Lost Actors Nominated For Asian Excellence Awards

Last week in Los Angeles, Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars, Dance Wars: Bruno Vs Carrie Ann) and Bobby Lee (MADtv) announced the nominees for the 2008 JCPenney Asian Excellence Awards. This is the third year that the Asian Excellence Awards will honor the outstanding achievements of Asians and Asian Americans in film, television, music, and the performing arts via a national awards telecast.

Carrie Ann Inaba and Bobby Lee will co-host the show that will be taped at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles. Comedian Russell Peters will serve as backstage host, providing the voice and comic relief. The 2008 JCPenney Asian Excellence Awards will premiere on E! Entertainment Television on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, 5 p.m. CT. In addition, beginning May 7 and throughout the month of May, the show will be available on Comcast On Demand.

This year's award categories and nominees include:

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OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTOR
Naveen Andrews - Lost (ABC)
Daniel Dae Kim - Lost (ABC)
Masi Oka - Heroes (NBC)
Sendhil Ramamurthy - Heroes (NBC)
B.D. Wong - Law & Order, SVU (NBC)

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTRESS
Yunjin Kim - Lost (ABC)
Lucy Liu - Cashmere Mafia (ABC)
Parminder Nagra - ER (NBC)
Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Lindsay Price - Lipstick Jungle (NBC)
Navi Rawat - Numb3rs (CBS)

SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTOR
James Kyson Lee - Heroes (NBC)
Rex Lee - Entourage (HBO)
Will Yun Lee - Bionic Woman (NBC)
Ken Leung - Lost (ABC)
Kal Penn - House M.D. (FOX)
James Saito - Eli Stone (ABC)
Source: Asians In America Magazine