Jeremy Blum
Jeremy Blum writes for the HuffPost Trends Team and is based in New York. Previously, he reported from Hong Kong for the South China Morning Post and tackled social media verification and disinformation for Storyful. In another life, he taught English to middle and high school students in Taiwan.
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'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier' Director Discusses Captain America's Shield And Race
Director Kari Skogland said it was always the show's intention to investigate "what it means for a Black man to pick up such an iconic historically white symbol."
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Minnesota Protester On CNN Mocks Trump With Can Of Soup 'For My Family'
In 2020, Trump said that protesters were armed with "big bags of soup" that they would toss at police but claim they'd bought for their families.
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Steven Yeun Says He's 'Just Not Reactive' To Being 1st Asian American Best Actor Nominee
"Minari" might be winning awards and recognition, but Steven Yeun wants to be considered an actor first and foremost, rather than an Asian American actor.
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Steven Yeun Says 'Walking Dead' Did Not Prepare Him For COVID-19 Pandemic
Virus-spreading zombies on TV were no match for the existential dread caused by the coronavirus, the actor told Conan O'Brien.
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BTS Fans Fire Back At Chilean Comedy Show For Demeaning Depiction Of Koreans
In a racist segment, the show "Mi Barrio" mocked the Korean language and associated BTS with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
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DMX's Former Publicist Shares Touching Tribute Of A Rapper 'Without Regrets'
Domenick Nati called the rap star a man who lived life to the fullest and wouldn't change a thing, despite his many personal struggles.
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Diddy Pens Letter Accusing Corporate America Of Exploiting 'The Almighty Black Dollar'
“The same feet these companies use to stand with us in solidarity are the same feet they use to stand on our necks," the media mogul wrote.
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DMX, Known For Gritty Raps And Smashing Billboard Charts, Dies At Age 50
The rapper, who upended the rap scene in 1998 with two No. 1 albums, was also a devout Christian and movie star who frequently grappled with drug abuse.
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Anne Frank's Stepsister Eva Schloss Says Trump Reminded Her Of Hitler
The 91-year-old Holocaust survivor said that the former president had "obviously admired Hitler and just copied him with his anti-Semitism."
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George Lucas Originally Wanted A 'Looney Tunes' Short To Run Before 'Star Wars'
The director was a huge fan of the cartoon "Duck Dodgers in the 24th-and-a-Half Century" and wanted it to accompany "A New Hope," Mark Hamill said.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Slams Hollywood For Fueling 'Degrading Perception' Of Asians
Portrayals of Asian characters haven't improved much since Abdul-Jabbar worked with Bruce Lee in the 1960s, he wrote in The Hollywood Reporter.
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Ray Fisher Finally Opens Up About Joss Whedon's Mishandling Of 'Justice League'
The actor who played Cyborg told The Hollywood Reporter he had to explain "basic points of what would be offensive to the Black community" to the director.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Says He Thinks He May Have Been 'Patient Zero' For COVID-19
The star fell ill while filming "The Mauritanian," a drama about a man detained in Guantanamo Bay for 14 years, at the end of 2019.
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Georgia Man Who Received 91,515 Pennies As Final Paycheck Cashes Out
Coinstar came to the aid of Andreas Flaten, who found the gargantuan pile of oil-soaked pennies on his driveway, courtesy of his former employer.
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Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama Discuss How Politicians Appropriated 'Born In The USA'
The 1984 hit contains lyrics critical of America from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran, but it has long been misused as a patriotic anthem.
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Donald Trump's Latest Election Rant Concludes With 'Other Than That, Happy Easter'
Five months later, the former president still isn't over the 2020 election. He does wish you a fine Easter weekend, though.
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Andrew Yang Collaborates With Chinese American Rapper MC Jin In 'Yang For NY' Song
The New York City mayoral candidate collaborates with the first Asian American rapper signed to a major record label.
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Margaret Cho On Anti-Asian Violence: Trump's 'Casual Racism' Is Part Of A Larger Problem
Using racist terms to talk about COVID-19 is part of a long history of discrimination against Asian Americans in the U.S., she told The Guardian.
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New Dinosaur Whose Name Means 'One Who Causes Fear' Discovered In Argentina
Llukalkan aliocranianus appears to have been a top predator in its time, with hearing capabilities potentially exceeding those of similar dinosaurs.
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Fauci Argues For Sympathy Toward Deborah Birx: She Was In A 'Tough Situation'
In a CNN interview, Anthony Fauci said critics of Birx should "cut her some slack" and remember that Trump put her in a difficult position regarding COVID-19.