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Woman In China Gives Birth To 15 Lb Baby

Moye — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:30:45 +0000

From the AP: “A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country’s founding in 1949.” The baby was born via c-section and nothing out of the ordinary was reported about the pregnancy. Aside from the fact that the baby was 15 pounds. In other news, Asian babies rule!

Steven Yeun Talks About The Walking Dead Season 2.5 & Tries A Bacon Milkshake

Moye — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:00:44 +0000

The Walking Dead returns to AMC on Sunday, February 12th to finish up their second season. That also means Glenn is back with even more baseball caps! Steven Yeun was on Attack of the Show yesterday to promote the new episodes, as well as share what it’s like being a huge celebrity in South Korea. Also, he shares stories about his Korean parents who were initially disappointed in his career choice (surprise) now expect him to overachieve as an actor as well. We know how he feels.

VIRAL LIKE SARS: North Korean Accordion Players Perform a-ha’s Take On Me

Moye — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:22 +0000

And for your musical interlude of the day, we bring you a group of accordion players from North Korea’s Kum Song School performing the 80′s hit, “Take On Me” by a-ha. (In case you were wondering, they’re still sobbing over the death of Kim Jong-Il on the inside.)

(Also, I didn’t know they listened to a-ha in North Korea. Did you?)

(And they have accordions there, too? Crazy.)

7500 Teaser Trailer Reveals My Worst Nightmare

Moye — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000

I don’t fly that often to Japan but when I do, a myriad of nightmares come to play. Something horrible will happen to the plane. Something scary will happen on the flight. I’ll be stuck sitting next to a douchebag for the next 10 hours. Jamie Chung will be my flight attendant. You know what I mean. And occasionally, a new film mashes all of that together, titled 7500. Directed by Takashi Shimizu, the guy responsible for my nightmares about Ju-On/The Grudge, the film follows the passengers who have a supernatural experience on a flight to Tokyo.

I never heard of this film before watching the teaser trailer above but here are my first thoughts:

This is the most vanilla flight I’ve seen to Tokyo.
Is that Turtle from Entourage?
I wonder if Leslie Bibb was hoping this film would end up on another desert island, a la LOST.
This film is produced by Roy Lee, the guy responsible for bringing all your favorite Asian movies to the US as American remakes. I still hold him responsible for ruining My Sassy Girl.
Once on a flight to Mexico, I almost had a heart attack because one of my best friends kept listening to her Walkman during take-off but nothing out of the ordinary happened so I really think it is an urban legend. Or just a way for the airline stewards to boss you around. That said, I still follow the rules.
Other Asian people involved in this film are Takashige Ichise, Leni Ito and Jamie Chung.
WHERE IS THE CREEPY GRUDGE GIRL?

7500 will be released on August 31st, 2012 from CBS Films.

NPR Interviews Fred Korematsu’s Daughter On His Civil Rights Work & Celebrating Fred Korematsu Day

Moye — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:00:58 +0000

NPR recently interviewed Karen Korematsu, the daughter of civil rights leader Fred Korematsu, on her father’s legacy and how she discovered his role in Japanese American history: “I didn’t find out about my father’s Supreme Court case until I was a junior in high school. And it was in a social studies class when my friend Maya(ph) got up in front of all of us to give a book report, an oral book report, about the Japanese-American internment…[I]t was a subject I had not heard of before. No one spoke about it in my family. And then she went on to say that someone had resisted the exclusion order and resulted in a famous Supreme Court case, Korematsu v. the United States. Well, I sat there and said that’s my name. And the only thing I knew is that Korematsu is a very unusual Japanese name.” Can you imagine sitting in a history class and learning about your own family? You can listen to the full interview here.

The Office’s Mindy Kaling Has Comedy Pilot Picked Up By Fox

Moye — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:45 +0000

Mindy Kaling, author if Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and best known as Kelly Kapoor on The Office, may soon have her very own show. Via The Hollywood Reporter: Fox “has officially picked up to pilot an untitled comedy from The Office‘s Kaling that would star the writer-actress as a young Bridget Jones-type doctor trying to navigate both her personal and professional lives. The project, which hails from Universal TV, would be written and executive produced by Kaling, with Parks and Recreation and The Office‘s Howard Klein on board as a nonwriting executive producer.” I used to be a diehard fan of The Office (until Jim married Pam because Jim was supposed to marry ME and not Pam) but Kelly was always my favorite character. Let’s hope this pilot works out!

North Korea Turns Cell Phone Use Into War Crime

Moye — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:30:40 +0000

As if living in North Korea wasn’t hard enough. Now the regime is instituting a 100 day mourning period, which prohibits the use of mobile phones. And they’re serious about it: “[T]he ruling Workers’ Party has warned that anyone found using a mobile phone during the 100 day mourning period following Kim Jong-il’s death will be punished ‘like a war criminal.’” Now I wonder if this applies specifically to using your cell phone to make calls. Or can you be convicted from playing Angry Birds and Words with Friends?

VIRAL LIKE SARS: Manikako’s Robot Love Story Will Make You Weep

Moye — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:06 +0000

I’m not quite sure what this short film is for, except that it’s the result of a sponsorship between Energizer batteries and Manikako, a Filipino non-profit organization that provides self-expression and an emotional outlet for underprivileged children through doll crafting. In this video, a robot finds love in a beautiful doll but learns what the ultimate sacrifice can be. Oh, and here’s a box of tissues.