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26 stories on creators across film, TV, music, fashion, food, and diaspora culture.
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Five starter Asian Canadian books by mood: a Korean diaspora spy novel, a Toronto nail-salon family comedy, a Filipino Canadian second-chance romance, a Calgary-born fantasy classic, and a Giller-winning short story collection.
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Maggie Kang spent two decades in Hollywood story rooms before selling KPop Demon Hunters to Sony in a week. The Korean Canadian director then became the first filmmaker of South Korean descent to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
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Goldscene's July 2026 Soft Power Index ranks who converted attention into lasting influence across BTS's World Cup final halftime and Paris stadium run, Jun Ji-hyun's Colony stack, luxury ambassador weeks, Hope's argument-driven box office, and KATSEYE's HITC setup.
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Five Asian and Asian-diaspora artists making the season more interesting, from Jemerine Chan's self-produced pop to HANRORO's searching Korean rock and Wasia Project's after-dark chamber pop.
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Chayadhorn "Ing" Kitiyadisai turned ingredient explainers into Ingu Skin, a fast-growing Thai skincare brand now testing whether formulas made for tropical weather can travel across Southeast Asia.
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Chef Aarthi Sampath worked from Taj hotel kitchens to Junoon, Food Network, and CookUnity before self-funding Drāvida, her East Village restaurant built around South Asian food traditions carried across countries and generations.
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RESCENE's 2024 single LOVE ATTACK reached No. 1 on Melon's Top 100 after a viral catchphrase led listeners back through two years of music and more than 1,500 pieces of fan content.
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Goldscene's June 2026 Soft Power Index tracks who converted attention into cultural influence across SMA week, girl-group chart heat, residency gravity, and comeback windows for North American diaspora audiences.
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Late June rising radar: Felix on hanbok billboards, U-Know Yunho's solo Asia tour map, Esnyr's comeback momentum, Eunnuri Lee's protest art visibility, and Austin Kang's sports-culture crossover clips.
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Felix of Stray Kids was named the Ministry of Culture's 2026 Hanbok Wave artist on June 17, partnering with five domestic hanbok brands on designs, pictorials, and billboards in Seoul, New York, Paris, and Milan.
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Filipino creator Esnyr Ranollo returned with a 53-minute First Day High YouTube special on June 14, starring Vice Ganda, Donny Pangilinan, Belle Mariano, and other Pinoy stars, hitting 4 million views in under 24 hours.
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Forty Asian Canadian authors across genres, from debut thrillers and horror to Canada Reads finalists and award-winning fantasy, make a wide reading map.
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Kevin Jonas says he got sick in the bathroom while wingmanning Nick Jonas on his first date with Priyanka Chopra-Jonas at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Creator Eunnuri Lee argues in a TikTok get-ready-with-me video that white activists too often center self-expression at protests, turning solidarity into spectacle and content.
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Chef Austin Kang is running MLB Breakfast Club at his Seoul restaurant Mukjung, turning awkward morning game times into a Korean-Mexican brunch ritual with player-named dishes and a social watch-party format.
Image: Yonhap News Agency / Photo via The Korea Times
Diana Ding founded Ding Ding TV in 2009 to give Asian American communities in Silicon Valley a stronger platform for stories and cultural perspective, work recognized in the 2026 AAPI Awards cycle.
Image: Diana Ding / Photo via Silicon Valley Business Journal
Greta Lee wore mid-length fringe at the Toy Story 5 UK launch in London, framing micro bangs as a red-carpet trend the Past Lives star has worn on and off for years.
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Lisa's Viva La Lisa run at Caesars Colosseum priced like legacy pop residencies with presales in April 2026 and resale listings starting around $200. Goldscene maps what that sticker shock signals for K-pop fans planning November trips.
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PEN America's PEN Ten interview with Sarah Wang centers on her debut novel New Skin and themes of beauty standards and the modern immigrant experience in North America.
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Kimberly Kong, known as Nomtastic Kim, and her partner are building #100AsianRestaurantsInMaryland series spotlighting mom-and-pop Asian eateries statewide.
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A desk guide to how Asian and diaspora talent is rising now: through multilingual reach, streaming crossovers, fan discipline, luxury visibility, and storytellers who make place-specific TV feel mainstream.
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Goldscene's Soft Power Index tracks which Asian entertainers converted attention into cultural influence this week across music, fashion, and streaming.
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Maggie Kang received recognition in Korea, director of Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, tying the honor to the film's visibility in the K-culture conversation.
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BLACKPINK's Lisa lined up for a Las Vegas residency as the first K-pop artist to headline that kind of Strip engagement.
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Entertainers who move easily between languages are building careers that skip the old crossover waiting period, especially in music and digital content.
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Asian entertainers are no longer crossing over into Western fame. They are building parallel global careers that luxury, streaming, and social platforms now treat as the default model for star power.
Image: Sian Lilly (CC BY 3.0)
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