My new movie "Tre" -- Theatrical trailer, film print chaos, etc.

While I was in Vegas volunteering for Barack Obama I got an urgent call (actually several) from people saying there were big problems with the first answer print of my new film "Tre."  The producer yelled at me for doing the Obama thing when I'm supposed to be post-producing a film.  It was an agonizing decision, but I decided to stay and I'm glad I did for countless reasons which I'll try to convey in future blogs and vid...Read more

Barack Obama and Kelly Hu in the same shot!

I have only a few minutes because we are checking out of our hotel. What an incredible weekend it was in Las Vegas volunteering for Barack Obama. One of the million amazing things we experienced was...

Asian American Activists Converge in Vegas to Support Obama

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 18, 2008 Asian American Activists Converge in Vegas to Support Obama Over 30 Asian American artists,...

KELLY HU and Kal Penn for BARACK OBAMA YouTube videos!!!!!

I'm in Las Vegas volunteering for Barack Obama.  30 or so friends are joining from 4 different cities including Kelly Hu and Yul Kwon.  We are posting a series of videos.  Here are the first two.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvw1-oZCNM Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_AXO8wCj0

Kal Penn Campaigning for Obama in Nevada - KELLY HU for OBAMA YouTube Vid

I'm in Las Vegas and it's crazy but wanted to quickly share these videos with you. More coming soon!

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Thoughts on my new film, " T R E " in theaters Feb. 1, 2008

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fogM504y398 These are two statements the studio publicists asked me to write about my new film "TRE" which will see its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2008 and in Chicago on Feb. 8, 2008 (with more cities TBA).  I've uploaded the trailer to my FaceBook page,

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Obama for America -- the Voice We Need

Next week I am leading an exciting group of artists including Kelly Hu and Annabel Park into Las Vegas to volunteer from Barack Obama in the upcoming Nevada Caucus. Here's my explanation as to why:Hi...

Getting Heat from Hillary Clinton Supporters!

My previous blog, which I posted on Virginia's leading political discussion website RaisingKaine.com, got some interesting replies. I posted this, which as already gotten a retort from an anonymous C...

Iowa Caucus Results -- Obama and Huckabee on Immigration

I am pleased about the results in Iowa last night. I want to talk about immigration, but not because I'm a one-issue type of guy. Indeed, the most important conclusion I've drawn in documenting the ...

Clip from TRE, new film opening Feb. 1 in Los Angeles

When actor Michael Idemoto first read the scrīpt for Charlotte Sometimes he thought the green light was a reference to The Great Gatspy. Actually, I never read The Great Gatspy and the refe...