You know her as the sexy Pussycat Doll lead singer, Filipino-Russian Nicole Scherzinger (she took her stepdad’s name). Now she’s in “Dancing with the Stars,” as one of the dancing contestants.

Hollywood showbiz reporter Janet Nepales said Nicole’s Filipino roots can be traced to her Filipino  father, Alfonso Valiente. Her mother, Rosemary Elikolani, is of Russian and Hawaiian descent.

Nicole said she dreams of singing the national anthem for her sports hero, Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao, one day. She was quoted by Nepales as saying, “It would be an honor to sing the national anthem in a Manny Pacquiao fight. I’m so proud of him! I’ve been following him religiously. So let’s make it happen!”

Who doesn’t admire Pacquiao, except perhaps Floyd Mayweather.  C’mon, Floyd, make the fight happen and we’ll see if Nicole can do the Philippine National Anthem.

This 31-year-old performer has made commercials in the Philippines for Bench Body underwear and Clear Shampoo and Conditioner that were aired all over Southeast Asia.

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Jen Kwok is one brave Asian girl to come up with a music video in defense of the Asian guy. The images still show some stereotypes for comic effect evidently, but the message in the lyrics is clear. We don’t all deserve the bad press.

Admerasia staffers were trying to get their caffeine fix early Friday morning when, lo and behold, a hunchback appeared, eliciting squeals and screams as it limped around the office injecting (or more like squirting) “flu juice” (chocolate drink) into happily obliging mouths. The staff came with great costumes, but Admerasia co-founder Jeff Lin was in character when he had his costume on as Dr. Swine Flu, a big plus that made him the runaway winner in the office Halloween costume contest. He is shown here in his subdued moment before he started wreaking havoc again.

Yu-jin Lee, our colleague at Admerasia, passed on this piece of great news about the South Korean girl band, Wonder Girls.

According to Channel News Asia in Singapore, the Wonder Girls recently became the first ever Korean group to enter the rotation playlists of some of the top radio stations in the United States, according to reports on Oct.20.

The band’s agency JYP Entertainment reportedly added that the Wonder Girls’ US debut single “Nobody” has made its way into the rotation playlists of 18 out of 167 “Top40 Radio Stations” located across major US cities.

The band, which consists of five members aged 17 to 21, shot to fame in late 2007 with the hit single “Tell Me,” and went on to conquer parts of Asia.

The five-piece ensemble, known for their catchy tunes and sultry dance moves, reportedly made their presence felt in the West when it released “Nobody” in America in June, and performed as the opening act for all 53 Jonas Brothers concerts.

Most movies on video now come with the standard special features or featurettes. These can be about interviews with cast and crew, a behind-the-scenes look, or scenes that ended up in the cutting room floor but added in the featurettes section for the delectation of a movie fiend or, shall we say, a true-blue cineaste?!

This video is called Visit our Agency. If it became a TV show, you could say it could pass off as a trailer or preview, to The Office. But it’s just something we produced for people to see how hard we (hardly) work, and how you can see us in person, if the urge compels you. We prefer if you have a really good business reason to see us.

It stars the Admerasia office with the staff as its supporting characters. Okay, that won’t really fly and can rile up some people. So let me rephrase that and say, the Visit our Agency video stars are the staff with the Admerasia office providing the backdrop in the drama, comedy and action that unfolds here. That’s better.

Now as stated, here’s the Visit our Agency with the special feature, three possible scripts I wrote for a planned voiceover that didn’t materialize, because the web development team felt the video was better with the jaunty tune. I agree, but here are the three possible scripts of what the voiceover might have been. Take your pick of the litter.

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Last month, it was confirmed that Taiwanese star Jay Chou was going to be Kato in The Green Hornet remake. This time, the popular yet short-lived seventies TV series is going to be a Hollywood movie. Bruce Lee was the original Kato, of course. Lee was also supposed to be Kung Fu, but nobody was reportedly going to buy it.

Chou is a musician, actor and director in Taiwan. It may have surprised some people why Hollywood chose a Taiwanese actor than an Asian American actor. Of course, Chou is more than capable to play the role, but Hollywood also knows he would be a big box-office draw in Asia. In the photo, he is with co-star Cameron Diaz. By posting this here, we seem to have become TMZ.

There is one funny scene in “Knocked Up” that made us wonder, “Who is that funny Asian girl, the stoner girlfriend of one of the equally stoned guys? People who saw that movie couldn’t believe what they were seeing – and what they were hearing.  The clip, not in its entirety, can be seen on Youtube, but you’ll know why we didn’t upload it here.

Her name is Charlyne Yi. She is a 23-year-old musician, writer, painter and actress (yes, she is 23) who is appearing in her first leading role in the “Paper Heart” mockumentary, which opened last Friday. She wrote the movie, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

In this video clip from the Tonight Now on Aug. 6, she does E.T., mumbles while playing the guitar and tries to convince Conan O’Brien she is not “high.”

Yi is a product of Spam meat lovers–Koreans and Filipinos. Yi was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is of Filipino-Spanish descent and her father is Korean.