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The promotional dance version of Charice’s highly-anticipated international debut single “Pyramid” will be available at iTunes on February 23, 2010.
The anticipation for the release of Charice’s international single “Pyramid” is killing her fans all over the world, so to speak. As the YouTube singing sensation turns 18 this May, her still untitled international debut album will also be released. But of course, the single should come out first. And to herald the release of “Pyramid” featuring Sean Kingston (Beautiful Girls, Fire Burning on the Dance Floor), it’s club remix version featuring Iyaz (Replay) will be available at iTunes on February 23, 2010.
Grammy-acclaimed re-mixer Barry Harris made this promotional dance version of Pyramid:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJgA3_Ju3E[/media]
The impact date for Pyramid the single is on March 8, 2010. This is when radio stations start playing Charice’s Pyramid featuring Sean Kingston (or Iyaz).
Starmometer
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Korean actor Ji Sung has signed with entertainment agency Namoo Actors which also manages top Korean actresses Moon Geun-young and Kim So-yeon.
"We recently signed a contract with Ji Sung," an official at Namoo was quoted as saying. "Ji Sung's ambition to solidify his position as a Hallyu star and the company's vision matched up well."
Ji Sung, whose real name is Kwak Tae-gun, debuted in 1999 in the popular campus drama "Kaist" (SBS).
He has since appeared in numerous television dramas, including "All In" (SBS, 2003), "Save the Last Dance for Me" (SBS, 2004) and medical drama "New Heart" (MBC, 2007).
His fan base in Japan is known to be growing with the success of "New Heart", turning the actor into another Hallyu star on the rise.
Asiae
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It's Thailand time for boyband 2PM
Feb 09 2010
THEY love Thailand so much that they have returned to meet their fans - barely half a year after their last visit.
We're talking about the Korean boyband 2PM, made up of six fresh-faced lads. 2PM has been selected by the Thai government-led tourism campaign, I Love Thailand, as representatives of foreign artistes.
Their energetic combination of funky hip-hop, acrobatic dances and athleticism have attracted many fervent female followers in Bangkok. All their albums have sold like hotcakes in Thailand.
This time, they were back to promote their latest full-length release, titled 1: 59PM.
When U-Weekly made a trip to cover 2PM's album launch in Bangkok last month, over 10,000 fans mobbed the pretty boys.
2PM - which comprises Kim Junsu, 22, Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul and Ok Taecyeon, both 21, 20-year-olds Jang Wooyoung and Lee Junho, and the youngest Hwang Chansung, 19 - made two appearances at shopping mall Siam Paragon.
The first, on 31 Jan, was when the boys graced a national singing competition as special guests.
Hit songs
When they started singing their hit songs Again & Again/I Hate You and Heartbeat, the girls screamed and sang along to every line.
At one point, five out of the six members leapt from the stage to interact with the crowd.
It was the same situation a day later, when 2PM met the press at the Siam Paragon cineplex.
Nichkhun, who is of mixed Thai-Chinese origin, impressed reporters with his fluent command of Thai.
Little wonder why the Thai media has dubbed him the nation's 'pride and joy'.
He has also been selected by the Tourism Authority of Thailand as the face of its newest ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
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Ji Jin-hee: ‘I Don’t Regret a Thing’
Feb 09 2010
In the beginning of the new film “Theory of Parallels,” the image of character Kim Suk-hyun, who is the youngest chief prosecuting attorney in Korea, is fairly similar to actor Ji-Jin-hee's when it comes to integrity. On the one hand, Kim is a hard-headed attorney who absolutely believes in his judgments based on the available evidence, but on the other hand, he is an attentive and loving father when he spends time with his family.
Ji has given viewers the impression of gentleness and integrity principally through the character Min Jung-ho in the drama “Dae Jang Geum,” and as an exclusive model for a bank advertisement, though he has played diverse characters, including funny and charismatic ones, in TV dramas and movies up to now.
However, in contrast to his previous images, Ji talked brightly and honestly about his opinions and feelings in an interview immediately preceding the premiere of the movie Theory of Parallels. Ji shared some snacks, which he had brought himself, with a reporter, and showed off his belongings--including pens, a notebook, hands sanitizer, vitamins, and apple cider--inside his heavy leather bag when the reporter queried him about the contents of the bag.
Ji said, “I am a quick talker as well as a quick worker.” He added that people think he is a reliable person due to his image presented in dramas. Ji said he is a person who judges situations flatly and objectively based on rational thought rather than emotion.
Ji said that he watches his movies objectively as well. When the reporter asked him about his impression of his new movie, Ji said, “I like the tension of the movie. Some people say some parts of the movie are difficult ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)
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Versailles announces world tour
Feb 09 2010
Visual-kei band Versailles announced last week that they will launch a world tour this year. So far, details are incomplete, but they plan to tour at least in Latin America and Europe.
The band's "Method of Inheritance" tour will begin domestically with a series of concerts in Japan, from February 28 to April 30. It will then continue as a world tour, taking them to Latin America in June. Five dates were announced, though venue details are yet to come:
* 6/4 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
* 6/6 - Santiago, Chile
* 6/9 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 6/11 - Lima, Peru
* 6/13 - Mexico City, Mexico
Versailles will then visit Europe from late June to mid-July. Dates and locations are expected to be revealed soon.
Tokyograph
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"Rinjo" returns with sequel
Feb 09 2010
TV Asahi is bringing back the mystery drama series "Rinjo" for a second season this spring. Starring Masaaki Uchino (41), the first season aired between April and June last year and averaged ratings of 14.5%, with a peak of 15.6%.
Uchino is reprising his role as Yoshio Kuraishi, a police coroner with extraordinary perception and a knack for spotting evidence. The story is originally based on a novel by popular author Hideo Yokoyama.
TV Asahi will broadcast the sequel in the same Wednesday 9:00pm time slot, starting in April.
Tokyograph
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Actress Takako Matsu, 32, and comedian-actor Tsurube Shofukutei, 58, took out the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively at the 83rd “Kinema Junpo Best Ten” ceremony held in Ginza this week.
Matsu won her award for her role in “Villain’s wife” and Shofukutei won for his role in “Dear Doctor,” which also took out the award for Best Japanese Film. Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino” won for Best Foreign Film.
Shofukutei said he was happy to be on the cover of KineJun’s latest issue and that he would treasure it for the rest of his life, but apologized to Matsu for her having to appear beside him.
Japan Today
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Source: Channel News Asia
TOKYO: Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura has volunteered to take a pay cut to revise the upcoming film "Space Battleship Yamato" in which he stars.
According to Japanese media reports, Kimura said he was moved to tears after watching James Cameron's "Avatar" and immediately urged "Space Battleship Yamato" director Takashi Yamazaki to watch the film as well.
Kimura also asked Yamazaki if they could "revise the CG [computer graphics] scenes in 'Space Battleship Yamato' using 'Avatar' as a reference".
He added that he was deeply impressed by the high quality 3D scenes in "Avatar" and went on to point out that while "Space Battleship Yamato" was a Japanese film and "Avatar" was an expensive Hollywood production, "the difference [in quality] between them was just too great".
The actor's suggestion has unsettled the production crew working on "Space Battleship Yamato". Some said he had gone overboard in his quest for perfection.
"Space Battleship Yamato", based on a popular animated series of the same name, was already in post-production when Kimura made his suggestion. If the CG scenes are reworked, costs will escalate and Kimura will have to re-shoot these scenes again.
This will force the film, slated for a December release, to go over budget and become delayed.
Kimura said he will adjust his schedule to re-shoot his scenes and will forego a portion of his fees to defray the costs of these revisions.
- CNA/ha
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Zhang Ziyi Fulfills Quake Donation Shortfall
Feb 09 2010
Source: CRI.English
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has donated 160,000 yuan (US$23,430) to make up for a shortfall to the one-million-yuan donation she claimed to have made after the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, her agent Ji Lingling said in a written apology Monday afternoon.
The statement was a reversal following Ji's insistence on Friday that Zhang did contribute one million yuan in cash immediately after the earthquake after claims were made online that the film star didn't give as much as she promised.
Ji said in Monday's statement that everything was her fault. The agent said both she and Zhang had no idea about the shortfall until she received a receipt from the Chinese Red Cross Foundation for 840,000 yuan.
However, Ji told Sina.com on Friday that several senior Red Cross executives had confirmed the one-million-yuan donation.
An online claim was made on January 22 stating that Zhang, who starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memoirs of a Geisha", had donated 840,000 yuan, not the one million yuan she had announced.
The person making the claim said it was based on information from the Chinese Red Cross Foundation.
Earlier media reports also said that about US$2 million in donations given by people overseas had been deposited in Zhang's private bank account in the United States.
Ji said that Zhang had set up a charity foundation in the US for the convenience of contributors overseas, many of them Zhang's friends.
Ji added that only US$500,000 was in the foundation's account.
By Cyril Li
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Jackie Chan Launches Cinema Chain
Feb 09 2010
Source: CRI.English
International movie star Jackie Chan has taken on another role in the film industry: boss of a movie theater chain.
The first Jackie Chan - Yaolai International Cinema, co-funded by the kung fu star and Hong Kong-based Sparkle Roll Group Limited, started trial operations in west Beijing on Monday with a private screening of Chan's new comedy "Little Big Soldiers."
With 17 screens and 3,500 seats, the venue covers 15,000 square meters and claims to be the largest movie theatre in the country.
Five halls in the cinema provide free hearing-aid equipment for those in need, Jackie Chan said.
The actor said he hopes the venue will also offer screens for non-commercial films and productions by young directors.
Fifteen Jackie Chan cinemas are expected to open in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou this year.
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