Is Las Vegas ready for a Bollywood headliner? Check out Bollywood dance group Ishaara on America’s Got Talent. The UC Berkeley Dance group danced to Jai Ho from the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. They receive a standing ovation from the audience. Piers thinks the act was brilliant and all three judges agree that Ishaara is going to Las Vegas.
So You Think You can Dance has had Bollywood dance the past two seasons. See here and here.
Ishaara on America’s Got Talent
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If you are at the 2009 San Diego Comic con, be sure to check out all the Asian American artists out there. We have seen a sampling with Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. They’ll be at Booth #1735. Along with editors Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow and Jerry Ma, they have scheduled appearances at the Secret Identities include Kelly Hu, Keiko Agena, Sonny Liew, Ming Doyle, Bernard Chang and more. Secret Identities Editor-in-Chief Jeff Yang moderates a Panel featuring Dwayne McDuffie, Gail Simone, Jai Nitz, Stuart Moore and Gene Yang. Check the full lineup here.
Over at Imprint TALK, they have a 4-part guide to navigate through San Diego Comic Con to see all the panels that include Asian-Americans (artists, actors, industry people) as well as anything and everything to do with Asian pop culture.
Highlights include Spotlight on Gene Yang, MMA fighter Cung Le at Overture Films: Pandorum, and Focus Features: Thirst
Highlights Meet The Guild, Ming-Na at Stargate Universe, John Cho at Flash Forward & TV Guide Magazine: Sci Fi Hot List, Olivia Munn at G4: Attack of the Show, Anil Kapoor at 24, and Four Color Reality: Making Comics Relevant to Readers Across Cultures
Highlights include Women in Manga, Grant Imahara at Myth Busters Q&A and Sneak Peeks, Chris Yen at Give ‘Em Hell Malone
Highlights include Kelly Hu at The Spectacular Spider-Man, Nick Jr. Presents: Ni Hao, Kai-Lan and Wonder Pets!, 25 Years of Usagi Yojimbo: Spotlight on Stan Sakai, and Charlyne Yi at Overture Pictures: Paper Heart
Also the San Diego Asian Film Festival will be out there too at Booth #4019. BTW – if you can’t make it out there Angry Asian Man has an asian american superhero contest
Visit the Secret Identities booth at 2009 San Diego Comic Con
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