If you weren’t able to attend the World of Dance Tour in Southern California. Here’s some of the highlights from the people who competed in America’s Best Dance Crew Season 3 including Quest Crew, Beat Freaks, and Lydia Paek.
Quest Crew Performance
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Beat Freaks Performance
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Lydia Paek from Boxcuttuhz and Quest
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The Fast and the Furious 4 had the best opening weekend of any movie so far this year. The film made an estimated $72.5 million to become the king of the box office this weekend. $30.1 million came in on Friday alone. The movie already made more than the previous installment, 2006’s ” The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” which made a total of $62.5 million. Congrats to director Justin Lin! This might be the highest opening weekend ever for an Asian-American director in the U.S.
Here’s a few interviews with Justin Lin here and here.
The Fast and Furious 4 Trailer
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For the past six months, Jon M. Chu and some of the most talented people in the dance business have been locked in a room secretly building a project that combines music, dance, story telling, sport and interactive media.
Dancers as superheroes.
No Special effects. No Wires. Real People, Real powers.
We have seen glimpses of the LXD (League of Extraordinary Dancers) before including on Ellen. We’re looking forward to see what Jon M. Chu will bring. Previously, he brought us The Biggest Online Dance Battle in YouTube History, Step Up 2, and the Election Dance Off.
Updates:
Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD) Trailer
Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD) on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD)
LXD Official Sneak Peek from Jon M. Chu
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On March 17, 2009, the International Women’s Media Foundation and Reporters Without Borders jointly launched a petition for the immediate and unconditional release of Current TV reporters Laura Ling (sister of Lisa Ling) and Euna Lee, who have now been held in North Korea for over a week. The two organizations stated that, “Laura Ling and Euna Lee were taken into custody on the Chinese-North Korean border while reporting on the fate of North Korean refugees, and, more specifically, on the practice of trafficking in women. Pyongyang authorities have no reason to hold them or to accuse them of illegal activities. They should be freed at once.” You can sign the petition online here and here
If not released soon, the two reporters will be indicted and tried on charges of perpetrating “hostile acts” against the Communist state of North Korea, a crime punishable by years in a labor camp. To make matters worse, North Korea launched rockets over the weekend. The pair of reporters could be embroiled in the delicate international politics surrounding the North Korea’s rocket launch.
Here’s more coverage of Laura Ling and Euna Lee by the New York Times here.
Rachel Maddow talks about North Korea’s detention of Laura Ling and Euna Lee
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International community is concerned with the North Korea rocket launch over the weekend. The threat of potential long range missile strikes or nuclear warhead are real possibilities.
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By now you must have heard about the tragedy in Binghamton, New York. Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Voong (aka Jiverly Wong) killed 13 people at the American Civic Association, which provided English classes and other services to newcomers. Apparently, several factors may have pushed Jiverly Wong to mass murder including feeling degraded by his inability to speak English (people made fun of his English) and recently getting laid off.
Our prayers go out to the victims:
Jiang Ling, 22, China
Li Guo, 47, China
Hong Xiu Mao, 35, China
Hai Hong Zhong, 54, China
Lan Ho, 39, Vietnam
Dolores Yigal, 53, Philippines
Parveen Nln Ali, 26, Pakistan
Marc Henry Bernard, 44, Haiti
Maria Sonia Bernard, 46, Haiti
Maria Zobniw, 60, U.S.
Roberta Bobby King, 72, U.S.
Almir O. Alves, 43, Brazil
Layla Khalil, 57, Iraq
Every time we hear about a shooting involving an immigrant, we are reminded of the film Dark Matter. The site has some great information about cultural assimilation and campus violence.
Binghamton, New York shooting
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Binghamton mourns the victims of the shooting
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