“Comeback King” Ke Huy Quan’s Ultra Uplifting Conversation with Preston & Steve
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 26: Ke Huy Quan accepts the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Ke Huy Quan is continuing to dominate awards season for his performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once. It began with his emotional speech at the Golden Globes, then he won best supporting actor at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards.
Then, last night he made history by becoming the first Asian male to win the outstanding supporting actor award in the film category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The Preston & Steve Show talked to Ke on the show back in April 2022. Everything Everywhere All at Once had just come out and there was overwhelming excitement over his return to acting among his fans. He told the gang that the movie Crazy Rich Asians was his inspiration to get back into acting. “I was content being behind the camera until that movie came out,” remarked Ke, “I had serious FOMO.”
He discussed his days as a child star. Acting in huge 80s blockbusters such as The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. After years of doubting his career choice, acting in small projects or not at all, he is finally receiving recognition for his work.
For years, he looked for work in Hollywood but to no avail. He had serious doubts about himself and his future. Little did he know that more than 20 years after his last considerable success, another was coming. He couldn’t believe he was even speaking with The Preston & Steve Show about his new movie that was being received so well.
Ke told the gang that he doesn’t think this role would have hit the same or even been right for him had it come 10 or 15 years ago. Sometimes, timing is all that matters.
This serves as a great reminder that your dream may come true, it just may not be the right time for it to come to you. You are never too old to hit your big break. Having Ke call into the show was so refreshing! His positive attitude, fond memories of his 80s classics, and insight into Everything Everywhere All at Once were amazing to hear. We wish him nothing but continued success!
5 Opening Act and Headliner Combos That Actually Happened
New tours are seemingly announced every week. Oftentimes, those tours feature outstanding multi-act lineups and other great supporting acts.
With that in mind, we can’t help but think about all of the strange opening acts and headliner combos in rock history, and there have been some doozies.
A great example of this was the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert in 2003. The show was organized as an economic boom for Toronto, which was hit pretty badly by the SARS outbreak. (It’s also why the show is affectionately known as SARSStock. Over 450,000 people attended the show, which featured the headlining lineup of The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who…and Justin Timberlake.
Bookers and promoters didn’t think about how a predominantly rock crowd would react to Timberlake. It’s a memory that still sticks with Timberlake, who reflected on it during a February 2020 appearance on BBC’s The Graham Norton Show.
“You would think Canadians are historically peaceful people, … It was a bit of a blur,” recalled Timberlake, who at the time had just started his solo career. “I just remember saying to the band before we went on stage, ‘I don’t think this is going to go well.’ Little did I know how bad it was going to go.”
So, how bad was it? People threw bottles of urine at him!
Jokingly, Timberlake said, “I still have a lot of trauma from this incident. After the first song, the host of the festival comes out and [tries to wave me off stage,] and I’m like, ‘No, man! I’m staying out here! We’re doing this!'”
Fans then continued to throw the bottles of urine at him, but things eventually calmed down. Timberlake said, “After [the second song of the set] either one of two things happened: Either they ran out of nerve, because they knew I was going to stay there, or they ran out of urine.”
Fortunately, no bottles of urine were involved in the following five examples of strange opening act and headliner combos. However, they all are very interesting and almost baffling that they even happened. Enjoy!
Marisa Magnatta, Producer at The Preston & Steve Show, has clocked-in two decades at 93.3 WMMR, Philly. She’s your source for everything Philly, concert, sports fan, restaurant or Preston & Steve Show related.