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Old 30th January 2009, 10:02 PM
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Asian Stars Big in USA?
Seeing how hikki and BoA are having english release in the states...really got me wonderin if any asian stars have actually made it big in the West???
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Old 30th January 2009, 10:48 PM
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Jackie Chan and Jet Li :B

and Rain fangirls say he is the most famous asian in the entire world too...
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Old 30th January 2009, 11:03 PM
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Zhang Ziyi
Chow Yun-Fat
Ang Lee
Michelle Yeoh
Yo Yo Ma- He was born in France but he is Asian.
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Old 30th January 2009, 11:04 PM
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^ah Yo Yo Ma...I swear they use his music for like every Asian inspired movie.

I don't really know how to define it the term "Make it big" so I'm just going to list people I think the common person would recognize lol

Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi, definitely, she's quite big in the fashion world too. She's been featured as a model in Vogue, and she was at the Met Superhero thing last year...

the cast of Memoirs of a Geisha a lot of those actresses have been in multiple movies...though people probably don't know them by name...except maybe Michelle Yeoh

and...

hmmm....lol

that guy from harold and kumar? I forgot both their names actually lol

as far as music goes...I have no idea...Bjork? does she count?


It really depends on where you go doesn't it...If you live where there's a large Asian population...there's a greater chance you'll know of more people...
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Old 30th January 2009, 11:22 PM
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Old 30th January 2009, 11:28 PM
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^yep
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lol @ bjork...
she's not asian, although she appears to be...
growing up, she was teased for having the appearance of being asian
however, she is Icelandic.

let's see, there's:
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Ming Na
Lucy Liu
Tsai Chin
James Hong
Bai Ling
Brenda Song
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Old 30th January 2009, 11:35 PM
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^ oh you added Brenda before me...AND HOW COULD I FORGET BAI LING? She is amazing

Adding to the list uh..

Yoko Ono
Brenda Song?
PUFFY? (their cartoon is pretty popular I think?)
Steve Aoki and his sister Devon are quite well known also.
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Tila Tequila's probably the biggest right now. XD
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not too sure, but i think tata young and anggun are pretty famous

and also jolin, she made a concert there, wasnt she?
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I wish Zhou Xun would make it big in the West... she >>> Zhang Ziyi. >(

Did the movie 'The Banquet' ever air in the US?
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Old 31st January 2009, 05:58 AM
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Zhang Ziyi...

But I haven't heard from her in some time now, is she still making movies?
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Old 31st January 2009, 06:01 AM
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lol @ bjork...
she's not asian, although she appears to be...
growing up, she was teased for having the appearance of being asian
however, she is Icelandic.
oh is she? I heard somewhere that she was half asian or something.
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let's see, there's:
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Ming Na
Lucy Liu
Tsai Chin
James Hong
Bai Ling
Brenda Song
Can you put up pictures....cause....the only person from your list I recognize is Lucy Liu
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Old 1st February 2009, 06:26 AM
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^ sure thing, kiddo...
I just add lucy liu's photo just in case some people may not know how she looks...

here we go!:
btw, I forgot to add another special asian star....VERA WANG!

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VERA WANG - fashion designer, mainly specializes in wedding gowns...
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MING NA - actress, movies starred in were The Joy Luck Club, she played the character Chun Li for Street Fighter movie, voice-over for Mulan
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LUCY LIU (so damn hot ^_^) - actress, movies were Charlie's Angel, Kill Bill, the tv series Ally Mcbeal, Kung Fu Panda (voice-over)...
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TSAI CHIN (aka Irene Chow) - actress, movies were The Joy Luck Club, Memoirs of A Geisha, Wendy Wu
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JAMES HONG - actor, movies were Balls of Fury, Kung Fu Panda (voice-over), Big Trouble in Little China
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BAI LING - actress, movies were The Crow, The Breed
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BRENDA SONG - actress, movies were Wendy Wu:Homecoming Warrior, College Road Trip, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
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Old 1st February 2009, 06:30 AM
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oh yeah! VERA WANG omg. can't believe I forgot her.

and yeah...omg how did you remember all their names?

maybe it's just me, I'm bad with names, but I know all their faces...

except for Bai Ling...except her name is actually familiar google.

edit: omg that chick is SKINNY.
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Old 1st February 2009, 06:54 AM
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not too sure, but i think tata young and anggun are pretty famous

and also jolin, she made a concert there, wasnt she?
Are you just making wild guesses? None of those people are "big" in the United States. I don't even know who the hell "anggun" is. Some of the names I'm seeing in this thread are not, by any means, examples of Asians that are "big" here. I would say these ones are:

-Lucy Liu
-Jackie Chan
-Jet Li
-Chow Yun Fat
-Julie Chen
-Vera Wang (her gowns and perfume are definitely popular)
-Sandra Oh
-Brenda Song (sorta)
-Zhang Ziyi (kinda, if people can actually remember her name)
-Tila Tequila (lolz)
-Yoko Ono (known, but usually hated)
-Ang Lee (Brokeback was huge, so I'm sure plenty of people know his name)
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^I've only heard of like 3 of those people. What crowd is "Chow Yun Fat" popular with? LOL.
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^Srsly. I've only seen him unknowingly in Crouch Tiger Hidden Dragon aka the Bible of Martial Arts movies and I didn't think his acting was that good. =/ Now that he's in the DB movie, he's getting recognition from DB fans who are saying they aren't going to see the movie but know they are going to go see it because their inner weebooness can't resist it.
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