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my big bang 4th in chicago!

This 4thof july weekend I had my long time buddy Johnny Galecki (on right) in town visiting w/ his cast mates from the cbs hit tv show “the big bang theory” and it was truly a blast!  In this pic we were...
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me in the white house

  I have always wanted to see the inside the white house- who doesn’t- right?  About 6 yrs ago, I totally thought it was going to happen for sure. after being awarded the asian-american “excellence...
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thank you

They say more than 80% of restaurants go out of business in their first year. 5yrs ago today, I opened a new concept with characteristics that this City had never seen before, but sorely needed, called...
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transformers in chicago

Wow, look what resurfaced w/ all the hype about transformers this week- Someone sent this pic of me & shia labeouf hanging out @ the underground about an hour before his infamous silly arrest at...
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an evening of great events!

there are a ton of things going on in the city tonight, that's one of the reasons i love the summer in chicago so much! i'm going to hit up my spots tonight but before i do - check out some events that i'm...
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find out who's the next big thing?

I’ve always been fond of Gen Art not only because they expose emerging talent to the influential/masses… fashion designers, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists… but also because they focus a lot of...
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you are beautiful to me!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U   When I was young, I thought it would be cool to be a model, but unfortunately I was ugly… well, maybe not totally ugly (at least not to my mom), but definitely...
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celebrate olympic day! and have fun!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiyyWyM61LA As director of cultural relations for the chicago 2016 olympic committee, I particularly love this video- to me, it just captures the worldly, diverse, friendly,...
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you can get on "entourage" too!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6unkG547bM Emmy Award Winner Jeremy Piven and I made this fun little video while i was on the set of hbo's "entourage" playing the role of one of ari gold's agents! And it's...
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kanye puts on for his city

My good buddy Destiny’s Child's Michelle Williams and I went to support Kanye West last night and his Foundation’s effort to fight drop out rates & improve literacy, before she took off this morning...