Posted in China Entertainment Interview US

The American Dream of Filmmaker Z. Eric Yang

CHOPSO interviews Chinese immigrant filmmaker Z. Eric Yang whose collection of award-winning short films are streaming on CHOPSO.   C: From China’s Tangshan to Hollywood,…

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Posted in Canada China Culture Entertainment

Vancouver Asian Film Festival Launches First Canada-China Scriptwriting Competition

CHOPSO interviewed Kevin K. Li, a board member of Vancouver Asian Film Festival and also creator and co-producer of HBICtv: Ultra Rich Asian Girls.  Kevin…

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Posted in Culture Entertainment US

Iron Fist Brilliantly Adapts the Chinese Martial Arts Genre to Western Cinema

After hearing negative buzz about Netflix and Marvel’s television series, Iron Fist, I almost didn’t bother to click on the poster when it appeared on…

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Posted in Interview Science

Exclusive: Through the Eyes of Asian American Planetary Scientist Michael Wong

Last year, my friend Michael Wong, a Berkeley astronomer, led a team that analyzed Hubble’s data from the discovery of a massive “dark vortex” that…

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Posted in Entertainment US

Comedy InvAsian to Launch the First Asian American Stand-up Live and Digital TV Series

Producers Koji Steven Sakai and Quentin Lee have teamed up with Viva Pictures to produce and distribute a live and filmed stand-up series titled Comedy…

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Bet You Didn’t Know There Were Chinese Passengers On Titanic…

featured image: Fang Lang is rescued in a deleted scene from Titanic (1997) In fact there were eight, all third-class passengers and on their way…

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Posted in Entertainment US

Scary Short “On Halloween” Premieres Today

Join us to celebrate a very Asian American Halloween by sharing and enjoying “On Halloween” world premiering today on Youtube! Directed by Quentin Lee, “On…

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Posted in Entertainment Japan

Japanese Animation Sensation “Your Name” Gets U.S. Distribution

The Japanese animated feature “Your Name” that has been taking Japanese box-office by storm has been bought by Funimation to be released in the United…

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Posted in Entertainment Viralicious

Are You Ready for Laserpope and Black Jesus?

This short film spoof “Laserpope” is fantastic and irreverent. Who wouldn’t want a black Jesus and a dead pope coming back as “Laserpope” complete with…

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Exclusive: Sinakhone Keodara on AET

One day, I got a call from my friend Sinakhone Keodara and he said he was starting up Asian Entertainment Television (AET), a streaming television…

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