{"id":82,"date":"2016-07-21T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2024-03-24T01:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T01:30:41","slug":"catch-the-premiere-of-the-locally-produced-documentary-arnold-knows-me-the-tommy-kono-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"CATCH THE PREMIERE OF THE LOCALLY PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY, ARNOLD KNOWS ME: THE TOMMY KONO STORY \u2022 JULY 26, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arnold-Knows-Me-The-Tommy-Kono-Story-960x638-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arnold-Knows-Me-The-Tommy-Kono-Story-960x638-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arnold-Knows-Me-The-Tommy-Kono-Story-960x638-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arnold-Knows-Me-The-Tommy-Kono-Story-960x638-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tommy Kono\u2019s story is one of great hardship and triumph. Although all of us have endured myriad ups and downs, this former weightlifter was a \u201ctwo-time\u00a0Olympic gold medalist, an Olympic silver medalist and six-time World Champion.\u201d For those who love a good success story, this event will share the nitty gritty for all who wish to see. The fine folks at KVIE are hosting this Tuesday soiree and a special Q&amp;A session with the director and producers Ryan Yamamoto and Suzanne Phan. Tommy Kono is a Japanese-American man who made an indelible imprint on the weightlifting sport as a whole and is a symbol of strength for countless Japanese and Japanese-Americans living here and abroad. Head on over to the gorgeous KVIE studios located at 2030 West El Camino Ave. in Sacramento. The event officially starts at 6 p.m. Submerge does not want to give too much away, but you can easily visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tommykonostory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tommykonostory.com<\/a>\u00a0to get the lowdown. And while the show is sold out, KVIE may release a few at the door. It as, after all, an Eventbrite-ticketed event. Hope to see you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Submerge)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy Kono\u2019s story is one of great hardship and triumph. Although all of us have endured myriad ups and downs, this former weightlifter was a \u201ctwo-time\u00a0Olympic gold medalist, an Olympic silver medalist and six-time World Champion.\u201d For those who love a good success story, this event will share the nitty gritty for all who wish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}