#Oliver T'sien

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Mic-drop moments from ‘China Rich Girlfriend’:

“Michael, don’t you know by now that my grandmother and Uncle Alfred are the largest private shareholders of Singapore Press Holdings? We’re not going to be in the papers. We’re never going to be in the papers.”

AND

Oliver T’sien winked at her. “I was right when I told you to buy this house, and I was right when I told you to buy the painting, wasn’t I? I always imagined it looking utterly exquisite against this wall. It’s about how the light filters in through those old lead-glass windows.”

“You’re right, it’s all going to be utterly exquisite,” Kitty said, gazing out the window as the workmen began rehanging The Palace of Eighteen Perfections on her drawing-room wall.

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Crazy Rich Asians

Don’t sleep on Crazy Rich Asians, y’all. Seriously. It’s an amazing movie with an amazing cast. It is charming, witty, deeply introspective, and full of so much important culture.

The visuals are stunning.

The bro-ments made me happy.

Astrid Leong (Young) is Queen of everything and I will fight any bitch who disagrees.

Peik Lin’s family needs their own reality TV show.

OLIVER! I love you rainbow sheep of the family.

That POWER MOVE Mahjong scene was Bomb AF. I knew what Rachel was doing from the get-go and it STILL got me.

The ring reveal was predictable, but still powerful as hell.

The soundtrack tho.

Also, Awkwafina is the most hilarious human being on the planet.

And, look, yeah, it’s a total rom-com. There were some really slap-stickey cringey moments, BUT there were far more pivotal powerful moments than there were the typical rom-com silliness.

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😔 The End of an Era | Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

Started: May 22nd, 2018

Finished: May 25th, 2018

I really debated what to rate Rich People Problems [Goodreads] by Kevin Kwan. On the one hand the first half of this book was excellent; I felt so engaged in the story and it's characters, but I felt the second half and especially the last third of the book needed a lot of work.

This book really explored the fascinating character of Shang Su Yi. Through flashbacks and narration we learn a lot about the tragedy of the Japanese occupation of Singapore and about how Su Yi went to great lengths to protect her family and her people. I loved every moment we spent with Su Yi, she was such an interesting woman and I loved exploring her both in the past and in the present. The tidbits we get about relationships all the Youngs had with Su Yi was brilliantly done and quite emotional at times.

This book had a lot of what thought was missing in China Rich Girlfriend, the interpersonal family drama of the Young clan. Kwan managed to create such distinct and entertaining characters that I enjoyed spending time with all of them. We got a lot less of Nick and Rachel as a couple in this one, but I was fine with sacrificing that if it gave us a thorough examination of the Young family.

It wouldn't be a review of a Crazy Rich Asians book if I didn't mention my heart, my one true love, Astrid Leong. Like in the previous books, Astrid was a wonderful character and I loved seeing her relationship with Charlie develop in this installment. Astrid, by the end of this book, gets to a wonderful place as a person and I was happy to see that and see her grow into the best possible version of herself by the end of the series.

While I loved parts of this book I think it's important to note that it has some flaws. This book towards the end lost a lot of its focus. We followed a LOT subplots that did not need to to be in the book much too closely. As much as I love Oliver T'sien and Kitty Pong we did not need them to be central characters in this book at all. I love Carlton Bao as much as the next girl but I think we can all agree giving him a romantic subplot halfway into the book was unnecessary. This book loses focus and goes astray from its strongest elements as a family story and in doing so left me unengaged for the last quarter of the book.

Stars

🌟🌟🌟🌟

This was a solid book. I will remember this series for a good long while and if Kwan ever decides to write a Su Yi prequel I would be so down.

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Someone get Kevin Kwan on the phone and tell him I would absolutely buy three more books about this wild-ass fake wealthy Singapore family especially if all three books were from Oliver T'sien's POV

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God the twist abt oliver t'sien in the crazy rich problems is so good ....

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From Wikipedia:

Constance Wu as Rachel Chu

Henry Golding as Nick Young

Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Sung-Young,

Chris Pang as Colin Khoo

Gemma Chan as Astrid Leong-Teo,

Harry Shum Jr. as Charlie Wu

Awkwafina as Goh Peik Lin

Ken Jeong as Goh Wye Mun

Jimmy O. Yang as Bernard Tai

Ronny Chieng as Eddie Cheng

Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta Lee

Pierre Png as Michael Teo

Lisa Lu as Shang Su Yi

Tan Kheng Hua as Kerry Chu,

Additionally, Remy Hii portrays Alistair Cheng, Eddie’s brother and Nick and Astrid's cousin from Hong Kong while Nico Santos portrays Oliver T'sien, Nick’s cousin and Fiona Xie portrays Kitty Pong, Eddie and Fiona’s daughter and Alistair’s niece. Amy Cheng portrays Jacqueline Ling, Mandy’s motherand Jing Lusi portrays Amanda "Mandy" Ling, the daughter of Jacqueline who is residing in New York. Selena Tan appears as Alexandra 'Alix' Young, Su Yi’s youngest child, Janice Koh appears as Felicity Young, Astrid’s mother and Su Yi’s eldest child and Koh Chieng Mun appears Peik Lin's mother. Carmen Soo also have undisclosed roles in the film. Kris Aquino appears in a cameo role .

Ummmm why hasn’t tumblr been talking about this Crazy Rich Asians movie?? An american movie with an ALL ASIAN CAST?? WITH AN ASIAN DIRECTOR??? STARRING CONSTANCE WU??? PLUS MICHELLE YEOH?! Ya’ll sleeping.

The story follows Rachel Chu (Wu), an American-born Chinese economics professor, who travels to her boyfriend Nick’s (Golding) hometown of Singapore for his best friend’s wedding. Before long, his secret is out: Nick is from a family that is impossibly wealthy, he’s perhaps the most eligible bachelor in Asia, and every single woman in his ultra-rarefied social class is incredibly jealous of Rachel and wants to bring her down. 

Directed by John M. Chu

Constance Wu as Rachel Chu

Henry Golding as Nick Young

Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta Lee

Awkwafina as Peik Lin

Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Young

Gemma Chan as Astrid Leong

Chris Pang as TBA

Jing Lusi as TBA

Ronny Chieng as TBA

Tan Kheng Hua as TBA

Pierre Png as TBA

Fiona Xie as TBA

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Oliver T'sien you magnificent bastard XD

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'CRAZY RICH ASIANS' NON-SPOILER REVIEW: 8💰 / 10 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Based on the Kevin Kwan novel, the movie revolves around an NYU Economics Professor, Rachel Chu [Constance Wu], & her boyfriend of one year, Nick Young [Henry Golding]; when he invites her to join him in Singapore for his best friend's wedding, Rachel is nervous about meeting the family. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Unbeknownst to Rachel, the Youngs are one of Singapore's wealthiest families & Nick is one of the country's most eligible bachelors with a bevy of competitive socialites that will do anything to get his attention. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rachel is unprepared for the negative attention that she gets from Nick's many admirers, but it’s Nick's mother, Eleanor [Michelle Yeoh], that disapproves of her the most; Eleanor sees Rachel's independence, ambition & success as being too selfish thereby making her incapable of providing her prized son with the attention that Eleanor thinks he needs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Unfortunately, this modern-day Asian rom-com does revert to Hollywood type with the stock-standard 'I made a huge mistake' crap at the airport - but aside from that, it is beautifully shot, the characters are highly entertaining & the depiction of wealth is breath-taking. The best friend's bachelor party on an isolated shipping tanker is almost as amazing as the wedding, itself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are standout performances by Awkwafina as Peik Lin Goh [Rachel's old college friend], Nico Santos as Oliver T'sien [one of Nick's cousins], Ronny Chieng as Eddie Cheng [a status-obssessed cousin of Nick], Jimmy O. Yang as Bernard Tai [one of Nick's boyhood friends] & Ken Jeong as Wye Mun Goh [Peik's dad]. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This romantic comedy is definitely better than most. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thanks to @roadshow for my attendance at the advanced screening. 'Crazy Rich Asians' is out in 🇦🇺from Thursday August 30th, 2018. ©️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #movie #movies #moviestar #movietime #movieday #moviedate #movienight #movieset #movieposter #moviemaking #movieday #movielover #moviefan #movienews #movienights #moviegeek #moviereviews #movielovers #movienite #moviestagram #movielife #movienerd #movietheatre #movie_time #moviepremiere #moviepremier #premiere #sydneypremiere #romanticcomedy #romcom (at Crazy Rich Asians) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnG_93clfRi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f9stszaei7g8

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‘Superstore’ Scene-Stealer Nico Santos Proves He’s More Than a Shady Queen (Exclusive)

On Superstore, NBC’s workplace comedy about employees at a St. Louis, Missouri, big box store, there’s no shortage of cutting remarks or competitive zeal when it comes to Cloud 9’s Mateo Liwanag, played by Nico Santos, who often describes the character as a shady queen. Indeed, the absurdly funny and scene-stealing Mateo has gone toe-to-toe with Cheyenne Thompson (Nichole Bloom) in order to buy a discounted sofa a man died on, has never been shy to cut down his co-workers -- including the show’s lead, America Ferrera -- and even assumed the creepy identity of a dead coworker after donning his likeness for Halloween in order to attend a family wedding.

“Mateo will not let go how much he looks out for himself,” Santos tells ET by phone. Yet, over the course of three seasons, the character has grown beyond “the bitchy gay guy on the show,” something Santos was admittedly concerned about in the beginning of the series.

In fact, Mateo has gone through quite an evolution, first written as a macho, straight Latino guy before being changed to a overachieving Filipino gay man, to reflect Santos’ casting. The character has since shown his softer side through a romance with district manager Jeff Sutin (Michael Bunin) -- something that Santos says will be revisited before season’s end -- and demonstrated his fears over being discovered as an undocumented immigrant. “It gave a lot of depth to this character that you just don’t see on television,” says Santos, who, like many fans of the show, is amazed to watch someone like Mateo onscreen.

Mateo being both gay and Filipino offers an opportunity for onscreen visibility. “First of all, Asian representation hardly exists to begin with,” Santos says, adding that Filipinos, who make up the second largest Asian community in the U.S., are “hardly represented in the media.” In fact, there are only two other notable Filipino characters currently on TV -- Andrew Cunanan on American Crime Story and Josh Chan on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend -- making Santos’ portrayal all that more special to the community.

“Filipinos everywhere say how touched they are and how excited they are to see themselves reflected onscreen,” Santos says. “It still baffles my brain that I actually get to portray a character on American television that’s this gay, femme-y Filipino guy. I never thought that would be a possibility, and here I am.”

Santos grew up in Manila, Philippines, and moved with his family to Oregon when he was 16. He studied acting at Southern Oregon University, where a teacher told him he would never make it, before discovering his funny side while working in the costume department at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He eventually made his way down to California, working retail jobs in San Francisco -- an experience that has served his character well on Superstore -- and doing standup. In 2012, he started regularly appearing on the Chelsea Lately roundtable, which was followed by bit roles on 2 Broke Girls and Mulaney, as well as the 2015 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

Nico Santos with Nichole Bloom and America Ferrera on set of 'Superstore.'

NBCUniversal

Now a hit on Superstore, which has been rewnewed for a fourth season, Santos’ profile is about to increase with his coveted role as Oliver T'sien in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians, the first major Hollywood film featuring an all-Asian cast since 1993’s The Joy Luck Club. Telling the story about a woman who discovers her boyfriend comes from an extremely wealthy family when the two visit Singapore for a high-profile wedding, the film stars Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Jeong and Awkwafina. It’s a project, Santos says, “everyone wanted to be part of because it’s such a huge moment for inclusion and diversity.”

Filmed on location in Malaysia and Singapore, it was the first time the actor found himself on a set surrounded by Asian actors, as well as an Asian crew led by director Jon M. Chu. “We would look around set like, ‘Oh, my God, we’re in Singapore, making this big Hollywood movie, and it was amazing because everybody in this cast are people who look like me,” Santos recalls, demonstrating just how rare this experience is.

“You know, a lot of times when you're a person of color, when you're a queer person in Hollywood and do these jobs, you are the token. You are the only one. It wasn't lost on me, looking around, it's like, ‘Everybody here's Asian, you know, in front of the camera, behind the camera, and it was being directed by an Asian person. It was a really special moment.”

Being in Asia also allowed Santos to return home to the Philippines for the first time in more than 20 years. During a two-week break from filming, the actor spent time with friends and family in Manila. “To be home and to be walking around and not have to explain myself and feeling genuinely like I was living in my own skin and being around my people and my language and my food, it was definitely very emotional,” he recalls.

The most cathartic moment came, however, when he reunited with his childhood nanny, who helped raise him from the age of six months. “Girl,” Santos quips, describing the two crying as they reunited in a mall. “All these people were passing by us being like, ‘What is happening?’ And we were like, ‘Leave us alone! We haven't seen each other in 21 years!’”

Aware of Superstore and Crazy Rich Asians, Santos says everyone back home is “pleasantly surprised” by his recent success, going from a boy in the Philippines to pursuing his dreams onscreen -- something that’s not lost on him. “It’s really mind-boggling to me when I think about where I started and where I am now,” Santos says. “It’s kind of insane.”

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Petition for Kevin Kwan to portray Oliver T'Sien in the Crazy Rich Asians movie

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Cousin Oliver and Peik Lin teaming up to help Rachel in Crazy Rich Asians is true mlm/wlw solidarity