February 2010
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The NYC Soho International Film Festival starts...
Founded by Jorge Ballos, Noli Parumog and Luis Pedron on July 1, 2009, the Soho International Film Festival (SIFF) encourages new and seasoned filmmakers to create innovative and thought provoking pieces.
SIFF host screenings and events in the renowned SOHO district of New York City to bring together filmmakers, critics, and cineastes from across the world. Filmmaking seminars will be...
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2010 - The Year of the Tiger
Feb 14, 2010 through Feb 2, 2011 CLSA via WSJ: “Tiger years are typically marked by dramatic changes and even upheaval and 2010, much like the tiger itself, sees an energetic and powerful, but impulsive and risky, year ahead.” NYPost: An Indian tiger swims at the Bangkok Zoo. Demand from a newly rich Asian population for goods such as tiger bone tonic wine and tigers’ skin, meat...
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Jessica Gomes in Portugal for Sports Illustrated...
How is Jessica Gomes Asian? (Also includes, in my opinion, one of the foxiest photos I’ve seen of hers) Photographed by Stewart Shining in Lisbon, Portugal. Swimsuit by Pistol Panties. Photographed by Stewart Shining in Lisbon, Portugal. Swimsuit by Cia Maritima. Photographed by Stewart Shining in Lisbon, Portugal. Swimsuit by Beach Bunny Swimwear. Photographed by Stewart...
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Sonia Dara in Rajasthan for Sports Illustrated...
Sonia Daria is of Indian origin, focuses her undergraduate studies in Human Evolution Biology at Harvard University (Class of 2012), and plans to pursue a career in Medicine specializing in Orthodontistry. Through her hard work and dedication to modeling while at AMTC in 2005, Dara impressed Elite modeling agency and was signed in Atlanta which then evolved into a contract with Elite in New...
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Who's the Asian Temple boss on 'Lost: The Final...
Are we supposed to surmise he’s Japanese because he keeps a Bonsai Tree and won’t speak English because the language tastes bad in his mouth? (Ok, fine. He speaks Japanese too.) (This is from tonight’s episode ‘What Kate Does”) So…he’s also barefoot. Why is everyone barefoot? Is that supposed to add to the mystery? Or make them more earthy and...
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Christine Teigen in the Sports Illustrated 2010...
Thai Norwegian beauty (and guess whose singer-songwriter’s longtime love), Christine Teigen, graces the pages of the long awaited, annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2010. (Brooklyn Decker, married to tennis star Andy Roddick and good gal pals with Teigen, is on the cover.)
Photographed by Randall Grant in Dhigu, Maldives, Male.
Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in ...
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Daniel Dae Kim stays on the island for Hawaii...
Congrats!!! to Korean talent (and hottie) Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Jin Kwon on ABC’s hit show Lost, for landing one of the leading roles in CBS’ remake of the groovy classic Hawaii Five-O. Kim will play Detective Chin Ho Kelly while Moonlight star Alex O’Loughlin continues to be in talks for the part of Detective Steve McGarrett.
Kim’s POV on Asians in acting per the...
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Christine Teigen holds her own in the Sports...
The 24-year-old, Utah-born, Seattle-raised beauty of Thai and Norwegian descent has risen to the top modeling ranks by landing one of the most coveted jobs in the industry. The Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit Edition will be unveiled Tuesday, Feb 9th. Chrissy, as she calls herself on her twitter, has modeled for Victoria’s Secret Pink, has been on the cover of Maxim mag (2007), and has...
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2010 Oscars - The (Asian) Nominees
82nd Annual Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010 Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California ABC 8pmET Hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Full list of nominees Disney Pixar’s Up is nominated for 5 Academy Awards - How is Up Asian? Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Animated Feature Film, Best Music (Original Score), Best Sound Editing. Up is the second animated feature to be...
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Final Season of 'Lost' Premieres 2 hours tonight!
Recap starts at 8pm, 2 hour season premiere from 9-11pm on ABC Asian celebs starring in more than 45 episodes Clockwise from top left: Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah Daniel Dae Kim as Jin Kwon Ken Leung as Miles Straume Yun Jin Kim as Sun Kwon (10 other Asians have starred in 2-3 episodes. IMDB)
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Black Eyed Peas win 3 at the Grammys
Sunday, January 31, 2010 52nd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in LA, California
Black Eyed Peas wins and nominations: List of winners and nominees
Record Of The Year - nomination I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas David Guetta & Frederick Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan “3-D” Dresdow & Padraic “Padlock” Kerin, engineers/mixers [Interscope]...