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.

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.

We got to chop it with cool cat M. Meow from The Asian Persuasion Show during halftime of BANANA in Los Angeles. We talk about some of the topics discussed on the panel including issues that Asian American female bloggers have to deal with as well as getting Asian American entertainment to the mainstream audience. We examine how groups like Far East Movement are all helping the APA community reach a wider audience.

Both The Asian Persuasion Show and channelAPA.com have the same objectives to promote Asian American artists. Listen to The Asian Persuasion Show every Wednesday at 7pm PST live here.

BANANA Halftime with The Asian Persuasion Show and channelAPA.com

Are you ready for BANANA – Infamous Asian American Bloggers Unite to Chop It Up?

We’re in Los Angeles right now. We’re ready to hang out with these fellow Asian American bloggers at BANANA: Angry Asian Man, Minority Militant, AZNRaps, 8Asians, Neaato (Network of Entertaining Asian American Talent), Hyphen Magazine, Mochi Magazine, Channel APA, Bicoastal Bitchin’, AArising, Antisocial Ladder, Nikkei View, VisualizAsian, Kimchi Mamas, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, DVAN (Diasporic Vietnamese American Network), big wowo, and Sepia Mutiny. (That’s a long list.) If you’re in the LA area, drop by and meet us. It’s gonna be bananas. Full details here.

BANANA in Los Angeles

Just a reminder for those in the Los Angeles area, BANANA is this Saturday. There’s some updates and changes to the event. Hosts Steve Nguyen and Lac Su gives you the low down:

• Event starts earlier at 3pm
• Location moved to U.S.C. (University Park Campus – Taper Hall, Room 101
• Bloggers scheduled to attend include Angry Asian Man, Minority Militant, AZNRaps, 8Asians, Neaato (Network of Entertaining Asian American Talent), Hyphen Magazine, Mochi Magazine, Channel APA, Bicoastal Bitchin’, AArising, Antisocial Ladder, Nikkei View, VisualizAsian, Kimchi Mamas, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, DVAN (Diasporic Vietnamese American Network), big wowo, and Sepia Mutiny.
• Meet and Greet with bloggers at Zip Fusion

Banana Update

Also tune into Asian Persuasion Show on Wednesday at 7pm PST at Titan Radio. Both Steve Nguyen and Lac Su will be on the show. If you miss it, listen to the archives on their MySpace page.