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Our friend John Eric Swing passed away early this morning on Sunday, June 28, 2020 after battling the deadly COVID-19 disease.  Well known in our community, he facilitated the development of our Mission, Vision and Core Values at our roundtable sessions during the Summer of 2019. He was also the Executive Director for the Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles.  May he rest in peace and may his family find comfort and solace during this critical period.
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 Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood presents The 7th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel on Zoom Online. Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TStm8L0NRnijob3ekB4z5A After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. A panel discussion and networking event featuring our special guest industry panelists who represent the craft of acting across the board while shining a spotlight on Filipino talent in Hollywood today. Hear our panelists discuss about 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. Get a chance to ask our panelists questions, learn about open opportunities, and build your network.  2020 INDUSTRY GUEST PANELISTS INCLUDE: (Announcements of each panelist weekly on Mondays) - ALAIN UY is a Chinese-Filipino American actor born in Dagupan City, Philippines and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 6. He has four siblings. At the age of 11, he earned a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and was nationally ranked in 1990 in the ATA International standings. Early in his career, Alain was also an accomplished dancer and musician featured in several music videos with Jennifer Lopez, Jadakiss, and Anastacia. During a study abroad program at Oxford University, he developed a love for theatre and acting and that became his primary focus. His acting career began modestly, booking guest starring roles on "The OC," "Monk," "ER," and "Parenthood" just to name a few. Eventually, he started booking recurring guest star roles on several notable TV shows such as HBO's "True Detective," Fox's "The Passage" and "Grimm." More recently, Alain is set to recur alongside Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carrell, on Apple Plus' new Emmy Award Winning TV series "The Morning Show." Coming up, Alain will be starring as a series regular on Hulu’s exciting new show "Marvel’s Helstrom" and nabbed the lead role on Bao Tran’s upcoming feature film "Paper Tigers," starring alongside Ron Yuan (Disney’s Mulan) and Jae Suh Park (Netflix’s Friends from College). --------------------------  - AMANDA JOY is the Creator, Writer and Series Lead of the CityTV/OMNI original series, "Second Jen." She is a two-time nominee for the Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards (co-nomination in 2016, and a nomination in 2019) for "Second Jen." She is a Canadian Screen Award nominee for "Second Jen." --------------------------  - TAMLYN TOMITA made her feature film debut in a leading role in "The Karate Kid Part II," and later was in both leading and supporting roles in the films "Come See The Paradise," "The Joy Luck Club," "Picture Bride," "Four Rooms," "Robot Stories" and "The Day After Tomorrow," just to name a few.
She also has played several recurring roles on television including "24," "Glee," "Teen Wolf," "How To Get Away With Murder" and as Commodore Oh on the CBS All Access streaming series "Star Trek: Picard" (2020). She starred on the UPN paranormal series, "The Burning Zone" (1996), the Epix drama series "Berlin Station" (2016), and in the ABC medical drama, "The Good Doctor" (2017). -------------------------- - EDWIN A. SANTOS (Moderator) is an actor and a film producer. With twenty years of professional experience in the entertainment industry, as an actor, his work can be seen on Funny Or Die and the feature film, "Blue Dream" starring James Duval and Dominique Swain and as a producer, his work includes the award-winning "Mad Cowgirl" with Sarah Lassez, James Duval and Devon Odessa, and "Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance" with Bai Ling and Tommy Wiseau. He founded the Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and he currently sits with the Board of Directors of the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood. DATE / TIME / LOCATION: Saturday, June 27, 2020 From 2:00pm to 4:00pm Virtually on Zoom FOLLOW FILIPINO HOLLYWOOD ACTORS PANEL: Please use the hashtags: #FilipinoHollywoodActorsPanel as well as #FACCHO or #FACCHollywood. The Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood's (FACCHO) mission is to unite and empower creative Filipino American professionals and businesses in the Entertainment Industry towards mainstream influence and exposure. Their vision is to bridge professional careers and businesses through facilitating networks and resources, opening opportunities, and promoting collaborations. All this within our Core Values: Engagement, Inclusion, Integrity, Professionalism and Transparency. SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW, LIKE & BOOKMARK:  // Thank you for attending! Event proceeds will go towards the support of FACCHO, a non-profit organization. //
Come join us for our Entertainment Industry Networking Mixer! **Featuring Special Guest, Actor & Director, Mark Dacascos. - John Wick 3 - Brotherhood Of The Wolf - Cradle 2 The Grave - Iron Chef America - Hawaii Five-O Hosted by the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood (FACCHO). Mix and Mingle for Actors, Writers, Artists, Directors, Producers, and businesses in the entertainment industry. Location: Tiato Kitchen + Garden Venue 2700 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, California (next to Lionsgate Entertainment) - Cost: $25 FACC Members / $30 Non-Members - Includes food and drinks (beer, wine, or non-alcohol). **Limited Seating** - Free Parking Validation - Park in Lionsgate Entertainment's garage parking located next door (between Tiato and Lionsgate). For Inquiries, Sponsorships & Tickets: 213-394-6858 **Ticket purchase online only** (no purchases at event) https://facchofeb19.eventbrite.com  It is with great pleasure we invite you to LAUREL NIGHT: 2020 to be held at the Studio Movie Grill located at 128 Artsakh Avenue in Glendale, California 91206 on Thursday, January 23, 2020.  Apl.de.ap will be in attendance as he is our President's Choice for Humanitarian Award Recipient.  .The Founders of FilAm Creative will be in attendance as they are our Board of Directors Choice Award Recipient.  Our Host will be Jackie Fernandez, two-time Emmy Award winning television host and content creator/producer.  Our Keynote Speaker will be Henry Ong, Senior Manager of Global Television Marketing for Marvel Entertainment ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Marvel's Daredevil," and "Marvel's Punisher") as well as for Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. Los Angeles Philippine Consul General Adelio Angelito S. Cruz will grace the event and lead the installation of the FACCHO Officers and Board of Directors.   Standup comedienne Lila Hart and Upright Citizens Brigade's Filipino AF comedy improv team, Sini-Gang (Allyn Pintal, Joy Regullano Erich Tamola, Vince Yap and Rachel Marsh) will break the ice and have you laughing off your seats!.
Filling the event with red carpet, press/media, creative dining, and entertainment, the evening will commence from 6:00pm - 8:30pm inside the theater and networking continues at the bar after 8:30pm with producers, directors, writers, actors, influencers and leaders who are making a difference in the FilAm entertainment community such as Vincent Rodriguez III, star of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and Emmy Award-winning VFX Supervisor Mark Nazal, known for his work on "Gotham," "Westworld" and other popular TV shows. Purchase your tickets from our Venmo account at FACC-Hollywood and your tickets will be available at Will Call on the evening of the event. https://www.facchollywood.org/inductiongala2020.html HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS ON VENMO: - Download the Venmo App (https://venmo.com/) - Set up an account if you don't have one. - Log in to your account - Search for @FACC-Hollywood - Add you payment for ticket(s) NEXT: In the Notes Field of Venmo, write: - Your Name - # of Tickets Purchased - Your Email and Phone Number FINAL: - Purchase Ticket(s) Tickets (food & drinks included) $45.00 (Paid In Full FACCHO Members) $55.00 (Non Members) NOTE: Tickets will not be sold at the door of the event. A 501c3 tax deductible receipt will be furnished upon request. The event is formal so the required dress code for men are suit and tie/black tie and for women are evening dress/gown. Parking is accessible with a parking garage on Artsakh Avenue opposite of the Studio Movie Grill. The first 90 minutes are free. Street parking is also available (be aware of parking signs and meters). Please advise us of any special mobility. We hope you are able to accept our invitation and we look forward to your graceful presence. As an influencer in the entertainment industry, the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood (FACCHO) invited our selectees to a presentation introducing our organization and our goals to increase diversity in Hollywood on Friday, October 25, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Valley Economic Alliance in Van Nuys, CA.  With the box office successes of "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Black Panther," it is time to bring Filipino stories and characters to the forefront of Hollywood. FACCHO is the only organization dedicated to unite and empower creative Filipino American professionals and businesses in the Entertainment Industry towards mainstream influence and exposure. Our vision is to bridge professional careers and businesses through facilitating networks and resources, opening opportunities, and promoting collaborations, but we cannot do it all alone. Your presence is important to help discuss and plan events to guide and influence passionate FilAm artists and entrepreneurs.  CONGRATULATIONS to one of our FACCHO Board of Directors -- Katherine Bercasio joins the Bayang Art and Music Collective!  The Bayang Art and Music Collective is a family owned and operated studio. BAMC offers private lessons and workshops in art and music to students of all ages. They also have free events for the entire family. To learn more, go to: https://thebayangs.com/ .
This Saturday, October 19, 2019, check out ART SHOW: CELEBRATING FILIPINO CULTURE with Special Performances with Toni Pasion and John Dean in Carson, California. This Thursday night, tonight, September 26 are the returns of three television shows with Filipino actors in lead casts. Yet, two of them will be their Series Final runs. There was a time last season on a Thursday night where four TV shows played almost back-to-back of each other, if memory serves me right. But, it may have been an interchange between two NBC shows because of the premiere of a mid-season replacement. 8:00pm (NBC): "Superstore" starring Nico Santos 8:30pm (NBC): "A.P. Bio" starring Sari Arambulo 9:00pm (NBC): "The Good Place" starring Manny Jacinto 10:00pm (ABC): "How To Get Away With Murder" starring Conrad Ricamora Let's see where these shows are now on this 2019-2020 primetime season. RETURNING SHOWS "Superstore" with Nico Santos. (Season 5) Thursday, September 26 at 8/7c on NBC Former executive story editor & writer of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," Rene Gube joined the show. "A.P. Bio" with Sari Arambulo. (Season 3) January, 2020 on NBC's streaming network, Peacock. (Below is a clip from Season 2) "The Good Place" with Manny Jacinto. (Season 4 and Final Season) Thursday, September 26 at 9/8c on NBC "How To Get Away With Murder" with Conrad Ricamora. (Season 6 and Final Season) Thursday, September 26 at 10/9c on ABC Check your local listings. When it was announced last season that the fourth season of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" starring Vincent Rodriguez III was going to be its final season, the horns were heard that Filipino representation in U.S. commercial broadcast primetime television was going to experience a loss. Wondering, but not expecting that this announcement was not going to be the last. Just this past summer, five TV shows made major surprising moves. The upcoming seventh season of the CW's "The 100" starring Bob Morley, the upcoming sixth season of ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder" starring Conrad Ricamora and the upcoming fourth seasons of both NBC's "The Good Place" starring Manny Jacinto and Amazon Prime's "The Man In The High Castle" starring Joel de la Fuente will all be their final seasons. Netflix abruptly cancelled its two seasoned critically-raved drama, "The OA" starring Brandon Perea. And, while NBC cancelled their two seasoned comedy, "A.P. Bio" starring Sari Arambulo, the show is currently in production for its binge-watching third season to premiere on NBC's new streamer, the Peacock, in January, 2020. However, on the horizon of the new 2019-2020 TV season starting this Monday night this week, September 23rd are both returning shows and new series premieres! Check your local listings. NEW SERIES PREMIERES: "Prodigal Son" starring Lou Diamond Phillips (Season 1) Monday, September 23 at 9/8c on FOX "All Rise" with Reggie Lee. (Season 1) Monday, September 23 at 9/8c on CBS RETURNING SHOW: "The Good Doctor" with Tamlyn Tomita. (Season 3) Monday, September 23 at 10/9c on ABC  It was the 50th Anniversary of the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) five day event from July 18 - 22, 2019 where fans, collectors, binge watchers, smarks, Bible thumpers, consumers and Hollywood professionals convene every year for the sights and sounds of nerdtastic nerdom. With the announcement of Marvel's Shang-Chi set to make his live-action debut in the upcoming film "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the news has been celebrated in many nerdoms everywhere -- especially Asian Americans who has read his journey since 1973 as well to new fans when he appeared in Greg Pak's "War Of The Realms" comic book event. Shortly after that, he joined the New Agents of Atlas in 2019. The team made up of Asian and Asian American superheroes including Marvel's first Filipina superhero, Wave.  WAVE from Greg Pak More on her later. Southeast Asians including Filipino Americans have announced feature film projects before and during SDCC. Filipinos are going where no Filipino as gone before. On Saturday, July 20 inside the always packed Hall H, the Star Trek Panel covered both CBS' "Star Trek: Discovery" (2017-present) where CHARLES COLLYER is the Lead VFX Artist. He is nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in the Season 2 Finale episode, 'Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2'.  Charles Collyer of "Star Trek: Discovery" And of, course the already announced Sir Patrick Stewart's return as Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: Picard" (2020) with ISA BRIONES (last seen in FX's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story") in a recurring role as Dahj.  Patrick Stewart and Isa Briones of "Star Trek: Picard" Joining her on the panel were the rest of the cast of "Star Trek: Picard" including Brent Spiner who starred as Lt. Cmdr. Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987-1994) and its subsequent motion pictures, Jonathan Del Arco who guest starred as Hugh, formerly Third of Five, a former Borg drone who was rescued by Picard and rejoined the Borg Collective to influence them a sense of individuality and self in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and Jeri Ryan who starred as Seven of Nine, also a former Borg drone who joined the crew of the Federation vessel, USS Voyager lost in the Gamma Quadrant in "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995-2001) to regain her human existence. Watch the new trailer below. Also announced during their Comic Con panel, CBS All Access revealed the "Star Trek: Lower Decks" cast and first look images from the animated sci-fi series. EUGENE CORDERO ("Tacoma FD," "Kong: Skull Island") will be voicing 'Ensign Rutherford.' It takes place after "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002), the feature film that starred the bridge crew of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" with Patrick Stewart. It was the tenth film in the Star Trek motion picture series, as well as the fourth and final film to star the cast of TNG. "Star Trek: Lower Decks" will begin streaming at CBS All Access in 2020.  Eugene Cordero in "Star Trek: Lower Decks" The recently retired WWE professional wrestler DAVE BAUTISTA is best known as Drax in Marvel's two "Guardians Of The Galaxy" (2014 and 2017) movies as well as appearing in "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). He was not at SDCC this year as he was on-location acting in Zack Snyder's "Army Of The Dead" for Netflix. The zombie action picture is set amid an outbreak in Las Vegas where a man assembles a group of mercenaries to gamble their lives and pull off the greatest heist ever.  Dave Bautista (at right) in "Army Of The Dead" Meanwhile, director James Gunn announced there will be a "Guardians Of The Galaxy, Volume 3," but he is currently finishing up the DC Comics property, "The Suicide Squad" for a 2021 theatrical release. That is the sequel to 2016's "Suicide Squad" that starred Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, and she will be returning in the sequel along with part-time WWE professional wrestler John Cena. ELLA JAY BASCO is currently filming as Cassandra Cain (a.k.a. the fourth Batgirl) in the upcoming "Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)" directed by Cathy Yan and starring Margot Robbie reprising her role as Harley Quinn from 2016's "Suicide Squad." Set to be released by Warner Brothers Studios on February 7, 2020, the film also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary and Ewan McGregor as Black Mask. A far cry from the first Batgirl who is Barbara Gordon, daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon on the 1966 television movie and its episodic TV series "Batman" (1966-1968) played by the late Yvonne Craig and, in the Joel Schumaker film, "Batman & Robin" (1997) played by Alicia Silverstone. In DC Comics lore, Basco's Batgirl is Cassandra Cain, the daughter of assassins David Cain and Sandra Wu-Cain (best known as Lady Shiva).  Ella Jay Basco in "Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)" Deprived of speech and human contact during her childhood as conditioning, Cassandra Cain becomes the world's greatest assassin and later as bodyguard for Ra's Al Ghul. After saving Commissioner Gordon's life, she is given the Batgirl costume with the approval from both Batman and Barbara Gordon, now Oracle who becomes her ward. Academy Award nominated cinematographer MATTHEW LIBATIQUE, ASC ("Venom," "A Star Is Born") along with stunt and fight coordinators JONATHAN EUSEBIO and JON VALERA ("Black Panther," "John Wick") are the other Filipinos working on the film. Lastly, California's award-winning science fiction, fantasy, horror author and writer ALYSSA WONG (whose mother is Filipina) will co-write along with Greg Pak, the origin story of Marvel Comics' first Filipina superhero of Cebu, Philippines named Wave (aka Pearl Pangan). The news was announced at Racebending's Super Asian America Panel on the last day (Sunday, July 21) of SDCC. Her stories have won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award. And, she was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and Shirley Jackson Awards. Wave made her debut in the comic book, "War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1" and subsequent issues afterwards.  Alyssa Wong of Marvel Comics' Wave If Shang-Chi is Marvel Studios' first Asian American comic book superhero to be seen in a live Phase 4 action movie for generations to come, then it should be a no brainer for a live action movie of the New Agents of Atlas with Wave.
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, July 16th. A handful of Filipino American creative artists will be representing us on one of television's biggest nights!  This coming 2019-2020 new television season will present the fourth and final season of NBC's "The Good Place" starring Manny Jacinto. The TV series is one of the Emmy nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series.  Manny Jacinto at Edwin A. Santos' 3rd Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel (2017) - Kuya Paul Photography Another show nominated in the same category is HBO's "Barry" where Rodney To guest starred on a few episodes last season. Both actors were previous special guest panelists for Edwin A. Santos' annual Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel.  Charles Collyer Charles Collyer is the Lead VFX Artist for CBS' franchise science fiction series, "Star Trek Discovery." It was nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in the Season 2 Finale episode, 'Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2.'  Based on the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning original On Broadway musical play by Jonathan Larson, the televised event, "RENT: Live!" starring Vanessa Hudgens received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Special. "RENT" is about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America.  Vanessa Hudgens as 'Maureen' on FOX's "RENT: Live!" Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program is the episode, "Reunited" from the Cartoon Network animated series, "Steven Universe" with lead characters voiced by Deedee Magno, Jennifer Paz, Shelby Rabara and Charlyne Yi.  Choreographer Melvin 'TimTim' Rogador received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming for FOX's "World Of Dance."  Melvin 'TimTim' Rogador - Photo by Erick Hercules And, the fourth and final season of "Crazy Ex-Girfriend" received two Emmy nominations including Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "I Have To Get To Out / Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal" written by Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen. Tess Paras who recurred as 'Jayma Chan' on the show is featured in the video with Bloom while Vincent Rodriguez III who starred as Bloom's on again/off again boyfriend, 'Josh Chan' on the show is featured in the live stage version, of which, you can watch both below. Both Tess Paras and Vincent Rodriguez III were previous special guest panelists for Edwin A. Santos' annual Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel. The 2019 Emmy Awards will air live on FOX Sunday, September 22 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
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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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