AZN Television Announces the Nominees for the '2006 Asian Excellence
Awards Featuring the Remy Martin(R) X.O Honors'
Wednesday January 11, 6:16 pm ET
Asian Excellence Awards to Premiere
Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 p.m. EST/PST
Source: AZN Television
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060111/law093.html?.v=35
http://www.axawards.com/


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Event is a Fund-Raiser for the Following Organizations:
http://www.axawards.com/tickets.html


The Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) was established in 1993 to be
the premier membership organization for Asian Pacific Americans in
Southern California who have a strong commitment to excellence in
professional development, community service and cultural awareness.

Founded in 1997, Second Generation is a world-class New York-based
non-profit theater company dedicated to br inging Asian American
stories to thew orld's stage, and to enriching and diversifying the
cultural landscape of America.

Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP) enhances the Taiwanese-
American community by networking individuals interested in
professional and career development, while emphasizing the
preservation of Taiwanese American identity. TAP provides resources
and programs that inspire and empower; develop and support
professionals to become community-oriented leaders.

Established in 1986, the Taiwanese United Fund (TUF) of Southern
California's mission is to promote understanding of Taiwanese
culture and heritageand to facilitate cultural exchanges among
Taiwanese,Taiwanese Americans, and American communities.

Plan C Group (Climax Entertainment – they are holding the "After-
Party"/The Plan C Agency/Dope USA-http://www.dopeusa.com) is helping
the event. Their website is http://www.plancgroup.com/

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At a press conference
held today at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, actress
Bai Ling and producer/Asian Excellence Awards Committee co-chair
Teddy Zee announced the nominees for "The 2006 Asian Excellence
Awards Featuring the Remy Martin® X.O Honors." The show, which
honors outstanding achievements of Asians and Asian Americans in
entertainment, music, and science, will air on AZN Television, the
channel for Asian America, for the first time on Sunday, January 29
at 8:00 p.m. EST/PST.

The nominees are as follows:

Outstanding Female TV Performance
Yunjim Kim - "Lost"
Kristin Kreuk - "Smallvillle"
Parminder Nagra - "ER"
Sandra Oh - "Grey's Anatomy"

Outstanding Male TV Performance
Naveen Andrews - "Lost"
Mark-Paul Gosselaar - "Commander in Chief"
Daniel Dae Kim - "Lost"
B.D. Wong - "Law & Order: SVU"

Outstanding Film Performance
Joan Chen - "Saving Face"
Stephen Chow - "Kung Fu Hustle"
Michelle Krusiec - "Saving Face"
Gong Li - "Memoirs of a Geisha"

Outstanding Film
"2046"
"Kung Fu Hustle"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Saving Face"

Outstanding Live Performance
"Lennon" (the Broadway cast)
KA
Linkin Park

Outstanding Newcomer
Lynn Chen ("Saving Face")
Katie Leung ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire")
Grace Park (the new "Battlestar Galactica")
Rex Lee ("Entourage")

"The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards Featuring the Remy Martin® X.O
Honors" will be hosted by Kelly Hu (actress, "X-Men II," "The
Scorpion King") and Bobby Lee (actor/comedian, "Harold & Kumar Go to
White Castle").

Remy Martin, the principal sponsor of the show, will present three
special honors during the program. The Remy Martin® X.O Honors will
be presented for Inspiration (Dr. David D. Ho), Visibility (Lucy
Liu) and Bridge (Quentin Tarantino). A Lifetime Achievement honor
will be posthumously awarded to filmmaker Ismail Merchant by AZN
Television and Remy Martin, with special tributes from actors who
have participated in various Merchant/Ivory productions, including
Naomi Watts, Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson.

In addition, The Asian Excellence Awards will include a special
tribute to the late Pat Morita, featuring comments from the prolific
actor's co-star Ralph Macchio, who starred with Morita in the
successful "Karate Kid" movies, and a performance by Fort Minor.

Also participating in the show will be, Earvin "Magic" Johnson (NBA
Champion and Humanitarian), Bai Ling (actress "Lords of
Dogtown," "Anna and the King"), Jason Scott Lee (actor "Dragon: The
Bruce Lee Story"), Lisa Ling (host "The View," "National Geographic
Explorer"), Alice Wu (writer/director "Saving Face"), Karl Yune
(actor "Memoirs of a Geisha"), Carrie Ann Inaba
(choreographer "American Idol"), Rob Schneider (actor "Deuce
Bigalow: European Gigolo), John Cho (actor "Harold & Kumar Go to
White Castle), Harold Perrineau (actor "Lost"), Tamlyn Tomita
(actress "The Day After Tomorrow"), Maggie Q (actress "Mission
Impossible III") and Johnnie To (director/producer "Election").

The "2006 Asian Excellence Awards Featuring the Remy Martin® X.O
Honors" will be taped at the legendary Wiltern LG Theatre in
Hollywood, California and will air on AZN Television on the first
day of the Lunar New Year, January 29, 2006, 8:00 p.m. Welly Yang,
Syd Vinnedge and Peilin Chou are Executive Producers of the show.
Veteran awards show producer Greg Sills serves as the Supervising
Producer for the show.

AZN Television

AZN Television is the network for Asian America. A wholly-owned
company of Comcast Corporation, the channel's programming targets
the fast-growing, English-speaking and multi-generational Asian
American community. Genres include the most popular Asian films,
dramas, documentaries and anime as well as original programming. For
more information, visit azntv.com

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