K.T.Tran wrote:
Check out some of the other clips of him.
His free kick is spectacular. I don't remember him doing any of that in the World Cup though..... :sweat: :sweat:
yeah......
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Japanese Entertainment News
Started by bmwracer · 25 Feb 2004 · 3,505 replies
Japanese Entertainment
yeah......
MissMonika wrote:...Newscaster Yamamoto Mona (30) is to make her TV comeback earlier than expected. Forced to step down after less than a week on the TBS "News23" show in October following the revelation of an affair with a married politician, ...
Good for her. Only after a month or so of unemployment.
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
November 23, 2006
Crystal Kay (20) is to team up with Beethoven for her next single. She has been chosen to sing the theme tune to next January's anime version of Fuji TV's drama series "Nodame Cantabile". The single has yet to be titled but with feature segments of the first movement from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. The series is an adaptation of a popular manga that sold over 18 million copies. The live-action version currently airing stars Ueno Juri (20) and Tamaki Hiroshi (26) and has had respectable audience ratings. The soundtrack has reached No.7 on the Oricon chart, the highest ever ranking by an album of classical music. Full name Crystal Kay Williams, the half-Korean half-African American, Yokohama-born singer is known to fans as 'Kurikei' or just 'Kuri'. She made her debut at the tender age of four, singing a TV commercial theme, and appeared in her first commercial with her singer mother when she was just six. She released her first single at 13.
November 23, 2006
Crystal Kay (20) is to team up with Beethoven for her next single. She has been chosen to sing the theme tune to next January's anime version of Fuji TV's drama series "Nodame Cantabile". The single has yet to be titled but with feature segments of the first movement from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. The series is an adaptation of a popular manga that sold over 18 million copies. The live-action version currently airing stars Ueno Juri (20) and Tamaki Hiroshi (26) and has had respectable audience ratings. The soundtrack has reached No.7 on the Oricon chart, the highest ever ranking by an album of classical music. Full name Crystal Kay Williams, the half-Korean half-African American, Yokohama-born singer is known to fans as 'Kurikei' or just 'Kuri'. She made her debut at the tender age of four, singing a TV commercial theme, and appeared in her first commercial with her singer mother when she was just six. She released her first single at 13.
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
November 24, 2006
I thought talento Sugita Kaoru had been too quiet recently. Well she lived up to her fiery reputation by invading the studio of NTV's live afternoon show "The Wide" yesterday. The show had been looking at her ongoing divorce proceedings and showed a video of her arguing with the lawyer for a publishing company and being restrained by a security guard. Sugita happened to be in the Nippon Television Network building filming a different show when she saw the live broadcast. She burst into the studio saying she was "looking for a fight with (presenter) Kusano Hitoshi" (62). She complained that the video was "over the top" and misleading and then she left the studio. A former child star, Sugita has a history of drunken, abusive and sometimes violent behaviour. But her outspoken manner has also brought her many fans. She took the showbiz world by surprise with her sudden marriage to wealthy heir Ayukawa Junta (45) in January of last year. But the marriage ended quickly and acrimoniously.
• 400 students of Keio University got a rare treat yesterday when Hollywood star Watanabe Ken gave a special lecture as part of the school's Mitasai festival. The actor spoke of his experiences making the Clint Eastwood-directed "Letters From Iwo Jima" and said he wanted to help the students understand the horror of war. He told them he hoped they would watch both his film and its companion piece, "Flags of Our Fathers", and see the infamous WWII battle from both sides.
• Meanwhile, on the same campus, 20-year-old Takeuchi Yoshie was chosen as this year's Miss Keio. Over the last 23 years, the contest has been a launching pad for several showbiz careers, including that of popular Fuji TV announcer Nakano Minako (26). Takeuchi has already had offers from four networks and looks set to join the eight other contest winers who have gone on to be Tv announcers or weather ladies.
November 24, 2006
I thought talento Sugita Kaoru had been too quiet recently. Well she lived up to her fiery reputation by invading the studio of NTV's live afternoon show "The Wide" yesterday. The show had been looking at her ongoing divorce proceedings and showed a video of her arguing with the lawyer for a publishing company and being restrained by a security guard. Sugita happened to be in the Nippon Television Network building filming a different show when she saw the live broadcast. She burst into the studio saying she was "looking for a fight with (presenter) Kusano Hitoshi" (62). She complained that the video was "over the top" and misleading and then she left the studio. A former child star, Sugita has a history of drunken, abusive and sometimes violent behaviour. But her outspoken manner has also brought her many fans. She took the showbiz world by surprise with her sudden marriage to wealthy heir Ayukawa Junta (45) in January of last year. But the marriage ended quickly and acrimoniously.
• 400 students of Keio University got a rare treat yesterday when Hollywood star Watanabe Ken gave a special lecture as part of the school's Mitasai festival. The actor spoke of his experiences making the Clint Eastwood-directed "Letters From Iwo Jima" and said he wanted to help the students understand the horror of war. He told them he hoped they would watch both his film and its companion piece, "Flags of Our Fathers", and see the infamous WWII battle from both sides.
• Meanwhile, on the same campus, 20-year-old Takeuchi Yoshie was chosen as this year's Miss Keio. Over the last 23 years, the contest has been a launching pad for several showbiz careers, including that of popular Fuji TV announcer Nakano Minako (26). Takeuchi has already had offers from four networks and looks set to join the eight other contest winers who have gone on to be Tv announcers or weather ladies.
MissMonika wrote:...Crystal Kay (20) is to team up with Beethoven for her next single. ...Team up, eh? :sweat:
MissMonika wrote:... She burst into the studio saying she was "looking for a fight with (presenter) Kusano Hitoshi" (62). She complained that the video was "over the top" and misleading and then she left the studio.
That must have been something to see. Bad temper... :beaten:
TELEVIEWS / Familiar names top TV earnings list
Wm. Penn / Special to The Daily Yomiuri
And the year-end countdown begins...in the TV world too, it's time to reflect, tie up the year's loose ends and think about the holiday shopping.
If there's a TV fan on your shopping list, how about a directory packed with photos and data on thousands of TV-world denizens from child actors to aging comedians, complete with hiragana readings for their mystifying kanji names? The 2007 editions of the annual directories--TV Star Meikan and Shin All-Star Meikan--are now on sale. The latter even includes a 16-page section on voice actors so you can see the folks who enliven animation characters, commercials and all those Korean dramas.
The December issue of Nikkei Entertainment magazine features a special report on current entertainment-industry remuneration rates. In deference to the privacy of the rich and famous, the government no longer issues an annual list of top taxpayers. So if you want to figure out just how well your favorite stars are doing, grab a copy of the magazine and your calculator.
Commercials are about the most lucrative work around considering the small investment of time, the wide exposure and the paycheck, but it is still a male bastion at the top. Nikkei Entertainment estimates 11 celebrities can charge 100 million yen or more for a commercial. Sayuri Yoshinaga is the only female on that list. The only other women in the top 25 are actress Nanako Matsushima and golfer Ai Miyazato, both in the 80 million yen category.
SMAP sits at the very top of the list, charging 250 million yen-300 million yen per CM. Takuya Kimura, who will make his first guest appearance on Dec. 1 on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's legendary and revealing afternoon talk show Tetsuko no Heya (Mondays-Fridays, 1:20 p.m., TV Asahi network), individually holds eight contracts estimated to be worth 90 million yen each. Fellow SMAPsters Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi each hold seven CM contracts in the 70 million yen range. SMAP will be able to open their own bank soon.
According to the magazine, the only others who can demand over 100 million yen are Ichiro and Hideki Matsui, at 170 million yen, soccer hero Hidetoshi Nakata, 150 million yen, and veteran rocker Eikichi Yazawa and actor Ken Watanabe, at 130 million yen. In late November, NHK gets ready to announce the hosts and singers for that annual New Year's Eve institution, the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Contest). The weekly magazines are again wondering how much longer the show can survive and suggesting NHK is having trouble finding singers who want the honor. The concept of sitting cozily around the TV with NHK on New Year's Eve has gone the way of pink telephones. Not even Monta Mino could sufficiently revitalize the aging extravaganza last year, but NHK is not likely to surrender the show.
If NHK really wants to capture the nation's hearts again, its only sure choice for cohosts is Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Shizuka Arakawa. The pair that made Japan feel good about itself in 2006 would be the best bets to help end the year on an upbeat note, but late word has it NHK has opted for Yukie Nakama and SMAP's Masahiro Nakai.
CNN could start 2007 off right by cutting back on the pundits and talking heads. Before the U.S. mid-term elections, NHK's Close up Gendai ran an informative, refreshing 30-minute special that talked to regular Americans and gave a better overview of their concerns than a week of smugly spinning pundits. Not only would a pundit purge save money, it would provide more time for real news and investigative reporting that would let viewers see what comes out in the wash. They are more than capable of putting the results through their own preferred spin cycle.
Underrated But Overly Smoky: Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (Saturdays, 9 p.m., NTV network) isn't nearly as bad as its unimpressive ratings suggest. But why does the hero have to be a smoker? And why did star scriptwriter Eriko Kitagawa have to write the cigarette into the script? The heroine gazes lovingly at Kazuya Kamenashi and coos: "Your cigarette glows like a firefly. I want to catch it."
Yes, catch it and stomp it out, please.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20061125TDY21001.htm
Wm. Penn / Special to The Daily Yomiuri
And the year-end countdown begins...in the TV world too, it's time to reflect, tie up the year's loose ends and think about the holiday shopping.
If there's a TV fan on your shopping list, how about a directory packed with photos and data on thousands of TV-world denizens from child actors to aging comedians, complete with hiragana readings for their mystifying kanji names? The 2007 editions of the annual directories--TV Star Meikan and Shin All-Star Meikan--are now on sale. The latter even includes a 16-page section on voice actors so you can see the folks who enliven animation characters, commercials and all those Korean dramas.
The December issue of Nikkei Entertainment magazine features a special report on current entertainment-industry remuneration rates. In deference to the privacy of the rich and famous, the government no longer issues an annual list of top taxpayers. So if you want to figure out just how well your favorite stars are doing, grab a copy of the magazine and your calculator.
Commercials are about the most lucrative work around considering the small investment of time, the wide exposure and the paycheck, but it is still a male bastion at the top. Nikkei Entertainment estimates 11 celebrities can charge 100 million yen or more for a commercial. Sayuri Yoshinaga is the only female on that list. The only other women in the top 25 are actress Nanako Matsushima and golfer Ai Miyazato, both in the 80 million yen category.
SMAP sits at the very top of the list, charging 250 million yen-300 million yen per CM. Takuya Kimura, who will make his first guest appearance on Dec. 1 on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's legendary and revealing afternoon talk show Tetsuko no Heya (Mondays-Fridays, 1:20 p.m., TV Asahi network), individually holds eight contracts estimated to be worth 90 million yen each. Fellow SMAPsters Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi each hold seven CM contracts in the 70 million yen range. SMAP will be able to open their own bank soon.
According to the magazine, the only others who can demand over 100 million yen are Ichiro and Hideki Matsui, at 170 million yen, soccer hero Hidetoshi Nakata, 150 million yen, and veteran rocker Eikichi Yazawa and actor Ken Watanabe, at 130 million yen. In late November, NHK gets ready to announce the hosts and singers for that annual New Year's Eve institution, the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Contest). The weekly magazines are again wondering how much longer the show can survive and suggesting NHK is having trouble finding singers who want the honor. The concept of sitting cozily around the TV with NHK on New Year's Eve has gone the way of pink telephones. Not even Monta Mino could sufficiently revitalize the aging extravaganza last year, but NHK is not likely to surrender the show.
If NHK really wants to capture the nation's hearts again, its only sure choice for cohosts is Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Shizuka Arakawa. The pair that made Japan feel good about itself in 2006 would be the best bets to help end the year on an upbeat note, but late word has it NHK has opted for Yukie Nakama and SMAP's Masahiro Nakai.
CNN could start 2007 off right by cutting back on the pundits and talking heads. Before the U.S. mid-term elections, NHK's Close up Gendai ran an informative, refreshing 30-minute special that talked to regular Americans and gave a better overview of their concerns than a week of smugly spinning pundits. Not only would a pundit purge save money, it would provide more time for real news and investigative reporting that would let viewers see what comes out in the wash. They are more than capable of putting the results through their own preferred spin cycle.
Underrated But Overly Smoky: Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (Saturdays, 9 p.m., NTV network) isn't nearly as bad as its unimpressive ratings suggest. But why does the hero have to be a smoker? And why did star scriptwriter Eriko Kitagawa have to write the cigarette into the script? The heroine gazes lovingly at Kazuya Kamenashi and coos: "Your cigarette glows like a firefly. I want to catch it."
Yes, catch it and stomp it out, please.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20061125TDY21001.htm
That's a lot of cash for a CM..... even Nanako-chan commands 80 million yen.... wow. Nearly 1 million Aussie dollars.
Anime Dad wrote:That's a lot of cash for a CM..... even Nanako-chan commands 80 million yen.... wow. Nearly 1 million Aussie dollars.
serious bank notes, mate.
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
November 27, 2006
The latest celebrity to make a wedding announcement is actress Igawa Haruka (30). She held a press conference at a Tokyo hotel yesterday to formally announce her marriage to fashion designer Matsumoto Atou (44). Igawa wore a black dress chosen by her new husband, who established the Ato menswear brand in 1993. Asked if the age difference bothered her, Igawa said Matsumoto works out every day and looks much younger than his age and at 180cm, he is relatively tall. The couple first met in the autumn of 2005 at a dinner party but didn't even talk. It took another couple of encounters before they started dating in April, but marriage was in their minds from the start. They have been living together at Matsumoto's Tokyo home since the summer and registered their mariage on November 22. In Japanese, the date 11/22 can be read "ii fufu" or "good husband and wife". Every year, a showbiz couple is chosen as the ideal "fufu", but this year's choice - kabuki actor Nakamura Shido (34) and actress Takeuchi Yuko (26) - are already on the verge of divorce. So it can only be hoped that Igawa and Matsumoto will fare better. Igawa said she is not pregnant but is hoping to have three or four children.
• Meanwhile Razor Ramon HG swapped his black leather outfit for a white tuxedo yesterday. Sumitani Masaki (30), best known for his outlandish Hard Gay character, and former idol Anna (22) held their wedding ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Tokyo. Emcee for the occasion was fellow Yoshimoto comedian Jinnai Tomonori (32), himself rumored to be on the verge of marriage to actress Fujiwara Norika (35).
November 27, 2006
The latest celebrity to make a wedding announcement is actress Igawa Haruka (30). She held a press conference at a Tokyo hotel yesterday to formally announce her marriage to fashion designer Matsumoto Atou (44). Igawa wore a black dress chosen by her new husband, who established the Ato menswear brand in 1993. Asked if the age difference bothered her, Igawa said Matsumoto works out every day and looks much younger than his age and at 180cm, he is relatively tall. The couple first met in the autumn of 2005 at a dinner party but didn't even talk. It took another couple of encounters before they started dating in April, but marriage was in their minds from the start. They have been living together at Matsumoto's Tokyo home since the summer and registered their mariage on November 22. In Japanese, the date 11/22 can be read "ii fufu" or "good husband and wife". Every year, a showbiz couple is chosen as the ideal "fufu", but this year's choice - kabuki actor Nakamura Shido (34) and actress Takeuchi Yuko (26) - are already on the verge of divorce. So it can only be hoped that Igawa and Matsumoto will fare better. Igawa said she is not pregnant but is hoping to have three or four children.
• Meanwhile Razor Ramon HG swapped his black leather outfit for a white tuxedo yesterday. Sumitani Masaki (30), best known for his outlandish Hard Gay character, and former idol Anna (22) held their wedding ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Tokyo. Emcee for the occasion was fellow Yoshimoto comedian Jinnai Tomonori (32), himself rumored to be on the verge of marriage to actress Fujiwara Norika (35).
Entertainment news from Japan-zone.com-Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture:
November 28, 2006
Women's fashion magazine Vogue yesterday announced its "Woman of the Year" award winners. Among the women chosen as having had the best 2006 were young actresses Sawajiri Erika (20) and Nagasawa Masami (19), who between them have been sweeping the newcomer awards for the last couple of years. Sawajiri, the daughter of a Japanese father and French-Algerian mother, received a host of awards for her role in last year's "Pacchigi!". She played the lead role in this year's TBS drama series "Taiyo no Uta", releasing a chart-topping album under her character's name of Kaoru Amane. Nagasawa made her screen debut as early as 2000, but had her breakthrough with 2004's hit romance "Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu". At 29, Hoshino Aki (photo) represents hope for "older" women who are hanging on to their dream of becoming a pin-up girl. She has become a regular face on variety shows and TV commercials. Other winners included actresses Nakatani Miki (30) and Momoi Kaori (54) as well as Miss Universe runner-up Chibana Kurara (24).
• Talento Watanabe Megumi (42) recently married a model 14 years younger. The former member of the Yomekin Trio on Fuji TV's popular afternoon show "Waratte Iitomo" married Hoshino Yoshinori (30), a popular model in men's magazines, on November 22.
• Billy Joel (57) arrived at Narita Airport from Hong Kong yesterday and will kick off his first Japan tour in eight years tonight at Tokyo Dome. He told reporters that the set list is not fixed and will depend on the response from fans.
November 28, 2006
Women's fashion magazine Vogue yesterday announced its "Woman of the Year" award winners. Among the women chosen as having had the best 2006 were young actresses Sawajiri Erika (20) and Nagasawa Masami (19), who between them have been sweeping the newcomer awards for the last couple of years. Sawajiri, the daughter of a Japanese father and French-Algerian mother, received a host of awards for her role in last year's "Pacchigi!". She played the lead role in this year's TBS drama series "Taiyo no Uta", releasing a chart-topping album under her character's name of Kaoru Amane. Nagasawa made her screen debut as early as 2000, but had her breakthrough with 2004's hit romance "Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu". At 29, Hoshino Aki (photo) represents hope for "older" women who are hanging on to their dream of becoming a pin-up girl. She has become a regular face on variety shows and TV commercials. Other winners included actresses Nakatani Miki (30) and Momoi Kaori (54) as well as Miss Universe runner-up Chibana Kurara (24).
• Talento Watanabe Megumi (42) recently married a model 14 years younger. The former member of the Yomekin Trio on Fuji TV's popular afternoon show "Waratte Iitomo" married Hoshino Yoshinori (30), a popular model in men's magazines, on November 22.
• Billy Joel (57) arrived at Narita Airport from Hong Kong yesterday and will kick off his first Japan tour in eight years tonight at Tokyo Dome. He told reporters that the set list is not fixed and will depend on the response from fans.
MissMonika wrote: In Japanese, the date 11/22 can be read "ii fufu" or "good husband and wife".
Nice trivia. :)
MissMonika wrote: Asked if the age difference bothered her, Igawa said Matsumoto works out every day and looks much younger than his age and at 180cm, he is relatively tall.
What does his height have to do with the age difference? That's like saying "Yeah, he's older, but he's tall so that makes it OK"
The hottest couple appear on "Dororo" premiere
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Arguably the highest profile couple in J-movie world, Kou Shibasaki ("Sinking of Japan") and Satoshi Tsumabuki ("Nada Soso") (see more photo here), who are also the co-stars of a VFX period drama "Dororo", appeared on the stage for the film's Japan premiere on Nov. 27 in Tokyo. The film is based on a classic manga (comic) by "the father of manga" Osamu Tezuka, and directed by Akihiko Shiota.
Tsumabuki plays the hero Hyakkimaru, and Shibasaki his partner Dororo. In late Muromachi period (16th century), Hyakkimaru's father dedicates his unborn son to 48 yokais (Japanese traditional monsters) for his ambition to conquer Japan, and as a result, Hyakkimaru is born without 48 parts of his body. Hyakkimaru goes out traveling to find his lost body parts. On the course, he meets a daughter of a thief named Dororo, who tries to steal Hyakkimaru's sword, and they eventually become partners. Each time they kill a moster, a part of Hyakkimaru's body is regained.
Shibasaki and Tsumabuki have been reported to be the real-life partners since they both played in a TV drama two years ago, and even though nothing has been officially announced, tabloid press has been speculating that they will tie the knot pretty soon.
Tsumabuki said about Shibasaki, "she has so much power of concentration. She did much more than Dororo that I imagined. I really enjoyed doing the film together." and Shibasaki said about the film shooting in New Zealand, "it was my first time to film overseas for such a long time and was a bit concerned, but it turned out to be easier to concentrate."
"Dororo" is schedule to open in Japan on January 27, 2007.
http://cinematoday.jp/page/N0009518
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Arguably the highest profile couple in J-movie world, Kou Shibasaki ("Sinking of Japan") and Satoshi Tsumabuki ("Nada Soso") (see more photo here), who are also the co-stars of a VFX period drama "Dororo", appeared on the stage for the film's Japan premiere on Nov. 27 in Tokyo. The film is based on a classic manga (comic) by "the father of manga" Osamu Tezuka, and directed by Akihiko Shiota.
Tsumabuki plays the hero Hyakkimaru, and Shibasaki his partner Dororo. In late Muromachi period (16th century), Hyakkimaru's father dedicates his unborn son to 48 yokais (Japanese traditional monsters) for his ambition to conquer Japan, and as a result, Hyakkimaru is born without 48 parts of his body. Hyakkimaru goes out traveling to find his lost body parts. On the course, he meets a daughter of a thief named Dororo, who tries to steal Hyakkimaru's sword, and they eventually become partners. Each time they kill a moster, a part of Hyakkimaru's body is regained.
Shibasaki and Tsumabuki have been reported to be the real-life partners since they both played in a TV drama two years ago, and even though nothing has been officially announced, tabloid press has been speculating that they will tie the knot pretty soon.
Tsumabuki said about Shibasaki, "she has so much power of concentration. She did much more than Dororo that I imagined. I really enjoyed doing the film together." and Shibasaki said about the film shooting in New Zealand, "it was my first time to film overseas for such a long time and was a bit concerned, but it turned out to be easier to concentrate."
"Dororo" is schedule to open in Japan on January 27, 2007.
http://cinematoday.jp/page/N0009518
Didn't know that. They look good together. :thumbsup:
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tabana wrote:Didn't know that. They look good together. :thumbsup:
The dude should wear a tie.
bmwracer wrote:
The dude should wear a tie.
Satoshi needs some gel.......
I love Kou Shibasaki, but that dress is horrendous. :bleh:
MissMonika wrote:I love Kou Shibasaki, but that dress is horrendous. :bleh:
not the most flattering dress. i think her and satoshi should switch clothes..
So they do go well together. They both don't know how to dress. :hehe:
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