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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:19 am Post subject:
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Nice, but I don't really like period films especially fiction ones...
I think he's really trying to pick more mature(badass) roles to get rid of him being typecast as the good boy.
watch him in the film Josee, Tiger and the Fish....he throughly cast aside that mantle and plays a slightly more fallible yet human character.
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject:
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December 14, 2006
Nagayama Takeomi, chairman of Shochiku and the man who raised kabuki from the postwar ashes, died yesterday from leukemia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 81. Recognized by the government for his outstanding cultural contributions and a recipient of the Kikuchi Kan prize, Nagayama first joined Shochiku in 1947 while still a university student. He started in the management of the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo. He was a director of the movie and theater company by the age of 42 and became president in 1984. Among his friends and collaborators were author Mishima Yukio, a high-school classmate, a just about every kabuki star of the postwar period. He also helped raised the profile of kabuki abroad, bringing it to the U.S. (1960) and the former Soviet Union (1961) for the first time. He was also involved in many other forms of theater, from the avant garde to musicals. Among the latest Shochiku movie projects are Yamada Yoji's much-anticipated samurai drama, "Bushi no Ichibun", and the domestic release of "Lassie". The company runs the country's four main kabuki theaters in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
• The Broadcast Film Critics Association on Tuesday named Kikuchi Rinko (25) as one of six nominees for their best supporting actress award. Last weekend, Kikuchi was named by the National Board of Review in New York as the winner of their female Breakthrough Performance award for her role in the Japanese segment of "Babel". She shared that award with Jennifer Hudson of "Dreamgirls". Her performance as Chieko, a deaf mute high school girl dealing with her budding sexuality and her mother's suicide, has been described as "extraordinary and brave" and "compelling". The Brad Pitt-Cate Blanchett vehicle also stars the always excellent Yakusho Koji as Chieko's father. _________________
watch him in the film Josee, Tiger and the Fish....he throughly cast aside that mantle and plays a slightly more fallible yet human character.
yeah, I was gonna watch that.. I kinda skimmed through it, but decided not to watch it. it seemed like a movie version of Beautiful Life with a not so satisfying ending (I'm not really sure if it did chuz as I said, I just skimmed through it) and yeah this seemed like a really mature role for him considering how many sex scenes it had. _________________
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:
BOGCHI wrote:
yeah, I was gonna watch that.. I kinda skimmed through it, but decided not to watch it. it seemed like a movie version of Beautiful Life with a not so satisfying ending (I'm not really sure if it did chuz as I said, I just skimmed through it) and yeah this seemed like a really mature role for him considering how many sex scenes it had.
well i don't think the maturity of the role is derived from the sex scenes it has more to do with the emotional repertoire between his character and the character of the protagonist. i can see why you referred to beautiful life...but i think the similarity is superficial at best. this film has a richer tapestry of symbolism....if not richer, definitely different at the very least.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:56 am Post subject:
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December 15, 2006
Is this the end of Gorie and the gang? The once hugely popular Fuji TV comedy show "One Night Rock 'n' Roll" is coming to an end due to falling ratings. The show started out in a late-night slot in October 2000 as "Ebunai Thursday", and its popularity earned it a shift to 10pm on Wednesdays a year later. After six years, it will come to an end with next week's edition. The show's team is centered around three popular Yoshimoto comedy duos, Ame Agari Kesshitai, DonDokoDon and Garage Sale, who have created a string of memorable characters. By far the most recognizable and popular of them is Gorie, a garish female character played by Garage Sale's Gori (34). Gorie became a fashion icon for teenage girls across the country, released a couple of chart-topping singles, and even got an invite last year to appear on NHK's New Year's Eve special Kohaku Uta Gassen. The show also spawned the pop duo Kuzu, made up of Yamaguchi Tomomitsu (36) and Miyasako Hiroyuki (35), who had a string of hits. Former pin-up girl Koike Eiko (26) showed her acting range and flair for comedy on the show, and this has helped her build a solid career that no longer depends on bikini shots. But the show also occasionally invited controversy. In 2003, a skit that made fun of Daiei Hawks manager and baseball legend Oh Sadaharu drew complaints from the team. An apology was swiftly issued but it was soon followed by another skit involving powdered baby's milk that this time led to manufacturers demanding an apology. And the show also became a victim of its own success, with each episode featuring ever more promotions for its increasing number of commercial spin-offs and tie-ups.
• U.K. company EMI is to take over full ownership of its Japan collaboration with Toshiba, which is selling its 45% stake in Toshiba EMI for about \21 billion. The company, formed in 1960 as Toshiba Ongaku Kogyo, handles such popular artists as Utada Hikaru and Matsutoya Yumi.
• New York police have arrested a former chauffeur for Ono Yoko (65) after he tried to blackmail her and threatened her life. Koral Karson (50) said he would sell photos and audio he secretly took of John Lennon's widow unless she paid $2 million.
• Popular Okinawan rock/hip hop group Orange Range finished off their 46-date national tour on Wednesday at the Olympic Gymnasium in Sendagaya, Tokyo. They entertained 8,000 fans with a set that ran to 25 songs. They are scheduled to appear on this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen by live feed from Okinawa. _________________
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:04 am Post subject:
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December 19, 2006
Comedienne Tomochika (33) has a man in her life. The latest issue of women's weekly magazine Josei Jishin revealed that she and funny man Nadagi Takeshi (36) are romantically involved. Tomochika recently won a top Yomiuri TV comedy award, while Nadagi and the other four members of manzai group Plan 9 have advanced to the finals of the annual M-1 Grand Prix competition. The couple were spotted leaving the recent semi-finals of the event in Osaka together and Tomochika spent the night at Nadagi's home in the city. She has acknowledged the relationship, said to have started about five years ago, but says that they have no wedding plans yet. They are both doing well in their showbiz careers and plan on putting work before family life. The two will come together soon, as the pair are to team up as "Dylan & Catherine", with Nadagi taking on Luke Perry's character from the popular 90s TV drama "Beverly Hills 90210".
• Sunday's final of the Toyota World Club Championship got a respectable 20.5% audience rating, according to Video Research. The game featured the world's top player in Barcelona's Ronaldhino, though his heavily-favored team lost to a single late goal to Internacional of Brazil. The game got a higher rating than TV Asahi's weekend broadcast of the Figure Skating GP Final. In that event, local favorite Asada Mao lost her Saturday lead to end up with the silver medal on Sunday. _________________
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December 20, 2006
Actor, SMAP member and Japan's No.1 heart throb Kimura Takuya (34) will not be accepting his nomination for a best actor prize at the 30th Japan Academy Awards. Kimutaku stars in "Bushi no Ichibun", the third in Yamada Yoji's trilogy of samurai movies. His decision means that the movie misses its chance to be represented in all 13 award categories. It is the first time an actor has refused a nomination, other than the rare occasion when it has conflicted with a work schedule. Johnny's Jimusho, which represents Kimura, said he "doesn't want to compete with other nominees". The agency also refuses its stars' nominations for Record Taisho awards as a matter of policy. "Bushi..." was only barely eligible for this year's awards, opening on December 1, the last day for which movies could be considered. It's been a big success, taking in over \1.7 billion at the box office. Several other of its stars have received nominations, including Dan Rei (35), Sasano Takashi (58), and Momoi Kaori (54). "Bushi..." is said to be Yamada's last samurai drama, despite the huge success of "Tasogare Seibei" (Twilight Samurai, 2003) and "Kakushi-ken: Oni no Tsume" (Hidden Sword: Demon's Talons, 2004). _________________
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December 21, 2006
It was revealed yesterday that veteran actress Kishida Kyoko recently died of a brain tumor at a Tokyo hospital. She was 76. Her ex-husband, actor Nakatani Noboru, died just last month. Kishida had been in hospital since January and was with her daughter and two grandchildren when she passed away last Sunday. One of the most versatile actresses of the postwar era, her most famous roles were as the "Suna no Onna" (Woman in the Dunes, 1964) and the voice of anime character Moomin. The daughter of a playwright, she was a successful stage actress who appeared in memorable performances of "Macbeth" and "A Midsummer's Night Dream". Her final stage role was as recent as October last year. "Suna no Onna" earned her worldwide acclaim when it won the Grand Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Veteran celebrity and politician Aoshima Yukio died yesterday. He was 74. A graduate of Waseda University, he first showed his multiple talents in 1966, when he wrote, directed and starred in the movie "Kane" (The Bell). He won the literary Naoki Prize in 1981 and penned many hit songs, including Sakamoto Kyu's often-covered "Ashita ga Aru Sa". He was perhaps the first celebrity to enter national politics, becoming an independent Diet member in 1968. In 1995, he was elected Governor of Tokyo but in his four-year term his most memorable achievement was to cancel the planned World City Expo '96. He ran for national office again in 2001 and 2004 but failed to be elected both times.
Comedian Nakajima Tadayuki died yesterday morning from leukemia. He was just 35. Together with "angry man" Takeyama Takanori (photo left, 35), he was just breaking into the big time in 2004 as the straight man of the duo Cunning when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He had only recently married, in April 2004, and become a father the following September. He was hospitalized in December 2004 and, as we reported here in January 2005, he was expected to be back at work in about six months. He underwent a bone marrow transplant this summer and left the hospital, returning only as a day patient. _________________
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December 21, 2006
It was revealed yesterday that veteran actress Kishida Kyoko recently died of a brain tumor at a Tokyo hospital. She was 76. Her ex-husband, actor Nakatani Noboru, died just last month. Kishida had been in hospital since January and was with her daughter and two grandchildren when she passed away last Sunday. One of the most versatile actresses of the postwar era, her most famous roles were as the "Suna no Onna" (Woman in the Dunes, 1964) and the voice of anime character Moomin. The daughter of a playwright, she was a successful stage actress who appeared in memorable performances of "Macbeth" and "A Midsummer's Night Dream". Her final stage role was as recent as October last year. "Suna no Onna" earned her worldwide acclaim when it won the Grand Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Veteran celebrity and politician Aoshima Yukio died yesterday. He was 74. A graduate of Waseda University, he first showed his multiple talents in 1966, when he wrote, directed and starred in the movie "Kane" (The Bell). He won the literary Naoki Prize in 1981 and penned many hit songs, including Sakamoto Kyu's often-covered "Ashita ga Aru Sa". He was perhaps the first celebrity to enter national politics, becoming an independent Diet member in 1968. In 1995, he was elected Governor of Tokyo but in his four-year term his most memorable achievement was to cancel the planned World City Expo '96. He ran for national office again in 2001 and 2004 but failed to be elected both times.
Comedian Nakajima Tadayuki died yesterday morning from leukemia. He was just 35. Together with "angry man" Takeyama Takanori (photo left, 35), he was just breaking into the big time in 2004 as the straight man of the duo Cunning when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He had only recently married, in April 2004, and become a father the following September. He was hospitalized in December 2004 and, as we reported here in January 2005, he was expected to be back at work in about six months. He underwent a bone marrow transplant this summer and left the hospital, returning only as a day patient.
RIP.. 3 consecutive bad news in one day? _________________
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December 22, 2006
Sexy songstress Koda Kumi (24) has had an amazing year. And chart company Oricon have recognized that, awarding her the trophy for the artist with the biggest sales for 2006. With 12 consecutive Top 10 singles and her second greatest hits album, she amassed a whopping \12.7 billion in sales for the year. It proves that she is a real contender for the title of Japan's top female artist. Her main rival remains Avex label-mate and sempai Hamasaki Ayumi, the last female artist to break the \10-billion mark in 2003. Koda is in the sixth year of her career, which started out in the club scene. She has built a reputation largely through branding herself as a sex symbol, helping create the new adjective "ero-kakkoii" (sexy cool).
• Visual-kei musician and producer Matsuura Tadashi (30) has been penalized for tax evasion by the Wakayama Prefectural District Court. Over the last three years he is said to have underpaid by \46 million in income tax. Performing under the stage name Kisaki, Matsuura is the leader of the band Phantasmagoria. He said in a statement that the band's popularity has been on the decline, and he tried to avoid paying taxes to protect his financial future. With penalties, Matsuura has been ordered to pay \64 million to tax authorities.
• Hip hop group Rip Slyme performed a free concert for 10,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan yesterday. They were joined on stage by m-flo's Verbal and rap group Schadaraparr, who took part in their latest album "Epoch". Also making a comeback was member DJ Fumiya, who took a year off to recover from a nervous condition known as autonomic ataxia. Rip Slyme played a similar free gig at the venerable venue back in 2002. _________________
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December 25, 2006
Manzai duo Tutorial are the new kings of comedy. Yesterday, they won the M-1 Grand Prix, an annual knockout competition to decide the best up-and-coming comedy act in the country. After a series of events to whittle down the original 3,922 acts, the final was televised live from TV Asahi's studios in downtown Tokyo. With Tokui Yoshimi (31) as the "boke" (funny man) and Fukuda Mitsunori (31) as the "tsukomi" (straight man), the duo debuted in 1998. Like many of Japan's top comedy acts, they hail from the Kansai region and speak in the its distinctive Kansai-ben dialect. Among the panel of judges for the event was top comedian Shimada Shinsuke (50), who described the pair's act as "perfect". Equally impressed was Downtown's Matsumoto Hitoshi (43) who said they were so good that "they probably knew they were going to win". The duo won \10 million in prize money and will undoubtedly see a lot more TV work coming their way.
• Talento Wakatsuki Chinatsu (22) returned to work on Saturday. She had been convalescing after suffering from exhaustion and stress due to a heavy workload. Also making a recovery is veteran comedian Kato Cha (63), who is due to leave hospital today. He had been undergoing treatment since the end of October, though the nature of his ailment has not been made public. Meanwhile, actress Tsuchiya Anna (22) came down with the nasty Norovirus over the weekend, causing her to cancel much of her planned work schedule. Though she has yet to recover fully, she attended seven different events to promote her upcoming movie "Sakuran".
• The Tokyo home of singer/songwriter Furuuchi Toko (34) was broken into at the end of last week. Several watches and items of jewelry worth about \600,000 were stolen. _________________
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December 26, 2006
Veteran comedian Kato Cha (63) gave a press conference yesterday to talk for the first time about his recent brush with death. The media had covered his hospitalization since October 30, but there was no official explanation regarding the nature of the problem. Kato revealed that he underwent major bypass surgery, lasting almost ten hours, in November for Stanford type A aortic dissection, the circulatory condition that killed postwar showbiz icon Ishihara Yujiro. During the surgery, Kato's body temperature dropped to just 23 degrees and his heart stopped for almost three hours. Kato was fighting for his life for two weeks and lost some 9 kilos while in the keio University Hospital. Often at his side was his ex-wife Suzuko (45), who he divorced in 2004 after 18 years of marriage. Kato is due to be released from the hospital on Friday and says he plans to return to work in the spring after undergoing extensive rehabilitation. Flanked at the press conference by two doctors, he did one of his famous sight gags and promised to return to his "baka" (idiotic) ways as soon as he was healthy. _________________
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December 27, 2006
Legendary rock guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu (44) is to be just the fifth Japanese artist to appear on MTV Unplugged. His acoustic performance, to be recorded in Tokyo, will be shown on January 31. He will be joined by friends from the U.S. and the U.K., most likely including ex-Stray Cat Brian Setzer and possibly Jesus Jones. Starting with Chage & Aska in 1996, the only Japanese musicians to appear on the show are Utada Hikaru, Hirai Ken and Yaida Hitomi. Hotei became one of Japan's leading musicians as a guitarist with legendary 80s rock band Boowy. _________________
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December 28, 2006
Actress Fujiwara Norika (35) and Yoshimoto comedian Jinnai Tomonori (32) have finally made their engagement "public". Late Tuesday night, the pair appeared together in public for the first time since rumors of an engagement first surfaced more than a month ago, and yesterday Fujiwara acknowledged it for the first time on her blog. She also explained why they have chosen to get married at Ikuta Jinja shrine in Kobe. Both celebrities hail from the city and the shrine is where Fujiwara attended her high school graduation party. Jinnai is also an annual visitor to the shrine, which was rebuilt after it was badly damaged in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995.
• Rock vocalist Matohara Naoto has revealed that he recently got married. The front man for rock quartet Under Graph announced his marriage on the band's official website yesterday. He gave no mention of his new bride's age or what she does, but said they had been together from the band's indie days. The members started playing together in 1997, though Matohara and guitarist Asa Ryosuke have known each other since 1982 when both were in kindergarten, and they formed the band in 2000. They made their major label debut with For Life Records in 2004. Their first single, "Tsubasa", made the Oricon Top 10 in its 20th week of release.
• Actor Fujiki Naohito (34) is a father. His wife gave birth to their first child in mid-December and they registered the birth yesterday. The couple married at the end of last year after a long relationship. _________________
sorry that im being so lame
i just come back from holiday
and saw this news
im shocked
did jin quit Johnny's?
so KT will only be 5 members?
if that's true, it will be so so bad
coz Jin has the best voice and has had the most appealing factor
i thought he was only going for break for studies _________________
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:
Iv3_imt wrote:
sorry that im being so lame
i just come back from holiday
and saw this news
im shocked
did jin quit Johnny's?
so KT will only be 5 members?
if that's true, it will be so so bad
coz Jin has the best voice and has had the most appealing factor
i thought he was only going for break for studies
Rumour has it that Akanishi was getting too friendly with underage girls. His agency was keeping him out of trouble (read 'jail time') by keeping him out of the country.
Rumour has it that Akanishi was getting too friendly with underage girls. His agency was keeping him out of trouble (read 'jail time') by keeping him out of the country.
But then again, these are rumours...
the fangirls from the kat-tun thread are currently locating you're i.p. adress and ready to send a virus. break a heart _________________
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and yeah this seemed like a really mature role for him considering how many sex scenes it had.
