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H.P. Mendoza
H. P. Mendoza (born 13 March 1977, San Francisco, California) is an Americans, American film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer, producer and musician. He is best known for his micro-budget work as screenwriter, composer and lyricist on Colma: The Musical (2006) which was placed in the Los Angeles Times Top 20 Best Asian American Films List, as well as his follow-up musical and directorial debut, Fruit Fly (film), Fruit Fly (2010). After writing and directing the 2012 film ''I Am a Ghost'', Mendoza was inducted into the 2012 Essential SF by San Francisco Film Society. In 2017, he was a resident of the San Francisco Filmhouse for his screenplay, ''Bitter Melon (2018 film), Bitter Melon'' which was released by Gravitas Ventures and ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN. Along with his feature films, Mendoza is also known for his music in films and albums, notably his first album, ''Everything is Pop'', re-released for its 10th anniversary in 2014. In 2022, Mendoza is preparing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN Corporation
ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned by the López family ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN). ABS was founded in 1946 by American electronics engineer James Lindenberg as Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). In 1952, BEC was renamed Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) with its corporate name, Alto Sales Corporation after Judge Antonio Quirino, brother of President Elpidio Quirino, purchased the company and later launched the first TV station in the country, DZAQ-TV on October 23, 1953. The company that would later be merged with ABS to form ABS-CBN was founded in 1956 as Chronicle Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN) by Eugenio Lopez Sr. and his brother Fernando Lopez, who was the sitting Vice President of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedsider
Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is a free birth control support network for women ages 18–29. The network is operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy; a research based non-profit, non-partisan organization located in Washington, D.C. Launched on November 2011, its goal is to help women find the method of birth control that’s right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively. The campaign is developed in partnership with IDEO, a global innovation and design firm and Carbon Five, a development firm in San Francisco. Bedsider provides users with tools to explore and compare all available methods of contraception, to set up birth control or appointment reminders, and to view videos of young men and women’s personal experiences with various methods of contraception. Bedsider also offers a weekly column on sex, love, and life as well as a series of animated shorts that debunk myths about birth control. In addition, Bedsider provides the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaLa (TV Series)
Lala may refer to: Geography * Lala language (other) Places * Lala (Naples Metro), an underground metro station in Naples, Italy * Lala, Assam, a town in Assam, India * Lala, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran * Lala, Lanao del Norte, a municipality in the Philippines * Lala, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Lala, Pakistan, a village in Punjab Province * Lala River (other) * Lala, Lebanon, village in the Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon People * Lala (given name) * Lala (nickname) * Lala (surname) * Lala (title) a Turkish title meaning tutor ** Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha (c. 1500-1580), Ottoman general and Grand Vizier ** Lala Shahin Pasha (1330-after 1388), Ottoman governor Fictional characters * Lala, the title character of ''Fancy Lala'', a 1998 anime series *Lala Hagoromo, a character of Japanese anime '' Star Twinkle Precure'' * Lala Satalin Deviluke, the main female character in ''To Love-Ru'' * Lala or Lara Doucette, the mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Art Of Human Flight (2022 Film)
''The Secret Art of Human Flight'' is a 2023 American fantasy comedy drama film written by Jesse Orenshein, directed by H.P. Mendoza and starring Grant Rosenmeyer. Plot Cast *Grant Rosenmeyer as Ben Grady * Paul Raci as Mealworm *Lucy DeVito as Gloria *Nican Robinson as Tom *Reina Hardesty as Sarah *Rosa Arredondo as Detective Reyes * Maggie Grace as Wendy *Sendhil Ramamurthy as Roger Release The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 8, 2023. In March 2024, it was announced that Level 33 Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to the film, which will be released in theaters in July 3, 2024. Reception The film has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews. Peter Debruge of '' Variety'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "This high-concept, lo-fi indie drama could have gone spiraling off into insufferably eccentric territory, but instead remains grounded in its focus on a young creative type coping with the loss off his soulmate." Matt Zoller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superpowerless (film)
''Superpowerless'' is a 2016 American feature film and the feature directorial debut of Duane Andersen. An autobiographical collaboration between Andersen and childhood friend/lead actor/co-producer Josiah Polhemus, the screenplay was written by Andersen and Dominic Mah. Production took place in early 2014 throughout the San Francisco Bay Area including Andersen and Polhemus's hometown of Palo Alto. The film premiered in July 2016 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and was released in the Fall of 2017 by First Pond Entertainment. Plot Bob (Josiah Polhemus) is a typical, frustrated forty-something guy. He spends his days wandering and drinking. The more help he is offered the more frustrated he becomes. One might think that his situation is typical of millions of others who have suffered a sense of loss and a frustrating lack of purpose once they reach forty. But Bob is a bit different... Bob used to be Captain Truth, a masked superhero fighting crime throughout the Bay Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conversation Storm
''Conversation Storm'' is a 2006 play written by playwright and composer Rick Burkhardt and originally performed by The Nonsense Company. The performance is often paired with '' Great Hymn of Thanksgiving'', another piece written by Burkhardt. Summary Three friends from three sides of the political spectrum unwillingly argue their way through a "ticking time bomb" scenario, dissecting, revising, and even brutalizing their own positions in the process — but time has either stopped or entered an ugly loop, and as the friends assign and reassign roles, the scenario begins to dissolve the boundaries between real and hypothetical, past and future, day and night. Film In 2007, filmmaker H.P. Mendoza was working for the San Francisco Fringe Festival and was able to see a performance of The Nonsense Company's '' Great Hymn of Thanksgiving/Conversation Storm'' and was determined to meet the troupe. In 2008, Mendoza gave his voice to Great Hymn playwright Rick Burkhardt for his award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Hymn Of Thanksgiving
''Great Hymn of Thanksgiving'' is a 2003 performance piece, scored for three speaking percussionists, composed by playwright and composer Rick Burkhardt. It has been performed by The Nonsense Company, Ensemble Chronophonie, line upon line, thingNY, and several other contemporary music ensembles. The Nonsense Company's performance of the piece is often paired with ''Conversation Storm'', a short play written by Burkhardt. Summary According to the composer's program note, ''Great Hymn of Thanksgiving '' takes place at a dinner table, where the sounds of conversation have been replaced by fragments of news reports from Iraq, scraps from the Army prayer manual, invented Arab folk tales, and a recurring State of Emergency pointing everywhere and leading nowhere. The sounds of the table itself struggle to bring this “conversation” into a confrontation with material reality. The piece is a trio between the functions of music, noise, and semantic meaning, wherein each function ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yes, We're Open
''Yes, We're Open'' is a 2012 American independent film directed by Richard Wong and written by H.P. Mendoza, the first collaboration between Wong and Mendoza since their 2006 debut film, Colma: The Musical. The film premiered March 11, 2012 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. After a year of touring the film festival circuit and winning Best Screenplay at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, ''Yes, We're Open'' was released on home video on October 12, 2012. Plot Luke and Sylvia think of themselves as the embodiment of a "modern" couple – always in the know, open to new experiences, and proud to be San Franciscans. Enter Elena and Ronald – a provocative polyamorous couple that not only challenge Luke and Sylvia's status amongst their friends, but also force them to examine their commitment to each other. With temptation right around the corner, Luke and Sylvia must figure out where they really stand on love, sex, and honesty. Cast * Lyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longhorns (2011 Film)
''Longhorns'' is a 2011 American feature film written and directed by David Lewis. The film premiered at the 2011 Frameline Film Festival and was released by TLA Releasing. Plot Set in the 1980s, ''Longhorns'' centers around Texan college student Kevin ( Jacob Newton), who really wants to prove to himself that he is heterosexual. It becomes harder for him to maintain that ruse when he meets new student, Cesar ( Derek Villanueva), who is openly gay. Critical reception Critic Dennis Harvey of ''Variety'' reviewed the film favorably saying "The third time's the charm for writer-director David Lewis, whose first two gay-themed features were earnest but undercooked dramas." On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ..., ''Longhorns'' holds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
