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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:13 am Post subject:
I didn't even know they had finished filming it. At first I thought there was a Japanese actor in it, because it was in Japanese entertainment news. I read Tobey Maguire as Ma-gu-i-re, then told myself, never heard of him. Until I saw his picture.
Spiderman 4 in Tokyo... that sounds nice. _________________
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject:
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April 18, 2007
It's a battle between American and Japanese comic heroes in the upcoming Golden Week holiday period. The two most anticipated movies set to open during GW are Hollywood blockbuster "Spiderman 3" and local manga adaptation "Gegege no Kitaro" and both are expected to do very well at the box office. Sony Pictures hosted a press conference in Tokyo yesterday for the visiting director and cast of the latest Spidey flick, which had its world premiere in the capital on Sunday. Sony are aiming to beat the \7.5 billion box office of the first Spiderman movie (the first sequel drew \6.5 billion), and have pulled out all the stops and spared no expense for this week's PR. Yesterday's event drew 450 reporters, 40 TV cameras and 1,000 photographers, thought he movie doesn't open until May 1. Meanwhile, the latest live-action adaptation of "Gegege..." will have a bit of a head start, at it's scheduled to open on April 28 at 350 theaters nationwide. This beats the 320 screens that started showing "Tokyo Tower" a week ago, and that movie is on course to make over \4 billion. Based one of Japan's most popular mangas, "Gegege..." is a fantasy tale of spirits and monsters from Japanese folklore and stars Wentz Eiji (21) as Kitaro, Inoue Mao (20) in the heroine role, Tanaka Reina (26) as Neko Musume, Oizumi Yo (34) as Nezumi Otoko, Hazama Kampei (57) as Konaki Jijii, and Muroi Shigeru (46) as Sunakake Babaa.
• Comedian Tanaka Yuji (43) hit the jackpot yesterday. A horse racing fan for some 20 years, he won just shy of a whopping \8 million on the major Satsukisho, the first leg of Japanese racing's triple crown. He said he plans to share his winnings with comic partner Ota Hikari (41) and the two dozen staff of his management agency. One half of the comedy duo Bakusho Mondai, he is a host of several regular weekly shows, including "Sunday Japon". _________________
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject:
tabana wrote:
I didn't even know they had finished filming it. At first I thought there was a Japanese actor in it, because it was in Japanese entertainment news. I read Tobey Maguire as Ma-gu-i-re, then told myself, never heard of him. Until I saw his picture.
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:
Yup.
MissMonika wrote:
• Comedian Tanaka Yuji (43) hit the jackpot yesterday. A horse racing fan for some 20 years, he won just shy of a whopping \8 million on the major Satsukisho,
That should cover parts of his losses. _________________
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:40 am Post subject:
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April 19, 2007
Celebrities were among the thousands who attended a funeral for one of Japan's great fighters yesterday. The event, held at a temple in downtown Tokyo and attended by 3,000 people, was to offer up the soul of Raoh, a leading character in the hugely popular manga "Hokuto no Ken" (Fist of the North Star). It is part of the PR campaign for the latest in a series of anime movie adaptations, "The Legend of Raoh II: Fierce Fighting Arc", which opens in theaters on April 28. But the ceremony - at a cost of several tens of million yen - was performed in all seriousness, with Buddhist sutra chants, telegrams of condolence, and the burning of incense. Singer Tanimura Shinji (58), a long-time fan of the manga, presided over the event. Also in attendance was actor Ukaji Takashi (44), who provides the voice of Raoh. The original manga was a hit in the mid-1980s and has led to many anime and live-action spin offs.
• Young singer Ayaka (19) is the first female artist in several years to have a million-selling album. Released last November and with 1.2 milion copies shipped, "First Message" finally broke the 1 million barrier in the latest Oricon sales rankings yesterday. She said, "Wow! This has given me a lot of confidence and energy to make my own way." She is scheduled to release her next single, "Jewelry Day", on July 4. The only other album to sell a million copies so far this year is Mr. Children's "Home". The last female artist to achieve it was Nakajima Miki with "True" almost four and a half years ago. _________________
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:58 am Post subject:
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April 19, 2007
Actress Wakamura Mayumi (40) has lost her husband after less than four years of marriage. It was revealed yesterday that Ono Kanehiro died at their Tokyo home of sudden liver failure on Wednesday. He was 54. Wakamura returned from filming to find her husband on death's door. He had been in poor condition since February but his sudden death came as a huge shock. "It's just so out of the blue that it hasn't sunk in yet", she said in a fax sent to the media. Ono was the chairman of Syakusonkai, a fringe Buddhist religious organization. With his background - and huge physical girth - her fame and beauty, and the 14-year age difference, they had the media buzzing in early 2004 when they announced that they had married the previous September. _________________
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:11 am Post subject:
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April 23, 2007
First Spiderman, now Harry Potter is coming to Tokyo. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the fifth installment of the hugely popular movie series, is the latest Hollywood blockbuster to have its world premiere in Tokyo this year. The event will be held at the Roppongi Hills Toho Cinemas complex on June 28. Star Daniel Radcliffe (17) has long been keen to make his second visit to Japan, and he'll be here from June 27 to 30 to promote the movie in Tokyo and Osaka. The series is the only one in which each movie has grossed over \10 billion in Japan, but box office totals have been dropping since the first movie made over \20 billion in 2001. Warner Brothers is aiming to clear over \100 billion in Japan for the entire 7-episode series and creating maximum hype for the latest movie is seen as the key. It's the first time for a Harry Potter movie to premiere outside the U.K. and tickets for the events will be like gold dust. Promoters say that only 900 lucky fans will be chosen by lottery for entry to an event, separate to the movie screening, in the Roppongi Hills Arena. "Order of the Phoenix" is scheduled for theatrical release on July 21.
• Talento Hosokawa Fumie (35) may (or may not) have had a tropical wedding earlier this month...to a married man, according to the weekly gossip magazine "Flash". After a six-year relationship with an American street performer ended in 2005, Hosokawa said she had a new boyfriend. Flash reported that she and 44-year-old "A-san", owner of a real estate company, held a wedding ceremony on the island of Saipan on April 7. But it turns out that he already has a wife. In response to inquiries from a reporter, he said the event had not been a wedding (though Hosokawa wore a wedding dress), while she reportedly called her parents in Japan to tell them she'd just got married.
• The 17-year wait is over for fans of "visual kei" rock band D'Erlanger. The group performed an open-air concert for over 3,000 fans last night at Hibiya Park in central Tokyo. _________________
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject:
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April 24, 2007
KAT-TUN member Akanishi Jin (22, photo second from left) has returned to the Johnny's fold. Having shocked fans in October of last year by announcing he was going to study English in Los Angeles, he took them by surprise again at the weekend when he appeared on stage with the rest of the group. He returned to Japan on April 19 and made his first concert appearance in almost a year at the show in Miyagi Prefecture. The group's second album, "Cartoon, KAT-TUN II You", entered the Oricon chart this week at No.1. Including singles and DVDs, this is the 10th straight release since their 2001 formation to enter at the top of the charts, an Oricon first. Akanishi is due to make his full return to the lineup for their concert at the Tokyo Dome in June.
• Pop duo Le Couple will probably have to change their stage name. Fujita Ryuji (43) and Emi (43) revealed on their official website this week that they divorced in February after 17 years of marriage. They are best known for the 1997 smash hit "Hidamari no Uta", which was the theme for a popular TV drama series.
• Actress Mizuno Miki (32) and actor Kitamura Yukiya (32) have split up, according to the latest issue of weekly magazine "Shuukan Asahi". Their romance started last summer and was made public when bedroom photos of the couple were found on a mobile phone lost by Kitamura. And it may have been that revelation that led to the split. Because although the media portrayed them as a serious couple with possible wedding plans, it turns out that they broke up about six months ago. Mizuno, who in the past has had relationships with Ito Hideaki (31) and Odagiri Jo (31), has other things on her plate these days. She stars in the upcoming movie "Kuchisake Onna" and next year's Hong Kong flick "Sasori". _________________
Having shocked fans in October of last year by announcing he was going to study English in Los Angeles, he took them by surprise again at the weekend when he appeared on stage with the rest of the group.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
What a flake.
He and KRAP-TUN were made for each other.
Lol. I find it amusing that they said he was "studying English." Psshhhh. Partying it up is more like it. He was spotted at various frat parties in the LA area. Actually, my brother and dad spotted him in Fountain Valley at Shin-sen-gumi. My brother's positive it was him because he said (and I use his exact words, "he looked like that one gay girly man from Krap-tun. The one who does the really bad ad lib." _________________
Lol. I find it amusing that they said he was "studying English." Psshhhh. Partying it up is more like it. He was spotted at various frat parties in the LA area. Actually, my brother and dad spotted him in Fountain Valley at Shin-sen-gumi. My brother's positive it was him because he said (and I use his exact words, "he looked like that one gay girly man from Krap-tun. The one who does the really bad ad lib."
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:05 pm Post subject:
MissMonika wrote:
KAT-TUN member Akanishi Jin (22, photo second from left) has returned to the Johnny's fold. Having shocked fans in October of last year by announcing he was going to study English in Los Angeles, he took them by surprise again at the weekend when he appeared on stage with the rest of the group. He returned to Japan on April 19 and made his first concert appearance in almost a year at the show in Miyagi Prefecture.
So he has graduated from picking up under-aged Japanese girls - now he can pick up under-aged English speaking girls of all nationalities. This must be some achievement for a barely literate guy (?) like him.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject:
All of this sounds more like a publicity stunt. Instead of getting arrested for getting in bed with minors, they sent him to study English.
The good news is, we got rid of him on this continent, but the bad news is we'll see him "act" again. It's as painful to watch as Tackey. _________________
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