The Town That Rocked the Nation

Uh oh. We're coming to Philly. The home to AMERICAN BANDSTAND, G. LOVE, Dr. J, and brand new 10 Million Dollar Man RYAN HOWARD. Where's it going to be? The legendary ANTHONY WAYNE THEATER. It's right near Villanova, great folks, great town. It's happening on MARCH 6th at 8pm. It was originally posted that the screening was going to happen on FEBRUARY 28th, but it was wrong, and the publicity people went ballistic..."NO MOVIE CAN BE ADEQUATELY PROMOTED IN 7 DAYS!" I think the publicity folks need to go on decaf. So like that, BOOM, free show in Philly, the place will be packed, so come on out early, I look forward to meeting every single one of you. All the details are on the movies page (It's 1 on my friends list for easy access) Also, a heavy hitter in the movie, LYMAN CHEN is getting some press these days. He held his own against Nichsolson in THE DEPARTED and he'll be on the screen again really soon in M NIGHT SHYMALAN's "THE HAPPENING". So Lyman is big time and he mentioned the flick in some recent press. He's a top notch human being and he's top notch in the movie. The article is right here: On a Role Local actor Lyman Chen picks up the pace since appearing in the Oscar-winning Scorsese film "The Departed." Moviegoers during the next few months will be seeing a lot more of Lyman Chen, a part-time Hollywood actor who lives in North Wilmington. This month, Chen will appear in two films: "Leaf," a sports flick directed by Delawarean Tim Carr, and a comedy called "Made for Each Other." In August Chen wrapped production of M. Night Shyamalan's, "The Happening," starring Mark Wahlberg. The film hits theaters June 13. Chen admits that during filming of "The Happening," he was much more relaxed than when he worked on "The Departed" with Jack Nicholson and director Martin Scorsese. "The Departed" won the 2006 Academy Award for best film. "Up to that point, I had only done commercials, training videos and small, independent films," Chen says. "To be standing next to Jack and have Marty directing was very unnerving. The best acting I've ever done was there—not the filming part, the part where I had to act like I knew what the hell I was doing." Chen—a married father of two who owns two local Re/Max franchises—may not act full time, but he intends to break the Asian stereotype. "Asian male roles were always so passive and meek, to the point of being emasculating," he says. "If they weren't doing Kung Fu, they were geeky, off-the-boat Asian characters." Chen would not likely be cast in such a role. "How many 6-foot, 220-pound Chinese guys do you know?" —By Maria Hess