Category Archives: Entertainment

Maybe Happy Ending and Yellow Face win Tony Awards

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Jeff

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by CBS (@cbstv) The 2025 Tony Award show saw Maybe Happy Ending and Yellow Face win 2025 Tony Awards! Maybe Happy Ending won 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and … Continue reading →

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“Maybe Happy Ending” nominated for 10 Tony Awards

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Jeff

A musical originally from South Korea, “Maybe Happy Ending” has been nominated for 10 Tony Awards.  The show features Darren Criss and Helen J Shen as the leads.  The musical by Hue Park and Will Aronson first debuted in South … Continue reading →

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Ruby Ibarra has won the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Jeff

Filipino American rapper and Bay Area resident Ruby Ibarra has won the 2025 Tiny Desk contest.  As the winner, she and her band performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. I had never heard of this former research scientist before, … Continue reading →

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Squid Game Season 3 Official Trailer

Posted on June 2, 2025 by John

Netflix just released the trailer for Squid Game Season 3, which they state is the final season. It will be coming to Netflix on Friday, June 27th: “Every game must come to an end. Squid Game. The final season. June … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2025 Opening Night featuring Third Act

Posted on May 28, 2025 by John

18 One of my favorite annual events I’ve enjoyed after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999 is CAAMFest. Prior to 2013, CAAMFest was known as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. This year’s CAAMFest was … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2025 Film Review: Blossoms Under Somewhere

Posted on May 22, 2025 by John

When I read the description of this Hong Kong produced film, I thought it was interesting and also a bit odd, I will provide a Film Review of Blossoms Under Somewhere later.  First, a summary of Blossoms Under Somewhere: “Ching, … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2025 Closing Night with the Cast of Yellow Face

Posted on May 15, 2025 by John

CAAMFest 2025 Closing Night screened a filming of the play, Yellow Face. It was a  special evening with the cast of Yellow Face in attendance after the play’s recent nomination for three Tony’s, including: Best Revival of a Play Best … Continue reading →

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San Francisco International Film Festival Premiere of ‘Isle Child’: Review and post-screening Q&A

Posted on April 30, 2025 by John

Last year at the San Francisco International Film Festival, I got to see on opening night Sean Wang’s feature length directorial debut of Didi , which premiered at Sundance earlier in 2024. At this year’s 2025 festival, I got to … Continue reading →

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Netflix Japan’s “First Love”

Posted on April 19, 2025 by tinabot

Utada Hikaru’s “First Love” was a big hit, but it was more popular within Japan itself than anywhere else in the world. It’s a testament to its indelible place in modern Japanese consciousness that an entire Netflix produced drama would … Continue reading →

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Netflix’s House of Ninjas

Posted on April 12, 2025 by tinabot

Haru Tawara (Kento Kaku) refills vendings machines for a living and lives in a run-down old Japanese home compound with his motley family. Despite his father Soichi’s (Yosuke Eguchi) claims that they are a normal Japanese family, all evidence suggests … Continue reading →

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Mayor Michelle Wu Playing Rhapsody in Blue with the Boston Pops

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Jeff

Although this concert happened last year, I  just recently saw this video of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu performing George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on the piano with the Boston Pops orchestra. Rhapsody in Blue is a difficult piece (rated as … Continue reading →

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‘Home Court’ Now Streaming on All PBS Platforms

Posted on April 1, 2025 by John

Last year, I had the opportunity to see and review  Home Court at CAAMFest: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, filmed over three years, is a coming-of-age story that relays the highs and lows of her immigrant family, … Continue reading →

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