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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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President Obama Names Asian American Civil Rights Hero Gordon Hirabayashi Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, April 26, 2012, President Obama named the late Gordon Hirabayashi one of 13 recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. Members of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice)—Asian American Institute, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Law Caucus and Asian Pacific American Legal Center—and the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education applaud the president for awarding the nation’s highest civilian honor to Hirabayashi, who passed away earlier this year on January 2. The Medal of Freedom is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. President Obama will present the awards at the White House in late spring.
“Gordon Hirabayashi was an American hero. We are thrilled to hear that he will receive a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honor which will help spread awareness of his courageous story,” said Ling Woo Liu, director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education, a program of the Asian Law Caucus.
Mabuhay Inc. Culture School students discover books by Filipino authors in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room
Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington D.C. Photo by Lia Chang
On the first Saturday in May, I was in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room, located in Room 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E. in Washington, D.C., to photograph the Performing Arts Images from the Asian American Pacific Islander Collection, on display through May 31, 2012.
Selected scripts from the Performing Arts Playwright Series in the Library of Congress’ AAPI Collection. Photo by Lia Chang
Sponsored
by
the
Library
of
Congress’
Asian
Division,
the
display
of
54
of
my
“In
Rehearsal”
photographs,
drawn
from
the
AAPI
Collection’s
Lia
Chang
Theater
Portfolio,
along
with
select
working
scripts
from
the
Playwrights’
Archives
including
the
plays
of
Rick
Shiomi,
Velina
Hasu
Houston,
Christine
Toy
Johnson,
Reme
Grefalda,
Jeanne
Sakata,
and
Lani
Montreal,
is
being
held
in
conjunction
with
the
Library
of
Congress
celebration
of
Asian
Pacific
American
Heritage
Month
(APAHM).
Members of the Mabuhay Inc. Culture School in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington D.C. on May 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
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