It’s difficult to take hold of a dream, but a chance can come to anyone, at any time.
This was the closing line (translated to English) from the 2009 Japanese TV Series Chance. I’ve included it as the introduction for this article and it leads us to a question: Do all the best Japanese actresses in TV series come from Okinawa? Probably not. Make that definitely not, but for some inexplicable reason (the water? the climate? the local rice?) the list of well known and well received Okinawan actresses seems to be growing rapidly. I’ll give you a look at some of them, but I’ll limit myself to those who have appeared in a TV Series that I’ve seen.
Let’s lead with Yukie Nakama who is 29 and is from Urasoe, Okinawa. Her best know work is from the beloved series Gokusen which has been so popular that it since its first season was broadcast in 2002, it was renewed for another full season in 2005, and in 2008 a 3rd full season was aired. In 2009 a movie special was broadcast. But I first became aware of Yukie in the 2004 series called Tokyo Wankei aka Destiny of Love. Read more…
Written by siewaun Reference: China Daily
Top chinese actress Li Bingbing will be starring in the upcoming Huayi Brothers’upcoming spy thriller, “The Message” (“Feng Sheng”), where she’ll be doing her first ever nude scene.
The movie was set during China’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45). It also stars another chinese top actress Zhou Xun.
The story follows the assassination of an official of the Japanese-controlled puppet government. Five suspects were imprisoned by the Japanese to flush out the planted agent.
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Pic source: Japantoday.com
Search: Noriko & Noriko Sakai
If you been following to the news to Noriko Sakai from beginning up to now. Which now she has been released as the bail was at 5 million yen ($55,320.50 US) as requested by her lawyer. Also she apologizes for her mistake w/ stimulant possession and use and it was 200 reporters she spoken too. She will at the press conference later on to do a tearful apology to her fans after she was released.
According to Japantoday article: that Noriko does have her first court hearing in Oct. 26th.
~Darth Demon
Source: SouthChinaMorningPost.com
Hong Kong film star and pop idol Charlene Choi has been named the September Cover Girl for Cosmopolitan Magazine’s HK edition according to a recent South China Morning Post video news feature.
Choi, long associated with Gillian Chung, as the super popular Canto-pop group known as Twins, has been making films since 2002. Of more than 30 films, the most popular releases were, My Wife is 18, Diva…Ah Hey, New Police Story with superstar Jackie Chan, Simply Actors, and Kung Fu Dunk.
She’s sold tons of music albums, appeared in TV series, and has even penned an autobiography. Read more…
Source: Sanspo.com
Akina Minami was join w/ Taiwan actress Gui Runmei to hold a PR in Tokyo to talk about 2010 “Taipei International Flower Exhibition” which will held in January at Taipei, Taiwan. Akina also became a goodwill ambassador. A crown that was made of flowers given from the organizers as a way to spread the “Flower Expo” in Japan.
~Darth Demon
Links: Akina Minami OD Thread & Akina Minami (Photos)
Today I’d like to offer tribute to one of the biggest and most beautiful Asian stars. After all, this is the Asian Beauty Appreciation Blog. I’m talking about Kelly Chen. She’s starred in movies, released a couple of dozen music cds, has appeared in live concerts all over Asia to sold out stadiums, and auditoriums.
She’s done TV commercials and has appeared in print ads in many major publications in both Hong Kong and Japan. Her most recent appearances in the media are about her latest role – becoming a mother. Kelly and hubby Alex Lau had their first child, a boy, in July.
For this article, I’m going to present a look at Kelly Chen in the movies. While no one is going to call her the next Meryl Streep, her career in the movies have provided many, many hours of enjoyment.
We’ll present them alphabetic order, and this is not intended to be an all inclusive list. Kelly has appeared in more than these that I’ve chosen to offer you a look at. But either I’ve not seen them, or I don’t have the DVD, and I don’t feel that I can offer up a proper opinion or perspective. I’ve also decided that ordering them alphabetically offers a more varied view of Kelly than if I ordered them by release date. Read more…
Source: Japantoday.com
Link: Yu Yamada (Photos)
“Actress Yu Yamada, 25, will play a nurse for the first time in her acting career when she appears as Sayo Hamada in Fuji TV’s upcoming drama special, tentatively titled “Team Batista – Silence of the Nightingale.”
The drama special, to air on Fuji TV on Oct 9 at 9 p.m., follows on from the drama series “The Glorious Team Batista” which aired on Fuji TV last year. The series focused on a team of Japanese doctors and nurses who specialize in heart surgery known as the Batista procedure, an operation which carries a success rate of just 60%, and is no longer performed in the U.S. in lieu of a heart transplant.
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Source: Japantoday.com
Link: Shoko Nakagawa
“TOKYO — Pop idol Shoko Nakagawa, popularly known as ‘‘Shokotan,’’ attended the finale of a two-month event at Tokyo Dome City on Sunday, which was aimed at helping young people meet boyfriends and girlfriends. ‘‘I feel ‘giza’ happy,’’ Nakagawa said, using one of her enigmatic signature phrases that means ‘‘very’’ and referring to her role during the event as ‘‘a special cupid’’ to help potential young couples arrange dates.
Wearing a dress featuring pink hearts, Nakagawa said she paid her first visit to an amusement park nearby when she was just 3 years old. ‘‘I’ve also dreamed about having a kiss at the top of Sky Flower,’’ she said, referring to one of the rides at the park.
Some 12,500 couples attended Sunday’s finale, according to organizers.”
Source: sg.news.yahoo.com
Xin.sg – Saturday, September 12
At the Extraordinary V Conference held last Friday at Zirca, local MediaCorp actress, Joanna Peh was seen to be in the company of rumoured boyfriend, Bobby Tonelli. The pair was visibly engrossed in the performance and occasionally exchanged smiles and glances, appearing relaxed and comfortable in each other’s company.
In an interview, Joanne expressed that she is unafraid of appearing alongside with Bobby at public places. “We meet up quite often.” The actress continued and explained that her curiosity was piqued after she read about the ‘Little Nyona’ segment. As all the tickets were sold out for last Friday’s show, Joanne approached Bobby, who is an artiste under Fly Entertainment and asked him if he had anymore free tickets.
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Source: english.cri.cn
If you want to read tea leaves about China, the just concluded Happy Girls talent show offered a basketful of foliage.
The Hunan Satellite Television program was unsurprisingly a ratings champion, beating even most primetime shows while occupying an unenviable 10:30 pm to 1 am slot. With other regulator-imposed constraints, such as no mobile phone voting, the show still managed to stand out when almost all other televised singing contests have fallen by the wayside.
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