05.16.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 4:51 pm by william_lee_intern
Do you think you can only see break dancing during half times of the NBA or a history from the 80’s? That’s not true! Because this time Planet B-Boy can do it.
Benson Lee the author of Planet B-boy will be celebrating the city display of continual rhythm and amazing athletics. During the competition, Planet B-boy will be focusing as 10-man crews with one female on the group. There will be 18 nations from different countries that are competing for the championships. The crews that are included are from France, Japan and the United States and two from South Korea.
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Posted in Media and Entertainment at 3:58 pm by william_lee_intern
“The fundamental basis of my work is the act of inscription itself.” This was Marc Katano’s description about his art. Marc Katano is a Japanese-American who works for Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts for 15 years. His vision of his art is making use of very simple movement of the hand and arms. His arts are also inspired by human terms as made clear by the defined movement of Japanese calligraphy.
His art is also consistent in following of “less is more”. Meaning he uses less strokes of the brush, less color so that the piece would be cool, exciting and jazzy, this brings a strong element of art.
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05.09.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 5:23 pm by william_lee_intern
Ken chen is the new Executive director of Asian American literature. The new executive director is suitable to lead The Asian American Writers’ Workshop. “I am honored and humbled to be a part of The Asian American Writers’ Workshop because of the organization’s strong commitment to diversity and excellence in literature,” said Chen. “
He graduated at the University of Berkeley in California and has awarded the highest leadership award. He has also helped a monthly magazine and some cultural website.
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05.08.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 12:03 pm by william_lee_intern
Randy Gener a Filipino-American photographer celebrated his first exhibit at the LaMama La Galleria located in New York City. On show are 35 photographs of flowers from the countries in Asia, Europe and U.S.A. His theme is like a one world garden where he puts together different shots of flowers from all over the world. He even called his presentation “In the Garden of One World.”
Asiide from him being a photographer, He is also an award winning writer. He already wrote many books and is also engaged into theater.
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05.05.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 12:02 pm by william_lee_intern
Planet B-boy’s break dance artists were compiled by the German competitors to compete around the world. The documentary was an unoriginal one, because the program falls into a usual thing, the contestants are craving for the trophy and are bound to dance.
Planet B-Boy is filled with dancing and fans of breaking will enjoy the show, but there is little else for the careless viewer.
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05.02.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 12:49 pm by william_lee_intern
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Posted in Media and Entertainment at 12:46 pm by william_lee_intern
Fresh from its three-week extended San Francisco run and International film festival tour, including Toronto and a Best documentary win at Taipei’s Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese equivalent to the Oscars®, Hollywood Chinese is a “delightfully entertaining” (FilmFestival.com) look at the Chinese in American movies. Featuring a virtual who’s who of top Chinese and Chinese American film artists, including Ang Lee, Joan Chen, Wayne Wang, Nancy Kwan, James Hong, Lisa Lu, B.D. Wong, Tsai Chin and writers Amy Tan and David Henry Hwang. Also featuring Luise Rainer, Turhan Bey and Christopher Lee. Directed by triple Sundance winner and Oscar® nominee Arthur Dong (Forbidden City, U.S.A., Licensed to Kill, Coming Out
Under Fire).
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04.28.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 3:07 pm by william_lee_intern
“Planet B-Boy” is a documentary about the history of break dancing and its resurgence in urban cultures opened on Friday April 25, 2008. The film directed by Benson Lee now has it’s breakin moves hittin Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas..
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04.26.08
Posted in Politics, Media and Entertainment, Blog at 12:49 am by jj_de_la_cruz
The Bush administration has accused China, and eight other nations of not protecting American producers of movies, computer software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.
In addition to China, eight other nations have all been placed on a “Priority Watch List” for piracy: Russia, Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand and Venezuela. The placement of these countries on this list subjects them to increased scrutiny and could lead to economic sanctions.
Click here for a link to the Washington Post article
When it comes to American producers of movies, no one should be under any obligation to protect Hollywood’s copyrighted material until racist and discriminatory casting policies against Asians are put to an end. To mercilessly subject Asian audiences to Hollywood’s poisonous, diversity-negligent images and then force them to pay for such filth evokes memories of the Opium Wars of the mid-19th Century.
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04.23.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment at 7:38 pm by admin
R&L
Presented by the Asian American Theater Project
FREE Admission for all audiences! Invite your friends!
May 1-4 (Thurs to Sun)
8:00pm to 9:30pm
Location:
The Red Fountain (in front of Cecil Green Library)
Stanford University Campus
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
“R&L” is an ode to a modern Asian America through a combination of vignettes and collaborative spoken word poetry. It is the collective story of eight women and men struggling to find a sense of self in an era in which “we’ve killed the heroes in ourselves.” From car maintenance to violin lessons, from college impostors to true love, it is a confrontation of the ugly and the beautiful in the 21st century Asian America.
Written by Takeo Rivera
Directed by Rachel Anderson
Produced by Kenneth Lam, Gloria Lin
Stage Managed by Holly Rogers
Cast:
Rich Liu - Tom Fukunaga
Rachel Yong - Helen Matsuri
Mark Marzona - Pete Ramiro
Brian Yoo - Washington Chen
Natalia Duong - Ju Cho
Nguyen Pham - Tiff Wong
Charlie Wang - Patrick Nguyen
Yin Yin Wu - Alicia Sung
Violetta Taing - Chorus
Laurel S - Chorus
Adrian Johnson - Chorus
Kate Hyder - Chorus
Henry Tsai - Chorus
Co-sponsored by Okada House, the Asian American Students Association, and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts
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