Tell-all 'shocker,' celebrity love dominate entertainment coverage
Eriko Sato
Celebrity Eriko Sato revealing that she's dating kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa and actress Mariko Ishihara's "shocking" kiss-and-tell book garnered the most attention among the entertainment stories on the Japanese language MSN-Mainichi Interactive site this week.
Ishihara's book "Fuzoroi na Himitsu" is a kiss-and-tell look at Japan's entertainment world in the '80s, with the actress taking the rare step of using the full names of those involved in the stories she had to tell.
"Each of the love affairs I had were wonderful and important and I wanted to pass that along faithfully. I didn't want to lie," Ishihara said at a promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on Wednesday. Whether the men she named in her book are as happy as she is remains unknown.
Sato, meanwhile, finally came clean on whether she was dating Ichikawa after the couple had been reportedly spotted on secret dates several times.
"We're enjoying ourselves and want to declare that today," Sato said, also on Wednesday, when she was at a movie preview.
Later the same night, Ichikawa -- celebrating his 29th birthday -- confirmed that he and Sato were an item. There's no talk of marriage yet, but some decision must have been made considering both broke their silence about the relationship at around the same time.
Other top-hitting entertainment stories included Yumiko Shaku using a DVD promotional event to announce she likes guys who "love with honesty" and tarento Yuko Ogura appearing at a move preview where she said she would forgive a man having one fling, but not if he kept on doing it. (Mainichi)
December 9, 2006
Eriko Sato
Celebrity Eriko Sato revealing that she's dating kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa and actress Mariko Ishihara's "shocking" kiss-and-tell book garnered the most attention among the entertainment stories on the Japanese language MSN-Mainichi Interactive site this week.
Ishihara's book "Fuzoroi na Himitsu" is a kiss-and-tell look at Japan's entertainment world in the '80s, with the actress taking the rare step of using the full names of those involved in the stories she had to tell.
"Each of the love affairs I had were wonderful and important and I wanted to pass that along faithfully. I didn't want to lie," Ishihara said at a promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on Wednesday. Whether the men she named in her book are as happy as she is remains unknown.
Sato, meanwhile, finally came clean on whether she was dating Ichikawa after the couple had been reportedly spotted on secret dates several times.
"We're enjoying ourselves and want to declare that today," Sato said, also on Wednesday, when she was at a movie preview.
Later the same night, Ichikawa -- celebrating his 29th birthday -- confirmed that he and Sato were an item. There's no talk of marriage yet, but some decision must have been made considering both broke their silence about the relationship at around the same time.
Other top-hitting entertainment stories included Yumiko Shaku using a DVD promotional event to announce she likes guys who "love with honesty" and tarento Yuko Ogura appearing at a move preview where she said she would forgive a man having one fling, but not if he kept on doing it. (Mainichi)
December 9, 2006