Daily Archives: May 7, 2011

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley tonight

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley

Boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao and “Sugar” Shane Mosley battle it out tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for the WBO welterweight championship. The fight goes down at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Pay per view. After his win, he might sing “Sometime When We Touch“.

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley press conference

Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley Weigh In

Take a seat at the table of the pre-fight “fighter talent” meeting for the May 7th main event Pacquiao vs. Mosley.

Living In Seduced Circumstances Trailer

Living In Seduced Circumstances Trailer

Living In Seduced Circumstance has been making the film festival rounds. This tale of revenge and torture coutinues director Ian Gamazon exploration of visceral shock and hand-held camera techniques. He crafts a deceptively simple revenge tale in which Mr. Thanh, (Long Nguyen, Journey of the Fall, Heaven and Earth) is kidnapped and brutally tortured by a mysterious woman Mihn (Quynn Ton).

The film opens with the pregnant Minh driving an unconscious older man to a secluded cabin in the woods. We glimpse hypodermic needles stashed in the car, and, a few swerving cuts later, Mr. Thanh is bloodied and bound to a wheelchair. As his captor tests Mr. Thanh’s mental and physical limits to their utmost, every assumption the audience makes is similarly tested and shattered. As Minh’s wanton acts grow increasingly intimate, a history of personal and national dispossession comes into view. Closure isn’t in the cards, but a climactic long take casts an unexpected sadness over the film that will have you scrambling to reconstruct earlier scenes. The climax is a collision of universal Freudian sexual dynamics with the bitter realities of the Vietnamese-American experience. Nothing in this taut tale is quite what it seems, and the final scenes are as surprising as they are psychologically intriguing. With LIVING IN SEDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES, Gamazon once again shows that low budget doesn’t necessarily mean low quality.

Living In Seduced Circumstances Trailer

Living In Seduced Circumstances Trailer (second version)

Dr. David Ho : CBS PSA

Dr. David Ho : CBS PSA

Dr. David Ho was profiled as part of the CBS PSAs for APA Heritage Month. He has revolutionized our understanding of AIDS. His research has led him to combine drugs in a unique way to make AIDS treatable. In 1996, he was named TIME magazine’s Man of the Year.

Previous CBS PSAs
Olympic diver Sammy Lee
Senator Daniel Inouye
Congressman Dalip Singh Saund

Julie Chen from The Talk on Dr. David Ho

Curtain Fall by Rachel Wong

Curtain Fall by Rachel Wong

Singer Rachel Wong released her first music video “Curtain Fall” last year. At 22, Rachel Wong is just your average girl thriving off of music and taking that leap of faith and share her music with the world. She brings a unique acoustic pop sound that will have you tapping your foot and humming along. Drawing upon personal experiences, Rachel’s lyrics connect to everyone’s encounters of love and loss. Influenced by the musical likings of the late Michael Jackson, John Mayer, Lauryn Hill, James Morrison and Sara Bareilles, Rachel mixes a soulful vocal style with pop melodies unmatched in the music industry today. The astonishingly developed sound of her debut CD, “Curtain Fall,” guarantees these tracks will make it onto your favorite playlist. You can also catch her live at shows around Seattle and Portland.

You can get her album on Curtain Fall - Rachel Wong or amazon.

Curtain Fall by Rachel Wong

Lyrics to Curtain Fall by Rachel Wong

Verse 1:
Seems like yesterday,
we were holding hands making our plans to love
Suddenly like a freight train knocking us down,
the light blinks, seeking maintenance now
I’ve cried the last tear, where do we go from here?

Chorus:
Feels like I’m running on empty,
I can’t hardly move, breath, speak
Walking down that lonely road again,
I’m trying to find the strength to believe
As the nights pass over my heart grows colder, I can’t fight no more
As the pain runs deeper our love gets weaker it’s nothing like before
I see it in your eyes the brokenness inside
So I’ll let the curtain fall on us tonight

Verse 2:
You used to promise me you would open my doors,
bring me something new we would take on the world together
But I am done looking back on fairy-tale romance,
took my slipper prince charming never came back
Self-destructive, broken in two, there is nothing more we could do

SECRET MISSION: The Proposal

SECRET MISSION: The Proposal

channelAPA.com supporters James Huang and Elizabeth Sandy shared with us their short film “SECRET MISSION: The Proposal”. The short about a secret case turned into a surprise proposal on the set. Mission accomplished for these co-stars. Congrats to the pair, who are getting hitched later this year.

You can also catch the couple in The New Adventures of Johnny Karate & Golden Delicious and R E P R E S E N T.

SECRET MISSION: The Proposal