Babel and Letters From Iwo Jima Collect Multiple Nominations in Film Categories; Heroes and Lost Lead in Nominations for Television <\/p>\n
Los Angeles, CA (May 11, 2007) – At a press conference held yesterday in Los Angeles, Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica), co-host of the upcoming 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards\u00ae presented by JCPenney, announced the nominees for this year?s awards presentation. Also speaking at the conference were executive producers Welly Yang and Teddy Zee. The show, which honors outstanding achievements of Asian and Asian Americans, will premiere on AZN Television on Monday, May 28 at 8:00 p.m. ET\/PT. <\/p>\n
The nominees announced at the press conference are as follows: <\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING FILM<\/b>
Babel
Curse of the Golden Flower
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Namesake <\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING ACTOR – FILM<\/b>
Jet Li Fearless
Kal Penn The Namesake
Ken Watanabe Letters From Iwa Jima<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS – FILM<\/b>
Maggie Cheung Clean
Gong Li Curse of the Golden Flower
Rinko Kikuchi Babel
Tabu The Namesake<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING ACTOR – TELEVISION<\/b>
Naveen Andrews Lost
Daniel Dae Kim Lost
Masi Oka Heroes
B.D. Wong Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS – TELEVISION<\/b>
Kelly Hu In Case Of Emergency
Yunjin Kim Lost
Parminder Nagra ER
Sandra Oh Grey's Anatomy <\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM<\/b>
Cindy Cheung Lady in the Water
Sharon Leal Dreamgirls
Maggie Q MI:III\/Mission Impossible 3
Betty Sun Fearless<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM<\/b>
Roger Fan Annapolis
Sung Kang The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dustin Nguyen Little Fish
Koji Yakusho Babel<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION<\/b>
James Kyson Lee Heroes
Rex Lee Entourage
Will Yun Lee Thief
Sendhil Ramamurthy Heroes <\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION<\/b>
Keiko Agena Gilmore Girls
Michaela Conlin Bones
Mindy Kaling The Office
Grace Park Battlestar Galactica
Lauren Tom Men in Trees <\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING COMEDY PERFORMANCE<\/b>
Margaret Cho
Dat Phan
Russell Peters <\/p>\n
HONORARY AWARDS<\/b>
PIONEER AWARD<\/b>
Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa, Restaurateur <\/p>\n
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD<\/b>
Chow Yun-Fat, Actor <\/p>\n
VISIONARY AWARD<\/b>
Vivienne Tam, Fashion Designer <\/p>\n
VIEWERS CHOICE AWARDS (winners voted by fans at azntv.com)<\/b> <\/p>\n
FAVORITE REALITY STAR<\/b>
Yau Man Chan Survivor: Fiji
Erwin & Godwin Cho The Amazing Race 10
Chloe Dao Project Runway
Yul Kwon Survivor: Cook Islands
Sanjaya Malakar American Idol
James Sun The Apprentice<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING ASIAN INDEPENDENT FILM<\/b>
Americanese
Colma: The Musical
In Between Days
Inner Circle Line
Journey From The Fall
Slanted Screen <\/p>\n
The 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards\u00ae will be taped live at UCLA's Royce Hall on May 16. Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) will co-host the show with Grace Park. Prior to the awards telecast on AZN Television, E! Entertainment Television, the top global source for everything red carpet, will air an hour-long special featuring red carpet arrivals, behind-the-scenes excitement and highlights from the event. The special will air on E! on May 24 at 6:00 p.m. ET\/PT. <\/p>\n
About the AZN Asian Excellence Awards\u00ae<\/b> The AZN Asian Excellence Awards\u00ae is the only nationally televised event celebrating significant Asian and Asian American achievements in entertainment, the arts and other disciplines that have had a profound impact on American culture. Welly Yang is the creator of the Asian Excellence Awards\u00ae. He and Teddy Zee are Executive Producers of the 2007 show working with Syd Vinnedge Productions. Veteran awards show producer Greg Sills serves as the Supervising Producer for the show. Grace C. Lee, Gary Tellalian and Michelle Robinson are Producers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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