CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta is in Mexico City, the epicenter of the swine flu outbreak. Get the latest information about Swine Flu by following Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Twitter here. (He was in the running for U.S. Surgeon General until he pulled out.) Also check the Center for Disease Control website here to learn more about swine flu.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta covers Swine Flu in Mexico City
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The Coalition for Asian American Children & Families (CACF) is putting on Asian American Idol 2 in NYC. This is a karaoke competition and fundraiser benefiting CACF, the nation’s only pan-Asian children’s rights organization. Here’s the lineup:
Asian American Idol II’s emcee will be:
Taiyo Na, Musician / Singer / Songwriter
Star-studded celebrity judges panel includes:
Malan Breton, Designer / Project Runway
Parisa Montazaran, Singer / Read World Sydney
Heather Park, Musician / Singer (check out her latest Music video Leave Me To Dream)
The lucky 15 Asian American Idol II contestants!(in alphabetical order, not order of performance)
Gerry Benedicto – Long Island
Vivian Bui – Brooklyn
Venancio Cabel – Brooklyn
Grant Chang – Chinatown, NYC
David Chou – Upper East Side
Christina Chiu – Chelsea, Manhattan
David DeVinck – Upper West Side
Calvin Kwan – Queens
Christopher Kim – Brooklyn
Veronica Kim – Fort Lee, NJ
Rodney Martin – Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Ruth No – New York City
Zawadi Noel – Brooklyn
Alvin Tran – Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Jonah Yue – Astoria, Queens
Good luck to all our contestants!!! If you want to attend, you can get tickets here.
Recent performance by Taiyo Na and Magnetic North
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18 year old Japanese beatboxer Daichi put together a YouTube video to get a wildcard spot at the BeatBox Battle. He dominates the views on all submissions online for the competition. (Last count we saw was 250,000+.) Good luck to DaiChi. The Beatbox Battle World Championship takes place in Berlin, Germany from May 28 – June 1, 2009. More info here. (BTW – How is Daichi making the sounds he makes when he puts his hand over his mouth?)
Daichi for Beatbox Battle Wildcard
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In episode 21 of Season 4 of Bones we saw a bunch of Asian Americans. Here’s a synopsis of the episode entitled “The Girl In The Mask”:
Booth’s detective friend, Ken Nakamura, calls him from Tokyo in a panic when his sister Sachi goes missing in Washington. Booth and Brennan are on the case, and their investigation leads them to a canal where they find Sachi’s decapitated head. Booth and Brennan meet up with Ken and trace his sister’s life away from home, and their investigation leads them to an elite escort service. When they discover that her roommate is also missing, they must race against the clock to find Sachi’s killer.
We spotted these Asian Americans in the episode:
Brian Tee (Ken Nakamura) – (That’s the Drift King from The Fast and The Furious :Tokyo Drift)
Ally Maki (Dr. Haru Tanaka)
Robert Wu (James Sok)
Yuji Okumoto (Bruce Takedo)
Jina Song (Masseuse)
Jane Park Smith (Nozomi Sato)
In the past few months, we have seen Asian Americans on House, CSI, Numb3rs, and Lie to Me.
Bones – The Girl In The Mask
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