Daily Archives: May 4, 2008

APA Month Day 4 – Comedian Dr. Ken Jeong

Leave a reply

Ken Jeong aka Dr. Ken has been blending comedy & medicine all of his life. After graduating Duke University & attaining his MD at the University of North Carolina, Ken completed his Internal Medicine residency in New Orleans while developing a cult comedy following.

While in New Orleans, Ken won the Big Easy Laff-Off. Late NBC president Brandon Tartikoff and Improv founder Budd Friedman judged the competition and advised Ken to move to Los Angeles. Once residing in LA, Ken began performing regularly at the Improv & Laugh Factory. He is also part of the Kims of Comedy consisting of Bobby Lee, Kevin Shea, Steve Byrne, and Dr. Ken Jeong

Ken’s background in theater & improv has led to several television appearances including “The Office,” “Entourage” “Boston Legal” and “The Shield.”. He is a recurring voice on FOX’s American Dad. In 2007, Dr. Ken made his feature film debut in Knocked Up as Dr. Kuni. Here’s clip from the movie:

Warning! – the clips on this entry are not safe for work (NSFW)

Dr. Ken will reteam with Judd Apatow & Seth Rogen in The Pineapple Express. He recently completed filming All About Steve starring Sandra Bullock, Little Big Men starring Paul Rudd, and The Goods: The Don Ready Story starring Jeremy Piven. He also wrapped a cameo in Step Brothers starring Will Ferrell. Look for Pineapple Express and Step Brothers this summer.

Dr. Ken also has a following for the viral video Million Dollar Strong where he plays Yoshido. Watch this hilarious music video What’s It Gonna Be? by Million Dollar Strong:

Warning! – the clips on this entry are not safe for work (NSFW)

According to Variety, MTV Films plan to make this into a full blown movie.
They story will revolve around the meteoric rise of a delusional rapper (Mike O’Connell) and his Asian foreign exchange student friend (Ken Jeong) as they take on the hip-hop world.

Add Dr. Ken as you myspace friend.

Kissing Cousins

Leave a reply

Kissing Cousins has screened in San Francisco, Chicago, and now in Los Angeles. Here’s synopsis of the movie:

AMIR, 29, is a heartbreaker. Literally. As a “relationship termination specialist, providing “dumping services” for disgruntled daters, Amir spends his days delivering bad news to unsuspecting lovers across Los Angeles and retrieving his clients’ belongings (underwear, CDs, photos, etc). Though Amir claims he is “just the messenger,” the job has made him hard-hearted and, as a result, he is the last bachelor in his group of friends. This becomes crystal clear on his 30th birthday, when his friend TUCKER tells Amir he can no longer be the Best Man at his upcoming wedding because he and his bride TINA want someone with better relationship karma.

When Amir returns to his family’s Bay Area home for Thanksgiving, he is reunited with ZARA, his charming and beautiful cousin from Britain who he has not seen in twenty years. The two cousins do not get along right away as Zara is still upset that Amir kissed her during a “play wedding” when they were children. With the prompting of Amir’s parents, Zara hitches a ride with Amir back to LA, only planning to stay a few days. Along the way, Amir tells her about his friends and their bachelorism and she is sympathetic. When she meets them, she surprises everyone, including Amir, by introducing herself as his “girlfriend.” Before long the scam is in full swing as Amir and Zara go on “couples outings” with his friends. She even shows him how to be more sympathetic to his “breakup victims.” Over time, Amir starts to soften from Zara’s influence and perhaps even begins to develop… feelings?

An undercurrent of sexual tension develops between them as the charade comes dangerously close to going too far. Will his friends find out the truth? Will Amir fall for his own cousin?! Or will he become one of his own “victims?”

Find out in KISSING COUSINS!!

This movie was written and directed by Amyn Kaderali. Also check out Amyn’s other short film “Call Center“.

Watch the trailer for Kissing Cousins:

Here’s part 1 of Amyn Kaderali’s interview with DesiYou:

Here’s part 2 of Amyn Kaderali’s interview with DesiYou:

Add “Kissing Cousins” as your friend on Myspace and become a fan on facebook

Hollywood Chinese in NYC

Leave a reply

Hey NYC! Listen up.

Get yourself over to the Quad Cinema on 13th St. between 5th & 6th Aves. and watch “Hollywood Chinese”. It’s a great film to learn about the history and struggles of Chinese actors and actresses in Hollywood. Read this email we got from the director of Hollywood Chinese Arthur Dong:

Good Morning!

The New York reviews of HOLLYWOOD CHINESE have been overwhelmingly “great-to-raves,” but Friday’s opening night attendance at the Quad was just fair. We need to show the theater that there¹s an audience out there, otherwise HOLLYWOOD CHINESE will be just, er, history. If you were planning on going during the week, it’d be really great if you can try to come by over the weekend since that’s what management will look at. And please tell your friends, or if you liked HOLLYWOOD CHINESE, come see it again!

Check out some of the terrific reviews below.

THANKS!

Arthur

What are you waiting for? Read the reviews below from movie critics in NYC:

“HOLLYWOOD CHINESE documentary won’t make you hungry an hour later! Beautifully captures the range of Hollywood’s reflection of Asians, from Charlie Chan, who talked in fortune cookie aphorisms, to Susie Wong, the exotic prostie you ordered, with egg drop soup, from column B.” –Michael Musto, Village Voice

“Groundbreaking! Overt racism collides with the economics of an industry and the perceptions of a culture in HOLLYWOOD CHINESE, a provocative critical survey of the first century of American cinema and the ways that Chinese and Chinese-Americans have been depicted by the industry.” –S. James Synder, “The New York Sun

“SURPRISINGLY ENTERTAINING, “Hollywood Chinese,” a fast-paced survey of how the Chinese have been portrayed in American films from the silent era to the present, is packed with unexpected delights. Filmmaker Arthur Dong offers up a cinematic banquet – everything from tantalizing excerpts from a 1916 film directed by Chinese-American Marion Wong to an interview with 98-year-old Viennese actress Luise Rainer.” –Lou Lumenick, New York Post

“A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of cultural assimilation. Its impressive bonanza of interviewees and film clips make it a joy to watch…Disarmingly lofty from the get-go, HOLLYWOOD CHINESE tackles its topic with visual grace and narrative agility.” –Mark Holcomb, Time Out New York

Watch a clip of Justin Lin from Hollywood Chinese:

Support this film for APA Heritage Month.