Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Sun-min Kim and David Horvath with OX in front of GR2. They were setting up Photos from the Uglyverse which begins on Saturday evening. It's not exactly a show for kids, since it's mostly photography. Maybe it's Uglydoll 13+? The images are 30×40! Large size and it's work from their new calendars. We'll have those too!
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Remember him? Issue 65 cover Shintaro Ohata's art became well loved instantly by a lot of you, and here's a little update of his works. *in case you don't know much about him, he's a young artist from Tokyo who I actually met while being a scout judge at Takashi Murakami's Geisai event. I thought he was one of the best in show. The piece above, you might remember since it was on the cover, but see the new ones below.
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Special screening took place tonite at CAA. The big agency in Century City. Although it was at a CAA, it still looked like an Asian club. Where did all these folks come from? They're straight out of a nighttime event. Dressed to try and win Daniel Wu over, they watched Shinjuku Incident which was much more serious movie than I remember. The movie went well, the audience was unlike any audience I've ever seen at a movie, and we then did a short Q and A which went about 30 minutes. Of course, the Asian audience kept their questions to themselves. We covered the film, but then dove into Daniel's career. I swear the many happy female faces were transfixed on Daniel the entire Q and A. The after party attracted tons of folks from the screening. I think the crowd actually grew.
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After eating Korea Town beef at an all you can eat place, the following day I ate at the Secret Beef Spot. A sheer difference in quality. Imagine, Korea town beef places are about quantity, but this place, it's about quality. It's all different forms of beef and the best cuts of it. Tucked away in LA, the word is out on this place. I'm not going to be the one who tells anyone where it's at, but it's been there for years, and you need a special recommendation to get the hell in the door. Are you a CEO, an actor, a writer, or a phony? No, you're not getting in unless you have the pass. Getting the pass, is just getting the pass. It sounds lame, but in the end, it's how it stays open. Too much hype and sadly, it's gone. I've now been about five times, and the meal changed a little, but it's still special. Grilled beef two days in a row for me. This might be my quota for a while, maybe, or maybe not.
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