🤘 17 years ago I was an extra in an Oasis music video, which had an all-Asian cast. 🇻🇳 🇺🇸 I’m half Vietnamese. But on set I was made to feel that I wasn’t “Asian enough.” 🙏🏻 Thank you to Esquire for running this adapted excerpt from WILD DANCES! esquire.com/entertainment/…

🇮🇪 Bambie Thug has confirmed that the EBU required them to remove the words “Freedom for Palestine” and “Ceasefire” from their costume in order to perform in Semi-Final 1 of #Eurovision 2024.

🇫🇷 The climax of France’s #Eurovision performance comes when Slimane steps back from the mic and sings “Mon Amour” a cappella. But during today’s dress rehearsal, he decided to fill the silence with another message: one calling for peace. x.com/luisgfuster/st…

📣 “I don’t recognise this…it’s like being from the wrong football club.” 🇸🇪 #Eurovision’s long-time floor manager addresses the crowd after some pre-show booing. 😵‍💫 Tensions are high after a chaotic day that saw one act disqualified and multiple spokespeople withdrawing.

🐈‍⬛ Meowing back at Baby Lasagna ahead of the #Eurovision grand final. Let’s go Croatia! 🇭🇷 #Eurovision #esc2024

🇨🇭 Polish, poise, power — Switzerland’s Nemo had it all at #Eurovision. 🎥 Chatted with the BBC’s Helena Humphrey about that and the tensions surrounding this year’s contest. 🇭🇷 We also discuss Baby Lasagna — a very worthy runner-up. 🔗 Full clip: youtu.be/aKu6E2j5XxM

📣 “A lot of things didn’t seem to be about love and unity and that made me sad.” 🇨🇭 That was Nemo’s take on #Eurovision 2024 — and the many tensions that it stoked. 📻 Adam Chowdhury and I discuss. #Eurovision2024 #ESC2024 open.spotify.com/episode/1eH0Qh…

🥹 Thank you to everyone who visited our Emporia Rooftop Lounge during #Eurovision. 🌈 Fans, performers and shoppers really did feel #UnitedByMusic. 🎥 Here’s a quick highlights montage — do you see yourself?

📣 “They’re my cousins, most of them.” 🇬🇷 Greece’s #Eurovision singer Marina Satti had us in stitches at the wiwibloggs x Emporia Rooftop Lounge. 🔗 Full interview: youtu.be/Joz2KQRC99E

Eurovision is not the glamour people think it is. We - at wiwibloggs - are the kind of people that have tickets to the shows but as soon the songs are over, we run to the Press Center like our lives depend on it to WORK! #Eurovision #Eurovision2024

The latest BBC World Service What in the World podcast is out! 📻 Fan Wang & I speak to William Lee Adams about the lengthy spat between China & South Korea over cultural "stealing", with accusations thrown back & forth over fashion, music, even kimchi! 👇 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🇬🇪 Thousands of young people have been protesting in Georgia over a "foreign agents" law. 🎤 The BBC's rayhan demytrie tells me why it's so controversial. 📻 We also hear from young protestors who worry the law will derail their European future. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why…

✨ Though AAPI Heritage Month is coming to an end, there are still many great books to be highlighted and read! Let’s continue celebrating and advocating for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors all year long! ✨

Praying it’s Celine Dion on that horse. #Paris2024 #OlympicGames

😃 Thrilled to present Pick of the World this week and to share the stories BBC World Service listeners have enjoyed — from the invention of the air fryer to a 500 year-old Hamam in Istanbul. 📻 And don’t worry: The lovely Anna Doble returns next week! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🎤 Got nostalgic discussing AOL Instant Messenger with Nikki Bedi on this week’s episode of The Arts Hour 📻 We also discuss the enduring appeal of love triangles in film, the Marvel Universe, and Sean Wang’s award-winning movie “Didi” 🔗 Full episode: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

🇸🇸 South Sudan endured Africa’s longest civil war. 🏀 Now its men’s basketball team is helping forge a new identity for the country. 🎤 NBA star Luol Deng — head of the South Sudan Basketball — tells us why competing at the #Olympics means so much. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

🥹 “This book is a treasure…he transformed the sorrow he inherited into joy.” 🇻🇳 Thank you to Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai for this generous and unexpected shoutout. 📕 I recently devoured her book Dust Child — she’s been in my head for weeks! #bookstagram #reading

🌏 It was a huge honour to host #celebrASIA, the UK’s first-ever large-scale event celebrating the many cultures of Southeast Asia. 💥 From a West Java peacock dance to a Vietnamese aó dài fashion show, the stage really popped! 🇧🇳 🇰🇭 🇮🇩 🇱🇦 🇲🇾 🇲🇲 🇵🇭 🇸🇬 🇹🇭 🇻🇳