ll be refreshing for America to find something outside of the typical model minority type depiction of Asians such as those played on Better Luck Tomorrow.

Pictures from ChannelAPA are posted below:

After nearly 7-years of living in the shadow of William Hung, Taiwanese YouTube sensation Lin Yu Chun may finally put a mild dent in people’s impressions when “Asian Person” and “American Idol” comes to mind. Well maybe not. But like how Susan Boyle took the UK and Internet by storm last year, Lin Yu Chun is doing the same in Asia. His YouTube video(s) has amassed over 7 million views already and if you haven’t watched it yet, scroll down and check it out! » Read more: Lin Yu Chun — Taiwanese Susan Boyle Hits YouTube

After MTV went 24-seasons without casting a single Asian-American male on The Real World, Asian-Americans may finally get a piece of the limelight on a show not-named Americas Next Best Dance Crew on MTV.

Nothing’s official and nothings final, but Tyrese Gibson is apparently co-producing and casting “interesting, attractive, colorful Asian-Americans to cast in a reality show similar to Jersey Shore, Real World, and The Hills.”

If you’re interested, I encourage you to apply and bring some much needed diversity to MTV’s lineup, here’s the Craigslist posting:

Tyrese Gibson’s production company HQ Pictures is looking for interesting, attractive, colorful Asian-Americans to cast in a reality show similar to JERSEY SHORE, REAL WORLD, THE HILLS, etc.. We need beautiful Asian-Americans with lively, strong, and unique personalities between the ages of 18 to 30 with equally interesting life stories and perspectives to share, especially individuals who know about and/or experienced the Koreatown life.

Please email us headshots/photos and a cover letter in the body of the email briefly describing yourself and why you should be included in this show. Competition is fierce as we are getting thousands of applicants so do your best to grab our attention! Be sure to include basic contact info such as name, age, phone #, email, and any other bits of interesting information that will make you stand out. Please feel free to include information and pictures of any of your friends that you think will also be a good candidate for this reality show.

We will be casting and filming on-camera interviews in LOS ANGELES or HOLLYWOOD, CA this month so please send in your info ASAP!

Email us at asianrealityshow@yahoo.com

Link: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tfr/1676662393.html

Somehow, the @yahoo.com email address leaves me skeptical. But imagine all the possible Jersey Shore like Asian American characters you’re going to get.

For you younger generation of Asian-Americans, you may have been too young to remember Jin. Not that Jin’s disappeared — but for a solid 4-6 months, much of us 80s babies were witnessing the potential rise of an Asian rapper during our college days.

Jin took BET’s Freestyle Friday by storm and impressed the hip hop community enough that he ended up inking a deal with DMX’s label, Ruff Ryder Records. At his height, Jin even landed a small role in the second Fast and the Furious installment, 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Lately, Jin’s been doing smaller tours and appearances, but I was pleasantly surprised to find this random freestyle he posted onto youtube hanging out with Traphik.

The boy can spit

Jin & Traphik, Casual Freestyle

Best of Jin Freestyle Mix