Supermodel: Spitting Mad
April 11, 2008
Jeff Ma Fails to Boycott ‘21’
San Francisco resident Jeff Ma, an MIT graduate and the inspiration for the recently opened film 21, addressed the audience at a screening at the Balboa Theater on April 6. Of course, the most obvious question of the evening was: “What does it feel like to be a white man named Jim Sturgess?” Aaron Yoo had to wait three years to land a non-speaking role in the film, which is fine considering critics compared watching the film to drinking room temperature dishwater with moldy ramen bits.
Naomi Campbell Saves Big on Cell Phone Bill
Maybe supermodel Naomi Campbell learned her lesson after serving five days of community service in 2007, or perhaps she’s just being practical and trying not to max out her cell phone insurance. Either way, the toothy tigress showed that she can still improvise by allegedly hocking a loogie at an airline officer when she was forcibly removed from an airplane mid-tantrum. After she was released on bail, she alleged the incident was prompted by racism.
Real Blonde From ‘21’ Confirms: All White Cast wanted
Jane Willis, the real “Jill Taylor” played by Kate Bosworth in 21, said in an interview that it was obvious early on that the studio wasn’t interested in staying true to Ben Mezrich’s original book, Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Las Vegas for Millions. Although race and gender were key to the dynamic of the MIT group, and Ma recruited her to “give the team, which was mostly Asian and male, a little diversity,” the studios originally wanted her out: They wanted an all white male cast with one Asian girl as a love interest.
Will Yun Lee Loses Mind in Linkin Park Movie
San Francisco-native actor Will Yun Lee goes AWOL as Sung in The Seed, the new movie by Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn, which chronicles Sung’s descent into madness as a homeless war veteran suffering shell shock and possibly sun stroke. Lee’s pretty convincing as a paranoid loner who basically goes nuts — maybe he was just channeling some of that madness from news that NBC hated his show Bionic Woman and is putting it out of its misery for good. In the meantime, support The Seed on iTunes, and help artists pay the rent!
Dick Ho Taps Into Good Vibrations
No, Jeff Lei hasn’t hit the special koolaid. Turns out the “Dick Ho” director was recently hit up by a queer porn star “concerned about the non-representation of Asian male heterosexuality in the biz,” Lei wrote. The irony was that Good Vibrations’ queen bee herself, Carol Queen, had given Lei the cold should a few years ago while he was still working on filming the underground cult favorite. So, just like in real life, now that “Dick Ho” is getting noticed the girls and the guys, everybody wants a piece of his uncut footage of Asian America’s long-lost meat puppet — even yesterday’s ice queens. Diggity.
Lee Hom Wang, Art School Liar?
Lee Hom Wang advocates going green in his latest album, but completely contradicts himself by holding up a perfectly healthy plant which has been obviously torn from the roots. Maybe he didn’t get the whole environmentalism angle? Looks like contradicting himself comes easily, when you consider that Lee Hom “Alexander” Wang has been repeatedly noted in the media as a Julliard graduate — but my sources contest that he never even attended the school. Instead, critics say he attended the Berklee Schoool of Music in Boston, Massachusetss, and “is not as cool as he seems”.
Asian Atheletes Mark 10th Anniv. ESPN Mag
Ichiro. Tiger. Yao. Bartman. Few people can say that they’re known only by their first name (unlike that joke about Cher, Madonna, and the Pope), but now Asia America’s favorite atheletes — minus Bartman, who’s only yellow by color swatch — are decorating ESPN magazine’s 10th Anniversary editon. For those of you who’ve only gone to baseball games for the garlic fries and all-you-can-eat hot dog aisle, Ichiro’s bringing sexy back to the sport where smacking balls and playing the field is really fine with the ladies.
From Chaos to Caring: Seriously’s Bone Marrow Drive Hits Stanford
The Cammie Lee Foundation and Asian American Donor Program is looking for bone marrow donors, and Stanford will host the Seriously’s “Heart” Tour on April 12 at Manzanita Dining Hall. The Santa Monica-based Korean American boy band premiered their music video at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival for “Music Video Asia,” and their sound will turn your knees into mushy oatmeal. Especially if you liked Tal Bachman’s “She’s So High” and the sort of secretary-rock that whiles the time in waiting rooms or standing in line at the DMV.
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I doubt Jeff Ma would have been much happier if they had cast William Hung instead of a to-die-for white guy. So did they get a killer Asian female? Haven’t heard how that turned out. Even on the female side we don’t have heavy hitters like Nancy Kwan anymore, she was the Asian entry into the 60s bombshell wars.
lisa lee you are a terrible reporter. why do you always have to put a negative spin on the actors in your stories?
Re: the Jeff Lei/Dick Ho story: I recall speaking to Mr. Lei, I think at a Good Vibrations event, though I have no clue how many years ago this happened. I didn’t give him the cold shoulder at all; I believe I gave him support for the idea and encouraged him to go for it. What I didn’t, and couldn’t, do was give him money or Good Vibes resources, and I wonder if that’s why this story is being spun in such a direction. Frequently people bring me (and GV) terrific ideas and then are disappointed that we can’t make their movie, publish their book, or manufacture their toy. I wish Jeff the very best and am glad he got his movie made. Lisa, if he really feels upset re: my conduct, please put him in touch with me so I can clarify expectations and apologize if need be. –Carol Queen
[…] Originally Posted by Apollyon Good find skifux21, would you happen to have a source for that? I’d like to pass it around. I think one thing that we can do to fight Hollywood indoctrination is to counter the dissemination of their artificial social memes with memes of our own. For instance, just stop consuming their crap. I have to say that I’m disappointed that even after all our discussion on here that people still went to see the movie and paid for it as well. Entertainment has become a way of life for people who are easily distracted with bread and circuses. But why should we give them that power over us particularly when they are not accountable to us? I’d like to see and hear of people who support socially responsible entertainment while rejecting everything else. The Source is here AsianWeek
Wait,, What?! This gotta be a joke! LeeHom has never said that he goes to Julliard! ALL of his fans know that he graduated from Williams College AND Berklee!! This makes me laugh.. Its HILARIOUS…
lisa lee you are best reporter!
must break eggs to make omlette.
Yeah !!! all the fan of leehom know that he graduated from Williams College and Berklee !! so how can you say he is a liar while your information are false ? Leehom didn’t said that he was cool ! It isn’t his fault that people think he’s cool !!
Lisa Lee, I think you need to get your facts straight about Leehom Wang. Since when did he say he went to Julliard? Of all the places I’ve seen and heard, he states: Williams College & Berkelee College of Music.
Also, you spelled Massachusetts incorrectly.
Thanks.
Um, before you criticize please check your sources. Leehom has never stated he graduated from Julliard. In fact even his official website states that he attended Williams and Berklee School of Music. So as a tip for next time, do some research before making such claims, so you don’t look as idiotic as a reporter.
And you realize that being negative doesn’t make you “cool” either right?
In addition,
regardless of how one interprets his CD cover, his album has done what it was supposed to do, which is to bring awareness to the environment.
Oh, please do some research before making any report. Just type Leehom in Google, there are millions of results returned. Even in wikipedia, no Julliard word found!
And about the album cover, it reflects one of his song, “Falling leaves return to roots”. I don’t think it gives a big impact on the environment and for sure he didn’t kill the tree!
Please get your facts right before you post ANYTHING. FYI, Leehom never said he attended Julliard. Everyone knows that he attended Berklee School of Music and Williams. Seriously, do research before you post any nonsense.
Ack, maybe this lisa lee heard the wrong word Williams ~~> Julliards. God! Or not, can u give us the source when u got that?
How she can think of this news!
and… btw, how do u mean “is not as cool as he seems”?
你好。看了你关于LEEHOM的那段文字。我想我有些话想说。 1你说力宏宣传环保，却在手里拿着一棵被拨起的小树苗。呵呵，用这样的方式宣传环保的不是一个二个了，为什么别人这样做就是有创意，他这样做就算说谎了呢？ 力宏的专辑包装，放弃的塑料盒，用再生纸，买专辑送环保筷，在专辑内页印了环保注意事项，……；他本人亲自植树，宣传环保，专辑封面，有一种就是他手里拿了一杯水，你没见过吧？其实这个封面销量更大。手里拿着树根的封面只占一小部分。不要用严苛的“非地球人”标准来要求别人。放着他做的其他很多工作和公益不讲，专挑某个毛病。做人要厚道。全世界都没有发专辑送环保筷的音乐人。够有诚意，不是吗？ 2 Julliard graduate 。传言是错误的，为什么反过来说力宏这个受害人说谎呢？力宏从来没说过Julliard graduate 。请你到威廉姆斯大学的网站去看看。在大学他是多么优秀的一个学生。 力宏从来没说谎，他的人品保证他绝不会这样做，他是个有信仰的人。3 “is not as cool as he seems”.这种不一样，只是表演的需要，只是为了给观众最好的。都是真诚的，都是真实的。呵呵，这对力宏的HOMEY来说，简直是常识。一个人在舞台上和舞台下不一样很正常不是吗？席琳、碧昂丝在舞台上和舞台下一样吗？要是台上台下都一样，那是太不正常了。听过力宏的歌吗？《CAN YOU FEEL MY WORLD》、《NOT YOUR AVERAGE THUG》，他在歌里很明白地告诉大家：我不是你想的那样。看过力宏的访谈吗？他很清楚地说：我不是宣传照片上那样。我没见过比他更诚实的艺人，比他更真诚的艺术家，在流行音乐这圈子他的真很另类。他忠实于自己的真实感受，认真地做着音乐。看过《永远的第一天》的特辑吗？力宏特地把自己胡子一大把和刮了胡子的镜头都呈现给大家。他从没粉饰过自己。你够了解他吗？你感受到他的音乐的魅力了吗？你体会过他现场演唱的实力吗？ 他和得了艾滋的小朋友一起喝咖啡，他亲自到最贫困的地区去看望自己资助的小朋友……HOMEY们很佩服，很感动……很多人期待着他的下张专辑，下次演唱会……因为，他确实很棒！
Leehom has never claimed that he is a graduate from Juilliard School. To call Leehom a liar is a severe insult. Please delete your untrue writing about Leehom Wang as soon as possible.
it’s Ju[i]lliard, lisa. with the letter “i”. you’ve gotta check your spelling and your sources before you publish your articles next time.
wow this is an official news site..?? all i see are people being slandered by minimal facts twisted into ridiculous unsupported stories.
you simply CANNOT name someone a liar without proof and if you had that much common sense, this list of scornful readers would not be so long. if you have this much time to degrade others with complete nonsense, why dont you go do the world some good? SHOW us what YOU see as the “real environmentalism angle”. if not, do us all a favour and spend some of that time getting the facts straight before you go publish something so laughable and make a fool of yourself.
QDF
Where is the proof that backs up all of these “so-called” facts about Wang Lee Hom?
Maybe you were right about that “perfectly healthy plant which has been obviously torn from the roots”, but has it ever occured to you that that was a pre-planted plant in a pot to then be transferred onto earth to grow up and be healthy tree? To increase the trees on earth because sometimes it is hard for trees to start off growing on their own on earth. Sometimes it is necessary to do such a thing because theres not enough sun or rain to nurture it.
To post such false facts is hurting the Fans and THEY know whats right and what’s wrong cuz well, they’re just a little creepy and do too much research. But you took the first thing you saw and interpreted it in a negative way which affects the fans, the celebraties and aswell as yourself. next time, keep these kind of things to yourself because obviously noone wants to see this kind of stuff.
what is this.
Don’t Lie.
Seems like you’re the one that is lying more than Lee Hom. Get your facts right.
You bore me. Clearly you can’t differentiate between fact and fiction. So why are you a journalist then?
Get another job.
p.s. btw Leehom is our favourite DORKK.
To: Asian Week
Statement from SONY BMG
Regarding the article titled: “Lee Hom Wang, Art School Liar?” written by Lisa Lee posted at April 11, 2008 on your website (http://www.asianweek.com/2008/04/11/asian-celebrities-jeff-ma-linkin-park-supermodel-spitting-mad-naomi-campbell/#comment-4818), SONY BMG Music Entertainment (Taiwan) Ltd., as the manager of the Artist Leehom Wang, would like to make the following statement:
Leehom has never presented himself as the graduate of Julliard, nor has he ever misled people to believe as such. His official website clearly states that he attended Williams and Berklee School of Music. The article in question has titled and stated in a way to imply that the Artist lied or contracted himself about his education record, is incorrect and viciously misleading
Best Regards,
SONY BMG Music Entertainment (Taiwan) Ltd.
Dear Lisa,
You don’t know what photoshop is, do you? A photo which is Leehom is holding a tree in his album’s cover was photoshoped. If an artist hold a bloody sword in a poster ,it couldn’t mean he did really kill someone.
This is a original tree, if you would like to see
http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t243/binbinoz/?action=view¤t=2275.jpg
Lisa you are an entertainer, just like Rush Limbaugh! Sniping at all these folk and using lies that can’t be verified by anybody.
A blanket apology for this column full of spectacular speculative fiction is in order…
I believe the mission of AsianWeek, as well as other API-focused media, it to promote a positive image of Asian Americans. The false statement you had earlier about Lee Hom entirely defeats that purpose. It is absolutely fine to be critical of artists and their works, but please provide constructive feedbacks and use appropriate language. The comment you had about Lee Hom being “not as cool as he seems” and accusing him being a liar certainly does not fulfill those purposes. Please continue your work as a PROFESSIONAL journalist who can bring positive lights to the Asian American communities. Thank you.
Dear Lisa,
U are totally embarrared at what you say about LeeHom…he never admit or claim himself as a Julliard graduate…
U should be careful and responsible with your words. I think you should at least apologize to LeeHom because he deserve an apology from your false statement.
Dear Lisa,
I can prove to you that LeeHom has attended William College,
(Number of albums sold by Taiwanese pop sensation Lee-hom Wang ’99, a Williams music major who wrote an original musical, “The Bite That Burns,” for his senior thesis
10 million +)
http://www.williams.edu/admission/studentlife_music.php (credit: Kaostic)
Do some research before you say something. It’s rude to accuse people liar..