AZN presents Asian Excellence Awards January 2006
Join 2g's former Artistic Director Welly Yang in his latest production of the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards Featuring the Rémy Martin® X.O Honors." 2g audiences have known the event for the past four years in New York as the Concert of Excellence at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. We are proud to announce that the show has gained tremendous recognition throughout the Asian American community and will now make its television debut in partnership with AZN Television, Comcast's new channel for Asian America."The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards is the next evolution of this event, which will continue to celebrate and uplift the heroes of the Asian American community but on a much larger scale than ever before by bringing it to a national audience through AZN Television," said Yang. "I'm thrilled that Rémy Martin has continued their commitment to this celebration since the pursuit of excellence resonates so powerfully with both Rémy and the Asian American community."
SAVE THE DATE - The award show will be taped on January 19, 2006 at the legendary Wiltern Theatre in Hollywood, California, and aired on AZN Television on the Lunar New Year, January 29, 2006. Proceeds will benefit Second Generation and supporting Asian Americans arts organizations.
In addition to the Remy X.O honorary awards, additional competitive award categories will include - Outstanding TV Performance, Outstanding Film Performance, Outstanding Feature Filmmaker, Outstanding Live Performance, Outstanding Athletic Performance, Outstanding Stylesetter and Outstanding Newcomer.
Past honorees, hosts and presenters have included Kelly Hu, B.D. Wong, Jason Scott Lee, Tia Carrere, Bai Ling, Lou Diamond Phillips, Pat Morita, David Henry Hwang, Shekhar Kapur, Tan Dun, Mir
