If you had the chance to create your own feature film, what would it be about? Joyce Wu, a MFA candidate in Film Production at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, wrote a film called The Real Mikado that follows the life of a struggling Asian American actress named Sophie. Sophie is forced to move back into her parents’ house in Detroit because she has been unable to find work as an actress. However, her biggest break comes when she is offered an opportunity to direct a production of Gilbert …

I watched the Oscars last night, and I hate to say it but I was thoroughly unimpressed. According to a study by the LA Times, the average age of the Academy voter is 62—and it showed. What would an Oscar awards show be like if, say, Tina and Amy co-hosted (instead of “Billy Crystals,” as Sacha Baron Cohen’s the Dictator calls him)? Or, perhaps even more bizarrely, Harold and Kumar? That would be crazy.

Jun Sung Ahn is a modern-day Renaissance man. You may recognize him from his playful and catchy violin covers on his YouTube channel JuNCurryAhn, but did you know that he also plays guitar, sings, dances, cooks, and plays a killer Chinese Yo-Yo? Jun, a freshman at Northwestern University who studies radio, film and TV, recently placed second on Clara C’s cover contest, even though his video had the most views out of all the contestants. He’s someone to look out for in the future—and lucky for Mochi, we had the …

My two main passions are puns and Asian Americans. So, nothing made me happier than to see these two married in this recent sketch from “Saturday Night Live” about Jeremy Lin’s fame and double standards when it comes to Asian American stereotyping versus black stereotyping. You want to watch. You do. You’ll be Lin-capable of breathing. Now the only thing missing from this video is an actual Asian. Get on that, SNL.

Hana Kim was destined to become a musical genius. Growing up in a family of artists, musicians, singers, and directors, Kim learned how to play the piano at the early age of 7 and performing the classics including Schubert and Chopin. By middle school, she was playing the saxophone and guitar, but it was the saxophone that made her fall madly in love with performing in a band. Soon after, she started to write her own songs. During her second year of college, she began booking her own shows. However, …