Daily Archives: May 7, 2008

Deal or No Deal – Filipino Edition

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Originally to be broadcast in the US today, the international version of Deal or No Deal aired earlier this week. Shot in the Philippines, the Filipino edition had Philippine host Kris Aquino co-hosting with her counterpart Howie Mandel. Howie Mandel and US contestants played the Deal or No Deal according to the rules of the Philippine version. Apparently, Howie Mandel was coached to say a few lines in Filipino as well. Instead of the US Models, the Philippine edition had the 26k Girls.

Watch the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal with Kris Aquino and the 26k Girls:

Here’s a clip from the Deal or No Deal that aired earlier this week.:

On the Deal or No Deal Banker’s blog, he had this entry for May 6, 2008:

Philippines Models v. American “Deal” Models

Note to American “Deal” Models: After watching Howie host the show in the Philippines and seeing their models, you American “Deal” models are really ungraceful. It’s something to work on.

Because I care,

The Banker

Watch footage of Howie Mandel playing Deal or No Deal in the streets of the Philippines:

Always Be Boyz

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B-boys and B-girls have been hot over the past few months. Jabbawockeez and Kaba Modern gaining high visibility on America’s Best Dance Crew. Benson Lee’s Planet B-Boy doc that follows breakdancers around the world. Korean Gambler crew signing up for Hype Nation. If you are in the Los Angeles area, Always Be Boyz is screening tonight at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Here’s a synopsis of Always Be Boyz:

Seven is the leader of a b-boy crew that is struggling to find corporate sponsorships. After many blow offs by the huge sports apparel company known as Make, the crew has a decision to make. Do they wear the required Make logos on their clothes for the biggest competition known as the “Battle of the Year”(owned by Make), or do they wear their own logos, relinquishing any chance of victory? The film’s message is in the title.

Always Be Boyz is director John Kwon’s first cinematic endeavor in which he spent the last six years in Korea with a group of rag tag breakdancers. The movie was shot in Korea with real b-boys playing the main roles.

Watch the Always Be Boyz trailer:

APA Month Day 7 – Kevjumba

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Kevjumba aka Kevin Wu is one of the top all-time subscribed comedians on YouTube. The Chinese American high schooler gained huge visibility when YouTube featured his video “I have to deal with Stereotypes”. Here’s the video:

Kevjumba draws his inspiration from comedian Dave Chappelle. And based on online videos, he is an avid soccer player with an online pseudo-girlfriend HappySlip. Recently, he has been able to get high profile celebrities on his videos including Baron Davis vs Kevjumba in waste paper basketball. In his latest video, he challenges Baron Davis and Jessica Alba to a staring competition.

Kevjumba vs Baron Davis in a staring competition:

Jessica Alba answers Kevjumba’s staring challenge:

Subscribe to Kevjumba on YouTube.

Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula

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From tourist kitsch to old Hollywood movies, many people are familiar with romanticized images of women dancing the hula in Hawai’i. While few are aware of the sacred traditions of the dance, the role of male hula dancers has long been overshadowed by Western concepts of gender and sexuality. From ancient times, when men learned the dance along with the martial arts of battle, to the suppression of the dance under missionary ban, the hula survived underground for many years until the cultural renaissance of the 1970’s.

In 1975, at the height this revival, master hula teacher Maiki Aiu Lake asked her student, legendary entertainer Robert Cazimero, to open a school for only male dancers. With six young high school students, Robert Cazimero founded Halau Na Kamalei and it suddenly became ‘hot’ for men to dance hula again. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula tells a story of Hawaiian pride through the examination of male roles in Hawaiian culture both in the past and the present.

This premiered on PBS yesterday, so check your local PBS listing for repeat airings.

Watch the trailer for Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula