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We recently learned about a new documentary film titled Mixed Match that is planned for release in 2013. The film, directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns and produced by Meditating Bunny Studio Inc. and Mixed Marrow, will explore the critical and important issues related to the need for bone marrow and cord blood donors by mixed race people. While the film production has already started, the production team has set up a fundraising website at Indiegogo to help fund the project to completion. Please take a look at this film project and help out however you can, even if only by spreading word about it. About Mixed Match: Mixed Match is an important human story told from the perspective of youth who are forced to discover their identities through their deadly illnesses and how their mixed backgrounds threaten their chances at survival, thus highlighting why in this day and age, race still matters. With the help of Mixed Marrow and first-hand stories from patients and their supporters, we hope to spread awareness about the need for multiethnic donors worldwide.
Trailer for Mixed Match:
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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Vince Foster / Actor & Filmmaker
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Check out the new HalfKorean.com Spotlight on actor/filmmaker Vince Foster. He pursued his life-long passion for filmmaking by moving to Los Angeles and has since worked on many web series and a variety of prominent commercials. In fact, you might recognize Vince from two of his most recent commercials: the McDonald’s “Egg McMuffin of…” and Samsung Galaxy SII “The Next Big Thing…” We discussed his experience in the entertainment world along with his background which includes an interesting upbringing with his Korean mother whom was adopted by a Puerto Rican family. Please check out the Spotlight here: |
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Victor Cook’s “Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens” to Premiere on Cartoon Network
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Victor Cook’s new film that he has directed, Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, is set to premiere later this month on Cartoon Network. It will premiere in Southeast Asia on March 11th and then in the USA on March 23rd at 7pm during Cartoon Network’s “Ben 10 Week.” Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens is a computer-animated science fiction film based on the popular original Ben 10 animated series. Here is the film synopsis (courtesy Cartoon Network Asia): Ten-year-old BEN TENNYSON is finally back from his summer vacation… and his life is mess! Humiliated by his teacher, harassed by bullies, grounded by his parents, upstaged by his cousin, and cursed with a malfunctioning Omnitrix that’s vaporizing his homework, Ben finally gets the opportunity to “get away from it all” when his alien buddy TETRAX (from Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix) offers him the chance of a lifetime: to step up his Omnitrix hero training with a “total alien emersion program” on the far side of the galaxy. But what Ben comes to realize is that “total alien immersion” means he can’t turn human again! Crashing back to Earth and stuck in his alien forms, Ben soon encounters a deadly MECHAMORPH – just like Ben’s UPGRADE alien, but armed with explosive high-tech armor and a single-minded goal to DESTROY ALL ALIENS! As GRANDPA MAX, GWEN and Tetrax race to track him down, Ben’s battle with the Mechamorph takes them to the OMNIVERSE – a strange world that exists within the Omnitrix itself – and a deadly battle with an evil version of Ben’s most powerful alien of all: the hundred-foot-tall WAY BIG! But little does Ben know that neither the Mechamorph nor the Evil Way Big are exactly what they seem! For more on Victor, make sure to check out our HalfKorean.com Interview with Victor Cook from October 2010. Here is a preview of Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens:
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David No’s “Forged” Now Available on YouTube
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David No has recently made his award-winning 2006 independent short feature film, Forged, available to view online through his official YouTube channel. Be sure to check it out and drop a line for David to let him know what you think! We interviewed the director/actor/stuntman extraordinaire back in July 2009 and had discussed his film career and assorted projects that he had worked on. Forged has been an official selection at many international film festivals and has won awards including: BEST DIRECTOR (Big Bang Film Festival); BEST SHORT FILM (Melbourne Underground Film Festival); BEST FILM (ACTION & SUSPENSE) Dragon*Con; BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Action on Film); BEST MUSIC (Park City Film Music Festival) as well as several Audience Awards and a Cinematography Award (ACS). Forged is an old-world Sword epic about the unfortunate events that lead to a father and son death duel. This film has won eight International awards including: Best Director; Best Film; Best Music and Best Costume Design. Darak is an aging Sword Master — Juda, his brilliant apprentice son. In a drama of startling consequence, Juda recounts the events that lead to the destruction of their relationship and finally the ultimate challenge — a death duel. Neither wish to participate – yet neither can find a way out. In a world lost in time, the metal of loyalty, honor and family are tested as the tragedy is played out.
David No’s Forged:
“Making Of” Forged:
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Ben Henderson – UFC Lightweight Champion!
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This picture says it all…
Ben “Smooth” Henderson was successful in becoming the new UFC Lightweight Champion by defeating Frankie Edgar at UFC 144 this past weekend. Congrats to Smooth and we look forward to seeing him have a very long reign as champ! An interesting side-note to this picture… the photographer who took this photo, Tracy Lee, is also mixed Korean (found that out via MMA fighter Denis Kang)! Also, if you haven’t seen Ben’s new signature tees by Dethrone Royalty, his UFC 144 walkout “Smooth Angel” tee and Training tee (there is also this Training t-shirt bundle that includes an autographed poster!), make sure to check them out!
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