Here’s a clip of Russell Peters performing at the Asian Excellence Awards
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The 2008 Asian Excellence Awards will air on E! Entertainment Television on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, 5 p.m. CT and will be available on Comcast on Demand, beginning May 7.
Here’s a clip of JabbaWockeeZ performing at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards.
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Roscoe Umali with JabbaWockeeZ:
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The 2008 Asian Excellence Awards will air on E! Entertainment Television on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, 5 p.m. CT and will be available on Comcast on Demand, beginning May 7.
Here’s a clip of Kaba Modern performing at the 2008 Kaba Modern
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The 2008 Asian Excellence Awards will air on E! Entertainment Television on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, 5 p.m. CT and will be available on Comcast on Demand, beginning May 7.
The 2008 Asian Excellence Awards(R) was held at UCLA’s Royce Hall yesterday, attracting some of the hottest stars in film and television. Hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars) and Bobby Lee (MADtv), Hollywood players came out in force to honor Asian and Asian Americans’ accomplishments in the arts and entertainment, sports and business. The 2008 Asian Excellence Awards will air on E! Entertainment Television on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, 5 p.m. CT and will be available on Comcast on Demand, beginning May 7.
Here are all the winners of the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards(R):
OUTSTANDING FILM – Lust, Caution – Director, Ang Lee
OUTSTANDING FILM ACTOR – Tony Leung, Lust, Caution
OUTSTANDING FILM ACTRESS – Sharon Leal, This Christmas
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTOR – B.D. Wong, Law & Order, SVU (NBC)
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTRESS – Lindsay Price, Lipstick Jungle (NBC)
SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTRESS – Sonja Sohn, The Wire (HBO)
SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTOR – Rex Lee, Entourage (HBO)
FAVORITE TV PERSONALITY – Cheryl Burke, Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
FAVORITE REALITY STAR – JabbaWockeeZ, America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV)
In addition, the Asian Excellence Awards presented two honorary awards. YouTube co-founder Steve Chen was presented with the Pioneer Award and Olympic Figure-Skating Champion Kristi Yamaguchi received the special Inspiration Award. Quentin Tarrantino presented a special tongue-in-cheek “Half Asian Award” to actor/comedian Rob Schneider.
Live performances during the event included JabbaWockeeZ, an all-male dance crew that gained fame by appearing on America’s Got Talent and then went on to win the MTV hip hop dance reality series America’s Best Dance Crew earlier this year. Also, the street dance group KABA Modern, a top finalist in America’s Best Dance Crew show, and rapper Roscoe performed. In addition, internationally known actress and singer Tia Carrere sang two songs from her 2008 Grammy-nominated Hawaiian music album Hawaiiana.
The Asian Excellence Awards also included such celebrity presenters and attendees as Steven Seagal, Quentin Tarantino, Kelly Hu, Lindsay Price, Sonja Sohn, Verne Troyer, B.D. Wong, Andre Royo, Ian Ziering, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bobby Lee, Jack Yang, Rob Schneider, Daisy Fuentes, Roger Fan, Russell Peters, Devon Aoki, Sharon Leal, Tamlyn Tomita, Bai Ling, Cheryl Burke, Cristian de la Fuente, Se7en, Will Yun Lee, Michelle Krusiec, Michael Yo, Brenda Song, Rex Lee, Navi Rawat, Jack Yang, Michaela Conlin, James Saito, and Teresa Cheung.
Here’s a clip of winner for the Viewer’s Choice for Favorite Reality Stars:
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We will post more clips are they pop up online.
Tia Carrere at the Asian Excellence Awards
Russell Peters at the Asian Excellence Awards
The 51st San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 24–May 8, 2008 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Castro Theatre and Landmark’s Clay Theatre in San Francisco; and the Pacific Film Archive Theater in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, the San Francisco International Film Festival is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in the country’s most beautiful city, featuring 25 awards, 200 films and live events with upwards of 100 participating filmmakers and diverse audiences of 80,000+ people.
Here’s a list of Asian and Asian american films screening over the next couple of weeks:
Big Man Japan, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japan
Black Belt, Shunichi Nagasaki, Japan
Brick Lane, Sarah Gavron, England
Calcutta My Love, Goutam Ghose, India
Flower in the Pocket, Liew Seng Tat, Malaysia
Frozen, Shivajee Chandrabhushan, India
Glasses, Naoko Ogigami, Japan
Huling Balyan Ng Buhi (or The Woven Stories of the Other), Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Philippines
Linger, Johnnie To, Hong Kong
Mongol, Sergei Bodrov, Germany/China/Mongolia/Kazakhstan
Orz Boyz, Gillies Ya-che Yang, Taiwan
Pool, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Indonesia (short)
Secret, Jay Chou, Taiwan
Shadows in the Palace, Kim Meejeung, South Korea
Still Life, Jia Zhangke, Hong Kong/China
10 + 4, Mania Akbari, Iran
Umbrella, Du Haibin, China
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang, Canada
The Warlords, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Hong Kong
WING, the fish that talked back, Ricky Rijneke, Netherlands (short)
Wonderful Town, Aditya Assarat, Thailand
Calavera Highway, Renee Tajima-Peña, USA/Mexico
Since You’ve Been Ong, Frank Yeean Chan, USA (short)
Watch the trailer for the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival
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The DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon runs for its third year at the Bijou Art Cinemas from Thursday, April 24 to Sunday, April 27. There will be over 60 films playing over these 4 days. This is Oregon’s only Asian American Film festival. Scheduled to attend are director Michael Kang (West 32nd) and actor Roger Fan (Ping Pong Playa).
Opening Night – West 32nd
Centerpiece – Baby
Closing Night Ping Pong Playa
Watch the trailer for the 2008 DisOrient Asian American Film Festival:
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