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Andrew Lim Blog » Saying Goodbye To Her Diamond Ring
Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki is in Shanghai for six days for a concert and a music video shoot. When Ayumi arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport this past Sunday, bitch was greeted by more than a hundred of her fans. They pushed and shoved just to catch a glimpse of their idol. One fan was lucky enough to get the diva's autograph, and probably her diamond ring too. See, Ayumi claimed that she lost her diamond ring at the airport and is now urging anyone who happened to have picked it up contact her via email.
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Elena Stevenson Blog » Chow Talk with Sung Kang, Part 1
Two basic questions reveal much about any animal: What does it eat? Where does it live? Sung Kang’s a breed of his own in the film world, winning fans with roles that shatter Asian stereotypes. He lives in Los Angeles, and he eats, well, some interesting stuff. Since he owns a restaurant, I thought it would be fun to talk chow with Sung. And it was. You won’t believe what he does with ice cream.
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Ningin Blog » Ami Suzuki Celebrates Her 10th Anniversary With New Album
After being blacklisted by pretty much everyone in the Japanese music industry in 2000, Ami Suzuki keeps on keeping on. Her latest album, titled Supreme Show has been announced with a release date of November 11, 2008 to celebrate her 10th year in the music industry. Although she struggles to sell even a tiny fraction of what she was capable of back at the peak of her career ten years ago, she should not be ignored.
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Mia Lerda Blog » Fanship Phenomenon: Blessing or Curse (Part 1)
Stalking, harassment, breaking & entering, these are not alien situations in the lives of celebrities. Many times the guilty party is jailed because of this dangerous affinity with a popular entertainer. When does the love and admiration for talented people take a turn downward? Is there a fine line between fanaticism and dangerous obsession? The Fan-Girl phenomenon is something the US media only sees every decade or so.
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Tara Popp Blog » DS Games Wishlist as of Oct.14.08
With Tokyo Game Show 2008 ending, it brought a couple of things that made me go absolutely "SQUEE" about some of the upcoming DS games. I admit that I'm a nerd. I admit that I'm a gamer. It's seen as a "bizarre" concept amongst my fellow Koreans, especially the older generations who sees this more for children who do poorly in schools, but do I care? No! Considering my decent GPA in high school and college, I deserve some fun! I like my games! I like my toys.
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Lan Nguyen Blog » Heroes Gets Spanked and In Danger of Being Canceled
Heroes is supposedly one of the best shows out there (or at least according to TV.com) but it’s taken a beating lately as ratings hit an all time low. While season two didn’t do so hot either, you would think the slump would end this season (kind of like how the Yankees) but so far it’s a lost cause and there are now talks of cancellation. Oh noes! All of this is quite shocking as the teaser this season was bad ass but apparently that’s all the action we’re going to get for now until the writers step it up.
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Maimounah Masudi Blog » Fast 'n Furious Brian Tee –
Brian Tee who has starred in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, is going to be a regular cast member in the series Crash on the television station Starz. He plays EMT Eddie Choi, who is caught between the Korean gang world he left behind and the mainstream medical world where he wants to fit into in Crash. Crash is based on Crash, the movie of the same name, that came out in the year 2004 that followed the lives of everyday people in the city of Los Angeles that eventually intertwined together.
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Ningin Blog » New York-Tokyo Film Grand Prix 2008 now underway!
The New York - Tokyo Film Grand Prix (NYTFGP) 2008, New York-Tokyo's annual film festival, is now underway with one more week of audience favorited Japanese films left. The NYTFGP2008 Festival represents the wide diversity of Japan’s creativity in film. The festival lineup of ten films is determined by audience votes and the New York-Tokyo staff.
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Lan Nguyen Blog » We Got Married Episode 29 with New Couples
MBC's "We Got Married" is the result of putting a couple celebrities together to play pretend marriage. So far the show has been really successful and quite funny. Note that they are changing the name to "Sunday Marriage Show". In the most recent episode, they introduced some new couples Hwanhee/Hwa Yo Bi and Marco/Son Dam Bi. Instead of just hanging out with each other, they go on an "Ant Tour" trip led by Crown J with his mate Seo In Young and SolBi/Andy.
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Tara Popp Blog » The Classics 02: Seo Taiji wa Aideul's Nan Arayo & Majimak Chookjae
Mention Seo Taiji's name to any one in Korea, and you will receive recognition for this guy. Even my father, a caucasian male over 60, who doesn't listen to Korean music knows of him. Thats how much influence this guy has on the Korean media, culture, and of course music. He was probably the one who really revolutionise the Korean music industry.
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I Feel Your Pain, Girl.
Oct 15, 2008 08:17:16pm by 
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Hong Kong actress/model, Maggie Q has starred in several Hollywood movies like Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard alongside mega stars like Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis. She has also starred in the comedy Balls of Fury that was released last year. Just when Asians like me attribute her success of getting these roles to her half-Caucasian features, the 29-year-old biracial beauty, whose full name is Maggie Quigley, <strong></strong>told The Associated Press in a recent interview that good Hollywood roles are still very rare for Asians and that 90 percent of the scripts she receives are written for white female characters.
Maggie said casting directors in Hollywood are often confused by her biracial background. Maggie was born in Hawaii to an American father of Polish-Irish descent and a Vietnamese mother. “They think, ‘Wow, what is this? There’s this girl. She’s Asian, but she’s not. ... They’re really not sure where to put me,” Maggie quips.
Note to Maggie, if you want to get a part in Hollywood, you need two attitudinal/physical traits. The first one is intense bitchiness (see Lucy Liu). The second one is a pair of squinty eyes (see also Lucy Liu). Playing a kung fu chick all the time is not going to get you anywhere.
I immediately took a liking to Maggie when I saw this clip. It’s obvious that we both hold a high standard for Asian fashion icons. We also have the elegance that no one can rival… well no one except for our goddess Faye Wong.
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