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Se7en album preview party

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Tonight is Se7en’s album preview party. This highly anticipated U.S. album has Korean Superstar Se7en collaborating with artists such as Fabulous, Three 6 Mafia, Far East Movement and many others. All of which are to appear at this event including live performances by Se7en, Far East Movement, and Three 6 Mafia. Other industry stars and excecutives will be in attendance. This event will be a star studded red carpet event, with Korean and American celebrities alike …

RED CARPET HOSTS: Model Lisa Kim Fleming and Comedian Danny Cho!

The party is at:

HIGHLANDS on the top floor

6801 Hollywood Blvd

Hollywood, CA 90028

Doors will open at 9:30. The guest list will close at 10:30. Party goes from 10pm to 3am.

Here’s Se7en partying it up in NYC back in March

Se7en presenting the award for the Outstanding Film Actor at the Asian Excellence Awards:

Hollywood Chinese

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Hollywood Chinese is a captivating revelation on a little-known chapter of cinema: the Chinese in American feature films. From the first Chinese American film produced in 1916 (Oakland filmmaker Marion Wong’s THE CURSE OF QUON GWON) to Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN nine decades later, HOLLYWOOD CHINESE brings together a fascinating portrait of actors, directors, writers, and iconic images (including Ang Lee, Wayne Wang, Joan Chen, David Henry Hwang, Justin Lin, B.D. Wong, Nancy Kwan, Tsai Chin, Lisa Lu, James Hong, and Amy Tan) to show how the Chinese have been imagined in movies, and how filmmakers have and continue to navigate an industry that was often ignorant about race, but at times paradoxically receptive.

Watch the trailer for Hollywood Chinese:

Watch a clip of Joan Chen from Hollywood Chinese:

Hollywood Chinese is ending it’s run in San Francisco today at the 4 Star Theatre. Catch this while you can. Next up for the film is New York. You can see the film at the Quad Cinema in NYC and at the Rochester/High Falls International Film Festival. Then off to Southern California May 30-June 5, 2008 at the Laemmle’s Music Hall in Los Angeles/Beverly Hills and Laemmle One Colorado in Pasadena.

If you like this film also, check out Slanted Screen.

Newport Beach Film Festival Asian American Entertainment Panels

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ALTRA Magazine has teamed up with the Newport Beach Film Festival to kick off their “Asian Films Cinema” showcase, by hosting two separate discussion panels to honor successful Asian American Media and Entertainment professionals in the US. All Seminars are FREE and seated on a first come, first served basis. Attend them today if you are in the area.

The first panel is the post screening Q&A of the film West 32nd, scheduled to take place at 3:15pm. Director Michael Kang, Producer Teddy Zee, and cast members including Hans Kim will be in attendance. This session will allow audiences to interact with the filmmakers in order to gain a better understanding of the film and its portrayal of New York City’s Korean American community.

1st Panel Location:

Edwards Island Cinemas – Screen 6

999 Newport Center Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

The second panel “Insights from Asian American Entertainment and Media Professionals” will feature both successful and rising Asian American professionals in the Entertainment and Media industries with the following speakers:

Bill Imada – Chairman & CEO of IW Group Inc.

Janet Yang – Producer, Dark Matter, The Joy Luck Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt

Camille Mana – Actress, Smart People, Equal Opportunity

Simon Yin – Actor, VJ of the channel formerly known as MTV Chi

Ron Oda – Writer/Director, Asian Stories Book

2nd Panel Location:

Edwards Island Cinemas – Screen 1

999 Newport Center Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Watch the trailer for the Newport Beach Film Festival:

The festival’s Asian Films Showcase will start on Monday, April 28th at 7pm, featuring renowned films from Asia and the US. The post-screening celebration will be held from 10:30pm – 1:30am, at Fury lounge. Here’s a list of Asian films playing during the festival:

Korea

Hellcats (Ddeugeoun geotsi joa)

4/28/08 – 7:30PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

West 32nd

4/27/08 – 2:00 p.m. Edwards Islands Cinemas- Fashion Island

Road to Holland (short film – 16 min)

4/28/08 – 5:15PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

(Within “Expect the Unexpected Shorts” Program)


China

Slam (China)

4/30/08 – 4:00PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

Up the Yangtze (China)

4/28/08 – 8:00PM – Edwards Island Cinemas -Fashion Island


Japan

Accuracy of Death

4/25/08 – 2:30PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

4/28/08 – 3:30PM – Lido Theater – Newport Beach

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always Zoku San-Chome No Yuhi)

4/28/08 – 7:00PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

5/1/08 – 12:30PM – Lido Theater – Newport Beach

Big Man Japan (Dai-Nippenjin)

4/26/08 – 3:45PM – Lido Theater – Newport Beach

Love My Life

4/29/08 – 3:30PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

5/1/08 – 1:45PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

India
Before the Rains

4/29/08 – 6:00PM – Lido Theater – Newport Beach

Amal

4/30/08 – 8:30PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

5/01/08 – 8:30PM – Edwards Island Cinemas – Fashion Island

Asian Excellence Awards 2008

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Asian Excellence Awards take place tonite at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The event will be hosted by Bobby Lee (MADtv) and Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars). YouTube founder Steve Chen will be presented with the Pioneer Award and Olympic Figure-Skating Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi will receive the special Inspiration Award. (BTW – Kristi Yamaaguchi just got a perfect score on Dancing with the Stars a few nights ago.) Some other high profile guests and performers include Jabbawockeez, KABA Modern, DJ Shy, Tia Carrere, Roscoe Umali, and many more

Our previous post about online voting is here. We think the winners of the online votes will be:

FAVORITE TV PERSONALITY

Padma Lakshmi — Top Chef, Bravo

FAVORITE REALITY STAR

JabbaWockeeZ — America’s Best Dance Crew, MTV

Watch the tailer for the Asian Excellence Awards:

The Asian Excellence Awards is scheduled to be broadcast on Thursday, May 1 at 6pm ET/PT on E! and on Comcast on Demand starting May 7.

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2008

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This trailer was just released online. The festival runs from May 1-8, 2008.

Look for the following films at the festival:

HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMS

• OPENING NIGHT – Thursday, May 1 – DGA

PING PONG PLAYA – A Film by Jessica Yu – The Los Angeles premiere of PING PONG PLAYA marks filmmaker Yu’s comedy narrative feature debut starring Jimmy Tsai, Roger Fan, Elizabeth Sung, Smith Cho, Andrew Vo, Khary Payton, Javin Reid, Scott Lowell and Peter Paige

• CENTERPIECE FILM – Sunday, May 4 – DGA

KISSING COUSINS – A Film by Amyn Kaderali – Filmmaker Kaderali brings his debut feature film to this year’s festival starring Samrat Chakrabarti, Rebecca Hazlewood, Gerry Bednob, Zack Ward, Jaleel White and David Alan Grier

• CLOSING NIGHT – Thursday, May 8 – Aratani/Japan America Theatre

THE HOME SONG STORIES – A Film by Tony Ayres – Australian based director Ayres brings a personal story starring the amazing Joan Chen in one of her most powerful performances as a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer and a mother of two who migrates to Australia and tries to begin a life for her family.