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"New Love" Official Music Video - Magnetic North & Taiyo Na featuring Heather Park.

If you have a have an APIA project that is housed on Google Video, You Tube, or some other video service and are looking for more exposure for yourself or your project let us know about it and we will review your video for possible future feature. ...

This issue of the A-Profiler, Ray Lam interviews comedian Joe Wong.

How would your three year old son describe you?
Silly old man who knows a lot of stuff and is afraid of mom.

Are there other funny people in your family besides yourself?
My parents and my brother are very funny. I was the boring one growing up.

How did your wife and parents react when you told them you wanted to be a comedian?
I never told them, or anybody, I wanted to be a comedian explicitly. I hate telling people things I am not sure of. My parents learned about it from news on the radio in China. My mom couldn’t sleep at night for a while. My dad, a retired engineer, is more relaxed about it and said to the media, “It’s like a black chicken laying white eggs”, a Chinese expression meaning he didn’t expect his progeny to be different from him and successful in something.

My wife, like a lot of my friends and co-workers, couldn’t understand why a Ph.D. would go to bars to tell jokes for drunk people in the beginning. Later she felt that there was something unique about my comedy and she doesn’t want me to give up something I love because of her.

How did you and your wife meet? Do you have a celebrity crushes? ...

The date was Saturday, February 4, 2012. The place was New York City, Madison Square Garden—the most hallowed basketball arena on Earth. What seemed like an innocuous appearance in an NBA game turned into one of the biggest moments in sports, and ignited an international frenzy that the world had never seen before.

By now we all know the story of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, and the ensuing case of Linsanity that swept the globe—from the East Coast to the Far East in Asia.

Well, at least we think we know the story.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly all the pertinent details to this magnificent tale. After all, there are many layers to the Jeremy Lin the person, the player and the phenomenon. Who exactly is Jeremy Lin? Where did he come from? More ...

This issue of the A-Profiler, Nelson Wong interviews comedian Joe Nguyen.

How did you get started in stand-up comedy? Were you considered funny even as a child?
I don't think anyone considered me funny as a child, even when I tried to be. In high school I started getting some laughs among friends and that continued into college, where I realized that I enjoy entertaining people. I also felt like I had more unique jokes than most people. And at one point after watching a stand-up video I thought, "I can do that."

You grew up in Georgia, did that shape any of your comedy today? Has your Vietnamese and Jewish background brought any unique perspectives into your comedy?
Well, I certainly say "y'all" more than your average California comedian. All of that stuff shaped me in some way into who I am, and it also gives me license to make any kind of observational joke about those cultures. So sometimes I'll have jokes about my personal experience as an Asian or a Jew, and other ...

"Heaven on a Hill" - Jane Lui featuring Paul Dateh & Danny Morledge

http://JaneLui.com . Written by Jane Lui
Albums avail thru Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby.

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The second volume of the original Secret Identities graphic novel is in the works and it is looking for comic artists and illustrators to contribute to its targetted 2012 publication date. Secret Identities Volume 2: Shattered is looking for "stories that showcase strong and vivid interactions between heroes and villains — even stories with the 'villain' as protagonist — as a way to question the power of perception to shape reality. We’re also looking to incorporate a broader range of comic genres — superheroes, and more.."

Find out more at http://secretidentities.org/Site/v2.html. ...

Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), Los Angeles presents

V3 Digital Media Conference: “Vision. Visibility. Voice.”

V3Con will highlight and expand multiplatform Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communications by gathering thought-provoking AAPI online journalists, creative social media communicators, seasoned bloggers and those interested in engaging on digital platforms, in this unique, one-day conference setting where all are invited to share their experiences, knowledge, endeavors, and visions with others during interactive panels and workshops.

V3con 2012 is presented by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), in partnership with IW Group, Inc., and the team which organized the “Banana Conferences” in 2009 and 2011.

Join us for an informative, engaging and dynamic day, whether ...