Asian Excellence Awards

Erin Quill and Chil Kong

Garden City resident Erin Quill and her husband, Chil Kong, walked the Red Carpet last week at the 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards.

Ms. Quill just finished the musical, The Mikado Project. Backstage West said of her performance, "Whether sending up Bette Davis or cutting to the quick of the matter, Erin Quill excels in the role of Viola, ethical center of the piece and as a singer, the vocal backbone."

Mr. Kong, who appears in the movie WEST 32nd - which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month, is currently shooting a Miramax feature, Crossing Over, in Los Angeles. The ceremony itself will be broadcast on

Thursday, May 24th, 6:00pm, E! Entertainment

Monday, May 28th, 8:00 pm, Channel AZN

The stars are lining up to be a part of one of the biggest nights for Asian Americans in Hollywood The 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards presented by JCPenney. Hosting the show will be Lost's Daniel Dae Kim and Battlestar Galactica's Grace Park. Now in its 6th extraordinary year, the Asian Excellence Awards is the most prestigious and only nationally televised event celebrating the achievements of the Asian and Asian American community in film, television, and music. Awards are also given to remarkable individuals outside of these disciplines who have made a deep and historic impact on our national culture.

Erin Quill and Nominee Rex Lee from HBO's Entourage

The AZN Asian Excellence Awards is the only nationally televised event celebrating significant Asian and Asian American achievements in entertainment, the arts and other disciplines that have had a profound impact on American culture. For the first time, AZN has partnered with E! Entertainment Television, the top global source for everything red carpet, to further promote the show with an hour-long special featuring red carpet arrivals, behind-the-scenes excitement and highlights from the event.

AZN Television has also partnered with E! Entertainment Television, the top global source for everything red carpet, to further promote the show with an hour-long special featuring celebrity arrivals, behind-the-scenes excitement and highlights, making the Asian Excellence Awards the most broadly televised Asian American program in history. The special will air on E! on May 24 at 6:00pm and the hour-long special will serve as a preview of the full awards program on AZN on May 28 at 8:00pm.

Chil Kong and his Parents