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ROCK OF ASIAN: Kollaboration 10 Ticket Giveaway!

Another Kollaboration extravaganza is upon us!

We’re soooo looking forward to the competition (frankly, we’re happy enough just watching the video of the contestants’ group cover of Chris Brown’s “Forever” over and over again), which will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles this Saturday, March 6.

(Okay, maybe we just want to stalk our cougar crush, the ever-adorable YouTube star KevJumba, who is among the judges at the event.)

Get this! As media sponsors of Kollaboration 10, we’re giving away 4 pairs of tickets to readers! Here are the contest deets:

* Intern Jasmine will be judging the event.
* To enter, write a haiku on the subject: “Why Intern Jasmine Is Amazian.”
* Email your entry to info@disgrasian.com.
* Jasmine will pick winners by Friday at 3pm PST.

Here is my entry:

She taught me to tweet
We eat the same comfort food
Pinay pride for life

What’s yours? Good luck and party on!

[Kollaboration: Empowerment Through Entertainment]

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Filed under: Abraham McDonald, and Peter Rocks and the Kollaboration House Band, Contests, Cougars, Haiku, Inappropriate Crushes, Intern Jasmine, Joseph Kahn, Just Kidding Films, KevJumba, Kollaboration, Kollaboration 10, Lisa Ling, Los Angeles, Michelle Phan, Nita Song, Patty Yoon, Pigeon John, Rex Lee, Rex Navarrete, Shrine Auditorium, TIcket Giveaway, Tony Rock, Vudoo Soul, We Are Heroes, Young Dudes

Red Cliff Giveaway!!! Follow Us And Prosper

John Woo’s new film, Red Cliff, is now available on VOD, Amazon and XBOX Live and will open in theaters starting November 18, 2009. Red Cliff is film #3 in Magnet Releasing’s Six Shooter Film Series 2, and looks so awesome.

View the trailer here:







We are partnering with Magnet for a contest to offer a sweet prize package that includes: a full size RED CLIFF poster signed by John Woo (!!!) and the Magnet/Magnolia DVDs EXILED, CHOCOLATE and DYNAMITE WARRIOR.

You’d be stupid not to want this. And entering the contest is easy!

Follow @disgrasian on Twitter and post a tweet with the hashtag #redcliffdisgrasian. If a friend suggested that you enter the contest, include their @handle, and they’ll be entered too.

All entries will be collected on Friday, November 13 at 12pm PST, and entered into a hat. Intern Jasmine will then pick the winner out of the hat on Friday, November 13 at 12:30pm PST, after which we’ll post the winner here and on Twitter!

Sorry guys, but entrants must live in the U.S.

GOOD LUCK!

[@disgrasian on Twitter]

[Red Cliff: Official Trailer]

Filed under: #redcliffdisgrasian, Autographed Posters, Contests, DVDs, Everybody Loves a Winner, Followers, Giveaway, Intern Jasmine, John Woo, Magnet, Magnolia, Prizes Are Awesome, Red Cliff, Tweet, Tweets, Twitter, Winner, Winning

Announcing… The WINNER Of The AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST!

UPSHOT TO HOSTING A PHOTO CONTEST FOR CUTE AMAZIAN BABY PICTURES: Your ploy to collect the world’s awesomest picture gallery of cutie patooties totally works, and you realize that (phew!) your readers not only have great taste in blogs/baby clothes, but also have pretty damn good genetics. You marvel at how much better you feel knowing that your audience is even more attractive than you thought. You totally (and selfishly) feel encouraged, convinced that your own future children will be adorable. You smile a lot. You sigh a LOT. You say “awwwwwwwwwwohmygoodnessbabiesbabiesbabies!!!” over and over and over again with giggles of glee.

DOWNSIDE TO HOSTING A PHOTO CONTEST FOR CUTE AMAZIAN BABY PICTURES: You realize that every photo you receive is the cutest photo you’ve ever seen. You realize that choosing between them is more difficult than picking an outfit for the first day of sixth grade. You spend many sleepless nights, tossing and turning, trying to decide which makes your heart skip more, Lily’s eyelashes or Kaiya’s Cheeks or Idris’s brows or Hero’s frown or Oscar’s bear ear hoodie. You decide to focus on photo composition and things like lighting/focus, but realize you don’t know jack about that stuff. You give up and lean on a psychic for help.

But through the ups and downs, we’ve enjoyed every single frickin’ minute of our very first AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST. SO LET’S GET TO THE GOOD PART!

The grand prize winner, who will receive a $50 Gift Certificate to Kumquat, is…

Sophia, 18 months

SOPHIA!!! Okay, there are her marshmallow cheeks, dark and soft curls,and the fact that she’s a “trouble maker”–all set against a sweet floral background. But what do we really love about this photo? Sophia’s BABY GROUCHFACE! The world’s a pretty tough place, and it’s hard to look adorable when there’s so much to be cranky about (Trust us; we, uh know), but she does it so well. OH, SO WELL.

Congratulasians to Sophia and her parents! We can’t wait to see you rocking your new Kumquat garb!

But wait, there’s more.

What y’all didn’t know is that our first runner-up will be receiving a $25 Gift Certificate to Kumquat as well! Woohoo!!!

And the first runner-up photo is:

Penelope, 3 years

PENELOPE. She’s going to hate us in 10 years when she’s a teenager that is awkward and gangly and growing in all the wrong places and grouchy about everything–particularly photos of herself in the baby bath–but we just can’t help it. We LOVE her shampoo-hawk, and the expression on her beautiful face! Now let’s dress this clean little one in some dandy duds!

Guys, we couldn’t be more serious–we struggled so much to choose between all of these too-cute photos, especially when each little face made our wombs do a cheer. They’re simply too good to keep to ourselves, so we’re sharing all of the submissions with you (click to play)! ENJOY!!!

And to all of those parents out there, we highly recommend outfitting your little ones in Kumquat all day, every day. All of your cute photos will be EVEN CUTER, as if that’s even possible!!!

[DISGRASIAN™: The AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST]
[Kumquat - Official Site]

Thank you thank you thank you, Angelyn and Jasmine! And thank you to all of those who submitted photos!!!

Filed under: Adorable-ness, Amazian Jr., Announcements, Bathtubs, Beautiful Babies, Contests, Cute Overload, Cutie Patooties, Everybody Loves a Winner, Fashion, Grouches

We’ve Been Looking So Long At These Pictures Of Babies That We Almost Believe That They’re Real [AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST]

Ladies and Gents,

Time is running out in the DISGRASIAN™/Kumquat AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST! The final deadline for submissions is TONIGHT: Friday, October 9 at 11:59pm PST!

To those with cute pictures on hand… don’t miss the boat (and by boat, we mean the grand prize of bragging rights and a $50 Gift Certificate to Kumquat!!!

Oooooh, baby baby!

We can hardly believe how many cutie patootie photos of little Amazian munchkins we’ve received over the last week. But hey, we’d be stupid not to ask for a few more.

SUBMIT, people, SUBMIT!

[DISGRASIAN™: AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST]

Filed under: Amazian Jr., Beautiful Babies, Contests, Cutie Patooties, Deadlines

Your Baby, Too, Can Look Like Obama’s Kin! [AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST]

We couldn’t help but squeal this week when, while cyberstalking casually browsing through AP photos of the Obama and Ng families during vacation time in D.C., we discovered another picture show of little Savita!

How brainy families go on holiday

Imagine our delight when we realized that our Baby of the week spent the holiday rocking one of our favorite tiny clothes designers: Kumquat! (Perhaps you’ve noticed Giant Robot’s love for the baby brand, as well.)

You kinda have to look closely to see past the harness, but she’s definitely wearing the Organic Squirrel Tree collection (also pictured above, right):

Konrad Ng, Savita (in harness), President Obama, squirrels and stripes

So we got to thinking. Shouldn’t every baby deserve to look as cute as the President’s niece? Shouldn’t all children have an equal opportunity to adorn their munchkin legs with hip prints and soft, organic cotton? We sure think so.

That, friends, is why we’ve partnered up with Kumquat to bring you this week’s AMAZIAN JR. BABY PHOTO CONTEST!!! (We’re looking for cute photos of Asian and Asian-mix babies. We know that babies of all ethnicities are cute, but we happen to have an especial desire to collect photos of those munchkins with at least a drop of yellow in ‘em. Please understand!)

Here’s the lowdown.

• Entrants must only submit photos of babies they know personally.
• Entrants must only submit photos they own and have permission to share (Please don’t even bother trolling the web for photos of random cute Asian babies; we’ve already done it and will definitely recognize ‘em!).
• Photos must be of tykes between the ages of 0 and 3.
• Photos must be cute.
• Please limit your submissions to 2 photos per baby, maximum 10 babies.
• Submission cutoff is 11:59pm PST on Friday, October 9.
• The winning photo will be selected by DISGRASIAN and Kumquat, and posted on Monday, October 12.
• Contest winner will receive a $50 Gift Certificate for Kumquat! WOW!
• Note that all babies, not just cute Asian babies, look cuter in Kumquat.

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PLEASE SUBMIT ENTRY PHOTOS TO info@disgrasian.com.

GOOD LUCK!

[Kumquat - Official Site]

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Thanks, Cate and Angelyn!

Filed under: Adorable-ness, Asian Babies, Awesome Photos, Contests, Giant Robot, Konrad Ng, Little Dears, President Barack Obama, Savita Ng

ROCK OF ASIAN: Nate Tao

What we know about Nate Tao–besides the fact that he’s crooned at Fenway Park and does a mean rendition of a young Michael Jackson–is that he’s currently competing in the online Star-Spangled Banner Singing Contest sponsored by USA Weekend and the Smithsonian. What’s the grand prize for the win, you ask? Just the opportunity to perform at June 14’s Flag Day festivities at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and at Oriole Park in Baltimore’s Camden Yards. How noble! How fabulous.

Check him out above–warm facial emotion, rich tone, impressive range. He deserves to win! And not just because he’s Asian. And also not just because the grand prize totally rules, while the semi-finalist prize (a signed copy of the Smithsonian-printed book, The Star-Spangled Banner, which will be doled out to 15 sad sacks) totally…sucks.

Community popularity (measured by YouTube views, ratings, and favorite statistics) is a key factor in the first round of judging, which closes in one month, so let’s rally for our brotha! Watch, rate, favorite, and pass it on! Don’t make this boy go back home with a book, for crying out loud.

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Thanks, William!

Filed under: A Cappella, Contests, Fenway Park, High Aspirasians, Nate Tao, National Anthem, Patriotism is Cool, Popularity Contests, The Smithsonian, The Star-Spangled Banner, USA Weekend, YouTube

ROCK OF ASIAN: Kina Grannis

Our friends in Cavil at Rest introduced us to the soft and sweet strums of the adorable Texasian Kina Grannis. Angry Asian Man loves her, and so do we. What’s not to love–beautiful face, cultural variety, a soft twang in her gentle voice?

Grannis is currently a Top 3 Finalist in a contest called Crash the Superbowl, which results in a cool indie artist’s video being run during the big game. Let’s show her some love and win it for her, shall we? The thought of any of those other nerds taking the prize kinda gives me food-poisoning-style-nausea.

Vote here.

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Filed under: Cavil at Rest, Contests, Friends are Nice, Guitar Ballads, Kina Grannis, Ladies Who Rock, Sweet Beats, The Superbowl

Lips on a Hard Nipple

Remember that awesome doc Hands on a Hard Body, about a contest held in Longview, TX where the last person standing with his or her hand on a new Nissan truck got to take it home as a prize?

Well, a similar contest was held in Beijing this week, only the contestants had to suck on a hard plastic nipple attached to a Chevy Aveo, i.e. “the prize,” if you can call an Aveo that.

The contest winner, Zhang Chunying, sucked hard for 27 straight hours before getting helped off the field after her, uh, I guess you’d call it…victory?

Someone get this poor woman a case of chapstick. Hell, get that poor plastic nipple she sucked on for a day some, too.

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(Thanks Greenie! Let’s enter the Hands on a Hard Maserati contest together!)

Filed under: Chapstick, Contests, Hands on a Hard Body, Jumping the Nipple Shark, Sometimes Sucking at Something Is a Good Thing?, Weird Chinese Behavior

CONTEST!!! "L" is For…

Gwen recently announced the launch of her new fragrance, “L.”

The PR buzz on this is that the “L” stands for “Love”–but in StefaniLand, Love is a person, right? And that person is this slave person:

What? You don’t recognize her? But Gwen made her FAMOUS!

I will argue that in StefaniLand “Love” is pronounced “ruv,” which might actually call for a fragrance called “R.”

Nope, nope, nope, I don’t buy this “love” bit, not one bit! –Which is why I’m asking for your suggestions… what does the L stand for?

I’ll start:

• Lameness
• Loserville
• Lecherous
• Lashings
• Loogie
• Leggings
• Labia
• Licking Butt

…Your turn!!!

Email your responses here.

Filed under: Contests, Everything About Gwen Stefani Sucks Ass, Gwen's Making Another Buck--Whoop De Doo, Harajuku Girls, L is for Labia