The News Review:
- Asian festival winners
- Excitement of the unknown returns with Dubai festival
- PE Splash Festival turns out to be more of a damp squib
- Lou Reed My Chemical Romance for Memphis festival
Asian festival winners
San Francisco Chronicle – Mar 26, 2008
Benson Lee’s “Planet B-Boy” about the resurgence of break-dancing took the audience award for documentary feature. Winners of jury awards: Narrative films: best feature: “Amal” directed by Richie Mehta; special jury award (tie): “Always Be Boyz” by John Kwon and Ron Morales’ “Santa Mesa. ” Documentaries: best feature: “Planet B-Boy”; special jury award: “Wings of Defeat” directed by Risa Morimoto. The festival’s sponsor the Center for Asian American Media estimates this year’s attendance at 29000 and says that more than half of the 113 shows were sold out.
Excitement of the unknown returns with Dubai festival
ESPN – Mar 26, 2008
-based thoroughbreds to make the trip. A funny e-mail zipped into the inbox earlier this week. Legendary Las Vegas oddsmaker Michael “Roxy” Roxborough wrote to say “I am over here for the Dubai World Cup and have an extra VIP ticket with your name on it. Get over here!!”Those who know me personally would set that line at about 4-billion-to-1. Extensive travel and I are not exactly bedfellows much less hopping on a plane on a few days’ notice to jet halfway across the world to the desert. That’s also not the kind of itinerary you leave scrawled on a notepad on the kitchen counter for the Mrs.
PE Splash Festival turns out to be more of a damp squib
Dispatch nline – Mar 26, 2008
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Lou Reed My Chemical Romance for Memphis festival
NME.com – Mar 26, 2008
The festival is set to take place May 2-4 at Tom Lee Park in downtown Memphis. Also on the bill for the three-day festival are Santana Matisyahu Michael McDonald The Roots Ben Folds Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Tegan and Sara and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tickets for the festival are available via Ticketmaster. For further information visit.