Here’s an interesting casting decision: Lucy Liu is going to play Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick Joan Watson in the CBS drama Elementary, which takes place in modern New York City. We can’t wait to see the relationship unfold between Holmes and a female Watson. Perhaps she will be more fierce? We hope so.

?What happens when you put the words stewardess, salt flats, paratroopers, sushi and falcon together and use them in a promotion ad? You get a very random commercial. Mini Cooper asked their customers to describe “The Best Test Drive Ever. Period.” in six words and the winning entry was made into an ad to promote the new Mini. I guess making the flight attendant Asian had something to do with the sushi part. Besides that, the ad is pretty entertaining.

CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls,” has been called one of the hits this season, but recently, the show has come under fire for its stereotypes—especially the portrayal of Korean immigrant Han Lee (Matthew Moy), who speaks in broken English and owns a diner. Apparently, even before the pilot aired there were signs that Han was going to be a horrible character and treated as such.

2011 was a pretty good year for movies in my opinion. For me, Fast Five was one of the standouts. If you’re not familiar with the film, it’s part of the Fast and Furious sequels that have captured audiences with glamorous, exotic sports cars driven by a group of bad boys. The original cast, which includes Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and Jordana Brewster, are all in the film, but it also features actors that were in the past installments, such as Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris from 2 Fast 2 Furious and Sung Kang from Tokyo …

Coming up with a storyline for a movie is never easy, but sometimes the idea is right in front of you. Director Quentin Lee found inspiration from the 2005 murder of 19-year-old Simon Sek Man Ng, whose final blog post helped police solve his case.  Lee was so moved by the incident that he adapted Simon’s story into a short film titled “Today Has Been Weird,” part of the series “Love Letters to Vancouver.” The short is premiering at the 15th Vancouver Asian Film Festival, which starts Friday, November 3, 2011 and runs until Monday, …