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"Illustrating the 'Varjak Paw' books was a real pleasure," said Dave
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The nominees are as follows:

Outstanding Female TV Performance
Yunjim Kim - "Lost"
Kristin Kreuk - "Smallvillle"
Parminder Nagra - "ER"
Sandra Oh - "Grey's Anatomy"

Outstanding Male TV Performance
Naveen Andrews - "Lost"
Mark-Paul Gosselaar - "Commander in Chief"
Daniel Dae Kim - "Lost"
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"This is the best thing that could have happened to 'Varjak Paw,'"
commented SF Said. Recent projects include the Saturn Award-winning "Farscape: The
Peacekeeper Wars" and the features "Five Children and It" and "MirrorMask"." The show, which honors outstanding achievements of Asians and
Asian Americans in entertainment, music, and science, will air on AZN
Television, the channel for Asian America, for the first time on
Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 p. Ho), Visibility (Lucy Liu) and Bridge (Quentin
Tarantino ).com

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"Many of the book's inspirations were cinematic -- from
old martial arts movies to 'The Matrix' -- and Varjak fans are always asking
if there'll be a film. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices and
production facilities in New York and London, the company has just completed
post-production on its first fully -animated project, "Frances.D.
Remy Martin, the principal sponsor of the show, will present three special
honors during the program. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of France's Remy
Cointreau, SA .

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Wong - "Law + Order: SVU"

Outstanding Film Performance
Joan Chen - "Saving Face "
Stephen Chow - "Kung Fu Hustle"
Michelle Krusiec - "Saving Face"
Gong Li - "Memoirs of a Geisha"

Outstanding Film
"2046"
"Kung Fu Hustle "
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Saving Face"

Outstanding Live Performance
"Lennon" (the Broadway cast)
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Outstanding Newcomer
Lynn Chen ("Saving Face")
Katie Leung ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire")
Grace Park (the new "Battlestar Galactica")
Rex Lee ("Entourage")

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In addition, The Asian Excellence Awards will include a special tribute to
the late Pat Morita, featuring comments from the prolific actor's co-star
Ralph Macchio, who starred with Morita in the successful "Karate Kid" movies,
and a performance by Fort Minor. Veteran awards show producer Greg Sills serves as the
Supervising Producer for the show.

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Dave McKean, illustrator of the
book and director of Henson's most recent feature "MirrorMask," is attached to
direct. The deal also includes
an option on "The Outlaw Varjak Paw ," the second book in the series that was
recently released.

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"And from working with Dave
on 'MirrorMask ,' I know he will bring his own unique style to this great
adventure. I'm so thrilled to
be working with Dave McKean, whose art is such an integral part of the books,
and with The Jim Henson Company .henson.
Also participating in the show will be, Earvin "Magic" Johnson (NBA
Champion and Humanitarian ), Bai Ling (actress "Lords of Dogtown," "Anna and
the King"), Jason Scott Lee (actor "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"), Lisa Ling
(host "The View," "National Geographic Explorer"), Alice Wu (writer /director
"Saving Face"), Karl Yune (actor "Memoirs of a Geisha"), Carrie Ann Inaba
(choreographer "American Idol"), Rob Schneider (actor "Deuce Bigalow: European
Gigolo), John Cho (actor "Harold + Kumar Go to White Castle), Harold Perrineau
(actor "Lost"), Tamlyn Tomita (actress "The Day After Tomorrow"), Maggie Q
(actress "Mission Impossible III") and Johnnie To (director/producer
"Election ").

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, "Varjak Paw," the award-winning
fantasy novel by SF Said, has been optioned by The Jim Henson Company to be
developed as an animated family feature film. I think it is an ideal
project for The Jim Henson Company, SF and I to create. It's a dream come true!"

About The Jim Henson Company .
The company also produced the television feature "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz"
for Buena Vista Television.O Honors"
will be hosted by Kelly Hu (actress, "X-Men II," "The Scorpion King") and
Bobby Lee (actor/comedian, "Harold + Kumar Go to White Castle").

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The book, which is popular with
both boys and girls across several age demographics, was originally published
in 2003 by David Fickling Books at Random House and won the Nestle Book Prize
Gold Medal that year. Jason
Lust , Senior Vice President of Feature Films at Henson will lead the
development process..O Honors. EST /PST. A Lifetime Achievement honor will be posthumously awarded to
filmmaker Ismail Merchant by AZN Television and Remy Martin, with special
tributes from actors who have participated in various Merchant /Ivory
productions, including Naomi Watts, Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson. Welly Yang, Syd Vinnedge and Peilin Chou are Executive
Producers of the show. A wholly-owned company
of Comcast Corporation, the channel's programming targets the fast-growing,
English-speaking and multi-generational Asian American community.S.

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The Jim Henson Company Partners With SF Said and Dave McKean to Produce 'Varjak Paw'

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Asian Excellence Awards to Premiere Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 p.O Honors will be presented
for Inspiration (Dr.
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The announcement was made today by Lisa Henson, co -CEO of
The Jim Henson Company and a producer on the film.

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McKean and Said will co-write the screenplay .
The Jim Henson Company, an established leader in family entertainment for
over 50 years, is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry,
animatronics and computer graphics.

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"And all the time I wanted to see more of the city; I wanted to see
how these cats moved and interacted with each other. EST/PST

LOS ANGELES, At a press conference held
today at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, actress Bai Ling and
producer/Asian Excellence Awards Committee co-chair Teddy Zee announced the
nominees for "The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards Featuring the Remy Martin(R)
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Said and McKean will Executive Produce the film.

AZN Television Announces the Nominees for the '2006 Asian Excellence Awards Featuring the Remy Martin(R) X.O Honors'

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Best known as creators of the world
famous Muppets (the rights to which are now owned by The Walt Disney Company),
Henson is the recipient of nearly 50 Emmy Awards, nine Grammy Awards and two
Oscar Awards." The Jim
Henson Company's website is located at: http://www.

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Creative Team Behind Successful Book Will Help Bring It to the Big Screen

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Genres
include the most popular Asian films, dramas , documentaries and anime as well
as original programming.

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"Varjak Paw" is a story about a Mesopotamian blue kitten who embarks on a
journey to save his family and in the process discovers he is part of a
mystical tradition of magical martial arts.
"With 'Varjak Paw,' SF Said and Dave McKean have a proven partnership of
great storytelling using words and images so we are thrilled to join them in
bringing this to the screen," said Lisa Henson. This is a great classic
adventure story with broad visual possibilities. The Remy Martin(R) X.O Honors"
will be taped at the legendary Wiltern LG Theatre in Hollywood, California and
will air on AZN Television on the first day of the Lunar New Year, January 29,
2006, 8:00 p.

AZN Television
AZN Television is the network for Asian America.

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No studio is yet attached. Now we have a chance to make an amazing movie for
them, and for everyone who hasn't yet met the Kung Fu cat. David D.