Entertainment Spotlight

Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television

Posted by AC Team - on Tuesday, 08 October 2019

Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television
October 8, 2019 Hollywood   Actor Tim Lounibos wrote on his Facebook page  about the positive changes he is currently experiencing in Hollywood. We caught up with him to share his thoughts with us. Asian Americans have historically found limited opportunities as actors in movies and television in Hollywood, but fortunately for Tim he had a great start as a busy actor in the 1990s, but then his career went off a cliff - temporarily.  We thank Tim for sharing his...

Celebrity Profiles

STAR TREK Premiere Photo Album - Photos by Jenny K. Woo

Posted by AC Team on Friday, 08 May 2009

The STAR TREK movie is receiving rave reviews across the country, and reviving a classic for a whole new generation.

Jenny Woo shares ninety-seven of her
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Check out the gorgeous suit that John Cho is wearing!


The STAR TREK movie is receiving rave reviews across the country, and reviving a classic for a whole new generation. Jenny Woo shares ninety-seven of her photographs of the star studded Hollywood premiere.

Click here to view Jennys STAR TREK premiere photos!

Judith Hill Sings Lead for We Are the World song at Michael Jackson Memorial

Posted by AC Team on Tuesday, 07 July 2009

Millions of fans worldwide watched the all-star Michael Jackson memorial ceremony today.

Immediately, fans asked on message boards and blogs Who is that Asian girl singlng lead for the song Heal the World? .

The mystery singer is 25 year old Pasadena based vocalist Judith Hill who was recruited to be one of the back-up singers for the now canceled Michael Jackson This Is It! concerts at O2 Arena in London.

Ben Fong-Torres is Interviewed on national show One-to-One with Maria Hinojosa

Posted by AC Team on Monday, 04 January 2010

Our Ben Fong-Torres was interviewed on the national show One-on-One hosted by Maria Hinojosa produced by WGBH in Boston. The interview originally aired January 5, 2010. You can now view the interview with Ben by clicking on the WGBH show account through Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/l/24512;www.wgbh.org/oneonone

Here is also a link to the show highlights at WGBH.

Our Ben Fong-Torres was interviewed on the national show One-on-One hosted by Maria Hinojosa produced by WGBH in Boston. The interview originally aired January 5, 2010.

You can now view the interview with Ben by clicking on the link to the WGBH show account through Facebook.

Here is the URL path:
http://www.facebook.com/l/24512;www.wgbh.org/oneonone

Here is a direct link to the official WGBH website to view a short excerpt of the interview.

You Rock Girl! Amy Tan is SF Litquake Barbary Coast Award Winner

Posted by AC Team on Friday, 16 October 2009

Novelist Amy Tan is roasted in good fun by her literary peers as she accepts the third annual Litquake Barbary Coast award. Ben Fong-Torres is a roaster and the Master of Ceremonies.

It was an elegant setting indeed. The Herbst Theatre, part of the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center has large chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, walls handpainted with frescos, and moulding accented in shimmering gold.

It was a great place for Amy Tan's friends to have fun roasting her before she was presented with her Barbary Coast award, or as Litquake Literary Festival founders Jane Ganahl and Jack Boulware put it, to braise her.

On stage, Ben Fong-Torres, author, broadcaster, rock journalist and all around renaissance man serenaded the guest of honor in his best Elvis. Ben remembers Amy when she was a business writer, before The Joy Luck Club , before 'she became Chinese again.'

What is there to know about Amy besides being a best-selling novelist including The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, Saving Fish from Drowning and The Bonesetter's Daughter ?

If you believe the unruly roasters, she can be funny, quirky, and downright rowdy. She's a dominatrix-style back-up singer with