Awards Jamboree
The Asian Film Awards Academy has revealed several events around the annual Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Veteran filmmakers, jury president of this year’s awards, Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, will share their filmmaking experiences and artistic concepts in a joint masterclass. Thai star Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn (“2gether” series and film) known as Win, will be honored with the Afa Rising Star Award and the event will host the world premiere of his new film “Under Parallel Skies.”
There will also be six themed panel discussions featuring actors Wan Fang (Taiwan), Rachel Leung and Yoyo Tse (both Hong Kong), Tergel Bold-Erdene (Mongolia), Awat Ratanapintha (Thailand) and Shirata Mihaya (Japan). The discussions will also include filmmakers Nick Cheuk, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Dominic Sangma, Oscar-winning production designer Tim Yip, production and costume designers Eric Lam, Man Lim Chung, Mitsumatsu Keiko, Elaine Ng, Zhang Menglun, editors Keith Chan Hiu Chun,...
The Asian Film Awards Academy has revealed several events around the annual Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Veteran filmmakers, jury president of this year’s awards, Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, will share their filmmaking experiences and artistic concepts in a joint masterclass. Thai star Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn (“2gether” series and film) known as Win, will be honored with the Afa Rising Star Award and the event will host the world premiere of his new film “Under Parallel Skies.”
There will also be six themed panel discussions featuring actors Wan Fang (Taiwan), Rachel Leung and Yoyo Tse (both Hong Kong), Tergel Bold-Erdene (Mongolia), Awat Ratanapintha (Thailand) and Shirata Mihaya (Japan). The discussions will also include filmmakers Nick Cheuk, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Dominic Sangma, Oscar-winning production designer Tim Yip, production and costume designers Eric Lam, Man Lim Chung, Mitsumatsu Keiko, Elaine Ng, Zhang Menglun, editors Keith Chan Hiu Chun,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
In a surprising move, the Toronto Raptors have parted ways with head coach Nick Nurse.
Raptors Vice-Chairman and President, Masai Ujiri, admitted that the decision was a difficult one, considering Nurse’s significant contribution to the team’s historic achievements.
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“The decision to make a change like this is never arrived at easily or taken lightly, especially when it comes to a person who has been an integral part of this franchise’s most historic accomplishments, and who has been a steady leader through some of our team’s most challenging times. As we reflect on Nick’s many successes, we thank him and his family, and wish them the best in future,” Ujiri said in a statement.
Nurse started as an assistant coach in 2013 before being promoted to head coach in 2018. In his first year,...
Raptors Vice-Chairman and President, Masai Ujiri, admitted that the decision was a difficult one, considering Nurse’s significant contribution to the team’s historic achievements.
Read More: Toronto Raptors’ Chris Boucher Launches Scholarship For Caribbean Students: ‘Something I’ve Always Wanted To Do’
“The decision to make a change like this is never arrived at easily or taken lightly, especially when it comes to a person who has been an integral part of this franchise’s most historic accomplishments, and who has been a steady leader through some of our team’s most challenging times. As we reflect on Nick’s many successes, we thank him and his family, and wish them the best in future,” Ujiri said in a statement.
Nurse started as an assistant coach in 2013 before being promoted to head coach in 2018. In his first year,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
The NBA has postponed 5 upcoming games involving 9 teams due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases.
Affected Sunday matches include the Denver Nuggets against the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers against the Atlanta Hawks, and the New Orleans Pelicans against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Cavaliers had 5 players enter the NBA’s health and safety protocols after testing positive for Covid-19: Jarrett Allen, Lamar Stevens, Dylan Windler, Denzel Valentine, and Rj Nembhard. They join previously added, Isaac Okoro and Evan Mobley.
The Brooklyn Nets have 10 players in protocol including Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. Irving has yet to comply with New York’s vaccine mandate.
The NBA requires any player to enter protocol if they have not been fully vaccinated but have been exposed to someone who has.
Monday’s game between the Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors, and the Washington Wizards against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday are also postponed.
Affected Sunday matches include the Denver Nuggets against the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers against the Atlanta Hawks, and the New Orleans Pelicans against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Cavaliers had 5 players enter the NBA’s health and safety protocols after testing positive for Covid-19: Jarrett Allen, Lamar Stevens, Dylan Windler, Denzel Valentine, and Rj Nembhard. They join previously added, Isaac Okoro and Evan Mobley.
The Brooklyn Nets have 10 players in protocol including Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. Irving has yet to comply with New York’s vaccine mandate.
The NBA requires any player to enter protocol if they have not been fully vaccinated but have been exposed to someone who has.
Monday’s game between the Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors, and the Washington Wizards against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday are also postponed.
- 12/19/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentaries
Toronto Raptors vice-chair and president Masai Ujiri has joined the upcoming documentary series on the Basketball Africa League (Bal), a partnership between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), as an executive producer.
Fremantle and Passenger are producing the as yet untitled series, which tells the story of the creation, launch and inaugural season of the Bal, a new professional basketball league in Africa featuring 12 club teams from across the African continent. The series is being directed by emerging South African director Tebogo Malope.
Ujiri was the architect behind the Raptors’ historic 2019 NBA Championship win and he also serves as president of Giants of Africa, the non-profit he co-founded in 2003, which uses basketball as a tool to educate and enrich the lives of African youth.
The first edition of Bal took place in May in Kigali, Rwanda. Working alongside showrunner and executive producer Richard Brown...
Toronto Raptors vice-chair and president Masai Ujiri has joined the upcoming documentary series on the Basketball Africa League (Bal), a partnership between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), as an executive producer.
Fremantle and Passenger are producing the as yet untitled series, which tells the story of the creation, launch and inaugural season of the Bal, a new professional basketball league in Africa featuring 12 club teams from across the African continent. The series is being directed by emerging South African director Tebogo Malope.
Ujiri was the architect behind the Raptors’ historic 2019 NBA Championship win and he also serves as president of Giants of Africa, the non-profit he co-founded in 2003, which uses basketball as a tool to educate and enrich the lives of African youth.
The first edition of Bal took place in May in Kigali, Rwanda. Working alongside showrunner and executive producer Richard Brown...
- 10/28/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Masai Ujiri, vice-chairman and president of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, has been brought on board to executive produce the Fremantle/Passenger docuseries based on the newly launched Basketball Africa League.
Ujiri joins as EP alongside Fisher Stevens (Tiger King) and Akin Omotoso (The Greek Freak), while Emmy-winning editor Andy Worboys has boarded as lead editor. South Africa’s Tebogo Malope is directing.
The docuseries is being produced by Fremantle and Richard Brown’s Passenger as part of their multi-year deal.
With the first Bal season taking place in Rwanda in May, the series will showcase stories of players, coaches and teams across Africa as they prepare for and compete in the season-ending tournament. The league is a partnership between the NBA and the International Basketball Federation.
Ujiri, who was the architect behind the Raptors’ 2019 NBA championship team, grew up in Zaria, Nigeria and attended college in the U.S.
Ujiri joins as EP alongside Fisher Stevens (Tiger King) and Akin Omotoso (The Greek Freak), while Emmy-winning editor Andy Worboys has boarded as lead editor. South Africa’s Tebogo Malope is directing.
The docuseries is being produced by Fremantle and Richard Brown’s Passenger as part of their multi-year deal.
With the first Bal season taking place in Rwanda in May, the series will showcase stories of players, coaches and teams across Africa as they prepare for and compete in the season-ending tournament. The league is a partnership between the NBA and the International Basketball Federation.
Ujiri, who was the architect behind the Raptors’ 2019 NBA championship team, grew up in Zaria, Nigeria and attended college in the U.S.
- 10/28/2021
- by Anuj Radia
- Deadline Film + TV
WME Sports has signed Toronto Raptors president and vice-chairman Masai Ujiri in all areas.
The Hollywood talent agency will focus on expanding Ujiri’s business opportunities across content, brand partnerships, books, speaking and social impact beyond his philanthropic work. WME will also support his business and strategic efforts across the African continent and Canada.
Ujiri joined the Raptors in 2013 as the first and only African president of a professional sports franchise. And in 2019, Ujiri led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA Championship after trading star player DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard and installing Nick Nurse as coach of the team....
The Hollywood talent agency will focus on expanding Ujiri’s business opportunities across content, brand partnerships, books, speaking and social impact beyond his philanthropic work. WME will also support his business and strategic efforts across the African continent and Canada.
Ujiri joined the Raptors in 2013 as the first and only African president of a professional sports franchise. And in 2019, Ujiri led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA Championship after trading star player DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard and installing Nick Nurse as coach of the team....
WME Sports has signed Toronto Raptors president and vice-chairman Masai Ujiri in all areas.
The Hollywood talent agency will focus on expanding Ujiri’s business opportunities across content, brand partnerships, books, speaking and social impact beyond his philanthropic work. WME will also support his business and strategic efforts across the African continent and Canada.
Ujiri joined the Raptors in 2013 as the first and only African president of a professional sports franchise. And in 2019, Ujiri led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA Championship after trading star player DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard and installing Nick Nurse as coach of the team....
The Hollywood talent agency will focus on expanding Ujiri’s business opportunities across content, brand partnerships, books, speaking and social impact beyond his philanthropic work. WME will also support his business and strategic efforts across the African continent and Canada.
Ujiri joined the Raptors in 2013 as the first and only African president of a professional sports franchise. And in 2019, Ujiri led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA Championship after trading star player DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard and installing Nick Nurse as coach of the team....
“Who makes the game?” former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling asked his girlfriend in 2014. “Do I make the game, or do they make the game?”
The NBA soon answered Sterling by banning him from the league for life shortly after that racist tirade, caught on tape, became public. Six years later, the Milwaukee Bucks have offered a more definitive reply. Before Wednesday night’s Game 5 of their playoff series with the Orlando Magic, Bucks players staged a wildcat strike in protest of police violence. Their focus was acutely on...
The NBA soon answered Sterling by banning him from the league for life shortly after that racist tirade, caught on tape, became public. Six years later, the Milwaukee Bucks have offered a more definitive reply. Before Wednesday night’s Game 5 of their playoff series with the Orlando Magic, Bucks players staged a wildcat strike in protest of police violence. Their focus was acutely on...
- 8/27/2020
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Do not mess with clapback queen Chrissy Teigen. As fans well know, the expectant star is no stranger to criticism and attacks online. In the early morning of Wednesday, Aug. 19, the famous foodie faced a threat on Twitter after she tweeted in defense of Masai Ujiri, president of basketball operations of the Toronto Raptors. Teigen retweeted body camera footage showing Ujiri was repeatedly shoved by a police officer while trying to get on the court after the Raptors won Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals. The footage is part of a countersuit Ujiri filed against police officer Alan Strickland, who alleged in a February lawsuit that Ujiri assaulted him and that he "suffered injury to...
- 8/19/2020
- E! Online
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri is speaking for the first time about an altercation where he allegedly shoved a cop after Game 6 of the NBA Finals ... saying, "I respect authority." Ujiri is accused of pushing an officer both in the chest And the face after the cop stopped him from stepping on the court to celebrate Toronto's championship win earlier this month. Alternate Fan Angle: You can see Masai Ujiri apparently yelling back and forth...
- 6/25/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Adam Silver is vouching for Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri -- saying the guy is a good dude ... but the NBA commish tells TMZ Sports he's still investigating Ujiri like he would anyone else. Of course, Ujiri is facing some stiff allegations after shoving a cop after Game 6 of the NBA Finals ... with the officer's attorney saying his client suffered a concussion and a jaw injury in the altercation. Alternate Fan Angle: You can see...
- 6/18/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The cop who was shoved by Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri during a fight after Game 6 of the NBA Finals is blasting racism claims ... with his attorney telling TMZ Sports, "The injured officer's family is African American." After it was revealed Ujiri and a white cop got into a pushing altercation last Thursday after the Raptors beat the Warriors at Oracle Arena ... some had suggested the incident was rooted in racism. But, the cop's attorney,...
- 6/18/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The cop who says he was attacked by Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri after Game 6 of the NBA Finals now claims he suffered a concussion during the incident ... and he's threatening to sue. "He has a serious concussion; a templar mandibular joint injury, which is a serious jaw injury,” the officer's attorney David Mastagni told Kpix 5. The incident went down Thursday in the moments after the Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena...
- 6/18/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
10:48 Am Pt -- The Raptors have released a statement to TMZ Sports saying, “The incident is being looked at, and we are cooperating with authorities. We look forward to resolving the situation." 8:44 Am Pt -- A spokesperson for the Alameda County Sheriff's Dept. tells us they Will be pursuing a misdemeanor criminal charge against Ujiri for the alleged incident. Sgt. Ray Kelly tells us, "[Ujiri] shoved our deputy and tried to walk past him.
- 6/14/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
If Barack Obama asks you to do something, you do it. Well, unless your name is Drake and you're cheering for the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA Finals. Throughout the entire NBA postseason, the Canadian rapper has been anything but reserved - he's loud, he's trolling opposing team players, and he's getting way too close to the court during these crucial moments. So when Barack Obama and Drake greeted each other with hugs and daps ahead of the second game of the Toronto Raptors versus Golden State Warriors series, Barack had a hilarious request: for Drake to "behave himself."
A video captured Barack and Drake saying hello to each other on Sunday night, and we have to say, kindly asking Drake to not be so disruptive is prime (former) presidential behavior. Thanks, Barack, we were all thinking it!
The former Potus entered the arena with Raptors President Masai Ujiri and...
A video captured Barack and Drake saying hello to each other on Sunday night, and we have to say, kindly asking Drake to not be so disruptive is prime (former) presidential behavior. Thanks, Barack, we were all thinking it!
The former Potus entered the arena with Raptors President Masai Ujiri and...
- 6/3/2019
- by Perri Konecky
- Popsugar.com
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