Daily Archives: April 23, 2008

Karen David releases The Live Sessions EP

Karen David has both music and movies releaseing in 2008. This week was her release of her latest album “The Live Sessions”. Her music fuses Eastern and Western music. Listen to some of her music and add Karen David as your Myspace friend.

The stylish singer, songwriter and actress may be this year’s hottest new thing, but Karen is no stranger to the world of showbiz. Handpicked by Bill Cosby to star alongside him in a TV commercial for Jell-O at the age of six, the multi-talented 26-year-old has spent her whole life doing what she does best: putting on dazzling performances to win admirers wherever she goes. Born in Shillong, at the foot of the Himalayas and raised in Toronto, Canada, by a half Chinese/Khasi mother and a father from Chennai, the ever-alluring Karen was never one to be confined by the expected boundaries.

You can catch her in “Batman Begins”, she plays Court Reporter #1. She will also be in the upcoming film “The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian“. Congrats to Karen David on her new release and new movies. BTW – April 15th was her birthday. Happy belated birthday, Karen David.

Here’s the music video for “Alive”, the theme song for last year’s film “Provoked”. The song was compsed by AR Rahman and sung by Karen David. Karen also had a small role in the film with Aishwarya Rai.

Asian Excellence Awards 2008

Asian Excellence Awards take place tonite at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The event will be hosted by Bobby Lee (MADtv) and Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars). YouTube founder Steve Chen will be presented with the Pioneer Award and Olympic Figure-Skating Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi will receive the special Inspiration Award. (BTW – Kristi Yamaaguchi just got a perfect score on Dancing with the Stars a few nights ago.) Some other high profile guests and performers include Jabbawockeez, KABA Modern, DJ Shy, Tia Carrere, Roscoe Umali, and many more

Our previous post about online voting is here. We think the winners of the online votes will be:

FAVORITE TV PERSONALITY

Padma Lakshmi — Top Chef, Bravo

FAVORITE REALITY STAR

JabbaWockeeZ — America’s Best Dance Crew, MTV

Watch the tailer for the Asian Excellence Awards:

The Asian Excellence Awards is scheduled to be broadcast on Thursday, May 1 at 6pm ET/PT on E! and on Comcast on Demand starting May 7.

Asian Cultural Festival 2008

Queens Theatre in the Park celebrates Asian cultures from April 23-27. Scheduled to perform are Dulsori, Kung Eun IL& Haegumplus, Henry Cho, Seriously, Kevin So, Kristina Wong, Christine Toy Johnson, Ragamala Music & Dance Theater. Join the celebration.

Asian Cultural Festival

April 23-27

Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing, NYC

See the commercial for the Asian Cultural Festival :

Learmore about the Asian Cultural Festival