February 2012
8 posts
What Superhero Would You Be?
The answer to this tweet, which was too enticing to answer in only 140 characters.
tine jensen @tinepige @bigsmilenoteeth what superhero would you be, given the choice to be one for a day?
What superhero would I be is a tough question that goes to the heart of personal identity and how you see yourself.
Obviously for cool, sheer anti-hero appeal I’d want to be Wolverine, though for thrills...
A Valentines Day Secret →
January 2012
3 posts
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WatchLiTV promos. The outtake THEY don’t want you to see! Except that my producer over there sent it to me and LiTV said I could post it. But it’s controversial!
WatchHappy Everything.
December 2011
4 posts
Questions, questions, questions, and only one...
Yeah, so it’s not really like it’s the wrong number, but I don’t answer so many of the questions on tumblr anymore. I used to, but it clogs up the page (though not as bad as posting videos at the wrong resolution, which I have no idea how to fix) and if you really want a question answered you can ask it here:
http://www.facebook.com/bigsmilenoteeth
I answer most stuff posted...
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November 2011
3 posts
MIA isn't KIA
I’ve been pretty MIA lately I admit, but I’m not KIA (which is surprising given how little free time I’ve had). Haven’t had much time to update anything really. I’ve been busy shooting The Link for Li and Obsession which should be out in the New Year.
But tonight is the first night off I’ve had in a bit and I’m posting! Admittedly I’m too...
October 2011
5 posts
Sang O'Canada today in a Chinese Military Camp...
Too bad I’m a horrifically terrible singer, and I forgot the lyrics, and I tried to end on a high note.
Still using my Tumblr to post to twitter and FB until I’m on the other side of the great firewall.
Beating The Great FireWall
In the land where Facebook and Twitter are banned; how will YOU post? By posting to a Tumblr account that is set up to send to Facebook and Twitter!
KAPOW!
I just beat the Great Chinese Firewall—I think. I actually have no way to check cause I’m in Beijing.
And what incredible information am I imparting by risking life and jail time to circumvent one of the greatest tools of...
“Lift off with your head in the clouds
Or get lost in the rest of the crowd”
– Slug in Late for the Sky by Evidence
September 2011
3 posts
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How to Beg for a Czech Visa
After a twelve-hour flight from Bangkok, I ditched my connecting flight and caught a train to Bern. When I got to the embassy, it was just opening. I dragged my bags up the driveway and plopped them in front of the glassed in service counter.
“Hi. I’m Jason Godfrey. I need a visa for the Czech Republic,” I said to a burly red haired woman with thick-rimmed glasses. She...
August 2011
5 posts
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Eatons Catalogue--Learning from the Masters
Found an Eatons Catalogue circa 1972 in a friends basement the other day. Eatons was Canada’s answer to Sears before Sears won the department store wars and now Sears is Canada’s answer to Sears.
This catalogue brought back a lot of memories. The first advice my booker at Elite gave me when I started modeling was, “study the Sears catalogue, study the poses, and watch what...
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Fashion Fat and Photographing like a Deer in the...
I’m with my family, so I’m posting another excerpt from my unpublished (hooray.) memoir. Sue me.
Working in the fashion industry opened my eyes to lots of things. The most disturbing was, despite being of normal size in the regular world, I was apparently an overstuffed cow in the fashion world. This wasn’t the first time I’d been called fat. Before I’d ever worked, before I’d...
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Full Circle?
The final episode of VIP Access airs on Star Movies this Saturday, and shooting it gave me the opportunity to work again with my first ever co-host and hosting mentor Lisa S.
We haven’t really worked together since the Oscars, and all we were shooting was a very relaxed segment with other VIP Access alumni Desmond, but I realized shooting with Lisa was like having a comforting safety net...
July 2011
7 posts
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What?!? Free Wine with any cut at Toni & Guy
Started going to TONI & GUY’s Soho Salon on Old Bailey Street here in Hong Kong. Sure, I’ve been offered water and coffee while getting my haircut, but wine? Red wine is high in anti-oxidants and reduces the risk of heart disease, so it would be irresponsible of me not to partake in a couple of glasses of red wine.
Luckily my hair stylist, Rita Wong, waited until the cut was...
“One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate...”
– Larry Summers, President of Harvard on the Winklevoss twins.
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Things I've Learnt from My Facebook FanPage
It’s been almost two months since I started a Facebook fan page, or embraced the suck, as I call it. And, in that time, I’ve figured a few things out.
1) SHORTER IS BETTER
When I sit down to write a longer blog post, or slave in front of the editing suite to put together a video (like this steaming piece of shit), it’s not nearly as successful as when I take three seconds...
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First Episode of VIP Access, it's something to do...
Watch tonight, July 16th, on Star Movies at 8:30pm for my first episode of VIP Access (Sunday night for viewers in the Philippines). It’s all about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2! Watch me stumble through my ignorance of the Harry Potter series as I try to use terms like muggles naturally!
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June 2011
11 posts
“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and...”
– Rocky—Rocky Balboa, I know it’s cheesy to quote a film and even cheesier to quote Rocky, but I really think he nails it here.
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Inspiration is for Amateurs
Who walks into Barney’s in New York with a couple suit cases of clothes, and by the end of the meeting, has sold their previously non existent line to one of the largest department stores in the world? Johanna Ho, that’s who.
I interviewed Johanna and Yvonne Ro yesterday. Both are collaborating on a limited edition bag line called RO:JO, and Yvonne has her own line called...
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A Little Something On Castings--Excerpt from BSNT
In other cities, going to a casting with only a handful of people ahead of you was a blessing. In Bangkok, a handful of people meant you’d sit in the waiting room for hours watching movies you had forgotten existed on Cinemax.
Casting took hours because they did full makeup and wardrobe for every model. It was no touch up either. They straightened curled hair and curled straight...
“One day you’ll go to the toilet, check yourself in the mirror, and wonder...”
– My Dad
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About Meeting Famous People
Before the final day of Screen Singapore, I was having a talk with one of my directors about how meeting celebs wasn’t a big deal for me. I’d never been into hero worship, and though I love film, I wasn’t interested in movie stars’ personally. I concluded that meeting Tom Hanks, one of the biggest film stars of all time, wouldn’t be a big deal for me.
I was...
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
– Salvador Dali
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Rolling Out the Red Carpet means Rolling Out the...
Screen Singapore, the city-states’ first film festival, is here and that means a steady stream of Asian and a sprinkling of Western celebrities will be strutting down the red carpet. It also means a marked lack of sleep for myself and a total lack of anything resembling rest for the poor production people I work with.
All in all interviewing celebs on the red carpet is actually...
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May 2011
24 posts
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Embracing the Zuck
I’ve never been a keen user of Facebook. I don’t change my profile picture every week, I don’t update my status to let people know just how tasty the last cupcake I ate was, or just how upset I am at the taxi driver who dropped me in far off Aberdeen instead of Aberdeen Street in Central—but for me to deny the phenomenon that is Facebook would be like a miserly old...