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‘The Sympathizer’ Star Hoa Xuande Says Accurate Representation ‘Doesn’t Happen Overnight’


The Gold Gala carpet included Steven Yeun, Michelle Yeoh, Hoa Xuande, Cynthia Erivo, Lucy Liu, Avantika Vandanapu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and more.

Growing up in Australia, he told Variety, he never thought there could be a group of people so passionate and dedicated to uplifting Asian and Pacific Islander communities as the nonprofit does. The star studded golden carpet at the Gold Gala at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles May 11 included Steven Yeun, Michelle Yeoh, Saweetie, Manny Jacinto, Cynthia Erivo, Lucy Liu, Hello Kitty, Avantika Vandanapu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, John Cho, Kristi Yamaguchi and many more. Poorna Jagannathan, starring in the upcoming Hulu comedy series “Deli Boys” alongside Saagar Shaikh and Asif Ali, said she felt grateful to be surrounded by her peers: “Being able to meet and tell someone how their very culturally specific show also spoke to you is a totally different feeling.

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