Check out COLMA: THE MUSICAL in San Francisco, in Berkeley and in New York.

Hey there, a very big thank you to all of you who contributed to Colma's very successful opening weekend! We are getting a second week! If you were unable to make the first week, please come to the second, or hell, if you did make the first and want more, come again! Maybe sing along! HP, Paul and I will be doing another round of Q and A's this weekend at Embarcadero (Friday and Saturday, 7:30 and 10 o'clock shows) so we hope to see you there.

In addition to our second weekend at the Embarcadero, we are opening in Berkeley this Friday, June 29th at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley! Buy Tickets for Berkeley Screenings

San Francisco
The Embarcadero Cinema Center
One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level
Buy Tickets in San Francisco

New York
Friday, July 6, 2007
New Yorks Quad Cinema
34 W. 13th St.
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COLMA: THE MUSICAL Trailer
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Battlestar Galactica's Grace Park Announces the Nominees for the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards

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 presented by JCPenney, announced the nominees for this year's awards presentation. The show, which honors outstanding achievements of Asian and Asian Americans, will air on AZN Television on Monday, May 28 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The nominees are as follows:

OUTSTANDING FILM
Babel
Curse of the Golden Flower
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Namesake

OUTSTANDING ACTOR - FILM
Jet Li Fearless
Kal Penn The Namesake
Ken Watanabe Letters From Iwa Jima

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS - FILM
Maggie Cheung Clean
Gong Li Curse of the Golden Flower
Rinko Kikuchi Babel
Tabu The Namesake

OUTSTANDING ACTOR - TELEVISION
Naveen Andrews Lost
Daniel Dae Kim Lost
Masi Oka Heroes
B.D. Wong Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS - TELEVISION
Kelly Hu In Case Of Emergency
Yunjin Kim Lost
Parminder Nagra ER
Sandra Oh Grey's Anatomy

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM
Cindy Cheung Lady in the Water
Sharon Leal Dreamgirls
Maggie Q MI:III/Mission Impossible 3
Betty Sun Fearless

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM
Roger Fan Annapolis
Sung Kang The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dustin Nguyen Little Fish
Koji Yakusho Babel

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR - TELEVISION
James Kyson Lee Heroes

New York Asian American International Film Festival Celebrates 30 Years - July 19-28, 2007

The New York Asian American International Film Festival turns 30 this July.

"We are proud to be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the New York Asian American International Film Festival," said Acting Executive Director John Woo. "As the longest-running festival devoted to screening the works by and about the Asian and Asian American communities, we have been able to introduce audiences to many highly regarded directors, and our mission is to remain one of the premier festivals for spotlighting the work of rising filmmakers."

Presented by Asian CineVision, in association with the Asia Society, AAIFF takes place July 1928, 2007, at the Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, at 70th St) in New York.

"Asian CineVision is marking its 30th anniversary with a phenomenal line-up of cutting edge films," said Rachel Cooper, Asia Society's Director of Cultural Programs. "The Asia Society is thrilled to continue our longstanding partnership and congratulate Asian CineVision on this milestone anniversary."

This year's diverse line-up includes 25 new exciting features; more than 90 short films and music videos; the Screenplay Competition; the 72-Hour Film Shootout screening; the Comics Writers panel; a 70s theme party; and much much more to honor the festivals 30th anniversary. Justin Lin's

In the largest live worldwide concert in history, LIVE EARTH concerts raised awareness to combat Global Warming to millions of people. View images of the Shanghai and Tokyo concerts, part of a series taking place over the 24-hour period July 7 across seven continents.

In the largest live worldwide concert in history, LIVE EARTH concerts raised awareness to combat Global Warming on July 7, 2007.

Launched by former US Vice President Al Gore to combat Global Warming, with partner Kevin Wall the producer of Live 8, Gore hopes that finally, this can be the tipping point of a "Green Revolution" worldwide to save the planet.

View images of the Shanghai and Tokyo concerts, part of a series that took place over the 24-hour period across seven continents.

The concerts in New York, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro and Sydney were joined by more than 10,000 "Friends of Live Earth" events in 129 countries, and all 50 states in the U.S.

Find out how you can participate by going green!

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Tony Leung and Tang Wei star in Ang Lee's latest film called LUST, CAUTION, an espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai.

Academy Award-winning Director Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ) has a new film debuting in late September with an intriguing title "LUST, CAUTION" set in World War II-era Shanghai.

The film is an espionage thriller based on the short story by Eileen Chang. "LUST, CAUTION" stars Tony Leung ("Hero," "In the Mood for Love") as Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure in 1940s Shanghai. Tang Wei, a rising star in mainland China, makes her feature film debut as Wang Jiazhi, a young woman who gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with Mr. Yee. The cast includes Joan Chen and Wang Leehom.