Our friend Stephen Dypiangco recently told me about his new project called the National Film Society. The project is a collaboration between Stephen and fellow Filipino filmmaker Patrick Epino. Over the past couple of months, Patrick and Stephen have been developing a new YouTube channel, the National Film Society, which they just launched. In their first video, [...]
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Filipino Filmmakers Stephen Dypiangco & Patrick Epino on Film School or No Film School
September 17th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
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His Name Is Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire
February 22nd, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
This past weekend, everyone around the world finally recognized Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire as a worthy champion. Donaire attained the WBC and WBO Bantamweight World Champion, which he won Saturday night in a fight against Fernando Montiel. Donaire knocked down Montiel with a devastating left hook and the fight was stopped shorthly after that. The [...]
Check Out Manny’s Crib
February 5th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
Manny Pacquiao takes MTV on a tour of his $2.3 Million dollar Los Angeles crib. What makes it even better is that he’s the first Filipino owner to be featured on that show and he’s also got my favorite Magnolia ice cream in his fridge. (Salamat, Ronrac) Update: Since the release of Manny’s Cribs episode, [...]
Badass Filipinos: Athena Lee, Jay Lim, and George Reinas on History Channel’s Top Shot 2
February 1st, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
It looks like our friend J.J. Racaza’s popularity on the first season of History Channel’s Top Shot had something to do with the addition of three Filipino contestants on the show’s second season. I was surprised that there were actually three Filipino marksmen after getting a hold of J.J. Racaza on his thoughts of the [...]
The Face of Filipino Resilience
November 16th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
People can’t get enough of Pacquiao and his big win against Margarito this past weekend. Pacquiao did what his camp, and especially his trainer, Freddie Roach, said he would. He methodically sliced apart a man who had five inches on him in height, six inches of reach and 16 pounds by fight time. I could [...]
Meet Simon “J.J.” Racaza, Department of Homeland Security Agent and Top Shot Contestant
October 20th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
This past summer, I was recommend by someone to watch History Channel’s Top Shot that featured a Filipino-American contestant by the name of Simon “J.J.” Racaza. After watching an episode of Top Shot, it was obvious that this Fil-Am contestant was dominating and had a chance to make it far in the competition. Racaza also [...]
J.J. Racaza’s Last Shot
August 18th, 2010 by Fil-Am Ako
Did any of you catch the last episode of Top Shot on Sunday August 15th? If you did, you know that Fil-Am contestant J.J. was one of the final three contestants on the History Channel reality show. Although, the show didn’t end with the results I wanted, J.J. proved to be a worthy contestant and [...]