It was a star-studded red carpet at the 20th Anniversary Gala of the Coalition for Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) this past weekend. The awe-inspiring performances by groups, like The Legions of Extraordinary Dancers (otherwise known as LXD and seen on Hulu) captivated the audience, brought light to the advent of the digital age, and were a testament to the talent and star power of top Asian American dance crews. The dance crew from Yesterday Today Forever (YTF) Global as well as other new media celebrities participated in the night’s …

Hi Mochi readers! Our “Faces of Mochi” party is almost here. On Oct. 22, we”ll team up with Folli Follie in NYC for our first-ever live networking event featuring an evening of free makeovers, hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and swag!
Tickets are available until Oct. 22, but our $5 early bird discount (code: Oops) expires tomorrow (Oct. 12).
We hope to see you there! Get those cheap tickets while you can. And check out our Faces of Mochi Event Flyer for more information.

This just in—South Korea finished second to win the spot for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, but lo and behold, it’s ON for the winter of 2018. The Winter Olympics have only been held in Asia twice before in Japan.
South Korea campaigned around a proposal to “expand winter sports in the lucrative Asian market,” and it offered a huge budget of $1.5 billion for the games and up to $6 billion additionally for structural changes.
2018’s far off, but we’ll be watching!

This weekend, I headed to the Met to check out the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibit. I didn’t know who McQueen was until he died (sad, but true), but since then, he’s exploded in popularity—every third celebrity is wearing him on the red carpet, Lady Gaga claims he’s“guiding” her like a spirit animal from the grave, and even Kate Middleton chose to have his new creative director design a dress for that low-brow cocktail party of hers.

What do you do when summer is here and you are feeling the heat? Eat frozen yogurt! Pinkberry, the store that began our current generation’s fascination with “froyo” in 2006 has introduced a new summer flavor, salted caramel. I admit I have a bias here, not to the flavor, but to Pinkberry itself; I have been a huge fan since the days when they first opened in West Hollywood. Yes, there are a lot of other new frozen yogurt competitors out there, some of which do give Pinkberry a run for its …