Get Deepak in your pocket.
Deepak Chopra introduces the new Stress Free iPhone application. It’s the first in a series of iPhone applications from Deepak Chopra. Learn about the 6 keys to being stress free and their daily practice, and explore the world of Deepak Chopra, all from your iPhone / iPod Touch. If you want to check it out, go here
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Dr. Deepak Chopra talking about his new iPhone app
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Preview of Stress Free iPhone application
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Ellie takes an in depth look at Asian American group “Tim Be Told“. The multi-ethnic group members include Tim Ouyang (Keys/vox), Andrew Chae (Lead guitar), Luan Nguyen (Guitar/Back vox), Parker Stanley (Bass), Jim Barredo (Drums). Learn more about these guys and their music.
Update: their new EP “From the Inside” is now available on 
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Check out more of their music on or at Amazon.
BTW – you can catch some of their music on Lumina Webisode 4. Also check out the Tim Be Tols spotlight with the Lumina crew here.
Tim Be Told meets Ellie
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Here’s a rough cut for Thinking of You by Caprice Teaser. Check out the completed video. It’s not 100%. It still needs color correction. Pretty good production coming out of Malaysia.
Thinking of You by Caprice
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In case you missed it here’s the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD) on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). Watch them dance to Yellow by the Vitamin String Quartet. The set choreographed by Harry Shum, Christopher Scott, and Galen Hooks fuses classical music with modern dance moves. LXD creator Jon M. Chu is dominating dance online, film, and TV. Can’t wait for the LXD series to begin in 2010.
Here’s other LXD sightings:
Jon Chu & The League of Extraordinary Dancers on YouTube Live
League of Extraordinary Dancers on Ellen DeGeneres
LXD Official Sneak Peek from Jon M. Chu
Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD) Trailer
Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD) on So You Think You Can Dance
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Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. His Dynamic Teen Company‘s 10,000 members have taught basic reading and writing to 1,500 kids living in the slums. Learn more about Efren Penaflorida here.
CNN Hero Efren Penaflorida talks about his program
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Efren Penaflorida – 2009 CNN Hero of the Year
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Looking for a holiday party to attend? If you’re in Los Angeles, check out the CAPE Holiday Soriee 2009 aka the CAPE Royale. It’s considered to be one of the hottest social tickets this season. Rub elbows with some of the top Asian American celebrities you’ve seen on TV and the big screen.
Join Justin Chon (TWILIGHT), Karin Anna Cheung (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, THE PEOPLE I’VE SLEPT WITH), Patrick Gallagher (GLEE), Amy Hill (50 FIRST DATES), Carrie Ann Inaba (DANCING WITH THE STARS), Archie Kao (CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, THE PEOPLE I’VE SLEPT WITH), Miranda Kwok (SPARTACUS), Brooke Lee (MISS UNIVERSE), James Kyson Lee (HEROES), Camille Mana (SMART PEOPLE), Alec Mapa (UGLY BETTY), Leonardo Nam (BONES), Harry Shum Jr. (GLEE, THE LEGION OF EXTRAORDINARY DANCERS), Marc Dacosco (DANCING WITH THE STARS,
IRON CHEF AMERICA), Hideki Irabu (NEW YORK YANKEES), Julia Ling (CHUCK) and Di Quon (MAID IN MANHATTAN) and many other Asian/Pacific Islander celebrities for a night to remember.
The event will be held December 10, 2009 from 8:00 pm till 11:00 pm at Hollywood hot spot Social Hollywood (6525 Sunset Blvd.; Los Angeles, CA 90028). Get your tickets now! More information and ticket purchases available online here.
Here’s Karin Anna Cheung at last year’s event.
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More about CAPE Foundation, Inc.
Founded in 1991 in Los Angeles, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing diversity and cross-cultural awareness by actively educating and promoting Asian Pacific Americans for key artistic and leadership roles in the entertainment industry. With chapters in Los Angeles and New York, CAPE reaches thousands of studio and independent film executives, television network executives, film, television, and recording producers, publicists, below-the-line talent, actors, writers and directors. CAPE serves as one of the most important meeting places for Asian Pacific Americans in the entertainment industry.