Update: May 17, 2013
Photo credit: Robert Ellis, Paul McCartney and Wings on 1975-1976 "Wings Across America" tour.
We saw ROCKSHOW last night, May 16. If you are a Paul McCartney fan - this is a must see remastered concert film of his 1975-1976 "Wings Across America" tour with Wings, the band he and his late wife Linda put together back in 1971.
By its 1975-1976 tour Wings was going full throttle.
You can still check the theatrical screening schedule at http://www.rockshowonscreen.com of this concert film for future dates.
May 9, 2013
Here we are in mid-2013, and Paul McCartney is still as popular as ever selling out entire stadiums around the U.S. on his latest live tour "Out There."
In our upcoming documentary in development, Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres, about legendary rock journalist and former senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, and our resident columnist, we will be including some fascinating never-before-released excerpts of Ben's exclusive interviews with Paul McCartney.
While our documentary about Ben Fong-Torres' fabled life is still in the works, go out and enjoy ROCKSHOW.
SpectiCast, in association with Eagle Rock Entertainment releases the film May 15 in the UK with Sir Paul McCartney at the red carpet premiere, and worldwide on May 16 on more than 1,000 screens in 750+ cities. For screenings in your area check http://www.rockshowonscreen.com
Las Vegas
May 13, 2013
Photo credit: DIYMike's Youtube.com Channel videoMother's Day was a very special day for a Mom in Las Vegas. Her son, known as "DIYMike" on YouTube.com with his own channel of helpful do-it-yourself videos, decided to surprise his Mom with her dream come true. Click the top headline to the YouTube.com video or here.
Nicole Wong Photo credit: Bart Nagel
Washington, D.C.May 8, 2013
President Barack Obama has reportedly selected Nicole Wong as the White House's first Chief Privacy Officer. Wong received her law degree and a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. She was a partner at Perkins Coie law firm. After working for Google for eight years as a vice president and deputy general counsel overseeing censorship issues for products such as YouTube.com, she joined Twitter as its legal director in November, 2012.
Wong's new role will be to advise the Obama administration on matters involving Internet Privacy. She will reportedly be a senior advisor to Todd Y. Park who was appointed in March, 2012 as the United States Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to the President.
Todd Y. Park Photo credit: WhiteHouse.gov Prior to Todd Y. Park's latest White House post as the United States Chief Technology Officer and Assistant to the President, he was appointed in 2009 by President Obama as the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Park is a graduate of Harvard, and co-founder of two health information technology companies.
Related sources:
White House Blog profile on Todd Y. ParkWikipedia on Todd ParkWikipedia on Nicole WongCNET.com
Former ABC News Video Editor Eddy Li Photo courtesy: Eddy Li
Eddy Li, former ABC News Video Editor 1971 to 2009, now retired and healthy Photo credit: Eddy Li
Hong Kong
May 13, 2013
Eddy Li globe-trotted the world for ABC News in a high-stress non-stop news video editing job from 1971 to 2009.
When a sudden diagnosis of cancer changed his life, Li wrote his personal account on how he entered into the darkest tunnel of his life and emerged, a more vigilant and environmentally aware individual.
Today, as a cancer survivor and a retiree who now enjoys a healthier and more fulfilling life, Eddy shares what he has learned about our world's increasingly hazardous environment and how you can protect yourself from its toxicity. AsianConnections' Suzanne Joe Kai chatted with Eddy about his new book, "From A Great Escape to a New Beginning - My Journey Through Cancer."
Suzanne: Congratulations on beating your Stage 3 cancer. When you were a news video editor with a busy globe-trotting life for years, can you share with our readers what your life was like, and how and why you have changed your lifestyle?
Eddy: In the eyes of an average audience, network news looks glamorous. It was indeed, at least during my days. But behind the scenes of its glamor, there went a stress-filled working environment. That is compounded by the time difference between Asia and the Americas. I joined ABC News in October 1971. I retired in October 2009.
For me, it had been a physically challenging career. Sleep deprivation was part of my life. And it lasted for 38 years. It wasn’t easy. When the phone rang in the middle of the night, I was almost certain that I had to get out of bed and pack up, catch the next available flight and hit the road, and travel like a circus. You need a strong marriage to keep the job. Even when I was on vacation, in the back of mind, there’s always something which might happen to screw it all up.
There wasn’t really a personal life. Despite all these, I had decent income and compensations. I had job...
Tokyo
May 13, 2013
Haruki Murakami Photo credit: Random HouseWhen Haruki Murakami's latest book became available for pre-order in Japan last month it broke the country's record for pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp within eleven days.
After the first week of the release, Bungeishungu, his publisher in Japan ordered one million copies to be printed. Last month book stores in Japan opened at midnight to greet long lines of customers. Haruki Murakami's latest novel is Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. This is his first new novel since writing best-selling IQ84 three years ago which also received worldwide acclaim. Murakami's books have been translated into 42 languages. Murakami lives near Tokyo and was born in Kyoto in 1949.
Murakami was a writing fellow at Princeton Univeresity in Princeton, New Jersey, Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
No word yet on when Murakami's latest book will be translated into English, but if you can read Japanese you can check it out here.
Related:
For more articles related to Haruki Murakami's books and life:
Official Random House U.S. site for author Haruki MurakamiJapantimes.co.jpAmazon.co.jpAmazon.com author page on Haruki MurakamiFacebook page on author Haruki Murakami managed by Alfred A. Knopf/Vintage Books, part of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (Random House)Blog post at NewYorker.com by Roland Kelts "Lost in Translation"Wikipedia
Japanese edition of Haruki Murakami's "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage"
by Suzanne Joe Kai
In Memoriam: Mario Machado 1935-2013 Pioneer Radio and TV Newsman, Anchor and ActorMario Machado, the nation's first Asian American on-air television news reporter and anchor passed away May 4, 2013 at age 78. Mario was a pioneer who blazed a trail for all of us. A pioneer with heart, he went out of his way to encourage us to follow our dreams.In 2010, the Asian American Journalists Association honored Mario Machado inducting him onto its new Honor Roll of Asian American Pioneers in U.S. Journalism (1925-1975) at AAJA's 29th annual National Convention in Los Angeles.
In 1999, Machado was honored by the Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco. The CHSA produced this video which has excerpts of some of his early broadcasts.
As fellow pioneer television broadcaster Christopher Chow says about Mario:"Everybody in our field and in the Asian American community owes him for opening doors for us and for helping us to gain credibility and opportunities. Not only did he perform well on air but he actively advocated for us, for our inclusion, for the hiring and promoting of Asian Pacific Islander journalists by news media organizations all across America. Mario, we salute you."
Chow wrote about Mario in his "Casting Our Voices" for the Chinese Historical Society's tribute to Chinese American Pioneer Broadcasters:
"His father's Portuguese name and his Chinese mother's heritage steeled him for the travails of the mass media system that often prejudged him as a Mexican and ignored him as a Chinese American. His undeniable talent for communications made him one of the first and few ethnic minority national network sports analysts when he joined CBS Sports in 1968 as a color commentator."
Mario began his career as an on-air news reporter at KHJ-TV (now KCAL-TV) in 1967. In 1969 he became the first consumer affairs reporterin the nation at KNXT Los Angeles (now KCBS-TV Channel 2), where he...
Takuma Sato is the first Japanese driver in history to win an IndyCar series race
Long Beach
April 21, 2013
Takuma Sato, 36, is the first Japanese driver in history to win an IndyCar series race.
Sato, won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for the team of legendary racer A.J. Foyt.
This was the team's first victory in more than a decade.
Sato came close to winning his first IndyCar race at last year's Indianapolis 500 but when he tried to pass Dario Franchitti on the final lap he spun out. For the full story click here.
Photo: Lü Lingzi, circulating on Weibo.com is third victim of the Boston Marathon bombing
By Bridget O'Donnell, Shanghaiist.com
A Chinese citizen is 3rd victim
The Chinese consulate in New York confirmed today that a Chinese citizen was killed in yesterday's Boston Marathon bombings, which killed three and injured more than 100.
The victim was a Boston University grad student.
The student was one of three friends watching the Marathon near the finish line.
Earlier, both the consulate and BU declined to release the student's name, saying they were awaiting permission from her family members.
That student has now been identified as Lü Lingzi (pictured) who was pursuing a grad degree at BU in Mathematics and Statistics.
Lü worked as a manager assistant with Deloitte Consulting in Beijing, before moving to Boston.
Lü was with her friend Zhou Danling watching the marathon at the finish line.
A graduate of Wuhan university now studying actuarial science at BU, Zhou is said to have woken up from her coma, but remains unable to speak.
Chinese netizens have flocked to Lü's Weibo page, leaving thousands of condolence messages. Her final post was a picture of her "wonderful breakfast" before the marathon.
Originally posted April 16 on Shanghaiist.com. Distributed by New America Media to AsianConnections.com=============================================================================
Boston.com's senior producer Steve Silva's eyewitness account and the footage he shot. (Click on the blue title at the top to the full story and the video)Steve Silva, a senior sports producer for Boston.com, the online publication of The Boston Globe, and a Boston marathon runner himself was at the finish line filming at the time of the explosion.
A professional journalist, the video Silva shot shows he was shooting and running toward the horrific disaster as it was happening, while others were (naturally) running away from it.
Our AAJA-LA.org board has a great slate of programs this year. Don't miss this event this Sunday April 21 - but hurry! RSVP by April 18 on Eventbrite.
Presented by Asian American Journalists Association – Los Angeles chapter, in partnership with KPCC, Southern California Public Radio
When: 10:00 a.m. to noon Sun April 21, 2013
Where: Crawford Family Forum at KPCC, 474 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena
LIMITED SEATING + RSVP required by Thursday, April 18 on Eventbrite
What: Please join us for a session for community groups to learn how to pitch stories to the media and to get news covered.
Meet with journalists and trainers in print, broadcast, online media and public relations.
Step by step, how does the press select stories to cover?
What’s a pitch, and what kind of pitches catch the attention of decision-makers?
How do you make a local story appeal to national media?
How can you help journalists gain access to and understand diverse communities, diverse issues?
The workshop will include specific examples, case studies as well as allow participants to break into small groups, with a trainer guiding a conversation in each group.
Attendees may want to bring specific ideas and issues to brainstorm within your group and with our speakers.
SPEAKERS:
- Ashley Dunn, Los Angeles Times
- Jay Eckstein, KABC Channel 7
- Oscar Garza, KPCC
- Rachanee Srisavasdi, VENG Group
Moderator: Anh Do, Los Angeles Times
FAQs
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, your name will be on the guest list.
Photo: Hiroki Kuroda - Pitcher for the New York Yankees
April 14, 2012
New York
Yankees 3, Orioles 0
Photo: New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda
It's baseball season and it couldn't be sweeter with 38 year old Hiroki Kuroda's five-hit shutout. Kuroda is a New York Yankees pitcher.
The New York Daily News reports that was just part of tonight's story.
27 year old Wei-Yin Chen from Taiwan, a left-handed pitcher for the Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles matched Kuroda zero for zero over the first four innings tonight.
Read more here.
Go catch a screening of "42" the new movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson which took top box office honors this weekend. Just released in theaters nationwide the movie stars Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, and Harrison Ford as the Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey.
Photo: Baltimore Orioles Pitcher Wei-Yin Chen
For the full story about the New York Yankees vs the Baltimore Orioles game tonight click here.
