A Heroes Welcome at Asian Awards
Unlike American Idol fans, viewers of the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards do not ascribe to a "vote for the worst" mentality. Unfortunately, that meant Sanjaya Malakar once again walked away a loser.
There were plenty of real winners at the Los Angeles awards bash Wednesday, however, which honored Asian and Asian-Americans' contributions to the world of arts and entertainment.
Lost's Daniel Dae Kim, a winner last year, and Battlestar Galactica's Grace Park served double duty as the evening's hosts and nominees. Kim went up against his Lost costar Naveen Andrews, though both island dwellers were passed over for the Outstanding TV Actor prize in favor of Heroes' Masi Oka.
Park, too, had to take solace in simply being nominated, losing out in her Outstanding Supporting TV Actress bid to The Office's resident airhead, Mindy Kaling.
Rounding out the winners on the TV side were ER's Parminder Nagra, who beat out Lostie and reigning champ Yunjin Kim and Grey's Anatomy awards-magnet Sandra Oh, to take home the Outstanding TV Actress prize, and Rex Lee, Entourage's resident Gaysian, who took home the hardware for Outstanding Supporting TV Actor.
Malakar was also among the nominees present at the awards bash, though as expected he lost out in his category, the Viewer's Choice Award for Favorite Reality Star. Taking home the prize instead was Survivor: Cook Islands champ Yul Kwon.
On the film side, the award for Outstanding Film went to Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. Chow Yun-Fat was bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his big-screen body of work. Rounding out the film honorees was Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi, who may have lost her Academy bid for Best Supporting Actress, but who was upgraded and then some at the Asian Excellence Awards, taking home Outstanding Film Actress for Babel.
Meanwhile, the What's He Doing Here? Award surely went to Kenny G, who performed "Moon Represents My Heart" during the ceremony. Comedians Margaret Cho and Last Comic Standing champ Dat Phan also performed during the bash.
Other than the nominees, and the smooth jazz saxophonist, a who's who of Hollywood, Asian-American or otherwise, turned up for the event. Dancing with the Stars finalist Apolo Anton Ohno, along with partner Julianne Hough, and Dancing judge Carrie Ann Inaba made the scene, as did Quentin Tarantino, Geoffrey Rush, George Takei, Lou Diamond Philips, Antoine Fuqua, Black Eyed Pea Apl.de.Ap and, inexplicably, Rob Schneider.
The awards show airs May 28 on AZN Television, with an hourlong preshow special airing on E! May 24. (AZN and E! Networks are both divisions of Comcast.)
Here's a complete list of winners for the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards:
- Outstanding Film: Letters From Iwo Jima
- Outstanding Actor, Film: Kal Penn, The Namesake
- Outstanding Actress, Film: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
- Outstanding Actor, TV: Masi Oka, Heroes
- Outstanding Actress, TV: Parminder Nagra, ER
- Outstanding Supporting Actress, Film: Maggie Q, Mission: Impossible III
- Outstanding Supporting Actor, Film: Dustin Nguyen, Little Fish
- Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV: Mindy Kaling, The Office
- Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV: Rex Lee, Entourage
- Outstanding Comedy Performance: Margaret Cho
- Favorite Reality TV Star: Yul Kwon, Survivor: Cook Islands
- Outstanding Independent Film: Journey From the Fall
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Chow Yun-Fat
- Pioneer Award: Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa, restaurateur
- Visionary Award: Vivienne Tam, fashion designer
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