It’s great to actually see real talent on the web again and not some amateur singing about Fridays. Chicago’s IBU is back and the trio got together to release a music video for their track “Broken Record” off the “Inspired By U” album. Tommy Chanthasene (aka Tommy C), Mike Musni and Jonathan Shauf show what [...]
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IBU’s Broken Record Official Music Video
April 12th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
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You don’t have to be Brown to be Filipino
April 12th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
This video has made its rounds on the web and I saw it earlier this month. I’ve seen Asians who were fluent in various languages due to growing up overseas, but have you ever seen a Caucasian act and talk like a typical Filipino kid in the PI? Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 premiered Saturday-February 26,2011 showed [...]
Special CombinAsian Comedy Fundraiser for Japan
April 11th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
The CombinAsian Comedy Show is a monthly stand-up comedy show combining Asian-American comedians and other comedians for a night of non-stop laughter. Each month producers Air Tabigue and Brian Jian bring a variety of hilarious comedians on stage….with some you may have seen from NBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, BET and more! Special Combinasian Comedy Fundraiser for JAPAN [...]
Behind the Sexy Sax Man Viral Video with Mike Dahlquist and Sergio Flores
April 2nd, 2011 by Guest Writer
By Jean Ortiz-Luis In 2010, Sergio Flores, a Los Angeles area musician, approached close friend Mike Dahlquist, an Asian American director, with the idea of making an online video featuring a character of his creation. The character in question was the Sexy Sax Man, a shirtless saxophone player complete with a mullet, mustache and outfitted [...]
Critically Ashamed, A Reason To Stop By and Catch A Second City Production
March 9th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
Anyone want to go see a sketch comedy show? Critically Ashamed combines tales of social ineptitude with satirical commentary on modern life (not to mention the occasional ninja, diehard Sox fan, and alien invasion) and you have this clever sketch comedy show. The sketch comedy show stars Lisa Burton, Gilbert Galon, Taylor Harris, Miguel Lepe Jr., [...]
‘Love Language’ A Worthy Remake
February 23rd, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
I just wanted to share this short film that I recently saw thanks to Fil-Am actress Cori Dioquino. Love Language was released just a little over week after Valentine’s Day. This short film got to me because it was really well done. Also, this is definitely better than the garbage they show kids nowadays. I [...]
Mae Flores Debuts in Atlantis Down
February 18th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
I recently read over at The Filipino-American that February 20, 2011 is a big day for Filipino-American actress Mae Flores as it will be the premier night for her movie, Atlantis Down at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival in Hollywood. According to her interview with the Fil-Am website, “I am especially excited to see my [...]
Inspirational Filipinas: Mariel Martin Working on KPop Group 2NE1′s Choreography
February 15th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
I recently found out in a post from our friends at 8asians that Filipina-American dance choreographer Mariel Martin is the face behind K-pop group 2NE1′s latest music single. I know how popular Korean pop is with the younger generation more so than it was when I was a teenager. What’s special about Korean pop group [...]
It’s Vince Freaking Chung!
February 14th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
Did anybody catch last night’s episode of American Dad? If you didn’t, then you missed out on John Cho’s voice cameo as the super popular Asian Guy at Pearl Bailey High School. I think it’s great and sad at the same time that the coolest Asian-American teenager on tv is a cartoon. You can catch 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, [...]
Fight Club for One in Chicago
February 4th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
A Fight Club for One will be part of Northwestern University Kaibigan’s Fil*Anthropy Show on Saturday February 26 at Norris University Center. Get your tickets at the door or at the Norris Box Office NOW. All proceeds benefit believeinternational.org. Join Kaibigan for their annual Fil*Anthropy Show. For the third year in a row, they are proud [...]
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 [...]
Aawitan Kita sa Amerika at sa Canada
January 26th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
As a television show, Aawitan Kita ran for 35 years. A veritable display of Filipino artistry, it initially aimed to develop and encourage appreciation of Filipino arts and culture through indigenous Filipino music, by way of reviving especially among post-war generations what used to be a homeland’s love for something inherently its own. It revived [...]
Matthew Libatique Nominated for his Achievement in Cinematography for Black Swan
January 25th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
This year’s Oscar nominations are looking great, especially with news of another Filipino-American up for a nomination. It was announced that Matthew Libatique got a nomination for his work on the critically acclaimed film Black Swan. I’ll definitely be tuning in for the Oscars this year. For those who aren’t familiar with Matthew Libatique, he is an American cinematographer [...]
Hailee Steinfield Nominated for Best Actress
January 25th, 2011 by Fil-Am Ako
The nominations for the 2011 Oscars was announced today and apparently Philippines’ entry for ‘Noy’ did not make it into the best foreign language category, but the good news is that rising Fil-Am Hollywood star Hailee Steinfield got nominated for best actress. I recently found out that Steinfield had some Filipino blood from her mother’s side [...]