Go Away With … Adrian Sutherland

“I didnโ€™t feel comfortable writing in Cree before, but as Iโ€™ve become more comfortable with writing songs and making music, now it feels like more of a natural fit,” said โ€œPrecious Diamondsโ€ musician Adrian Sutherland. “Iโ€™m pleased with how the songs turned out.”

American melancholy: The real loss in “Past Lives” isn’t love

In the Academy Award-nominated film โ€œPast Lives,โ€ the Korean concept of inyeon is used to lead viewers into believing that Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae-sung (Teo Yoo) are destined to be together โ€“ if not in this lifetime, then in the future. Or perhaps they were together in a distant past that neither can recall. The introduction of the word leaves moviegoers hoping that these two can have a happily-ever-after ending, despite his living in Seoul, 7,000 miles from her apartment in New York City.

Go Away With … Raymond Lee

“It’s always interesting to me the weight that [some Asian Americans] carry around from not having grown up with people who look like them,” said “Quantum Leap” star Raymond Lee. “I was fortunate enough to grow up in Koreatown and Glendale, where our star quarterback was Asian and the smartest three students in our class were Asian.”

Go Away With … KEEHO of P1Harmony

“When you’re in a new country by yourself, there’s nothing greater for character development than putting yourself out there,” said P1Harmony leader Keeho. “Having traveled so much as a kid helped me adapt to new environments. Honestly, it was not difficult for me when I moved to Korea. There was some culture shock, but it was overall just fun for me.”

Go Away With … Aliyah Turner

Some people love filming on location so much that they return there for a vacation. Actress Aliyah Turner took it one step further: โ€œI traveled to New York to work on โ€˜Power Book III: Raising Kananโ€™ and I enjoyed the city so much that I made it my new home.โ€