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Jeremy Lin Named #1 on Time Magazine's list of Top 100 World's Most Influential People
May
1,
2012
by
Suzanne
Joe
Kai
Jeremy
Lin
continues
to
recover
from
his
left
knee
surgery
but
due
to
pain
felt
in
his
knee
after
his
first
one-to-one
practice
drill,
he's
not
likely
to
return
before
Game
4
at
the
earliest.
On
Saturday,
the
New
York
Knicks
point
guard
participated
in
his
first
one-to-one
drills
since
he
had
surgery
April
2 to
repair
a
meniscus
tear
in
his
left
knee.
Doctors
have
estimated
that
it
would
take
six
weeks
from
the
date
of
his
surgery
before
his
knee
is
recovered
enough
to
play
basketball.
His
rehab
has
been
encouraging
also
he
has
reported
soreness
in
his
knee
yesterday
after
his
one-to-one
practise.
Last week he tweeted when he started jogging:
"Great
team
win
in
ATL.
And
i
jogged
slowly
(but
not
as
slow
as
Steve
Novak
(@stevenovak20)
for
the
first
time
since
surgery..its
been
a
great
day
so
far!
-
Jeremy
Lin
(@JLin7)
April
22,
2012"
Meanwhile,
Jeremy's
star
is
not
fading
off
the
court,
he
was
just
named to
the
#1
spot
on
Time
Magazine's
annual
list
of
The
100
Most
Influential
People in
the
World.
Time's
list
is
on
the
newstands
now,
its
the
April
30,
2012
edition.
You
will
want
to
pick
up
a
copy
of
Time
Magazine's
The
100
Most
Influential
People
in
the
World
issue
just
to
see
the
magnificent
photo
of
Jeremy
airborne
with
a
basketball
in
the
palm
of
his
right
hand,
his
left
arm deftly
blocking
his
opponent
as
he
prepares
to
score
Filmmaker Justin Lin Acquires Film Rights to David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish
Justin Lin (Photo by Lia Chang)
Filmmaker Justin Lin, who is responsible for Universal’s mega-successful FAST AND FURIOUS franchise has just acquired film rights to David Henry Hwang’s critically acclaimed comedy CHINGLISH hailed by TIME Magazine as the BEST PLAY of 2011.
CHINGLISH, a romantic comedy with a timely, political spin debuted at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and follows its Broadway run with an international tour beginning at Berkeley Repertory Theatre this fall. Lin will direct and produce the film for his company, Barnstorm Pictures.
“As soon as I saw CHINGLISH on Broadway, I began to envision this smart and insightful cross-cultural comedy as a film. I’m excited about working with David to bring this very timely story to the screen, ” said Lin.
Playwright David Henry Hwang in front of the Longacre Theatre in New York, where his new comedy Chinglish played on Broadway through January 29, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
“I’ve
loved
Justin’s
work
ever
since
he
burst
on
the
scene
with Better
Luck
Tomorrow,
and
it
feels
very
right
to
be
collaborating
with
him
on
the
movie
verision
of
my
play,
said
playwright
Hwang,
a
Tony
Award
winner
and
two-time
Pulitzer
Prize
finalist.
Hwang
will
write
the
screenplay
and
is
set
to
co-produce
the
film
with
Bobbi
Thompson.
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Q & A with Soham Mehta, Award-winning Filmmaker of Fatakra
In
Soham
Mehta’s Fatakra starring
Samrat
Chakrabarti,
Meena
Serendib,
Ritik
Goyal,
Raj
Vats
and
Conrad
Gonzales,
Chakrabarti
gives
a
soulful
performance
as
Naveen,
a
tailor
who
left
his
wife
and
son
in
India
to
chase
his
dreams
in
America.
During
Naveen’s
reunion
with
his
family
after
a
much
belated
homecoming,
he
realizes
he
has
a
lot
to
make
up
for.
Now
he
must
learn
from
his
son’s
favorite
hero,
Arjuna,
if
he
hopes
to
reconcile
with
his
estranged
family.
Chakrabarti
also
composed
the
score
for Fatakra,
Mehta’s
haunting
and
powerful
meditation
on
longing,
loss
and
family.
Born
in
India
and
raised
since
the
age
of
four
in
Texas,
South
Asian
American
theater
and
film
artist
Soham
Mehta
was
bitten
by
the
acting
bug,
performing
in
his
first
play
when
he
was
eight
years
old.
As Mehta continued collecting stage credits over the next twenty years, his interest gravitated towards writing and directing. Mehta studied theater and computer science as an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin. No stranger to multi-tasking, Mehta founded Shunya, a Houston-based theater troupe dedicated to providing a voice to the South Asian American experience, and spent the early part of his professional life working in technology by day and directing plays by night. After leading the troupe for four years, Mehta returned to Austin to pursue his MFA in film production as a Warren Skaaren Fellow.
Richard Atkinson’s DOGS LIE Launch Party Photos
I was welcomed into the engaging world of Dogs Lie director Richard Atkinson, when he invited me to the pre-screening party for theVanguard Cinema release of his latest indie thriller starring Samrat Chakrabarti, Frank Boyd and Ewa Da Cruz on Monday, April 23, 2012, at the elegant Wall Street apartment of co-writer Ronnie Cohen and her husband Larry.
(Back Row) Spencer Snyder, Frank Boyd, Arnie Mazer, Todd Gearhart, Richard Atkinson, Colin Lewis. (Front Row) Albert Elmazovski, Joanna Atkinson, Ronnie Cohen, Jessica Dickey, Rebecca Anne Mills and Jane Beale. Photo by Lia Chang
Dogs Lie castmembers Frank Boyd, Richard Brown, Arnie Mazer, Todd Gearhart. (Seated) Jessica Dickey, Rebecca Anne Mills. Photo by Lia Chang
Dogs Lie is based on an Off-Off-Broadway play written by Ronnie Cohen and Jane Beale, and the pair collaborated with director Richard Atkinson on adapting it for the screen.
Dogs Lie actor Frank Boyd is flanked by co-writers Ronnie Cohen, Jane Beale and director Richard Atkinson. Photo by Lia Chang
May 7: WNYC’s The Greene Space presents “An Evening with David Henry Hwang” featuring Oskar Eustis, Brian D’Arcy James, BD Wong, Jennifer Lim, Francis Jue
On Monday, May 7th at 7pm, WNYC’s The Greene Space and Theater Communications Group will welcome Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, whose latest Broadway comedy Chinglish received 3 Drama Desks nods today – Outstanding Play for Hwang, Outstanding Actress in a Play for Jennifer Lim and Outstanding Set Design for David Korins. The Greene Space is located at 44 Charlton Street at Varick Street in New York.
This
evening
will
feature
a
conversation
with
Oskar
Eustis,
Artistic
Director
of
the
Public
Theater
in
New
York
and
readings
by
Hwang
with
guests
Brian
D’Arcy
James,
BD
Wong,
Jennifer
Lim
and
Francis
Jue.
The
event
will
be
followed
by
a
book
signing
including
Hwang’s
newly
published
play
from
TCG
Books, Chinglish,
which
received
its
Broadway
premiere
in
fall
2011
and
was
named
“Best
American
Play
of
2011”
byTIME magazine.
Filmmaker
Justin
Lin
Acquires
Film
Rights
to
David
Henry
Hwang’s
Critically
Acclaimed
Broadway
Comedy
Chinglish
Tickets
are
$15
and
available
at www.thegreenespace.org.
A
live
video
webcast
will
be
available
to
stream
at www.thegreenespace.org.
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