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Rafe Bartholomew is a young American author who launched his book, Pacific Rims, a story about the Philippines and Philippine basketball, last June 16 at Barnes & Noble. It’s a gushing tribute to a country he has learned to love during his three-year stay there. He loves the country so much, he learned the language and best of all, in a Filipino accent, as demonstrated on this video.
You know her as the sexy Pussycat Doll lead singer, Filipino-Russian Nicole Scherzinger (she took her stepdad’s name). Now she’s in “Dancing with the Stars,” as one of the dancing contestants.
Hollywood showbiz reporter Janet Nepales said Nicole’s Filipino roots can be traced to her Filipino father, Alfonso Valiente. Her mother, Rosemary Elikolani, is of Russian and Hawaiian descent.
Nicole said she dreams of singing the national anthem for her sports hero, Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao, one day. She was quoted by Nepales as saying, “It would be an honor to sing the national anthem in a Manny Pacquiao fight. I’m so proud of him! I’ve been following him religiously. So let’s make it happen!”
Who doesn’t admire Pacquiao, except perhaps Floyd Mayweather. C’mon, Floyd, make the fight happen and we’ll see if Nicole can do the Philippine National Anthem.
This 31-year-old performer has made commercials in the Philippines for Bench Body underwear and Clear Shampoo and Conditioner that were aired all over Southeast Asia.
Read story in full at http://philippinenews.com/article.php?id=7558&catId=
Others take the arduous “American Idol” route. Charice, the petite Filipina singer, did it the YouTube way. Ellen Degeners discovered her on YouTube, brought her to the States and once Oprah heard of her, well, you know it’s smooth sailing afterwards. After releasing singles, Charice is ready to release her first American self-titled album produced by mentor-producer David Foster on May 11.
Oprah Winfrey, one of the key persons behind Charice’s international career, has booked the singer to perform on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on May 11, a day after she turns 18. Here is a single, “Pyramid” with Iyaz. The song reportedly has 15 club remixes produced by various foreign DJs.
These are currently available for download on Amazon.com and iTunes.Songwriters and other producers who worked on the album are Diane Warren, Sean Kingston, Billy Steinberg (Madonna’s “Like A Virgin,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors,” Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional”), Josh Alexander (Jojo’s “Too Little Too Late”), Allan Rich (’N Sync’s “I Drive Myself Crazy”), Klaus Derendorf (Josh Groban’s “Closer”), Mr. Fantastic (The Cheetah Girls) and Drew Ryan Scott (South Korean group Super Junior’s “Sorry, Sorry”)
Is an “American Idol” guesting a possibility? Well, that one may be tough. Here’s a link from ABC News online: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10466597
Jen Kwok is one brave Asian girl to come up with a music video in defense of the Asian guy. The images still show some stereotypes for comic effect evidently, but the message in the lyrics is clear. We don’t all deserve the bad press.
Poreotix from Westminster, Calif., was crowned the fifth season champions of Randy Jackson’s America’s Best Dance Crew on April 8 on the hit MTV series. The six-member dance crew is composed of three Filipino Americans and three Vietnamese Americans.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1635773/20100409/story.jhtml
Are you ready for an Asian spinoff of MTV’s Jersey Shore? If you’re Asian, are you ready to be stereotyped?
As reported by The Examiner, quoting a recent post on Craigslist, a production company is looking for “attractive Asian-Americans with lively, strong and unique personalities.”
The ad seeks “Interesting, attractive, colorful Asian-Americans to cast in a reality show similar to JERSEY SHORE, REAL WORLD, THE HILLS, etc.”
Now, if that’s not enough to make you worry, The Examiner says, “People who are “obsessed with Asian culture or people” are also invited to apply.
Hmmm, any takers? Or are we cynical enough to think they will get only Asian stereotypes–the geeky Asian guy and the sexy Asian girl?!
Can’t get enough of Asian food? Here’s your chance to enjoy it like it’s going out of style.
Starting April 29, Lucky Rice, an interactive recommendation resource for Asian recipes and restaurants as well a content-rich site featuring food personalities, culinary stories and news, will be hosting an 11-day culinary event for all Asian food lovers. There be parties, seminars, tastings and—Good Heavens, stop drooling—chef dinners.
Highlights include:
• An opening night cocktail party at the swanky Bowery Hotel hosted by Top Chef Masters host Kelly Choi ($50 advance/$100 door)
• A discussion on Buddhist cuisine featuring top chefs David Chang and Eric Ripert, moderated by Buddhism authority Dr. Robert Thurman ($50).
• A family-friendly dumpling making workshop with Rickshaw’s Anita Lo on Saturday morning ($50).
• The Grand Feast at the Mandarin Oriental hotel ballroom, featuring Asian-inspired cocktails, a sake and shochu bar, and food pairings ($150)
• A week-long Asian Restaurant Week, with participating restaurants selected by the LUCKYRICE Culinary Council, offering prix-fixe lunches and dinners. Culinary events will also be held throughout the year in select US cities.
We just hope it’s more affordable.
I always hear people with the most perplexing dilemma. How to blog? Here’s how easy it is. And why even a grade schooler can do it.
This South Korean girl skates like no other.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-fig-womens-short-folo,0,2940371.story
That’s how easy it is. Just don’t forget to attribute the source of your link (be careful not to use photos if it is credited to a publishing or news wire agency). Give your own point of view. And you’re all set. Oh yes, you can post a longer entry than the 8 words here.
In my list of favorite movies of the decade (2000-2009) here, I have only 3 American movies. This is not unusual anymore, considering how Hollywood keeps making the same type of movies over and over. So in the decade just past, I found myself getting a kick out of hunting and discovering movies that were under most people’s radar, for an obvious reason: small movies can’t compete against the Hollywood marketing juggernaut. Well, the movies here got my vote because I found them from my constant search for good movies, and find them to be outstanding. And for that, they are my favorites (not in any particular order).
1. Marriage is a Crazy Thing. Korean. Unflinching look at adultery and power struggle between the sexes in a rapidly changing society.
2. Woman on the Beach. Korean. A morality tale that harks back to the style of French director, Eric Rohmer. He died Jan. 11, 2010. One of my favorite directors.
3. 2046. Hongkong. Surreal and operatic from the bravura director, Wong Kar Wai.
4. Peppermint Candy. Korean. A jolt to one’s senses; makes Memento a second-rate copycat.
5. Old Boy. Korean. Wild, theatrical, original. Tarantino loved it, too.
6. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days. Romania. Ode to ’50s neo-realism?
7. Caché. France. Mind-bending; that’s the French for you; director Haneke is Austrian, though.
8. Mulholland Drive. U.S. Eerie and twisted, it’s a Lynch movie, after all. What happens to those failed Hollywood dreams? The great performances will tell you.
9. The Lives of Others. Germany. Subtle social commentary of a bygone era.
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. China-Hongkong. Ang Lee brings pathos to a Chinese epic.
11. Talk to Her. Spain. Creepily romantic, hypnotic.
12. Late Marriage. Israel. There’s a most realistic sex scene; that should encourage you to rent it.
13. There Will Be Blood. U.S. Powerful allegory on greed. Tour-de-force performance by Daniel Day Lewis.
14. Before Sunset. U.S. A charming sequel. The passage of time plays tricks on us. Does it, really?
15. Yella. Germany. The country at the crossroads. The chillingly good Nina Hoss is a corporate raider.
16. Edge of Heaven. Turkey-Germany. Clashing cultures; it’s also about forgiveness.
17. City of God. Brazil. Harrowing depiction of youth organized (sic) crime.
Would you consider buying an e-reader? Most of the people I know are allergic to it, as many people’s hue and cry is that these latest gizmos serve predominantly one function and that if it does have Internet access, it’s fairly on a limited scale. Why, people also ask, would you buy one devoted primarily to reading when you could get a netbook, which can also function as a computer?
Now, tech media is saying that Apple can prove to be the game changer, and change people’s mindset about the e-reader if Apple can come up with a hybrid of some sort: An Apple tablet that is like a bigger iPod touch, the better to showcase its many apps and iTunes, with the convenience and functionality of a tablet notebook and the ease of navigating the Internet with–hold your breath–3G.
It would be nifty if can serve as a notebook (and therefore stand on different angles) with a detachable keyboard for those who prefer to type on it.
Let’s see if the rumor mill is true by end of January.
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