SHOW PREVIEW
"The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards Featuring the Rémy Martin® X.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").

Rémy Martin, the principal sponsor of the show, will present three special honors during the program. The Rémy Martin® X.O Honors will be presented for Inspiration (Dr. David D. Ho), Visibility (Lucy Liu) and Bridge (Quentin Tarantino). 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.

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.

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").