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Via the 25th Anniversary Issue, Under The Silver Moon

This portrait directed by Nick Hooker follows the life and career of painter turned restaurateur Michael Chow, the owner of the Mr Chow restaurant chain, as…

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Michael Chow’s groundbreaking restaurants attracted everyone from Mae West to Jay-Z, an eccentric legacy explored in a new documentary

A new documentary, aka Mr. Chow, celebrates the colorful life of Michael Chow, the celebrity restaurateur, and his rediscovered love of art.

AKA Mr. Chow (now streaming on Max) profiles a true modern renaissance man: Michael Chow, an outsized personality and self-described eccentric whose Mr. Chow restaurant chain has dished out upscale Chinese cuisine to celebrities for decades. His a big-idea man with an eye for detail which he applies to his variety of creative outlets: food, painting, acting, interior design. Director Nick Hooker sits Chow down to vividly narrate his story in this documentary profile that tries to get a glimpse b...

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In Screen Gab No. 104, Simon Kinberg stops by to discuss his Apple TV+ series 'Invasion,' his hopes for the 'X-Men' franchise and what he's watching.

Among his many talents, the celebrity restaurateur Michael Chow , the subject of “AKA Mr. Chow,” has the seemingly savant-ish ability to recall the first shot…

Michael Chow is meant to be in Riyadh. But as drones spell out his name in the sky above Saudi Arabia’s capital, heralding the Oct. 5 opening of the latest outpost of his eponymous restaurant, the charismatic restaurateur, artist and bon vivant is in his Los Angeles home, grounded with a positive COVID-19 test. He is …