The first ever NFL Women’s Summit a look at how things are and are not changing, a look at how Asian Americans are celebrating Lunar New Year, veteran backstage Oscar photographer takes us inside his studio.
Taiwanese in SoCal closely following news of Tainan quake
An eight-year-old girl was among at least four survivors rescued today from a high-rise apartment building in Taiwan.
A 6.4-magnitude quake hit Saturday, killing at least 38 people in Tainan city in the southern part of the country.
While authorities have rescued more than 170 people, more than 100 are still believed to be under the debris.
In Southern California, home to the largest community of Taiwanese living in the U.S., relatives and friends are following the news of the rescue effort closely.
Pei-te Lien, professor of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara, joined Take Two to discuss the response to the quake from the Taiwanese community in Southern California.
The NFL and women
This year, the NFL reserved a lot of commercial time to promote itself. The league aired a series of spots built around the idea that NFL is family.
Add that to last year's campaign against domestic violence that many say is part of an image-building campaign that's focused on countering charges that pro football is hostile to women.
And last week, at the first ever NFL Women's Summit, officials announced an extension of the 'Rooney Rule' that aims to bring more women into the league.
For more on how things may - or may not - be changing, we spoke with
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Sen. Todd Weiler’s mission to make porn a public health crisis
Utah State Senator Todd Weiler is a man on a mission against pornography.
He recently introduced a legislative resolution that would make Utah the first state to consider adult content a public health crisis.
That would make porn akin to cigarettes and obesity.
The proposal passed a health review committee Friday with no dissenting votes. It now heads to the Senate floor.
Take Two spoke with the senator about his legislation.
Licensed marriage and family therapist Marty Klein weighed in afterwards.
Press the blue play button above to hear Senator Todd Weiler.
Click the blue link below that to hear marriage and family therapist Marty Klein respond.
Who would buy the home of the San Bernardino shooters?
The home of the perpetrators in last December's mass shooting in San Bernardino is up for sale.
The condo in Redlands rented by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik is being prepped to sell by the landlord.
Selling a home might be tough, but selling a home with a notorious history is mostly likely tougher.
The couple's crime also caused such a tremendous loss of life that it may seem flippant to be concerned about real estate.
But Take Two talks with Randall Bell, who says it is still important to deal with matters pragmatically and to understand how emotional reactions can affect decisions.
Bell is the author of, "Rich Habits, Rich Life," and a real estate expert in Laguna Beach. He has helped the sale of several troubled properties including the home where Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered and the home of Adam Lanza, the shooter in the Newtown, Connecticut mass killing.
The evolving traditions of Chinese New Year in the US
It's the Lunar New Year, and here in Southern California, there are lots ways to celebrate. If you want to go to your local parade and see the fireworks, you're pretty well covered.
But if you're a young Asian American and you don't have immediate connections with any family members, it can be difficult to celebrate the traditions that make the holiday famous in China.
Many children of Chinese immigrants came to the United States at a very young age, and they say their traditions for Lunar New Year are still evolving.
Take Two's A Martinez spoke with two young Asian-Americans -- Joz Wang, CEO of the culture site 8Asians.com and Tom Xia, a filmmaker based in Arcadia, to find out how their traditions are changing.
On Chinese New Year becoming a bit more mainstream in pop culture
Wang: I think it's a great start. I grew up not seeing the Chinese New year celebrated anywhere except maybe on the Chinese news station. Certainly I wouldn't imagine seeing it on sports and I wouldn't imagine seeing it on network TV. So certainly I'm very excited about it. I'm a new mom so I think about that for my child. About how much exposure he's going to have for something that we don't really celebrate in this country.
On what aspects of Chinese New Year would be more fun to bring to United States
Xia: I think we should bring back the fireworks aspect of it. Bring back the funner things about Chinese New Year, just to get people excited. And let's infuse capitalism into Chinese New Year! As a kid you get money from your parents (for the holiday). And I think that I need money now more than when I was a kid so that would be a huge plus for anyone to celebrate Chinese New Year.
To hear the conversation, click the blue player above
Backstage at the most glamorous awards show
We're less than three weeks away now from the Academy Awards.
Among those gearing up for the big event is Art Streiber. He's one of a handful of photographers granted backstage access and he's been shooting the Oscars for the past 15 years.
Streiber has taken up close and personal images of just about every star under the sun... but some of his favorite images are of the gold trophy itself.
Many of those images are now on display at Smashbox Studios in Culver City as part of an exhibition called Oscar Revealed.
To learn a bit more about what it takes to get great images at the Academy Awards, Alex Cohen visited Streiber at his studio on the West Side of L.A.
He began by telling the show, why he loved the Oscars growing up.
To hear the full interview, press the blue play button above.
To see some of Art's favorite images he's taken over the years, click through the slideshow above.