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July 12 - July 18, 2002

Emil Amok by Emil Guillermo

Fame to the Rescue

The Filipino American community is getting smart. It’s using star power to push its causes! Natural causes, of course.

What does that mean, Emil? The finest acts seen on The Filipino Channel?

No, no, no. I’m talking real stars. Veritable balls of gas! Fil-Am stars!!! The stars that white folks know!

Sure, some of them may be a bit on the fake side. Maybe their nose used to be part of their neck, or their chin is now part of their eyebrows, but hey, that’s the stuff that makes Hollywood. As for the part that matters, the bloodlines — those are real. Here’s my Filipino lab test: if it can make a real decent chocolate meat/blood stew from a small vial, you’re in the club. You can’t hide your bloodlines for long, honey cakes. If you’re Filipino, or even part, we’ll sniff you out. So the big news this summer has been the emergence of real bonafide Hollywood celebrities to help with our issues...

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Ultimate Diversions: Breath of Fire II
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APA All-Star Snubs
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Emil Amok: Fame to the Rescue
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Each week, a group of Filipino American teens meet at New York University as part of the Asian Pacific American Youth Alliance to share their thoughts on what it is like to be a Filipino teen living in New York. The CPL news team of Kibuchi Banfield, 16, and Theresa Banfield, 10, spoke with a few of these youths about their perspective on being Filipino American...

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