June 22nd, 2010
Ben Ostertag, the 13yr old brain cancer survivor who Mark befriended last year, is now on a mission to help others by raising money that will grant the wishes of other children with life-threatening illnesses. Mark visited with Ben several times last year at UCLA hospital where Ben was receiving treatment, and became personal friends of the family. He has kept in touch with the Ostertags and we are all so happy to see his cancer in remission and Ben as enthusiastic as ever.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
 
Tags: article, pics
Category: Articles
June 7th, 2010
The article may be titled “Like Father, Like Son”, but Mark gives us some incite into his next project, which he is currently filming. Here is an excerpt from that article:
“It’s going to be hard-core, live action,” says Dacascos, who has the lead role. “It should be interesting. Last time I worked with Steve (Steve Wang on “Drive”) I would come off the set with cuts, scratches, tons of bruises, and I even went to the hospital once. So I’ve been just getting my body prepared for the beating I’m going to take.”
So it look like we’ll soon be seeing the first live-action 3-D martial arts film! And Mark’s the star! how cool. Read the full article at the link below.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE
Tags: 3d, article, nextproject, read
Category: Articles
April 13th, 2010
Thanks to Carl Fox of Martial Arts Illustrated for posting his fantastic interview with Mark D on their site, martialartsunltd.co.uk. Martial Arts Illustrated is the UK’s #1 magazine in its class and has been pumping out great material since 1988, including four interviews with Mark. Here is an excerpt:
“I met with the producers of (Legend of Bruce Lee) and they were actually considering me for the Danny Inosanto part …but the thing about that part was that most of the scenes involved holding the pads for Bruce. They were hoping that I would want to fight Bruce so I thought, ‘Cool, OK, definitely.’ So it was their recommendation that I play the King Charles part and I thought that would be great because I get to fight Bruce Lee.”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Tags: article, Interviews, martial arts, read
Category: Articles
March 15th, 2010
Read this wonderfully kind and well put blog about Mark and his appearance as host of the History Channel doc “SAMURAI”.
from brycezabel.com: I like this composite picture of Mark (see here) because it so captures the duality he has. He’s the yin and the yang; the fighter and the lover; the East and the West. He’s multi-racial; multi-cultural; and, as I say, multi-talented.
For those of you who don’t already know, Mark and Bryce are good friends and Bryce was executive producer of “The Crow: Stairway to Heaven”. He maintains a blog called “For What It’s Worth” at BryceZabel.com
READ THE FULL BLOG HERE
Tags: article, links, samurai
Category: Websites
December 31st, 2009
Fil-Am stars Cheryl Burke, Natalie Coughlin and Mark Dacascos were honored by the Asian Journal as three of the “Top Personalities Who Shaped 2009″.
Dancing with the (Fil-Am) stars - Natalie Coughlin, Mark Dacascos and Cheryl Burke. It was a first on US reality television—three stars of Filipino heritage in one show, Dancing With the Stars on ABC. After back-to-back wins on DWTS’ Seasons 2 and 3, dancer-choreographer Cheryl Burke is the only professional dancer to appear in the show three times. Olympic swimmer gold medalist Natalie Coughlin performed for five weeks before being voted out, while Iron Chef America host, martial arts expert and actor Mark “The Chairman” Dacascos danced his way until the seventh week.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Thanks to Malou Liwanag-Aguilar from the Asian Journal for the nod.
Tags: article, asianjournal, awards, read
Category: Articles
November 2nd, 2009
by: Jeanne Jakle - How tough is it to be on Dancing With the Stars? “I’m on my 44th day without taking a break,” Mark Dacascos said in an early-morning call.
He was on his way to his real job in New York as Chairman on Iron Chef America. After that shoot, on three to four hours of sleep, Dacascos had to fly back to L.A. to put in hours and hours of practice with his partner, Lacey Schwimmer.
Once again, they were to learn three dances — including the samba and Paso Doble — by Monday’s show.
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Tags: article, Interviews, mysa, read
Category: Articles
October 30th, 2009
by: Roger Lagmay Oriel - Known as ‘The Chairman’ in Food Network’s Iron Chef America, Fil-Am actor Mark Dacascos performs another astounding feat by combining his martial arts sensibilities and discipline with the grace and fun of dancing — with the stars!
The Chairman has yet to prove his dancing chops and hopefully emerge as the new dancing champ for the popular ABC reality TV show, Dancing with the Stars. Win or lose, Mark Dacascos has already established himself as one of the most inspiring beacons of our kababayans here in the US. The Asian Journal MDWK Magazine is truly honored to have ‘The Cha-Chairman’ as this week’s cover story.
READ FULL ARTICLE AT ASIANJOURNAL.COM
Tags: article, asianjournal, read
Category: Articles
October 27th, 2009
Mark Dacascos, a strong contender who continues to wow the judges with his technique, brought the audience to its feet with his fast-paced jitterbug. “That was the energy I was looking for,” raved judge Carrie Ann Inaba. Dacascos (with pro Lacey Schwimmer) tied for the highest score of the evening with a 26.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Tags: article, people, read
Category: Articles
October 11th, 2009
From the Honolulu Star Bulletin:
“I don’t know what my chances are of lasting, but I love the challenge … and I work really hard and I have a fantastic partner and I’m just going to enjoy the ride. And I love being part of a show that the whole family can watch and that brings so many people together in such a positive way.”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Tags: article, hawaii, read
Category: Articles
August 20th, 2009
Check out this article! A wonderful prediction I might add!
by Cathy Maestri @ InstantRiverside.com
This season’s “Dancing With the Stars” favorite is the one whose name no one knows — Mark Dacascos, the nimble Chairman from “Iron Chef America.”
Sure, just like everybody else, we choked and did a doubletake when we heard disgraced former Congressman Tom DeLay was announced as one of this season’s 16 competitors.
But the man to beat is Dacascos. In fact, it’s hardly fair to even let him compete
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Tags: article, dwts, InstantRiverside, read
Category: Articles
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