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Kollaboration 10 shouts with PK

Founder of Kollaboration PK hit ups some special guests to get the word out about Kollaboration 10 including the guys at Just Kidding Films, dumbfoundead, and Pigeon John. Don’t for get you can win Kollaboration 10 tickets from channelAPA.com. Take a peek at some of the performers in the Kollaboration 10 promo videos.

Just Kidding Films for Kollaboration 10

dumbfoundead and pigeon John for Kollaboration 10

Win Kollaboration 10 tickets in Los Angeles

This year marks the 10th year anniversary for Kollaboration. Kollaboration 10 will include a lineup of today’s biggest APA emerging artists to date. Competitors for Kollaboration 10 include Jason Yang, Clara (International Secret Agents Breakout Performer), Paul Jisung Kim, Sam Hart (aka blinktwice4y), Mike & Alfa, Will Volume, and Bhangra Empire. These Kollaboration 10 performers will compete against each other on March 6, 2010 at the Shrine Auditorium. Check out their collabo cover of Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister.”

Win FREE Kollaboration 10 tickets

channelAPA.com is giving away tickets to Kollaboration 10 in Los Angeles. If you want to win tickets to this event, tell us how you found out about channelAPA.com by doing one of the following:

1. send an email to webmaster@channelAPA.com

2. follow us on twitter and send us a tweet @channelAPA

3. fan us on facebook and post a message on our wall

How simple is that…Winners will be randomly selected from all entries and notified by email. Entries must be received by February 28, 2010. We have several pairs to give away, so tell your friends.

Special guests include Rex Navarrete, We Are Heroes, Abraham McDonald, Tony Rock, Pigeon John, Vudoo Soul, Just Kidding Films, the first-ever North American performance of internationally renowned dance group Prepix, and Peter Rocks and the Kollaboration House Band.

Special guest judges: Lisa Ling, Rex Lee, Abraham McDonald, Kevjumba, Michelle Phan, Joseph Kahn, Nita Song, Patty Yoon.

David Choi.

Kollaboration 10 Performers – Hey, Soul Sister

BTW – stay tuned for Kollaboration coming soon to your city

Strangers Screening in Los Angeles

If you’re in Los Angeles, catch a FREE screening of Strangers tonite. The stars of Charlotte Sometimes, Eugenia Yuan and Michael Aki (formerly known as Michael Idemoto), come together again to make the film “Strangers”. Here’s more about the film from Eugenia Yuan:

the passion project i mentioned a while ago is finally completed…STRANGERS will have a screening in los angeles on feb. 11th at the JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM at 111 N. CENTRAL AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012. doors open at 6, but the movie will begin at 7:30. for those of you who would like to attend, entry is free, but is on a first come, first serve basis. i’m very proud of the outcome after a lot of hard work by our cinehous team…michael aki, pryor praczukowski, robert burke, matt westmore, bill poon, and debuting our new star, eugene costello…this was definitely a passion project for us all, but especially michael and pryor who worked so hard on this from day one, to day 8005. hope some of you can go out and catch it and…enjoy. thank you and happy chinese new year to everyone!! may this year be a much better one than 2009…

Read more about the Strangers from Michael Aki here.

Strangers Trailer

Kollaboration 10 Promo Videos

If you’re in Los Angeles, check out Kollaboration X. The 10th annual Kollaboration takes place at the Shrine Auditorium on March 6, 2010. Here’s the lineup:

Special Guest Performers:

Rex Navarrete – Comedian

Tony Rock – Comedian

We are Heroes

Prepix

Pigeon John – Rapper

Vudoo Soul – Singer

Korean Union Dancerz – Hip Hop Dance Group

Just Kidding Films – Guest Appearance

and more!!

Competitors:

Jason Yang

Clara Chung (International Secret Agents Breakout Performer)

Paul Jisung Kim

Sam Hart (aka blinktwice4y)

Mike Isberto & Alfa

Will Volume

Bhangra Empire

See these Freestyle Vocal and Freestyle Dance competitors perform for $500 in prizes! Afterparty with free beer, soju cocktails and plum wine all night!!

Get your tickets here.

KOLLABORATION 10

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010

Time: 7PM (Doors open at 6PM)

Kollaboration 10 Promo Video

Kollaboration 10 Promo Video featuring Clara Chung

Valentine’s Day Promo

Vote CPAF for Chase Community Giving

Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF)

Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the US.

Ever two minutes someone in the US is raped or sexually assaulted.

One in three women will be abused in her lifetime.

It happens too often… the silence is deafening.

Sandra Oh, John Cho, Aaron Yoo, Lisa Ling, Archie Kao, C.S. Lee, Joan Chen, Justin Chon, Far East Movement, Kaba Modern and over 100 other members of the creative community will appear in a series of videos supporting the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF). It is truly a Cinderella story as still hundreds more contributed their time, experience and resources to produce the videos and help raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault.

A Los Angeles based non-profit, CPAF provides a multi-lingual 24-hour call center, emergency shelter, transitional housing program, counseling services and community outreach programs that focuses on the needs of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

CPAF finished in the top 100 out of a half million eligible groups in the first round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. As a result, they received $25,000 and a chance to compete for a grand prize of $1 million or one of five runner-up awards of $100,000 in the final round of voting from January 15-22. The winners will be announced on January 23. Please join them in the effort to spread the word and get out the vote to help CPAF win so they may continue to better serve the community. You can go here to vote. CPAF has quickly risen up the ranks on the leaderboard from #56 Sunday morning to #15 Monday morning. They need more help.

Here’s the for PSA to vote for the CPAF with the likes of Sandra Oh, Lisa Ling, Laura Ling, Euna Lee, Michelle Krusiec, Rosalind Chao, Shetal Sheth, and others with music by Sam Geunjin Kang

a powerful personal message from actress Michelle Krusiec

Here’s the international version with different languages and major Asian American celebrities including John Cho, Archie Kao, Leonardo Nam, David Choi, Aaron Yoo, and way too many to name

Another version featuring Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn, Nikki Soohoo (The Lovely Bones, Stick It), Patrick Gallagher (Glee), Brian Tee (The Fast & The Furious 3), Kaba Modern (America’s Best Dance Crew), and more

Update:

Here’s a star studded lineup of Asian American celebrities including David Choi, Disgrasian, Esna Yoon, Far East Movement, Beau Sia, Jaeson Ma, Eddie Kim from Projekt Newspeak, Just Kidding Films, Priscilla Ahn, Van Ness Wu, Ken Oak, Wong Fu Productions, Grace Su, Danny Cho, PK Kim from Kollaboration, Dawen, Seriously, Bobby Choy aka Big Phony, Kaba Modern, and Sam Geunjin Kang

update: More videos are coming out to support CPAF.

Here’s a group of Kollaboration musicians doing it up for the the Center for the Pacific Asian Family including Alex Hwang, Paul Jisung Kim, Jinah Kim, Gerald Ko, Megan Lee, Clara Chung, Will Volume, Jane Lui, and Jazmin. They groupsing “You Found Me” by The Fray.

Also out is this message by Far East Movement members KevNish and J-SPLIF

actress Karin Anna Cheung, star of “The People I’ve Slept With,” gives an emotional message

musician Ken Oak does his thing on the cello to pitch in

musician Bobby Choy aka Big Phony supporting the cause with his song

Sam Geunjin Kang doing the theme song for the CPAF PSAs

Justin Chon from Twilight and New Moon telling you to show support

Bart Kwan from Just Kidding Films giving it to you straight up as only they can (NSFW)

Danny Cho as Kim Jong Il along with Grace “Peachies” Su showing love to the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (NSFW)

singer Van Ness Wu delivers the message in English and Mandarin

C.S. Lee, Will Yun Lee, Nikki Soohoo, DJ Shy, Nylon Pink and more speak out for CPAF

Friends of CPAF Ensemble Randall Park, Lynn Chen, and more

Be a real man and vote along with Steven Ho, Ron Yuan, Brian Tee, Adrian Zaw, C.S. Lee, and more

Kaba Modern crew Mike Song, Yuri Tag, Cindy Minowa, Jia Huang, and Lawrence Kao want you to make a difference

Pastor Jaeson Ma and members of the GBS family like Jeannie Mai and Dawen

2010 Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference


If you’re near UC Irvine this weekend on Saturday, drop by to the Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference (APAAC). They’re celebrating their 25th anniversary with the theme of “(A-Z)Nology: Contemporary Asian America, from A to Z.” The lineup includes Suzanne Whang of Househunters, Will Tiao of Formosa Betrayed, Danny Cho of MadTV, Bart and Joe of JustKidding Films, afterschoolspecial of San Diego, and more. Get all the details here. Sounds like fun.

Special message from Unco Same and Unco Chin from JustKidding Films about APAAC