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Asia Society Southern California U.S. Asia Entertainment Summit
Los Angeles
October 30, 2022
By Taylor Yukiko Sato and Suzanne Joe Kai
The 2022 U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit was a historic event that brought leaders from Hollywood and the Asian entertainment industry to Los Angeles.
Janet Yang, Chair of U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit, was honored with the 2022 Career Achievement Award.
Janet made history as the first Asian American, and fourth woman to become the President of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Actress and emcee of the evening’s gala, Kara Wang said “I am particularly honored to be here as we honor Janet with the Career Achievement Award."
"We call her the Asian godmother of the industry because she has had a hand in so many of our careers. And I am just very very happy that I get to be here with this moment as we shower her with love… She has done so much for us.”
CEO and Co-Founder of Gold House and AU Holdings, Bing Chen led a Fireside Chat with Janet Yang as she reflected on her career.
This was the 13th U.S.-Asia Entertainent Summit with panels spotlighting top talent in the Asian and Asian American entertainment industry.
Better Luck Today for Justin Lin
Better Luck Tomorrow set records at Paramount Classics for the highest gross per theater on its opening weekend. People are already comparing the genre-busting film to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and Arts & Entertainment Edtior Lia Chang brings you an in-depth interview with director Justin Lin.
AsianConnections
Arts
and
Entertainment
editor
Lia
Chang
caught
up
with
Justin
Lin
right
after
the
critical
make
or
break
opening
weekend
of
his
movie
Better
Luck
Tomorrow,
the
first
Asian
American
independent
film
to
be
acquired
and
distributed
by
a
studio,
with
the
potential
for
a
shot
at
true
box
office
success.
The
movie,
distributed
by
MTV
Films
in
conjunction
with
Paramount
Classics
opened
last
weekend
in
a
limited
theatrical
release
in
Los
Angeles,
New
York,
Chicago
and
San
Francisco
to
enthusiastic
audiences.
This
Friday,
the
film
opens
in
10
more
cities
including
Seattle,
Houston,
Washington
D.C.,
Boston,
and
Florida.
Further
screening
locations
of
this
film
will
depend
on
this
weekends
box
office
receipts.