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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 nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (the other was Beauty and the Beast). 



Burma VJ - About the Film - Best Documentary Feature - before even reading the synopsis, I’m already feeling a sense of need to do something about this, first and foremost of which is to employ mindfulness and awareness…



China’s Unnatural Disaster: Tears of Sichuan Province - Best Documentary Short - The HBO feature visits with the parents in China in the days after the disaster.  Parents have blamed local corruption and official neglect for the collapse of so many schools and for the loss of their children.  Co-directors Jon Alpert and Matt O’Neill were arrested by the Chinese government just one day after footage was sent to safety.  More.

Full list of Oscar 2010 nominees

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]

Album Of The Year - nomination
The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
apl.de.ap, Jean Baptiste, Printz Board, DJ Replay, Funkagenda, David Guetta, Keith Harris, Mark Knight, Poet Name Life, Frederick Riesterer & will.i.am, producers; Dylan “3D” Dresdow, Padraic “Padlock” Kerin & will.i.am, engineers/mixers; Chris Bellman, mastering engineer
[Interscope Records]

*Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - WIN
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
Track from: The E.N.D.
[Interscope Records]

*Best Pop Vocal Album - WIN
The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
[Interscope Records]

Best Dance Recording - nomination
Boom Boom Pow
The Black Eyed Peas
will.i.am & Jean Baptiste, producers; Dylan Dresdow, mixer
Track from: The E.N.D.
[Interscope Records]

*Best Short Form Music Video - WIN
Boom Boom Pow
The Black Eyed Peas
Mat Cullen & Mark Kudsi, video directors; Anna Joseph & Patrick Nugent, video producers
[Interscope Records]

Red Carpet BEP

apl.de.ap, Fergie, will.i.am, Taboo [Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images]


Black Eyed Peas arrive at the Staples Center [Photo Merritt/Getty Images North America]

How is Black Eyed Peas Asian?

Other Asian Celebs at the Grammy Red Carpet
Director Quentin Tarantino and actress Tia Carrere [Photo: Merritt]

MTV G4 Host Olivia Munn [Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images North America]



Musician Kitaro and Jane Zhang [Photo: Merritt]


TV personality Carrie Ann Inaba [Photo: Busacca]



Composer A.R. Rahman [Photo: Busacca]


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