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Olympic Model Worker updates

(via www.danwei.org) 1 day ago

Olympic Model Worker updates

When Danwei launched in 2003, you could read everything that English-language blogs about China had to offer over your lunch break and still have time for for a quick nap. That hasn't been the case for several years now...

Tags: new, china, people, chinese, us, 2008, beijing, man, american, life, media, english, blog, foreign, business, online, olympic, list, magazine, internet, model, language, awards, law, workers, charity, photography, blogs, flickr


Singing American Idol Sensation, 18 year old Sanjaya Malakar

(via asianheroes.wordpress.co...) 4 days ago

Singing American Idol Sensation, 18 year old Sanjaya Malakar

He may not have won the title, but Sanjaya Malakar is the most talked-about American Idol contestants in the show's history.nHe and his sister ShyamaliAmerican Idol in September of 2006 in Seattle.

Tags: show, american, singer, school, live, actor, culture, youtube, history, model, 2006, tour, celebrity, idol, hollywood, singing, celebrities, british


Lee Eon dies at 27

(via k-popped.com) 7 days ago

Lee Eon dies at 27

Really sad news on this rainy Thursday morning, folks.Model-turned-actor Lee Eon (27), who plays the lovable lug Minsub in hit drama Coffee Prince, died in a motorcyle accident early this morning (Aug 21).

Tags: tv, home, party, drama, actor, model, peace, accident


Uhm Jung Hwa almost quit due to her age

(via www.allkpop.com) 8 days ago

Uhm Jung Hwa almost quit due to her age

Uhm Jung-Hwa, who recently released her 100000000000th album "D.I.S.C.O.", revealed on SBS's "Ya Shim Man Man" that her age has made her ponder on whether she should continue becoming a dance singer.

Tags: man, album, singer, actress, dance, model, designer


Jun Ji Hyun Wants to Sell You Her Soul

(via www.allkpop.com) 10 days ago

Jun Ji Hyun Wants to Sell You Her Soul

Or rather, her endorsement's "Soul." Anycall model Jun Ji Hyun has been endorsing the re-branded Samsung phone sets for a loooong time, and in the latest commercials for the new "Soul" phone, Ms...

Tags: new, model, advertisement


Oricon Poll: Suntan Beauties

(via www.alafista.com) 13 days ago

Oricon Poll: Suntan Beauties

In the summer, some folks enjoy heading down to the beach to get a nice tan. So Oricon polled 1000 folks and asked them who they thought was the prettiest Suntan celebrity.

Tags: popular, actress, summer, model, celebrity, beach


Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family

(via news.yahoo.com) 14 days ago

Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family

Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying...

Tags: man, women, family, fashion, taiwanese, vietnamese, models


Kadokawa approves fan made videos

(via xorsyst.com) 20 days ago

Kadokawa approves fan made videos

Business Week has a pretty interesting article about Kadokawa Holdings (released The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star in the U.S). While I wrote about Kadokawa's Youtube channel opening in April,...

Tags: new, video, anime, star, fans, business, market, youtube, model, dvd, haruhi, copyright


Cast update for "Shikisoku Zenereishon"

(via www.ryuganji.net) 24 days ago

Cast update for

As mentioned here last week, Taguchi Tomorowo's second directorial effort "Shikisoku Zenereishon" is currently shooting in Kyoto and on Tuesday Stylejam held a press conference to introduce the rest of the cast.

Tags: actress, blog, band, model, photo, shooting


Establishing Trust with the Chinese

(via michaelturton.blogspot.c...) 25 days ago

Establishing Trust with the Chinese

Longtime Washington and US government China policy analysts Richard C. Bush and Jeff Bader are out with an all-too Establishment piece that seems to live in its own dreamworld on US-China relations, calling on Obama and ....

Tags: china, new, people, chinese, world, us, show, 2008, beijing, government, india, american, visit, media, hong kong, international, live, party, president, asia, free, taiwan, foreign, games, war, olympic, united states, magazine, indian, olympics, internet, future, model, language, system, global, cover, rights, problem, child, mother, taiwanese, relationship, protest, election, radio, ban, jobs, crackdown, human rights, ambassador, village, spotlight


Beautiful Rika Tomita is 45 years old 

(via japansugoi.com) 25 days ago

Can you guess how old the pretty model in the photos is? Her name is Rika Tomita 冨田リカ, a Tokyo Eiwa University graduate 東洋英和女学院大学, housewife and former kindergarten and cram school teacher turned...

Tags: tokyo, visit, website, school, beautiful, model, teacher


Tiara Time: Cherry Blossom Alumnae Reunite for Community Service

(via www.asianweek.com) 25 days ago

Tiara Time: Cherry Blossom Alumnae Reunite for Community Service

The Cherry Blossom Queens are getting ready for their first reunion ever in the 40-year history of the contest. No need to wear your gown or do your hair just bring your dedication to serve.nWith a generation of young Japanese...

Tags: japan, japanese, people, group, american, life, girls, women, international, president, director, culture, history, court, winner, education, contest, models


Sonic Statue [Don't Call Them Toys]

(via kotaku.com) 25 days ago

Sonic Statue [Don't Call Them Toys]

First 4 Figures, kings of all things model, plan to drop a new line of video game-themed models this September. Their new collection will be based on Sonic the Hedgehog. First up? A foot tall Sonic by artist Lu Bin that will...

Tags: new, video, artist, model, collection, game, video game, models, toys


LOGO Lesbian Reality

(via www.asianweek.com) 27 days ago

LOGO Lesbian Reality

Gimme Sugar is like The Hills with cast members trying to make their way through a staged world called Life. But the difference between the two, other than social class (Hills is trust fund and Sugar is white-collar working)....

Tags: new, world, love, show, asian, tv, girl, american, life, popular, girls, women, style, dance, model, sex, fight, asian american, philippine, big brother


Nintendo DS Successor By End of Year? [Analyst]

(via kotaku.com) 27 days ago

Nintendo DS Successor By End of Year? [Analyst]

With Nintendo DS sales slowing in Japan, could Nintendo have a successor waiting in the wings? Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter think so, telling investors in a note that Nintendo "has a new handheld device ready for launch...

Tags: japan, new, video, games, online, launch, rate, models, software, video games, rumor


The nascent Japanese eco-skepticism

(via ampontan.wordpress.com) 29 days ago

The nascent Japanese eco-skepticism

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Tags: japan, japanese, china, new, people, world, tokyo, korean, us, love, show, group, government, asian, man, 2007, visit, star, american, website, home, series, food, international, president, minister, foreign, money, military, style, director, book, war, prime minister, united states, deal, power, record, future, history, interview, system, global, students, water, award, problem, poor, modern, fight, gold, energy, technology, aid, college, radio, increase, game, rich, safety, rate, warning, models, politics, debate, trial, beach, global warming, climate, religion, bangladesh, fraud, poverty, stocks, flood


Astro Boy Haircuts at Comic Con

(via www.oneinchpunch.net) 29 days ago

Astro Boy Haircuts at Comic Con

The Astro Boy booth at Comic Con in San Diego shaped wannabee haircuts into Astro styles. May not be the same thing eh? Anyway, you can see a life-size model of Astro Boy suspended in mid-air in the background.

Tags: life, boy, model


Congratulations to Evelyn Nakano Glenn

(via www.asian-nation.org) 29 days ago

Congratulations to Evelyn Nakano Glenn

I would like to pass along an enthusiastic congratulations to Professor Evenlyn Nakano Glenn (Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley), who has just been elected as President-Elect of the American Sociological Association.

Tags: japanese, people, asian, american, women, president, list, deal, asian american, models


Hoshino Aki Talks About Problems In Los Angeles

(via www.nt2099.com) 30 days ago

Japantoday.com reported, "Celebrity and bikini-model Aki Hoshino, 31, has a new DVD and photo book, "Lost Angel," on sale. Meeting reporters at the launch in Tokyo, Hoshino said: "On the first day of production....

Tags: new, tokyo, book, model, talks, celebrity, dvd, launch, photo, bikini