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Evan Jackson Leong
Evan Jackson Leong (or Evan Leong) is a director and documentary filmmaker. Leong is likely most known for his documentary '' Linsanity'' about Jeremy Lin, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He has also directed the documentary '' 1040: Christianity in the New Asia'' (2010), and the documentary short ''BLT Genesis'' (2002), which tracks the behind-the-scenes making of and trajectory of Justin Lin's film, '' Better Luck Tomorrow''. Early life Leong is a sixth-generation Chinese American. Leong grew up in the Richmond District, San Francisco, California. Education Leong earned a bachelor's degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. Career Films and documentaries Leong directed the documentary '' Linsanity'' about Jeremy Lin, which screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.Linsani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linsanity (film)
''Linsanity'' is a 2013 American documentary film about the rise of Asian-American basketball player Jeremy Lin. The film was directed by Evan Jackson Leong. The film traces Lin's life from his childhood in Palo Alto, California to his rise to prominence in 2012 with the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It shows him overcoming discouragements and racism and achieving success through his faith and desire. ''The New York Times'' wrote that it also offered a rare view of Christianity among Asian Americans. Leong had filmed Lin since he was a star college basketball player at Harvard University and during his early struggles in the NBA. The film is narrated by actor Daniel Dae Kim. The documentary shows Lin predicting in 2011 that he would "become a rotation player, become a starting point guard and then win an NBA championship." He eventually won an NBA title with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. Release ''Linsanity'' premiered to a sold-out screening a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Asian Film Festival
The San Diego Asian Film Festival ( SDAFF) is an annual event organized by Pacific Arts Movement (formerly the San Diego Asian Film Foundation) that takes place every November in San Diego, California. Background SDAFF is the flagship event for the non-profit organization Pacific Arts Movement (Pac-Arts, formerly the San Diego Asian Film Foundation), which also puts on several other arts and culture events throughout the year. The mission of Pacific Arts Movement is to present Pan Asian media arts to San Diego residents and visitors in order to inspire, entertain and support a more compassionate society. Throughout the year, Pacific Arts Movement offers student internships, cultural literacy programs with local high schools and colleges, and a high school filmmaker project entitled “Reel Voices.” Pacific Arts Movement also teams up with several movie production and marketing companies to promote both independent and mainstream films that are inline with the mission of the org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV News
MTV News is the news production division of MTV. The service is available in the US with localized versions on MTV's global network. In February 2016, MTV Networks confirmed it would refresh the MTV News brand in 2016, to compete with the likes of BuzzFeed and ''Vice'', however by mid-2017 MTV News was significantly downsized due to cutbacks. MTV News content is available from respective MTV websites, Apps, YouTube and on-air. In November 2018, MTV News began producing daily updates on Twitter titled ''MTV News: You Need To Know''. Now titled ''MTV News'' ''Need To Know,'' the show has evolved to a digital series that covers trending topics from pop culture to social justice issues to electoral politics and beyond. History MTV News began in the late 1980s with the program ''The Week in Rock'', hosted by Kurt Loder, the first official MTV News correspondent. Since 1990, the opening riff to Megadeth's " Peace Sells" has been the main opening theme for ''The Week in Rock''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (composer)
George Shaw is a film composer and musician. He has composed original music that can be heard on many videos on YouTube as well as a number of short films. He has also worked as an orchestrator on such films as '' Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'', ''Ghost Rider'' and '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles''. Work YouTube videos featuring Shaw's music have accumulated over 150 million views. He has provided the music for content from top YouTube personalities including Ryan Higa, KevJumba, Wong Fu Productions (including the short films ''Buffet'' starring Harry Shum Jr., ''Strangers, Again'' with David Choi, and ''Too Fast'' starring Randall Park), Michelle Phan (including Phan's Paris-set short film ''Rouge in Love'' directed by Phan and Evan Jackson Leong), Joe Penna, The Fung Brothers, and more. For instance, Shaw composed the score for the Ryan Higa and Wong Fu Productions short film collaboration, ''Agents of Secret Stuff'', which accumulated over three million views upon the first five d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Phan
Michelle Phan (born April 11, 1987) is an American beauty YouTuber. She is the founder and owner of the multimillion-dollar cosmetics line EM Cosmetics. Early life Michelle Phan was born on April 11, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts. Both her parents were of Vietnamese origin. Phan has an elder brother and younger half-sister. According to Phan, her biological father left the family when she was young. Her mother remarried but eventually left Phan's step-father after years of abuse. Phan, her brother, and her half-sister followed their mother to Tampa, Florida, where she attended Tampa Bay Technical High School. Phan attended Ringling College of Art and Design but dropped out due to financial issues. In March 2014, Phan received her Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree from Ringling. Career In 2005, Phan had a personal blog in which she discussed different makeup tutorials and received requests for further instruction. She began posting tutorial vlogs on Xanga under the username ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyrics Born
Tsutomu "Tom" Shimura (born September 2, 1972), better known by his stage name Lyrics Born (formerly Asia Born), is a Japanese-American rapper, singer, and producer. He is one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker. Early life Shimura was born in Tokyo and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and Berkeley, California. He attended Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. Career Shimura changed his stage name from Asia Born to Lyrics Born in 1995, citing the desire to ensure that he won fans based on his merits as a rapper rather than his ethnicity. His first studio album, '' Later That Day'', was released on Quannum Projects in 2003. Lyrics Born's collaborations with Lateef the Truthspeaker on Latyrx records often see them trading lyrics back and forth in quick succession. Lyrics Born and Lateef's methodology for writing this type of lyric is described by Lateef in the book ''How to Rap'': "With Latyrx stuff, when we have parts that we're writing that we're both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Jin
Jin Au-Yeung (; born June 4, 1982), known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian of Chinese descent. Jin is notable for being the first Asian American solo rapper to be signed to a major record label in the United States. Early life Jin Au-Yeung was born on June 4, 1982 in Miami, Florida to Hong Kong immigrants of Hakka descent. He was raised in the general Miami area, where his parents owned a Chinese restaurant and Jin attended John F. Kennedy Middle School in North Miami Beach. Jin went on to attend North Miami Beach Senior High School, from which he graduated in 2000. After graduating, Jin decided to forgo college and begin his rap career. Shortly afterwards, his parents closed the restaurant and the family moved in 2001 to Queens, New York City. Career 2001–2006: ''106 & Park'' and Ruff Ryders While in New York, Jin participated in many rap battles with his peers. Jin's big break came in 2002 when the BET program '' 106 & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Drift
''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' is a 2006 action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the standalone sequel to ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001) and ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003) and is the third (chronologically sixth) installment in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. The film stars Lucas Black and Bow Wow and follows high school car enthusiast Sean Boswell (Black) who is sent to live in Tokyo with his estranged father and finds solace exploring the city's drifting community. A third ''Fast & Furious'' film was confirmed in June 2005, when Lin was selected as director. Morgan was hired after an open call soon after, thus marking the first film in the franchise's longtime association with Lin, Morgan, actor Sung Kang, and composer Brian Tyler. Unable to secure the returns of any of the original cast, development instead increased focus on car culture and street racing. Principal photography began in August 2005 and lasted until that N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far East Movement
Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and as of August 2018 consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Virman Coquia), and formerly J-Splif (Jae Chong). Their 2010 single, " Like a G6", featuring pop-rap duo The Cataracs and singer Dev hit number one on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and on the iTunes chart in late October 2010, making them the first Asian-American group to earn a number one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Among their other chart successes are: "Rocketeer" featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic, which peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; "Turn Up the Love", which peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom, and their 2012 remix of the song " Get Up (Rattle)" by the Bingo Players, which topped the charts in the United Kingdom. The group's latest album, ''Identity'', is the first release und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Jung
Nathan Jung (November 29, 1946 – April 24, 2021) was an American actor and stuntman. Due to his height, he was usually cast in "heavy" or "enforcer" roles. Career Television Jung played the character of Genghis Khan on ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' in the episode, "The Savage Curtain" (1969), an axe-wielding villain named "The Dark Rider" who fought David Carradine in the TV series ''Kung Fu'' on the episode "Arrogant Dragon" (1974), and appeared opposite Bruce Lee as a Tong Enforcer in Lee's only pure acting (and non-martial arts) role on the TV show ''Here Come the Brides'', in the episode "Marriage, Chinese Style" (1969). Jung also played Saburyo, Helen Funai's cousin on an episode of ''Sanford and Son'' entitled "Home Sweet Home" (1974). Jung has been on a number of other TV shows including ''General Hospital'' (as Won Chu), ''Starsky and Hutch'' (as "Itchy" in the episode "Nightlight" (1976)), ''M*A*S*H'' (as the Korean Man), ''The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo'' (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Fan
Roger Fan (born August 11, 1972) is a Taiwanese-American film, theater, and television actor best known for his collaborations with Justin Lin and his appearances in the films ''Annapolis'', ''Finishing the Game'' and '' Better Luck Tomorrow''.Interview with Roger Fan, http://movies.about.com/od/annapolis/a/annapolis012506.htm Background Fan, a Taiwanese American, was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Southern California, growing up in Upland, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He graduated from the Webb Schools of California and also graduated with a degree in economics from Brown University. He initially worked on Wall Street and in San Francisco as a financial consultant, but spent his off time acting in theatre. Career Fan is likely most known for his role as Daric Loo in Justin Lin's seminal Asian American film, '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002). He also appeared as Bruce Lee's rival "Breeze Loo" in Lin's ''Finishing the Game'' (2007). Fan has also appeared in Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finishing The Game
''Finishing the Game'' is a 2007 mockumentary film directed by Justin Lin focusing on Bruce Lee's final movie ''Game of Death'' (1972), which was unfinished at the time of his death. Shot in 18 days,''Finishing the Game'' comically satirizes the 1972 production—which used body doubles and clips from other Lee movies—and addresses racial stereotypes on the Asian community. Its world premiere took place at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it was an Official Selection. It was also selected as the opening night film at the 25th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Cast * McCaleb Burnett as Tarrick Tyler *Monique Gabriela Curnen * Roger Fan as Breeze Loo *Sung Kang as Colgate "Cole" Kim * Mousa Kraish as Raja *Meredith Scott Lynn as Eloise *Dustin Nguyen as Troy Poon *James Franco as Dean Silo *MC Hammer as Roy Thunder *Ron Jeremy as Peter Dowd *Brian Tee as Mac Chang *Leonardo Nam as Eli *George Takei as Man in Black *SuChin Pak as Connie Popavich-Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
