Jeff Yang

High-tech filmmaking and “Avatar”

Arts, Culture & Media

The movie magic that went into “Avatar,” James Cameron’s highly anticipated 3-D, computer animated, $237 million, sci-fi film.

Reacting to Election Results

Exploring Asian American Comic Book Artists and Imagery

Follow Friday: Unemployment, Romney’s Nomination, DOMA

Follow Friday: Facebook IPO, Trayvon Martin, Violence Against Women Act

Follow Friday: Secret Service’s Public Scandal, Death of a Radio Icon, War on Moms

Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week’s big stories. This week we hear more about the Secret Service’s risqué public scandal in Colombia, the death of radio icon Dick Clark, the so-called war on mothers that swept the mideast, Mitt Romney’s possible veep options, and more. This week we’re […]

Follow Friday: Trayvon Martin, Mitt’s Primary Sweep, and Yahoo’s Huge Layoffs

Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week’s big stories. This week we hear more anger stemming from the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the significance of Mitt Romney’s recent primary wins, and what’s left of Yahoo after a mass layoff. This week we’re joined by  Jeff Yang, author of the  Tao […]

Friday Follow: Santorum Takes Primaries, HBO Show Runs out of Luck, March Madness Sweeps the Country

Sports

Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week’s big stories. This week Rick Santorum wins Alabama and Mississippi, March Madness sweeps the country, and liquid detergent becomes a black market commodity. This week we’re joined by  Jeff Yang, author of the Tao Jones column for the Wall Street Journal and blogger […]

Follow Friday: GOP, Linsanity, Whitney Houston

The Jeremy Lin story only gets more amazing this week, as the most unlikely sports hero of the past decade. Also this week, the tragedy of Whitney Houston. Michigan becomes the next battleground in the GOP primary. We look back at this week’s stories with our panel.  Ron Christie is a Takeaway contributor and Republican political […]

Follow Friday: CPAC, Gay Marriage, Contraception

It’s Friday, the time we spend time with our most valuable minds here on The Takeaway to look at the week’s stories. Is the Conservative Political Action Conference a right-wing Star Trek convention? How will the gay marriage issue play out? And why has contraception become a political issue? Our panel tackles these stories and […]