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Stand-up comedy sensation Jo Koy (Jo Koy: In His Elements, Jo Koy: Comin’ in Hot) stars as a man returning home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family, in this love letter to his Filipino-American community. A universal family comedy for generations. From Universal Pictures, "Easter Sunday" features an all-star comedic cast that includes Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley series), Tia Carrere (True Lies, Wayne’s World films), Brandon Wardell (Curb Your Enthusiasm series), Tony nominee Eva Noblezada (Broadway’s Hadestown), Lydia Gaston (Broadway’s The King and I), Asif Ali (WandaVision), Rodney To (Parks and Recreation series), Eugene Cordero (The Good Place series), Jay Chandrasekhar (I Love You, Man), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) and Lou Diamond Phillips (Courage Under Fire). Melody Butiu, Elena Juatco, Xavier de Guzman and Joey Guila are also in the film. The film is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar (best known for Super Troopers and its sequel).  Lydia Gaston as Jo Koy's mother with Jo Koy in "Easter Sunday." This is the first Filipino American feature length film with a majority cast of Filipino descent with an Asian American crew. It is also the first Filipino American feature film to be produced by four major Hollywood studios: Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, Rideback Ranch and Universal Pictures. It will be distributed theatrically in the U.S. and the world by Universal.  Jo Koy in "Easter Sunday" Set around a family gathering to celebrate Easter Sunday, the comedy is based on Jo Koy's life experiences and stand-up comedy. Actor/comedian Joe Valencia (Jo Koy) and his son Junior (Brandon Wardell) attend a family Easter celebration. Get your tickets today - https://www.eastersundaymovie.com/tickets/ * Tickets to early screenings on Thursday, August 4 (with an exclusive LIVE intro from Jo Koy himself) - https://www.fathomevents.com/events/Easter-Sunday-Live-with-Jo-Koy Trailer and photos provided by Tremendous Communications and Universal Pictures.
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 Networking is more than an exchange of contact information but also fostering economic growth and bonding among colleagues within the partner organizations of the Coalition of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce (COFACC). See you at COFACC's Fall Mega Mixer this year which will be announced soon!  We (the Coalition of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce/COFACC) learned the best practices on how you can use social media as a powerful tool in establishing a unique online brand presence and stronger communities in your chamber and fellow organizations the past Friday morning.  HOW IMPORTANT IS A BLOG? A Blog is a place where you put the content you’re already creating thru newsletter articles, columns, editorial and events. GOOGLE watches this! This is one of the key takeaways in today’s John E. Swing Leadership Training hosted by COFACC. The guest speaker for today’s training on “Turning Social Media to Business Media” was Kyle Sexton, a brilliant marketing strategist and creator of ChamberPeople.com, the largest online social network dedicated to Chambers of Commerce. COFACC conducts monthly virtual leadership training sessions designed to uplift the leadership and business skills of its partner chamber leaders.  Watch out for our next virtual leadership webinar on August 19, 2022. In attendance in yesterday’s training session were around 37 Chamber leaders in various States from all time zones in the U.S. FACC-Hollywood Presents 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel; Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 2pm6/7/2022  We are presenting the 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel this year, and Filipino Hollywood's 2022 Special Guest Panelist are MELODY BUTIU ("Easter Sunday," "Call Me Kat," "Mom"), CAROLYN FE ("Blue's Clues & You," “Meilleur Avant" and "Abroad") and MARTHA MILLAN ("The Cleaning Lady," "The OA," "Succession"). READ OUR 2022 SPECIAL GUEST PANELISTS’ BIOS – LINKS BELOW:  MELODY BITIU (as Tita Yvonne in "Easter Sunday" starring Jo Koy in theaters, August 5): http://www.facchollywood.org/news--entertainment/melody-butiu-as-facc-hollywood-3rd-guest-panelist-for-9th-filipino-hollywood-actors-panel-june-11  CAROLYN FE (as Lola in "Blue's Clues & You!" on Nickelodeon) http://www.facchollywood.org/news--entertainment/carolyn-fe-as-facc-hollywood-1st-guest-panelist-for-9th-filipino-hollywood-actors-panel-june-11  MARTHA MILLAN (as Fiona De La Rosa in "The Cleaning Lady" with a second season premiere on Fox Television on Monday, September 19). http://www.facchollywood.org/news--entertainment/martha-millan-as-facc-hollywood-2nd-guest-panelist-for-9th-filipino-hollywood-actors-panel-june-11 This event is held specifically targeting actors of Filipino descent.. There are 4 million Filipinos in the United States ~ the second largest ethnic group ~ yet, Filipinos are under-represented in film and television today. Why is that? #SaveTheDate The 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel will be presented virtually on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 2pm to 4pm (Los Angeles / Pacific Daylight Time). #RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/3201508483439870 In pursuit of promoting and protecting the rights of Overseas Filipino Workers in the United States, the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Philippine American Bar Association (PABA), will hold a webinar entitled, “Para sa Inyong KaaLAman: Webinar on Workers’ Rights” next Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. (PDT) via Zoom with credentials as follows: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84044633042 Meeting ID: 840 4463 3042 Passcode: 629046 Featured speakers for this webinar are PABA lawyers who will discuss the following topics: ● Atty. Abigail Tapang Zelenski – Workers’ Rights and Domestic Workers Bill of Rights; and ● Atty. Marlon B. Baldomero – Employment and Immigration Law Cross-Over Issues.  Aside from educating our kababayan community, particularly newly arrived OFWs, on U.S. labor rights. The webinar also aims to help overseas Filipinos in general integrate better and become more productive members of U.S. society.
The audience will be given the opportunity to raise questions to the speakers at the end of the presentations. Melody Butiu As FACC-Hollywood 3rd Guest Panelist For 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel, June 115/31/2022 We are presenting the 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel this year, and the second Special Guest Panelist is MELODY BUTIU ("Easter Sunday," "Call Me Kat," "Mom") #SaveTheDate The 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel will be presented virtually on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 2pm to 4pm (Los Angeles / Pacific Daylight Time). #RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/3201508483439870  Melody Butiu plays Tita Yvonne in the upcoming film, "Easter Sunday," starring Jo Koy, in theaters starting August 5th.
She has appeared in plays and musicals across the country, including on Broadway in Doctor Zhivago and Off-Broadway in David Byrne’s Here Lies Love at The Public Theater (Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical). Regional theatre appearances include: Theatre Under the Stars, Geva Theatre Center, Arena Stage, The REV Theatre Company, Denver Center for Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, Wallis Annenberg Center, Huntington Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, A.C.T. (San Francisco), Seattle Rep, Getty Villa, San Diego Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kirk Douglas Theatre, East West Players, Gate Theater (Thailand), Singapore Rep, Playwrights Arena, Perseverance Theatre, and La Jolla Playhouse. Melody’s other TV/Film credits include "Call Me Kat," "Mom," "This Is Us," "The Kominsky Method," "NCIS:LA," "Kingdom," "Rizzoli & Isles," "Major Crimes," "Gotham," "NCIS," "True Blood," "Swearing," "The Patients," and "Untold: This is My Story." Showreel: Created and produced annually by FACC-Hollywood board member Edwin A. Santos, the Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel is a panel discussion and networking event featuring special industry guest panelists who represent the craft of acting across the board while shining a spotlight towards Filipino actors in Hollywood today. Panelists discuss their explorations of the process and profession of acting; their reflections on personal experiences and artistic influences that informed and shaped their careers; their discussions of past and current projects and share valuable insights into the craft and the industry. Audience Q&A and networking follow. Get a chance to ask our panelists questions, learn about open opportunities, and build your network. * Ad design by Katherine Bercasio.  In celebration of National Heritage Month, the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, in partnership with the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian studies, is pleased to invite you to the opening of the ethnographic exhibit “Breaking Myths: Food, Feasts, and the Ifugao Rice Terraces" at the Philippine Consulate General’s Community Hall on Thursday, May 26 2022 at 6:00 p.m.
The exhibit will run until Saturday, June 25, 2022. For further details, please email cultural.pcgenla@gmail.com Kindly confirm your attendance by replying to this email not later than Monday, May 23, 2022. Coalition of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce Meeting (05.10.22): Representing the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce, Hollywood were board members Katherine Bercasio (Vice President of Marketing/Branding) and Edwin Santos (Vice President of Social Media). "Inspired by the recent addition of two new partner Chambers from Nevada and Michigan States, the Coalition of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce ended its Fiscal Year 2021-2022 with a big bang holding its 12th Executive Board Meeting this past Tuesday night."  "This board meeting was attended by 42 chamber leaders from the 26 partner chamber organizations of COFACC. Kudos and great emceeing by FACC SLAA Board Member Sweeney May Montinola supported by other members of the FACC SLAA leadership team plus of course, the Corporate Team of COFACC! Thank you for the awesome reports of the individual corporate committees of COFACC plus a productive brainstorming session towards the end of the 1-1/2 hrs virtual meeting. Way to go for COFACC as it moves on to the next higher level of engagement with its constituent partner member organizations!"
~ Coalition of Filipino American Chamber of Commerce (COFACC) Martha Millan As FACC-Hollywood 2nd Guest Panelist For 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel, June 115/10/2022 We are presenting the 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel this year, and the second Special Guest Panelist is MARTHA MILLAN ("The Cleaning Lady," "The OA," "Succession") #SaveTheDate The 9th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel will be presented virtually on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 2pm to 4pm (Los Angeles / Pacific Daylight Time). #RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/3201508483439870  An Australian Filipino raised in Sydney, Martha Millan most recently was seen in the feature film "The Drummer," with Danny Glover, and prior to that, on the network anthology series "Two Night Horror Stories" and premium cable series "Succession." Enthralled after doing her first play in high school, Millan studied at The University of Sydney and then New York City, where she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her daytime television debut on the soap opera "As The World Turns." She also was seen on "Strong Medicine" and in a memorable role on "Third Watch." Additional TV credits include "Madam Secretary," "The OA," "Entourage" and "S.I.S." as well as the "Law & Order" franchise, including "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unity," and "Law & Order." On film, she appeared in "My Dead Boyfriend," opposite Heather Graham. Other film credits include "The Great New Wonderful" opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jim Parsons, and "Falling For Grace." While appearing in many national and international commercials, Millan also has modeled extensively throughout the United States and the world as one of the worldwide faces of Clairol Natural Instincts and the face of Nooch, a restaurant in New York City. Showreel: https://vimeo.com/322817835 Created and produced annually by FACC-Hollywood board member Edwin A. Santos, the Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel is a panel discussion and networking event featuring special industry guest panelists who represent the craft of acting across the board while shining a spotlight towards Filipino actors in Hollywood today.
Panelists discuss their explorations of the process and profession of acting; their reflections on personal experiences and artistic influences that informed and shaped their careers; their discussions of past and current projects and share valuable insights into the craft and the industry. Audience Q&A and networking follow. Get a chance to ask our panelists questions, learn about open opportunities, and build your network. * Ad design by Katherine Bercasio. Congratulations to our own FACC-Hollywood Board Member and Vice President of Marketing/Branding, Ms. Katherine Bercasio to the Coalition of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce Executive Board as the 2nd Representative of our Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood! Our current President, Jason Agcaoili was the 1st Representative of FACC-Hollywood to join COFACC in September 2020.  Katherine has been a long time active leader in the community, having served in multiple chamber's boards and been a member of several others. Her skillset and contributions to the growth of those organizations is something COFACC are thrilled to have her bring to the table. More about Katherine: http://www.facchollywood.org/katherinebercasio.html
The COFACC Executive Board continues its amazing growth with the addition of new Partner Chambers and their corresponding Representatives. |
AuthorEdwin Santos began blogging in 1995 when he was hired as Editor for the award-winning fansite, The Towne Cryer News on Renée Zellweger. He wrote about the entertainment business and film reviews of Zellweger's films until 2000. Archives
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