As we go deeper into October, The Book Club goes into the horror genre. In episode 4 entitled “The Cabin”, the four guys (Danny Pudi, Parvesh Cheena, Thomas Fowler, and Chris Marrs) decide to hold their book club meeting during their ‘guys’ weekend’ at Thomas’s cousin’s secluded cabin. A cabin with a dubious past, jam packed with every horror film scenario. Very bad idea. This episode is not for the faint of heart. Watch the video to the end to get the full ending.
In conjunction with the video game Medal of Honor Warfighter, Linkin Park released the music video for their single “Castle of Glass” off their Living Things album. The video was a direct collaboration between Linkin Park and EA, and features a unique mix of live action footage edited with gameplay recordings taken from Medal of Honor Warfighter. It illustrates the heartbreaking cycle on war on families. The music video concludes with a quote from Winston Churchill : “All great things are simple, and many can be expressed by single words: Freedom, justice, honor , duty, mercy, hope.” The game is inspired by actual events and true stories across the globe and written by Tier 1 Operators while deployed overseas, follow the global Warfighters as they are asked to take on a real terror threat, PETN. You can get the game on amazon and download the “Living Things” album on or amazon.
Behind the scenes of Castle of Glass by Linkin Park
Lyrics to Castle of Glass by Linkin Park
Take me down to the river bend,
Take me down to the fighting end,
Wash the poison from off my skin
Show me how to be whole again
Fly me up on a silver wing
Past the black where the sirens sing
Warm me up in a nova’s glow
And drop me down to the dream below
(Chorus)
Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see.
For you to see
Bring me home in a blinding dream
Through the secrets that I have seen
Wash the sorrow from off my skin
And show me how to be whole again
(Chorus)
Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see.
For you to see
(Bridge)
Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything else I need to be
(Chorus)
Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see.
For you to see
For you to see
Outsourced buddies Parvesh Cheena and Rizwan Manji reunite for the short “Muslims NOT Allowed to Vote?” Rizwan tells Parvesh that he isn’t allowed to vote because he’s Muslim and doesn’t have the proper ID. Parvesh does some investigative research to find out why he can’t vote. Remember to vote if you’re a US Citizen.
Headlined by “Dance Moms'” Abby Lee Miller, the “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” series will feature 12 of the country’s most talented girl and boy dancers competing for a $100,000 cash prize and a scholarship to the Young Dancer Program at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. Joining Miller at the judges table will be Robin Antin, founder of the pop group sensation Pussycat Dolls, and dancer and cutting-edge celebrity choreographer Richard Jackson (Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night”). Kevin Manno (MTV’s “The Seven”) will host.
Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition will begin by following a dozen aspiring dancers — ages six through 13 – who will learn new routines and compete in a number of challenges designed to test their skills when they perform before Miller, Antin and Jackson, as well as a live audience, at the historic Los Angeles Theatre. Along the way, each competitor will be accompanied and coached by his or her own mother, who will make critical training, costume, music and choreographic decisions for their child while also navigating the precarious waters of the other highly competitive parents. As Miller, Antin and Jackson must make the sometimes easy and other times difficult decision to eliminate one dancer each week, the intense on stage competition and stakes between dancers and mothers increase throughout the season – culminating with a finale performance that assuredly will change the winning dancer’s life forever.
Among the competitors are several Asian American parents and children including Maria and Lexine, Sabrina and Nicole, & Shayna and Tua:
Growing up in the Philippines and a Jazz dancer herself in high school, Maria enrolled her daughter Lexine, 11, in dance class because she saw her passion for the art. Her family watches Lexine compete in National Competitions and Maria’s aspirations for her daughter are that she becomes the best dancer she can be. As her daughter’s career grows, she wants her to be sought after by professionals in the industry and eventually becoming a well-paid dance performer. Her advice for Lexine in “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” is that she stays prepared and focused. Maria says that if they win the $100,000 prize they will save for Lexine’s college fund and for her future dance training. Lexine and Maria currently live in Norco, California.
Originally from Taiwan and never having danced herself, Sabrina, 12, enrolled her daughter Nicole in dance classes, as she never got a chance to participate in the art while growing up. Sabrina is in charge of everything dance related, for Nicole, including doing her hair, make-up and costume design. Her aspirations for her daughter are that one day Nicole will teach dance to under privileged children. When giving her advice for “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition,” she told her to do her best and to work hard. If they win the $100,000 prize, Sabrina says they would donate the money to underprivileged children, providing them with dance classes, costumes and recitals. Sabrina and Nicole currently love in San Jose, California.
Originally from Hawaii and a dancer from a very young age, Shayna has performed in shows and parades at the Walt Disney World Resort and she was a Polynesian dancer for 10 years in SeaWorld’s Makahiki Luau. Shayna even teaches dance at the South Beach Dance Academy. With dance being such a huge part of her family’s culture, she explains that it was only natural for her daughter Tua, 9, and her sisters to take dance classes and her children have all been performing on stage since they could walk. With the whole family behind her, Shayna’s aspirations for Tua are for her to be successful at dancing, modeling and acting. When giving her daughter advice for “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition,” she told her daughter to dance hard, give it her all and to have a good attitude. If they win the $100,000 prize, Shayna explains that she would let Tua enjoy some of it now, but put the rest away for college and to help her start her life when she is older. Shayna and Tua currently reside in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Director Dennis Liu has the ability to make a small budget films look like a big budget production. His latest work “Plurality” is no different. Filled with visual effects and non-stop action, he brings you to the future New York City in 2023, when the Bentham Grid goes online. The grid is a technological marvel the links all your personal data like Social security number, passport, debit and credit accounts to your DNA. It’s the ultimate social network. With a single touch, you’re identified instantly. You’ll purchase things and unlock doors with a touch of your hand. Although your rights to privacy is gone, crime rates drop when law enforcement gets access to the data. So what can possible go wrong?
The director took two years of filmmaking with very little money and his friends to make this short. Feel free to help spread the word on this. Get enough views and you could see this as a full blown feature length film.
In episode 2 of MotherLover, Tim tries settling back into his old life only to find that his mother and Chaz (Ki Hong Lee – Always You, Take It Slow and Away We Happened) have tainted everything he used to love. Chaz and Tim try to sort out their relationship as friends and step father/step son. Chaz and his new wife Angela (aka Tim’s mom) hang with his friends, express their love explicitly around the house, and worst of all try to include Tim in everything they do. Tim reaches his breaking point and goes to his father for advice. Chaz better watch his back.
