ENTERTAINMENT

Watching “Scrubs” actress, Sonal Shah, perform, there is no end to the laughter, smiles, and looks of amazement. Sonal may be petite, but she channels a huge, positive impact through her acting. Having been in the spotlight since she was five as a competitive improv dancer, singing in her high school show choir, and being in theater for most of her adult life, it’s not surprising that Sonal is a multifaceted performer.

Project collaborations, of all sorts, are nothing new in the entertainment industry. It happens all the time. To witness a collaboration between a comedian and musician is rare. One would think, “What could a comedian and a musician collaborate on together?” The answer? Just look to former Hollywood Laugh Factory comedian/actor, Harvin Sethi, and Styles of Beyond/Fort Minor member, Takbir Bashir (a.k.a. Tak). Once you see them work and perform together, you will clearly see how it is possible. Together, the two men bring a new meaning to innovation, creative and talent.

It was like fate when Tania Gunadi won a green card lottery to move from Indonesia to the United States. When she first came to the US, the first thing she noticed was the way the L.A. freeways seemed so clean and magical. New to the language she managed to learn English quickly while working at a pizza place, and as luck would have it, she booked a part in a Disneyland commercial! From then on, her career shot forward swiftly and she is now a main actress on the action-adventure television series "Aaron Stone” on the new Disney XD television channel.

“Pack Your Knives and Go!” After 4 seasons of Top Chef hosted by South Asian Padma Lakshmi, there’s a new Asian host in town who’s been added to the Top Chef brand and is now hosting Bravo’s latest spin-off, Top Chef Masters. She’s Korean American Kelly Choi and if you’re from the New York area, she is certainly a familiar face.

Unmistaken Child directed by Nati Baratz is the magical 4-year journey of a young Tibetan monk named Tenzin Zopa seeking to find his previous master’s reincarnate. It is a true-to-life documentary, following an outcome of events and is both intriguing and beautiful. The young monk ‘eventually presents the child he believes to be his master’s reincarnate to the Dalai Lama so that he can make the final decision.’ For more about the ending one will have to see the film!

How beautiful is singer Maggie Kim? Not only is she gorgeous on the outside but she's just delightful on the inside.

Julia Nickson made her screen debut in Rambo: First Blood, Part II, opposite Sylvester Stallone back in 1985. She's part of a generation, a small clique of Asian female working actors that included Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, Vivian Wu and John Chen.

Ziya Tong is a correspondent for this summer’s fast-paced season of Nova Science Now, which airs on PBS starting June 30th. She appears in three of the shows, which vary in ‘sizzling’ subject matter. When I spoke with her, she was friendly, cool and collected, yet extremely excited about all the adventures she had while filming the expeditions (such as getting up close and personal with cuddly walruses).

Rosanne Ma is known primarily as a New York stage actress. She has been with the Pan Asian Repertory Company for several years, performing in Joy Luck Club, Rashomon, and The Empress of China. She challenged our perceptions of Asian women in our society as screen legend Anna Mae Wong in Pan Asian Rep's China Doll. Rosanne was part of the first American theater group to be invited to the Havana Theater Festival. She last appeared in Off Broadway's longest running comedy Jewtopia.