Intersections: A Journalistic History of Asian America: Entertainment, March 2025

I am thrilled to be among the writers contributing to Intersections: A Journalistic History of Asian America. This book, which started as a celebration of the Asian American Journalists Association’s 40-year anniversary in 2021, has blossomed into a collaboration with UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center.

Within the chapter on entertainment, I have written a short profile on one of my friends and mentors, Jeannie Park, and a longer feature – including interviews with esteemed colleagues such as Jeff Yang, Paula Yoo and Neal Justin – on why it is important to have Asian American journalists and artists both celebrating, documenting and evolving pop culture.

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The Third Day previewed and Ian Cross interviewed in the May 2020 issue of Foxtel

The strange thing about previewing HBO’s The Third Day in early March was that a very compelling element would have been the show’s integration with a live event in London. How that would have fit in narratively will remain a mystery. On the other hand, the fate of the solders in WWII’s Battle of Crete may be known, but producer Ian Cross gives it a thorough and modern examination in his new documentary series. Getting to write about both things was a pleasure.