Fashion designer Vivienne Tam discusses what she can’t live without in New York City. See why Vivienne Tam frequents Union Square Green Market (East 17th Street and Broadway), New York Vintage (117 West 25th Street / between 6th and 7th Avenue), and City Bakery (3 West 18th Street / at 5th Avenue). Also check out the HP Mini Vivienne Tam Digital Clutch.
Vivienne Tam’s favorite NYC spots
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Check out this parody of “Dead and Gone” by T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake by James Ha. A few days ago James did a collabo with Decipher for Step into a World Freestyle.
Toilet Paper’s Gone by James Ha
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MTV Iggy interviews Heroes star Masi Oka. Listen to Masi Oka’s perspective on Asian Americans in Hollywood, his manga collection, how he got into acting and more.
Masi Oka talks about Asian American representation in Hollywood
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Masi Oka talks about manga and his kendo skills
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Masi Oka talks about his childhood, how he got into acting, and college
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Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has been in a coma following a car crash November 2008 in Santa Clara, California. Cheng’s insurance has reportedly refused to continue coverage for his ongoing treatment as of mid-January. With roughly $750,000 in unpaid medical bills, the family of Chi Cheng started a web site to get donations to help pay for his medical bills. According to the oneloveforchi.com website:
“This website was created to help raise funds for Chi and his medical expenses. Any amount that you can donate is very much appreciated by the Cheng family! All funds raised are sent directly to Chi’s mother, Jeanne Cheng, via PayPal.com.
A heartfelt thank you to all of our supporters! Together we can make a difference! This is our opportunity to give back to someone who has given us so much joy over the years through music.”
The site is looking to initially raise $20k, but that’s only a fraction of the medical bills. Learn more about what you can do here.
you can learn more about Chi Cheng in this interview. we learned a lot about Chi Cheng from his interview
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channelAPA.com met Children of Invention director/writer Tze Chun a couple weeks ago at the 2009 SFIAAFF. When we met him, he recently left the Sundance film festival, where his film premiered, and didn’t even have a trailer for his film yet. Looks like Tze has cranked out the trailer now. (See it below). Here’s the synopsis for Children of Invention :
After being evicted from their home, the Cheng family finds that times are tighter than ever. Hardworking single mom and recent Boston transplant Elaine tries desperately to find the means to support her young children, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a model apartment in an unfinished building, but try to maintain a normal life. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. Meanwhile, Raymond and Tina become latch-key kids and find amusement in building childish inventions. When Elaine doesn’t return home one night, things take a turn for the worse. Nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister.
We’ve seen Children of Invention and it’s great. (It won a Special Jury Award at the 2009 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.) The film focuses on pyramid schemes aka Multi level marketing (MLM) as it relates to the immigrant mentality. Having sat through MLM pitches in the past, Tze Chun does a great job capturing the tactics used and the get rich quick mentality superbly. You really feel for the pressure on the mother and struggles of the kids. If you wanna see the Children of Invention, check the website to find out where it is playing here. Make sure you buy tickets early. This film will most likely sell out at a festival.
Q&A with Children of Invention director/writer Tze Chun
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Also see part 2 of our interview with Tze Chun
Children of Invention Trailer
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It’s Freebie Friday again at channelAPA.com. Last month we gave away Freebies from Wong Fu Productions and Far*East Movement. Now we are doing it with BoA this time.
You have a chance to win a DVD/poster prize pack. The DVD contains: Eat You Up Music Video (two versions, one directed by Cha Eun Taek, and the other directed by Diane Martell) Look Who’s talking Behind Scenes video, Making of the “I did it for Love” video. Thanks to the BoA promotion team for making this giveaway possible.
This is how you can win. Email us at webmaster@channelapa.com or twitter us with “I want BoA swag” and let us know how you found us. Contest ends April 10th, 2009. Tell your friends and family.
BTW – you can order BoA’s new album on Amazon.com.
BoA’s new Eat You Up video
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