famousfilipinos: (originally posted September 4, 2009)
Starring alongside Rumer Willis, Jamie tweets, “Soo exited about the Premiere!! Soo nervous right now! Can’t wait for u guys to watch it! Awesome night… So tired , but at least it was worth it!”
Sorority Row hits theaters next Friday, September 11th. Jamie next stars in Sucker Punch with Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, and hottie Jon Hamm.
[More at Just Jared Jr.]
Taiwanese actor, Jay Chou, will play Kato in “The Green Hornet”. Seth Rogen will play the title character, while Michael Gondry directs. Cameron Diaz, Nicolas Cage, and Edward James Olmos will also star.
Jay Chouwas born on January 18, 1979 and is a Taiwanese musician, singer, producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. He is well-known for composing all his own songs and songs for other singers. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for popular Chinese singers. Although he was trained in classical music, Chou combines Chinese and Western music styles to produce songs that fuse R&B, rock and pop genres, covering issues such as domestic violence, war, and urbanization.
Eddie Van Halen is half Indonesian from his mother Eugenia…what?!? So yeah…there’s a reason why I started this site…so many I didn’t expect/suspect…Holla!
Edward Lodewijk “Eddie” Van Halen (born January 26, 1955), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Van Halen is widely known for his rapid guitar playing, tapping, and high frequency feedback. The All Music Guide has called him “undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century.
Kirk Hammett
lead guitarist of Metallica is half-Filipino. WHAT?!? Am I kidding that I’ve been listening to Metallica since high school and I only just found out about this?!?Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003 Hammett was ranked 11th in Rolling Stone’s list - The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Born on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco to a Filipina mother (Chefela) and an Irish Merchant Marine father. He grew up in El Sobrante near Richmond, California.
LYRICS BORN … yo
part, if not full, Japanese … not much written on this cool-piped-cat, but he’ll be big soon if people know what’s good for them…
Formerly known as Asia Born, born Tom Shimura in 1972. He is an Asian/American rapper. He is one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.[1]
Thanks to Tony B for the referral!
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Foxy Brown
in an MTV interview, states her family is Trinidadian and Asian, but does not specifically mention what type of Asian. Wiki states, however, that Foxy is African- and Indo-Trinidadian. Go figure.
Inga Fung Marchand (born September 6, 1978)[3], better known as Foxy Brown, is an American rapper known for her solo work as well as numerous collaborations with other artists and her brief stint as part of hip-hop music group The Firm. Her albums include Ill Na Na in 1996, followed by Chyna Doll in 1999, and Broken Silence in 2001. She performed also in the 1997 self-titled album by the Firm, the only album to be released by that group to date.[4] Throughout her career, Brown has held an extensive arrest record and served some time in jail.
After 2002, she continued recording verses for herself and other artists but did not release any albums; she left the Def Jam label in 2003, thus canceling the release of her Ill Na Na 2 album.[5] However, she returned to the label in January 2005 after Jay-Z signed her back to begin work on her new album Black Roses.[6] In December 2005, she began suffering from hearing loss, which put her career on hiatus until the next summer, a few months after surgery.[7]
In August 2007, she was signed to Koch Records.[8] Her fourth album was released in May 2008 following many delays spawned by a jail sentence that Brown served.[2]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/NJmdcGbXSnzntz68J2G686vWo1_400.jpg)
Foxy Brown
in an MTV interview, states her family is Trinidadian and Asian, but does not specifically mention what type of Asian. Wiki states, however, that Foxy is African- and Indo-Trinidadian. Go figure.
Inga Fung Marchand (born September 6, 1978)[3], better known as Foxy Brown, is an American rapper known for her solo work as well as numerous collaborations with other artists and her brief stint as part of hip-hop music group The Firm. Her albums include Ill Na Na in 1996, followed by Chyna Doll in 1999, and Broken Silence in 2001. She performed also in the 1997 self-titled album by the Firm, the only album to be released by that group to date.[4] Throughout her career, Brown has held an extensive arrest record and served some time in jail.
After 2002, she continued recording verses for herself and other artists but did not release any albums; she left the Def Jam label in 2003, thus canceling the release of her Ill Na Na 2 album.[5] However, she returned to the label in January 2005 after Jay-Z signed her back to begin work on her new album Black Roses.[6] In December 2005, she began suffering from hearing loss, which put her career on hiatus until the next summer, a few months after surgery.[7]
In August 2007, she was signed to Koch Records.[8] Her fourth album was released in May 2008 following many delays spawned by a jail sentence that Brown served.[2]
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Arnel Pineda
(born September 5, 1967) is an international Filipino singer-songwriter and is currently the lead singer of the American rock band Journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![1]
Check out his performance(s) with Journey here.
Videos of The Zoo performing cover songs by Journey, Survivor, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Air Supply, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins and other popular acts from the 70s, 80s and 90s, began appearing on YouTube.com in February 2007. On June 28, 2007,[6]Neal Schon of Journey contacted Noel Gomez, a longtime fan and friend of Pineda who uploaded many of these videos, to ask for Pineda’s contact information. Schon sent an e-mail to Pineda inviting the latter to audition for Journey. Pineda initially dismissed the e-mail as a hoax, but after being persuaded by Gomez, he finally replied to Schon’s e-mail. Ten minutes later, Pineda received a phone call from Schon.[7] On August 12,[8] Pineda, along with his manager Bert de Leon, flew to Marin County, just north of San Francisco, for a two-day audition.[9][10] The star-struck Pineda was welcomed warmly but he described the audition as “nerve-wracking, tense”.[11] On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the lead singer of Journey. CNN Headline News ran the story as part of their “News to Me” segment.[12]
Pineda debuted as the lead singer of Journey on February 21, 2008 at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater in Viña del Mar, Chile. [13][14] Videos of the Vina del Mar performance are available at the Festival’s home page and on YouTube.
Arnel Pineda was born in Sampaloc, Manila, in the Philippines. His mother instilled his love for singing at an early age, encouraging him to sing along to songs from her favorite singers like Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. Growing up, his parents entered him in many singing contests.
His mother, who had been suffering from rheumatic heart disease, died when he was thirteen. Her illness had left their family deep in debt. Being a year behind on their rented apartment and unable to sufficiently provide for the family, his father decided to move out and ask relatives to take in Pineda’s siblings. To ease his father’s burden, Pineda quit school and volunteered to strike out on his own.
For about two years his life was spent out on the streets, sleeping wherever he could: in public parks, or on a narrow bench outside a friend’s crowded house. He earned meager money by collecting glass bottles, newspapers, and scrap metal and selling them to recyclers. He would also go to the pier with his friends and take on odd jobs like cleaning scrap metal and docked ships. He didn’t have much to eat, sometimes rationing a small package of biscuit as his meal for two days. Despite all these hardships he tried to remain optimistic about his future.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/NJmdcGbXSltmh7bnd7y4AAAWo1_400.jpg)
Arnel Pineda
(born September 5, 1967) is an international Filipino singer-songwriter and is currently the lead singer of the American rock band Journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![1]Check out his performance(s) with Journey here.
Videos of The Zoo performing cover songs by Journey, Survivor, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Air Supply, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins and other popular acts from the 70s, 80s and 90s, began appearing on YouTube.com in February 2007. On June 28, 2007,[6]Neal Schon of Journey contacted Noel Gomez, a longtime fan and friend of Pineda who uploaded many of these videos, to ask for Pineda’s contact information. Schon sent an e-mail to Pineda inviting the latter to audition for Journey. Pineda initially dismissed the e-mail as a hoax, but after being persuaded by Gomez, he finally replied to Schon’s e-mail. Ten minutes later, Pineda received a phone call from Schon.[7] On August 12,[8] Pineda, along with his manager Bert de Leon, flew to Marin County, just north of San Francisco, for a two-day audition.[9][10] The star-struck Pineda was welcomed warmly but he described the audition as “nerve-wracking, tense”.[11] On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the lead singer of Journey. CNN Headline News ran the story as part of their “News to Me” segment.[12]
Pineda debuted as the lead singer of Journey on February 21, 2008 at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater in Viña del Mar, Chile. [13][14] Videos of the Vina del Mar performance are available at the Festival’s home page and on YouTube.
Arnel Pineda was born in Sampaloc, Manila, in the Philippines. His mother instilled his love for singing at an early age, encouraging him to sing along to songs from her favorite singers like Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. Growing up, his parents entered him in many singing contests.
His mother, who had been suffering from rheumatic heart disease, died when he was thirteen. Her illness had left their family deep in debt. Being a year behind on their rented apartment and unable to sufficiently provide for the family, his father decided to move out and ask relatives to take in Pineda’s siblings. To ease his father’s burden, Pineda quit school and volunteered to strike out on his own.
For about two years his life was spent out on the streets, sleeping wherever he could: in public parks, or on a narrow bench outside a friend’s crowded house. He earned meager money by collecting glass bottles, newspapers, and scrap metal and selling them to recyclers. He would also go to the pier with his friends and take on odd jobs like cleaning scrap metal and docked ships. He didn’t have much to eat, sometimes rationing a small package of biscuit as his meal for two days. Despite all these hardships he tried to remain optimistic about his future.
Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. During this period, she collaborated with Santana on the single “The Game of Love”, which won a Grammy Award. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. Michelle Branch will release her fourth solo album with record company Warner Bros. Nashville, Everything Comes and Goes, in Summer 2009.
Though the surname “Branch” is French, her father is of Irish ancestry while her mother was born in the Netherlands; her maternal grandmother was a Dutch Indonesian and was held by the Japanese in an internment camp during World War II, while her maternal grandfather was French and Indonesian.[1
