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Nickelodeon is debuting a “K-Pop-inspired” TV Series called “Make it Pop”
Make It Pop (20 episodes) is a comedic, music-infused daily strip about three unique girls who come together to start their own K-Pop-inspired band. Randomly selected to room together at boarding school, bookish Corki, fashion-forward Jodi and social media maven Sun Hi meet and bond over music. With the help of fellow boarding school classmate and DJ hopeful, Caleb, the girls grow from roommates to bandmates as they become a school-wide sensation and compete for a place in the upcoming school musical. The series, which will feature original songs and performances in every episode, is co-created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon and produced by DHX Media. Make It Pop is executive produced by Lynch and Cannon, together with Steven DeNure and Anne Loi for DHX Media.The series stars Filipina actress Louriza Tronco as Jodi, Korean actress Megan Lee as Sun Hi and Erika Tham (couldn’t find anything about her ethnicity) as Corki and is expected to premiere during Nickelodeon’s 2015-2016 season.
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Jamie Chung’s Interview Behind The Scenes of Big Hero 6
Jamie Chung’s Interview Behind The Scenes of Big Hero 6
Name: Tsuru Aoki
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Birthdate: September 9, 1892
Death: October 18, 1961
Tsuru Aoki, of Japanese descent, may have been the first Asian actress to have top billing credits in American films. She was born in Tokyo, and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 13. She began her career performing in LA’s Japanese Theatre. She was discovered by producer Thomas Ince and made her film debut in The Oath of Tsuru San. In 1914, she starred in O Mimi San alongside Sessue Hayakawa whom she married later that year. They would go on to work together in more than twenty films through the 20’s. Her most popular film of the silent period is The Dragon Painter, which was released in 1919, starring herself and her husband. She appeared in close to 40 films, often in lead roles.
Aoki retired from the screen after the release of The Danger Line in 1924. She returned briefly to work with her husband in Hell to Eternity in 1960 before passing away the following year from acute peritonitis.
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