{"id":3318,"date":"2008-09-06T05:09:22","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T05:09:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-09-05T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T18:09:09","slug":"Summer-Bishil-at-LA-Premiere-of-Towelhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=3318","title":{"rendered":"Summer Bishil at LA Premiere of Towelhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imgRight\">\n<div><a href=\"\/files\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg?phpMyAdmin=b6e7070bd5fbb419ad8364bda928eebb\" rel=\"lightbox[picture]\" title=\"G.Yeo &#038; J.Nickson\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg\" alt=\"G.Yeo &#038; J.Nickson\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"imgCaption\">G.Yeo &#038; J.Nickson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Asian stars came out for the Los Angeles premiere of <b>Towelhead<\/b>, about a young Arab girl named <b>Jasira (Summer Bishil)<\/b>, who is sent to live with her strict Lebanese father in a small town in Texas during the first Gulf War. <b>Towelhead<\/b> was directed by <b>Alan Ball<\/b>, who created the Emmy Award-winning HBO hit <b>&#8220;Six Feet Under&#8221;<\/b> and won an Oscar for writing <b>&#8220;American Beauty,&#8221;<\/b> This is his first feature film which will start playing in art-house theaters this month. We have a great interview with newbie lead actress Summer coming up. Other Asian attendees at the LA premiere included <b>Gwendoline Yeo, Julia Nickson and Miss Asia USA Diana Yoo<\/b>.  See pictures below. <\/p>\n<p> Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificrimphotopress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Rim Photo Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G.Yeo &#038; J.Nickson Asian stars came out for the Los Angeles premiere of Towelhead, about a young Arab girl named<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":58229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-300x272.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-300x205.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-130x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-150x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-285x300.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200809_gwynjuliapremieredaily_1-300x198.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"njaiyo","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/255e26fc52858afad234c2c1d44c946e16c565fd0ef5615b0c1caa793897759d?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"G.Yeo &#038; 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