Japanese pop star Amuro Namie was in Taipei on Jan 28 to promote her April’s concert…
Veteran Japanese pop duo Chage and Aska is having a concert in Shanghai on November 17. The duo was in Shanghai on Saturday (Sep 29) to meet the press and fans to promote the concert.
Chage and Aska have been singing since early 80s, and are one of the all time best selling Japanese artists. Their career peaked in the early 90s, but started to fade in mid-90s.
Chage and Aska are quite popular in Chinese region, thanks to their songs that have been remade into Chinese version and sang by famous stars like Emil Chau and Rene Liu etc.
I first learned about them from one of Emil’s song, and I was one of Chage and Aska fans. In fact I bought one of their compilation albums when I was young… not sure where the tape has gone though.
[Image credits to QQ.com]
Hollywood actor Josh Harnett is working with host of A-list Asian stars in his next movie, “I come with the Rain.”
The Asian stars include Japanese hunk Takuya Kimura (pic right), Korean star Lee Byung-hun (pic left) and Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu Shawn Yue.
Josh is starring as a detective that is mentally disturbed after capturing a serial killer. He is assigned to help a Japanese to find his missing son (Takuya Kimura) and encountered various situations in Asia.
Lee Byung-hun is playing a Hong Kong gangster; Daniel Shawn’s role is not revealed, but I am guessing that he is a policeman in Hong Kong helping Harnett in his case.
Josh, Lee and Shawn are currently filming the movie in Hong Kong; Takuya Kimura will be joining them in early September.
Update - it seems that Daniel Wu has to pull out from the filming because of injury; his role is taken by Shawn Yue instead.
Japanese movie “Hero,” starring Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsu, is scheduled to premiere in Japan on September 8.
The movie is an ‘extension’ of the same title popular drama in 2001, which was a great hit back then. Besides starring Takuya, Takako and most of the main casts from the drama, the movie will also feature popular Korean actor Lee Byung-hun.
Below is the movie trailer…
Japanese actress Takako Tokiwa was in Taiwan to promote an anime film; she is one of the voice actresses.
“Rush Hour 3″ made its premiere on July 30 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Director Brett Ratner and the main cast of Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Zhang Jingchu, Hiroyuki Sanada and Youki Kudoh have attended the event.
Jackie Chan…
Japanese actress Nanako Matsushima is pregnant; she is expected to give birth to her 2nd child in December.
Japanese magazines have earlier speculated about her pregnancy, but she and her husband, actor Takashi Sorimachi, have not confirmed about the rumours back then. The celebrity couple however decided to announce to the public on July 31 about Nanako’s pregnancy.
Congrats about the pregnancy, have a healthy baby soon.
Japanese stars Ayumi Hamasaki and Tomoya Nagase have officially split. Ayumi announced the news on her personal website, while both artists’ agencies have confirmed the news as well.
Some recent reports suggested that Japanese actress Matsushima Nanako is in a jobless crisis.
Nanako was once the most popular Japanese actress before going into pregnancy hiatus. Her popularity dropped rapidly since then… and her drama’s ratings since her comeback were very disappointing by her standard.
Another problem is that despite her fading popularity, Nanako is one of the highest paid Japanese actresses… unless she is willing to cut her pay, she will face tough challenge to attract producers for her next drama or movie.
It’s a pity if Nanako is ‘forced’ to retire this way, she is an excellent actress.
Japanese star Namie Amuro is releasing her new album “Play” on June 27 in Japan and Korea; this is one of the super cool promotional posters…
[Image credits to avexnet.or.jp]