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ahochaude wrote:Wow, a 21 year age gap. That is steep. =T
I think that's the biggest gap I've seen so far. Besides Anna Nicole Smith and that old dude.

:lol: :lol:

Yeah, he had one, maybe two lifetimes on Anna Nicole... :hehe:

Dude must died with a smile on his face, though.

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April 20, 2005

"Engine," the new Monday night Fuji TV drama series starring Kimura Takuya (32), got a flying start off the grid. It is the only drama series in the spring lineup to break the 20% viewer rating barrier, pulling in 25.3%. At the other end of the scale, the new variety show hosted by long-time News Station host Kume Hiroshi (photo, 60) has had a terrible start. Titled "A," the NTV show seeks to use "live" Internet feeds to look at daily life in other Asian countries. But as the show was recorded a month ago, it failed to keep up with the recent problems developing between Japan and neighbors Korea and China. The first show, at 8pm on Sunday, only drew an audience rating of 9.3% despite the fact that the popular Kume was making his comeback after taking a year off. • It was revealed yesterday that enka couple Mori Shinichi (57) and Masako (46) have already divorced. The media have been reporting on their separation for the last month, but in fact they filed for divorce on March 28. They have both been suffering from health problems, and Shinichi is still hospitalized with hepatitis. He will have custody of their two younger sons, while Masako will have the eldest son. • It was revealed yesterday that comedian Arino Shinya (32) of the duo Yoiko married a - reportedly beautiful - former talento on March 1. He is to give a press conference today.

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April 21, 2005

The divorce of actor Watanabe Ken (45) and his wife Yumiko (43) has finally cleared the courts. Watanabe filed for the divorce in 2001, partly due to the fact that Yumiko had run up huge debts while he battled leukemia and struggled to keep his acting career afloat, but she contested the case all the way to the Tokyo High Court. She also brought up his alleged womanizing, but after almost three and a half years of legal wranglings, she was awarded nothing. Watanabe is currently in the US working on the upcoming movies "Batman Begins" and "Sayuri." • Actor Kuroda Arthur (44) spoke at a movie PR event yesterday about his recently announced breakup with actress Adachi Yumi (23). "It's as she said (in her press conference). We keep in touch and we're good friends. If she's happy, I'm happy. I have no regrets." Asked about the reason for the split, he said it was "a difference in opinion about the right timing for marriage." • Actress Shiozawa Toki (77) recently underwent cancer surgery for the third time. She had cancer of the tongue when she was 30 and has now had two mastectomies. • Singer Go Hiromi is busy reigniting his career. He joined 100 invited fans at the Tokyo Summerland theme park yesterday for a day of rollercoasters and PR for his first new single since late 2001. "Ai Yori Hayaku" went on sale yesterday.

bmwracer wrote:The divorce of actor Watanabe Ken (45) and his wife Yumiko (43) has finally cleared the courts. Watanabe filed for the divorce in 2001, partly due to the fact that Yumiko had run up huge debts while he battled leukemia and struggled to keep his acting career afloat, but she contested the case all the way to the Tokyo High Court. She also brought up his alleged womanizing, but after almost three and a half years of legal wranglings, she was awarded nothing."

All I can say is, "Alright Ken for keeping that B***h from 'milking' you!" :woot:

ahochaude wrote:
All I can say is, "Alright Ken for keeping that B***h from 'milking' you!" :woot:

LOL.

bmwracer wrote:
:lol: :lol: Yeah, he had one, maybe two lifetimes on Anna Nicole... :hehe:

I'd say "centuries" rather than "lifetimes". :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:Dude must died with a smile on his face, though.

Yeah, I would've too. Especially with technology nowadays, hence the great invention, VIAGRA. And not to mention that she wasn't fat at that time.

ahochaude wrote:Yeah, I would've too. Especially with technology nowadays, hence the great invention, VIAGRA. And not to mention that she wasn't fat at that time.

She was sorta big at the time. In more ways than one. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
She was sorta big at the time. In more ways than one. :hehe:

some ppl live large, and some ppl are LARGE.

Tu_triky wrote:

some ppl live large, and some ppl are LARGE.

I want to have both!

But not women who are an overall large. Only large in selected areas.

ahochaude wrote:

But not women who are an overall large. Only large in selected areas.

hmm...I knew that would come out from your mouth eventually... :rofl: :rofl: LMAO

Akakage wrote:

hmm...I knew that would come out from your mouth eventually... :rofl: :rofl: LMAO

:beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

And you're one of them, I hope?! *sukebe beam draws Akakage newar*

ahochaude wrote:

:beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

And you're one of them, I hope?! *sukebe beam draws Akakage newar*

Hehe. No comment, and if that came from me, I'd be beaten until next month. :beaten: :hehe:

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April 22, 2005

Only yesterday we reported on a major divorce story and also the return to the spotlight of singer Go Hiromi (49). Well, it turns out that Go himself is getting divorced. He announced yesterday on his official web site that he and his wife Nami (34) are to split, saying it was a mutually agreed decision. The couple married in November 2000. It was Go's second marriage - he married former actress Nitani Yurie in 1998. Nami is the daughter of a wealthy New York-based entrepreneur. • Singer Honda Minako (37), in hospital for acute leukemia, has been transferred from an isolation ward to a regular room. She is currently enjoying a recovery but is still waiting for a bone marrow transplant. • Popular actress Nakama Yukie (25) visited a temple yesterday to pray for the success of next year's taiga drama on NHK. She and actor Kamikawa Takaya (39) will star in the next period drama, set in the Sengoku Jidai (Warring Period). The current taiga, "Yoshitsune," is enjoying a popular run.

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April 23, 2005

Entertainer Pooru (Paul) Maki died early yesterday morning after jumping from the balcony of his Tokyo apartment. He was 63. Police found evidence of his having climbed onto the railings of his 9th-floor Nishi-Shinjuku apartment and are treating the death as a suicide. He is believed to have jumped at around 4:48am and was found by a taxi driver seconds later. He was taken to the nearby Tokyo Medical University Hospital but died about two hours later. The driver said, "I was driving when I heard a thud. His lower body was bleeding very badly and he was already unconscious." Maki had two children but divorced his wife in 2000. He is said to have had a history of depression and recently had been undergoing treatment after seeing his career on the variety circuit dwindle away. He also took an overdose of sleeping pills back in 1983, though he denied that it was a suicide attempt. Real name Hanzawa Kazumichi, he was born into a Hokkaido Buddhist temple family in 1941. He started to study to become a monk at the age of 10, but gave it up at 17 and came to Tokyo. he went through dozens of jobs before becoming a comedian. He achieved fame in the early 1970s with something as simple as a finger snapping routine, which became his trademark. he set up his own theater group in 1979 and also was a regular on the TV variety circuit throughout the 80s and early 90s.

bmwracer wrote:Popular actress Nakama Yukie (25) visited a temple yesterday to pray for the success of next year's taiga drama on NHK. She and actor Kamikawa Takaya (39) will star in the next period drama, set in the Sengoku Jidai (Warring Period). The current taiga, "Yoshitsune," is enjoying a popular run.

Good! I get to see more of Yukie! :woot:

dochira wrote:Hehe. No comment, and if that came from me, I'd be beaten until next month. :beaten: :hehe:

By the wife? :hehe:

I'm glad that mine doesn't browse through Jdorama.com on her own free will. She only gets to this site when I'm here (only while she's awake at home) :hehe: So of course, I have the ultimate privilege of browsing through pages in which she'll see that won't bother her! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :twisted:

bmwracer wrote:set in the Sengoku Jidai (Warring Period).

Like that's not an overdone period in Japanese history.... They better have some epic battles to make up for triteness. :rolleyes:

"I was driving when I heard a thud.

Ouch. What a way to go . :shakehead: They should have interviewed someone else, because that sounded like the opening to a joke.

kitakaze wrote:Ouch. What a way to go . :shakehead: They should have interviewed someone else, because that sounded like the opening to a joke.

:lol: :lol:

"Didja hear the one about the suicidal comedian....." :hehe:

ahochaude wrote:

:beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

And you're one of them, I hope?! *sukebe beam draws Akakage newar*

*cough* no comment.. :beaten: bad Aho.. :beatyou: LMAO.. :rofl:

ahochaude wrote:By the wife? :hehe:

I'm glad that mine doesn't browse through Jdorama.com on her own free will. She only gets to this site when I'm here (only while she's awake at home) :hehe: So of course, I have the ultimate privilege of browsing through pages in which she'll see that won't bother her! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :twisted:

Uh huh. I don't believe she has been browsing this site, and if so I hope she doesn't know I go by dochira. :sweat: :beaten: :hehe:

dochira wrote:
Uh huh. I don't believe she has been browsing this site, and if so I hope she doesn't know I go by dochira. :sweat: :beaten: :hehe:

Mine knows I go by ahochaude. However, she doesn't browse on her own free time. Whenever she sees this site, is only when I'm on it. So basically, it doesn't matter. I browse through topics that she won't beat me up for my posts. :hehe: I'm so lucky that she doesn't know how much of a sukebe guy I am. :hehe: :hehe:
Only when she sees the Uchiyama Rina thread am I in trouble. :sweat: :hehe: :beaten: