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Yes, it gets panned. This sounds like a disaster. Walk outs happened. It’s not the first time it’s been on stage, but this has to be hard to do. Here’s a review. This is still something that we’d like to see.
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Lynn Chen shows up casually in a hoody with earbuds in at the Larchmont Bungalow cafe. Her hair is straight and long and she’s her normal friendly self. I first saw Chen opposite Michelle Krusiec in Saving Face, a Sony Pictures Classics feature film in 2005. A huge indie that was grasped by Asian American, LGBT, and indie film fans everywhere. She got an earlier start in Law and Order and and All My Children before her move to the west coast. Since then, she’s consistently worked in both films in “the industry” including indies like White on Rice, People I Slept With and Surrogate Valentine. Chen’s also writer and started a food blog, the Actors Diet to address her past eating disorder. She also does one at thickdumplingskin.com It’s a saturday morning and she assures me that she needs to be home by 12 since she’s going to the Asian Eastside for shave ice and Taiwanese breakfast. We meet early and find a quiet place to conduct a “podcast”. Podcast intro music by Goh Nakamura
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He has no choice but to use his noodle. Times are tough and in the global recession, not even superheros are immune. Witness the transformation of Ultraman from monster-crusher to noodle slicer in Shijiazhuang, China. No word yet on his immigration and work-eligibility status.
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Korea’s Got Talent Champ is a 17 year old female popping dancer, Ju Min-jeong who beat out the favorite, Choi Seong-bong. You might remember Choi from a previous post. He’s the rags to, well more rags? He was a laborer, orphan and won the hearts of people around the world with his singing skill. You’d think singer would beat out dancer, and especially this singer, but no! The event is definitely not fixed. For more on Choi, click to our previous post. [youtube]fGPP0v6Mwdk[/youtube]
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Midori, the child prodigy from the early 80s was thrust upon the world when she was 11. Her face was plastered onto concert advertisements, and although many young stars burn out, or just plain disappear, she’s sustained in her classical music world. She’s created foundations, chair the USC strings department, has a Psychology MA from NYU. It’s funny how she’s a former prodigy. We’d think that those titles don’t really go away. In her case, at 40, perhaps the “Child” part gets dropped. Here’s a round up on Midori. (SignonSanDiego – Midori)
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