You can check out the free viewings they have @ https://chopso.vhx.tv/watch-for-free and then if you like what you see along with their other catalog, you can check out their service for $4.95 a month.
I do think it goes a long way to have a more options for free viewing--look at other services who started out with ad services--but when you think about other services like this, there aren't that many....or any...out there specific to AAPI.
Live long and prosper.
Watch For Free At CHOPSO
Monday, November 12, 2018Is John Cho's "Searching" With $70 Million Worldwide (#65 Worldwide) Even More Of A Message To Hollywood Than Crazy Rich Asians?
Monday, November 12, 2018
What's interesting about this statistic is that while domestically it did about $26 million, the international release is around $43 million.
So while domestically it didn't do a $100 million dollar opening--while the numbers aren't available for the production budget, you know it wasn't as much for Crazy Rich Asians.
It had to be fairly profitable and I'm guessing with a lot less from a set/logistics standpoint (at least thinking in regard to something like CRA).
If you look at the movies in a $10 million range +/- of what "Searching" did--it gives an even more interesting view of the landscape ($dollar amounts are total, domestic, and then international).
57 Den of Thieves STX $80.5 $44.9 55.8% $35.6 44.2%
58 Alpha Studio 8 $80.1 $35.8 44.7% $44.3 55.3%
59 Hereditary A24 $79.3 $44.1 55.5% $35.3 44.5%
60 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) Uni. $78.7 $66.0 83.9% $12.7 16.1%
61 Tag WB (NL) $77.9 $54.5 70.0% $23.4 30.0%
62 The Spy Who Dumped Me LGF $75.0 $33.6 44.7% $41.4 55.3%
63 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Sony $74.0 $50.1 67.7% $23.9 32.3%
64 Sanju FIP $71.5 $7.9 11.1% $63.6 88.9%
65 Searching SGem $69.7 $26.0 37.3% $43.7 62.7%
66 Book Club Par. $68.6 $68.6 100.0% n/a 0.0%
67 12 Strong WB $67.1 $45.5 67.8% $21.6 32.2%
68 Love, Simon Fox $66.3 $40.8 61.6% $25.5 38.4%
69 Mile 22 STX $65.8 $36.1 54.9% $29.7 45.1%
70 Life of the Party WB (NL) $65.7 $52.9 80.5% $12.8 19.5%
71 Isle Of Dogs FoxS $64.2 $32.0 49.8% $32.2 50.2%
72 The 15:17 to Paris WB $57.1 $36.3 63.5% $20.8 36.5%
73 Adrift STX $57.0 $31.4 55.1% $25.6 44.9%
74 Early Man LGF $54.1 $8.3 15.3% $45.8 84.7%
75 Teen Titans Go! To The Movies WB $51.9 $29.6 57.0% $22.3 43.0%
76 Slender Man SGem $51.7 $30.6 59.2% $21.1 40.8%
77 Breaking In (2018) Uni. $51.1 $46.5 91.1% $4.5 8.9%
Good company to be in and if this didn't do well internationally because of John Cho--hog tie me naked in Sriracha until I pee myself.
And yes - also because of the good story, acting, and direction...
But you get my point.
Yes?
R.I.P: Minority Militant + BigWOWO Podcast
Monday, November 12, 2018I was looking through some files and I had an mp3 file "MinorityMilitant_on_bigWOWO.mp3".
Hadn't listened to that in a while....so tonight I find myself listening to it.
I want to remix it with some music...
Get the original and post http://www.bigwowo.com/2008/11/bigwowo-interviews-the-minority-militant/ AND http://www.bigwowo.com/podcasts/MinorityMilitant_on_bigWOWO.mp3
Damn....
APIA Vote: All You Wanted To Know About The Midterm Election Results
Thursday, November 08, 2018What? DAEWON SONG Leaves Almost...
Friday, November 02, 2018http://theberrics.com/daewon-song-leaves-almost/
One of the most influential skaters and co-founder of Almost skateboards--he's leaving the company he helped found (and I have to wonder what the terms of the agreement were, how much $$ does he get--I am always curious on the financials):
Daewon Song, a pro skater who is known as much for his sponsor loyalty as for his continually progressive clips, has left Almost Skateboards. He made the announcement this morning via Instagram.
Song cofounded Almost in 2003 with Rodney Mullen, and somehow he has managed to be at the top of his game throughout his tenure as a founding pro. Having appeared in the company's two full-lengths—Round Three (a play on Song's game-changing parts in World Industries' Round One and Round 2) and 5-Incher—Song is perhaps more closely associated with the 2006 promo Cheese & Crackers. The video features Chris Haslam (who also left Almost last year) and Song essentially one-upping each other on a mini-ramp, utilizing anything and everything that they could find. The video signaled an era of inventive skateboarding and its influence is still felt in videos 12 years later.
More recently, Song has become established as arguably the most reliable skate instagram account. Much like Cheese & Crackers, there is never a dull moment on Song's Insta. Having perfected the art of selfie video clips, Song is a shining example of the DIY ethic in skating.
Here's the IG post.
P.S. Random Sad Hot Girls: Lilly Singh + Awkwafina
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Maybe you've seen these, maybe you have not.
Either way - I did not - but I did just watch them and they were funny to watch.
While I'm out of the dating market (or even the right generation) - I am glad I was never one of those dates...or people.
Asian American PSA: Constance Wu And Jimmy O. Yang Want You To Vote!
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Also - just in case you were wondering (like myself) - apparently the organization in partnership does subtitles for everyone, because at first I was like "What? Why do they have subtitles here--they speak English MFs!"...no worries - AG.
P.S. Awkwafina Is Taking Over It All (Or At Least Google Assistants)
Thursday, October 25, 2018
I saw this maybe last week and I felt like they just cut her in--cause she's the IT WOMAN right now (well - at least one of them).
Like it.
I May Binge This....The People's Queen (AKA Fil Ams This Is For You)
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Beauty Queens are not born, they are made.
If you have been one of those dreamers wanting to become a beauty queen or if you're just simply obsessed with the glamour and even the drama behind the making of a beauty queen, this new show is for you. The People's Queen is also a good binge-watch for anyone who are fascinated by beauty and character transformations.
The girl with the wooden legs nails a walk that slays the stage. The bullied Blasian girl rises from her bruised past. The 'Wasted Beauty' is recycling all her confidence back to win a crown. The girl with a blank personality digs deep to reveal her real aura that shines brightly as a jeweled crown. And the clueless valley girl is the most 'woke' beauty queen in the mansion.
Beauty Pageant experts Cece Asuncion and Voltaire Tayag will wow you with how they transform ordinary Filipinas to extraordinary beauty queens.
Join 5 Filipinas (Katarina Rodriguez, Katrina Dimaranan, Nikita Elroy, Michelle Thorlund, and Jennifer Levy) in their Journey to becoming beauty queens. Behind all the glitz and glam, you'll witness all the tears, hard work and even some drama.
I Put My Money On ONE CHAMPIONSHIP (Versus UFC)
Monday, October 22, 2018Eddie Alvarez signed with ONE Championship last week. That deal came just months after ONE signed WBC Super Flyweight boxing champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Alvarez turned down offers to return to both the UFC and Bellator and instead chose to chase a title with ONE. It was a major win for the Singapore-based martial arts promotion that has grown immensely since its inception seven years ago. ONE is now the largest sports media property in Asia, but it's not settling.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/find-your-true-calling-live-dreams-chatri-sityodtong
Today, I am blessed with the precious opportunity to live my dreams. Through our real-life superheroes at ONE Championship, we have the awesome power to ignite hope, create dreams, inspire nations, and change the world. Angela Lee is a great example of one of our female superheroes who will help to inspire women to do more, achieve more, and be more in life. Another wonderful inspirational superhero is Bibiano Fernandes; he grew up on the Amazon river in extreme poverty in Brazil without daily food and today he is one of the greatest World Champions in history. Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke and his remarkable life story is also yet another a living testament that poverty is something that can be conquered through work ethic, sacrifice, dedication, and humility. Amir Khan is yet another example of greatness unleashed; he was born with Tourette's Syndrome, but still managed to rise against all odds to become one of Singapore's greatest fighters in history. I am truly inspired by the countless examples of real-life superheroes in ONE Championship. In many ways, my life has come full circle since that night I saw my mother crying alone helplessly.
ONE Championship is more than just a startup to me. It is my IKIGAI.
Chatri Sityodtong is a self-made entrepreneur and lifelong martial artist from Thailand. His rags-to-riches life story has inspired millions around the world on BBC News, CNN, Financial Times, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Channel NewsAsia, Harvard Business School, Sports Illustrated, and many other major media. He is currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of ONE Championship, Asia's largest sports media property in history with a global broadcast to over 1 billion potential viewers across 118 countries around the world. Sityodtong was recently named "Asia's King of Martial Arts" by the Financial Times, and the “Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA” by Forbes, Yahoo! Sports, and International Business Times. He is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD, Europe's top business school. Sityodtong holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Tufts University.
Retro Old White People Clips (AKA When Jimmy Fallon Made Blake Shelton Try Sushi) AKA EXOTIC ORIENTAL FISH!! WTF!
Friday, October 19, 2018
I mean I just had to view it to see how bad it was going to be - I mean if you've never tried sushi before - at that age...
And no - not calling it racist - just - well - you know - well - actually - I might call it racist after all.
The exotic ORIENTAL SUSHI...
And while we all love us some Big Mac - c'mon...You've earned it?
Because you ate the EXOTIC ORIENTAL SUSHI?
I mean why not have some EXOTIC ORIENTAL "LADIES" there too while they were at it?
And then I wonder if after the EXOTIC ORIENTAL MASSAGE, Jimmy Fallon would have a Blond White Woman Come Out Of A Cake?
Because they earned it? And while getting an EXOTIC ORIENTAL MASSAGE is great - everyone would rather have a Big Ma...Blond White Woman?
Okay - Just sayin'.....
From The Harvard Crimson With Love On 5 Asian American Short Stories
Thursday, October 18, 2018https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/16/asian-american-short-stories/
These two in particular caught my eye:
2. “A Flawless Silence” by Yiyun Li (The New Yorker, April 2018)
"Sandra said that she had called Chuck a bigot to his face, and he had called her an equally bad name. Min had not called Rich anything denigrating. He had married her because she was not the kind of woman who would use strong words."
“A Flawless Silence” is about a Chinese-American woman whose husband is a Republican and a jerk. Though set in California, the story has a strong New Jersey WeChat energy, which should be recognizable to anyone who has ever gone to a Harvard meetup in New Jersey or spent considerable time among the New Jersey-Harvard WeChat crowd; no other writer has so precisely captured the zeitgeist of this unique demographic. (If you know, you know, and vice versa.)
3. “Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying” by Alice Sola Kim (Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales)
"At midnight we parked by a Staples and tried some seriously dark fucking magic."
In “Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying,” a group of Korean-American adoptees casts a spell to be reunited with their respective biological mothers. At once hilarious, disturbing, and tender, this story is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever missed or hated her mother. Fans of science fiction and fantasy writing in particular will be sure to enjoy Alice Sola Kim’s other stories, including “The Next World and the Next” (Lenny Letter, July 2016).
Goto the full article to read more.
NOOOOO!!!!!!! DRAMAFEVER COME BACK!!!!!! WTH WARNER BROTHERS AT&T!!!! NO WARNINGS?????
Tuesday, October 16, 2018All I know is this MF's. When I think of DramaFever I think of the goodness of AAPI as well as the things we love like Asian faces.
I think grassroots.
I think back to that email back in '09.
Back to the party I didn't get to go to.
As I've already stated...I know I can VIKKI, but DRAMAFEVER IS MY MF BAE AND NOW I'M HEARTBROKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S.
Let me just also add that I feel like from a business perspective everyone could have given us a little extra time - maybe a couple months - even 30 days at least. I'm sure they have systems to give all the account money back, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I'll have to think twice about using some of their services because who knows when they'll be shut down?
Oh wait.
I have AT&T for my cellphone....
Sorry KMOV Channel 4. But FUCK YOU. You Should Print The Name Of Hilary Brooke. Racist White Lady
Sunday, October 14, 2018
While the article here is good in the sense that KMOV went to actually talk with D'Arreion Toles - the fact that they wouldn't print the Racist White Lady's name who tried to block him and then got fired---that just doesn't sit well with me.
So everyone can target D'Arreion Toles--for whatever reason racist people may want to target him--but no one can target the racist white lady?
So she can just vanish into thin air?
FUCK YOU.
And I mean that nicely. In the sense that I just feel like that's hiding facts in the sense that if you didn't print D'Arreion Toles' name, maybe I'd be more fine with this--but his name is out there--so why can't hers?
To me, as a man of color--I feel like it's shady--like they're PROTECTING THE RACIST WHITE LADY.
No?
To each their own...
Anyway - check out http://thedailyhaze.com/tribeca-hilary-brooke/ who seems to be the first to identify her--Hilary Brooke.
Random Shimin Li Tweets (AKA Food Network It)
Sunday, October 14, 2018On the set of #HalloweenWars @FoodNetwork #cakecompetition #pumpkincarving #sugarart pic.twitter.com/VnX2dAG3lx
— Shinmin li (@Shinminli) October 11, 2018
First selfies, then judging, right, @seangunn #ToddTucker @Shinminli? ๐ธ #HalloweenWars pic.twitter.com/AABMtZed2b
— Food Network (@FoodNetwork) October 1, 2018
When Vietnamese People Rate Phแป "Recipes" (AKA...You Call That Phแป?)
Saturday, October 13, 2018
From JennyYang.TV / Bad Appetite Magazine.
With
Jaclyn Le (Portrait Photographer, UX Designer), Tammy Le
Thuc Nguyen (Co-Founder @forkandspoonapp), Thai Nguyen, Dan Nguyen
Vivien Phung (Chef, https://vivienphung.com/)
Wikipedia Says Butler Owns The Timberwolves...I Wish Jeremy Lin Was Here...
Saturday, October 13, 2018
I say fire Thibodeau.
Trade Butler for peanuts (cause he's like a cancer).
And while sure - it will never happen - get me Jeremy Lin.
I know....but I can at least dream a little bit can't I?
Midwest Playwrights: This One's For You
Friday, October 12, 2018Get it. Give it. Represent it.
https://aatrevue.com/Newsblog/2018/10/11/call-for-submissions-for-midwest-asian-americans/
Call for Submissions for Midwest Asian Americans
Posted on October 11, 2018 by The Godfather of Asian American Theatre
The Asian Pacific American (APA) population is seriously under represented on stage. “Our Perspective: Asian American Play Readings” is a staged play reading series intended to provide inspiration, space, and audiences for Midwest APA playwrights, directors, and actors. These are script-in-hand concert readings where actors read plays written and directed by Asian Americans. Presented by Asian Improv Arts Midwest’s AA Arts Incubator, “Our Perspective” is the first ever Asian American play reading series in the Midwest. These history making events are long overdue. Co-produced by Mia Park and Tanuja Jagernauth. Our-Perspective.com
We are accepting play submissions of plays written by Asian American playwrights in the Midwest for the 2019 Our Perspective: Asian American Play Reading series. Completed plays of all lengths that are ready to be read or produced are preferred. Our Perspective is not intended to be a workshop series. Submit completed plays to Tanuja Jagernauth at tjagernauth@gmail.com. There is no limit to the quantity of plays you send in and you may re-submit previous work. There is no cost to submit.
To be considered for the JANUARY 28, 2019 PLAY READING AT VICTORY GARDENS THEATER, Chicago, submit by November 1, 2018. Selected works will be announced December 1, 2018.
To be considered for the MAY 20, 2019 PLAY READING AT 1700 THEATRE AT STEPPENWOLF THEATRE, Chicago, submit by February 15, 2019. Selected works will be announced April 1, 2019.
To be considered for the SEPTEMBER, 2019 PLAY READING AT TBA, Chicago, submit by June 15, 2019. Selected works will be announced August 1, 2019.
Catch the October 22, 2018 Our Perspective reading at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater of “First Data Gold” by Tanuja Jagernauth. Directed by Puja Mohindra. Tickets are $5 available here.
Actor auditions for the 2019 Our Perspective readings will be held in December, 2018 and January, 2019. Audition information TBA. Karissa Murrell Myers is the Our Perspective casting director.
Free internships available. Learn to produce play readings and theatre productions. Email Mia@MiaPark.com to apply.
Coming in 2019: Sue Pak’s full length play, The Fixer!
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