Go 2015 Golden Globe Awards! The show gave us the comedy magic of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. But more importantly, it was a night of big WINs for characters and stories that personify the power of standing out exactly as who you are. The journey for women’s independence got…
With one recent walk on the red carpet, 8 year-old Shiloh Jolie-Pitt defied gender stereotypes by wearing a boy’s suit and a boyishly-short hairstyle. On December 15, Shiloh accompanied super-star dad Brad Pitt to the premiere of “Unbroken” – helping to represent mom Angelina Jolie who directed the motion picture…
When I was eight years old, I played Linus in my elementary school’s musical production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” At eight years old, there was anything odd to me about an Asian boy (let alone, a gay Asian boy) playing the role of Linus. Nor was it…
This past Saturday, the 2014 SAG Awards marked the next stop in Hollywood kudos season and another opportunity to rate winner acceptance speeches. After disappointing speeches at last week’s Golden Globes, I was happy to see better winning words at the SAG Awards. Here are my scores (on a 10-point…
The annual Hollywood awards season is now officially in full swing after this Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony. As the bevy of awards shows unfold each year, Oscar fans look for clues for who will ultimately win Academy Awards and style mavens review the red carpet fashions. But the speaker in…
On February 1, LGBT groups will once again march in the Vietnamese New Year parade in Orange County, California’s “Little Saigon.” After last year’s failed court battle to participate in the “Tet” parade, this year’s win by LGBT groups is more impressive because it comes from a 51-36 vote of…
What is up with all the celebrity feuds on Twitter? It seems like a week can’t go by without hearing about a tweet-off between Adam Levine and Lady Gaga, Perez Hilton and Lady Gaga, or Kanye West and Jimmy Kimmel. And it seems like Alec Baldwin and Amanda Bynes use…
“Every one of us is a wonder. Everyone one of us has a story.” Those words from African American writer Kristin Hunter recognize that everyone’s life journey is different, and that diversity of experience makes us collectively stronger. That’s the philosophy of the DiverseStory Project – a new online campaign…
Paula Deen certainly learned the hard way that you have to be careful when you speak about race. After last week’s revelations that she has “yes, of course” used the N-word and made other racially-insensitive comments, many people are wondering whether Deen is racist and debating whether Food Network should…
2013 Oscar winners in acting categories (c) Corbis Images The Oscars have always been my favorite awards show. I love the movies, the red carpet glamour, and the celebrities. But most of all, I love the winner speeches. So for this edition of Speaker Points, I review acceptance…
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Jimmy Nguyen is nationally-recognized as an award-winning lawyer, LGBT and diversity advocate, digital media thinker, and speech expert. With a last name pronounced like the word “WIN,” Jimmy’s message for everyone is “Why Fit In? Stand Out and WIN.”
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