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| Jackie Chan Launches Cinema Chain |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (5 hours ago) | Views: 5 | Source: CRI
The first Jackie Chan - Yaolai International Cinema, co-funded by the kung fu star and Hong Kong-based Sparkle Roll Group Limited, started trial operations in west Beijing on Monday with a private screening of Chan's new comedy "Little Big Soldiers."
With 17 screens and 3,500 seats, the venue covers 15,000 square meters and claims to be the largest movie theatre in the country.
Five halls in the cinema provide free hearing-aid equipment for those in need, Jackie Chan said.
The actor said he hopes the venue will also offer screens for non-commercial films and productions by young directors.
Fifteen Jackie Chan cinemas are expected to open in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou this year. |
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| Charice To Launch Pyramid Club Remix Featuring Iyaz On Feb23 |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (5 hours ago) | Views: 16 | Source: starmometer  The promotional dance version of Charice’s highly-anticipated international debut single “Pyramid” will be available at iTunes on February 23, 2010.
The anticipation for the release of Charice’s international single “Pyramid” is killing her fans all over the world, so to speak. As the YouTube singing sensation turns 18 this May, her still untitled international debut album will also be released. But of course, the single should come out first. And to herald the release of “Pyramid” featuring Sean Kingston (Beautiful Girls, Fire Burning on the Dance Floor), it’s club remix version featuring Iyaz (Replay) will be available at iTunes on February 23, 2010.
The impact date for Pyramid the single is on March 8, 2010. This is when radio stations start playing Charice’s Pyramid featuring Sean Kingston (or Iyaz).
Grammy-acclaimed re-mixer Barry Harris made this promotional dance version of Pyramid:
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| Versailles Announces World Tour |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (5 hours ago) | Views: 20 | Source: tg  Visual-kei band Versailles announced last week that they will launch a world tour this year. So far, details are incomplete, but they plan to tour at least in Latin America and Europe.
The band's "Method of Inheritance" tour will begin domestically with a series of concerts in Japan, from February 28 to April 30. It will then continue as a world tour, taking them to Latin America in June. Five dates were announced, though venue details are yet to come:
* 6/4 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
* 6/6 - Santiago, Chile
* 6/9 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 6/11 - Lima, Peru
* 6/13 - Mexico City, Mexico
Versailles will then visit Europe from late June to mid-July. Dates and locations are expected to be revealed soon. |
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| Actresses Most Admired By Females In Japan |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (11 hours ago) | Views: 325 | Source: entertainmentmag  Entertainment magazine "Oricon Star" asked 300 of their female high school readers about which actress is able to unintentionally fascinate them; in other words actresses they admire the most.
They already dropped the name of the first place a couple of days ago for the Valentine Queen awards, it’s Kitagawa Keiko. "Her natural face in doramas is so pretty and her commercial entrance me all the time as well." She currently seems to be the top actresses regarding to girls and women in Japan. They voted her on the first place for "Best Dorama Heroine of 2009" and the 2nd place in the "I’d like to have a face like her" ranking a while ago.
Kitagawa had her actress debut with the movie "Mamiya Brothers" and her biggest highlight so far was the role as the heroine in the getsu-9 dorama "Buzzer Beat". People are used to see her with a lot of make-up when she works as a model, but her natural good looks that she had to reveal as an actress scored her many points with the female viewers. "In doramas she almost wears no make-up at all and that’s when she’s the prettiest." Good looks alone can help you, but they can’t bring up to the top. Fortunately she also has great charisma as you can see in all of her appearances on variety shows. "She’s pretty, cute and stylish, but her character is good as well."
On second place is Shibasaki Kou and her impressive eye power. "She’s cute and she’s cool. Especially her eyes are so beautiful." "I’m so envious that she has a cute and a cool face at the same time." Thanks to her roles in various movies and doramas she got herself the image of a tough woman. However, even in real life she is often getting praised for her "core strength" / mental power.
Becky, who nowadays even works as a singer, ranked third place. The fact that she cut her beautiful long hair last year left a big impression among her female fans. "She cut her hair and became even prettier." Becky is also able to cheer up any mood with her lively character, her bright smile and her funny talks on variety shows. "She’s extremely cute and you can totally see her character on her face."
Here's the full ranking:
01 – Kitagawa Keiko
02 – Shibasaki Kou
03 – Becky
04 – Karina
05 – Miyazaki Aoi
06 – Sasaki Nozomi
07 – Koyuki
08 – Aragaki Yui
09 – Ayase Haruka
10 – Kuroki Meisa
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| GACKT As A Voice Actor Leaves Everyone Unquestionably Impressed. |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (11 hours ago) | Views: 177 | Source: musicjapanplus.jp | Suggested by: unifantasy07
"I really want to come up to the feelings of the director. So please expect something unlike GACKT, as you know him through music. I think it is interesting that I am taking a different approach on the impressions of my normal voice. Please look forward to it!" GACKT said with vivid enthusiasm.
The director commented on the continuous work with GACKT as a voice actor in the movie [Maltazard is an evil emperor, but this time, there is more of a tame approach to his character.
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| New Korean Group: Sponge Band! |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (11 hours ago) | Views: 166 | Source: akp | Suggested by: twoomnag  A new 5-member band called Sponge Band will be debuting soon.
They kind of an F.T Island vibe, but what’s even more interesting is that they’re a co-ed group! There’s definitely a lack of co-ed groups in k-pop.
Sponge Band’s first mini-album will be titled, “The Beginning” and it will drop on February 19th. The members are, Oh Song (오송), Ga On (가온), K# (키샵), Soo Yeon (수연) and Chung Ah (청아).
check out these three teasers below:
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A song that's already out from 'Loving You A Thousand Times OST"
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| Oricon’s Valentine Ranking |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (11 hours ago) | Views: 218 | Source: oricon | Suggested by: AsianCookie22
Men’s Choice – Female celebrities you would like to receive chocolate from
01 – Nagasawa Masami
02 – Aragaki Yui
03 – Horikita Maki
04 – Miyazaki Aoi
05 – Ueto Aya
Girls’ Choice – Male celebrities you would like to give your chocolate
01 – Sato Takeru
02 – Mukai Osamu
03 – Sakurai Sho
04 – Fukuyama Masaharu
05 – Miura Haruma
Your favorite Valentine’s song
01: Kokusho Sayuri – "Valentine Kiss"
02: Perfume – "Chocolate Disco"
03: Arashi – "Love so sweet"
04: YUI – "CHE.R.RY"
05: Otsuka Ai – "Sakuranbo"
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| Pandamen A Box Office Failure! |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (11 hours ago) | Views: 82 | Source: cpopaccess.com | Suggested by: Miki  Besides suffering defeat at the box office, "Director Jay" Jay Chou's leading movie, Treasure Hunter, was also voted by numerous online users at PTT as 2009's worst movie. And the self-directed, self-acted, first series of his that he, himself, called "retarded", Pandamen, aired its first episode the day before yesterday. The ratings came out yesterday as 0.77 resulting in it being fourth out of the four shows in the same time slot.
Ratings not as good as expected for the millions spent on production
Jay was very proud of the price of Pandamen saying, at the China premiere, that it cost NT$110,000,000 to produce describing the series with only one word, "cool." However, at 10 the night before last, it aired on CTS and the ratings were not so cool. It lost to the four shows in the same time slot: CTV's Million Star with 2.18, FTV's K.O. 3an Guo with 1.53, and TTV's Lucky Days with 0.79.
Likes to roll tongue when speaking, words have Chinese characteristics
In addition, the audience's opinion of the Pandamen series was lowered due to works being spoken with tongue rolling despite being broadcast in Taiwan; There were too many specialized terms that took on Chinese characteristics, wafer chip "jing ping" became computer chip "xin pian". In addition, cartoons were included in the series seeming as if it was for little kids, the plot line had no purpose, and many have pointed out that it was really as Jay described -- the plot line was really "retarded".
Best ratings CTS has achieved in nearly a year
Jay has said on the official website, "My life requires no more Golden Bells or high ratings for evaluation." Furthermore, he emphasized that his series, whether it is said to be childish or not, still represents a "new hero" and is a "historical moment." The TV station also said on behalf of him that Pandamen has achieved the best ratings that CTS has had in nearly a year for this time slot. It is doing well in the 15-44 age range and liked by office ladies.
Jay to make an appearance at the end of the month to save Pandamen
Jay has said that the friendships in making this series accounted for a large part. Sure enough, Yu Hao's status followed suit and rose. There have been TV stations contacting him to act in comedies. Producer An Jing Hong also said, "Jay's appearance in the cartoon was barely 2.5 minutes, but it burnt up NT$ 1,600,000. It was made considerably well." With the low ratings, it is predicted that Jay will be going to Mt. Hua Cultural Park for a fan meeting to personally do promotions. |
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| Ikuta Toma And Oguri Shun Threw Beans Together! |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (12 hours ago) | Views: 171 | Source: musicjpnplus | Suggested by: mimilatina33  Ikuta Toma appeared on Oguri Shun's radio program "Oguri Shun All Night Japan/小栗旬のオールナイトニッポン" as guest on February 3rd. Ikuta Toma just revealed episodes of the movie "Ningen Shikkaku" in NHK documentary TV program "Jonetsu Tairiku/情熱大陸" the other day.
February 3rd is "Setsubun/節分". Usually it's the day before the beginning of spring. There is a tradition that people throw beans inside and out side the home while saying "Oni wa Soto! Fuku wa Uchi!（鬼は外！福は内！ lit. Ogre get out! Luck come in!）"
On this day, they had a special plan of beans-throwing and called someone for "luck". Actually, Oguri and Ikuta threw the beans on the program,
Ikuta: "Only two of us had a very exciting time (laugh). There were beans everywhere, and we had to clean it up before we went home. It was quite a lot. There were even beans in the shoes and stuck on our pants. I had Oguri cooked them. That's all."
It seems they had a quite big event...and it must be very interesting!
Ikuta: "Shun-kun noticed that I held a pantyhose in the Jonetsu Tairiku. And we laughed at it a lot! Anyway, I feel refreshed. I will do my best today too."
Both of them are skilled young actors and seem have a good relationship. Keep your eyes on Ikuta's performance including his new movie "Ningen Shikkaku"! |
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| Chiaki Kuriyama's Gundam UC Song Gets Overseas Release |
Added by: xaosmx | Date: 09 February, 2010 (12 hours ago) | Views: 60 | Source: animenewsnetwork | Suggested by: allanadeleon  "Ryūsei no Namida" ("Tears of a Falling Star"), the theme song that actress Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill, The Sky Crawlers) sings for the Mobile Suit Gundam UC anime, will be released in six different regions worldwide, including the United States. She personally appeared at Gundam UC's world premiere in Hong Kong on Saturday to announce the song's global release. Under the name CHiAKi KURiYAMA, the actress is making her singing debut with this song.
The CD single will ship in Japan on February 24, and the song will be released online in Korea that same day. It will then be released in the United States and Canada on March 2, and a CD will ship in Hong Kong and Taiwan on March 5. A sample of the song can be heard in the second full trailer for the Gundam UC anime.
The first of Bandai Visual's six Blu-ray Disc volumes for Gundam UC will have a simultaneous international release on March 12 with Japanese and English dubbing, as well as Japanese, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles. Bandai Visual announced on January 14 that the first disc will be on sale on the Amazon website exclusively for two months, starting on March 12. |
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