(from left) Tito Manny (Joey Guila), Regina (Elena Juatco), Eugene (Eugene Cordero), Joe Valencia (Jo Koy), Tita Teresa (Tia Carrere), Tita Yvonne (Melody Butiu) and Susan (Lydia Gaston) in Easter ...

Filipino-American stand-up comedian Jo Koy returned to the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena for his All-New Jo Koy: Just Being Koy Tour last June 21, 2025. For ...

For one thing, it doesn’t trust that a set-up — in which ambitious LA club comic Joe (Koy) is juggling the Hollywood audition of his life with being an available dad to his struggling teenage ...

Joey Guila, Elena Juatco, Eugene Cordero, Jo Koy, Tia Carrere and Lydia Gaston in “Easter Sunday.” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection The latter was produced by Steven Spielberg, after ...

And Koy’s on-screen alter ego, Joe Valencia, is a lot like performer himself, or at least a version of him. Harried and hard-working, he does his best to be there for his teenage son Joe Jr. ...

Stand-up comedian Jo Koy hosted the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards. ... Nolfi, Joey, and Alexia Fernández. "Oscars 2017: Emma Stone Wins Best Actress for La La Land." ...

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Josue, Velayo, and Joe Arciaga served as the film’s producers. Stated Koy, “There is a reason why I talk about Filipino nurses in my stand-up as I have so many family members in the healthcare ...

Koy plays actor Joe Valencia. Living in Los Angeles, Joe is starting to feel he’s dancing on the razor’s edge between success or failure. He’s got an agent, ...

Tacoma-raised Jo Koy discusses "Easter Sunday," which draws from his childhood in a Filipino ... “Easter Sunday” arrives in Seattle theaters Aug. 5 with Koy as Joe Valencia, who, like Koy, ...

Jo Koy, center, with Joey Guila, Elena Juatco, Eugene Cordero, Tia Carrere, Melody Butiu and Lydia Gaston in "Easter Sunday." Ed Araquel / Universal Pictures. July 29, 2022, 6:58 AM EDT.

Jo Koy: It has never come up. Never, not once, not ever, and it was so annoying. To work in Hollywood is a struggle. There was never a character of Filipino descent, so even going out for ...