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Source: Japantoday.com

“TOKYO — Actress Yukie Nakama, 29, attended an event this week for “Gokusen: THE MOVIE,” which is currently showing in cinemas, and said that it would really be the last time she wore the trademark red-with-white-stripe tracksuit her character, Kumiko Yamaguchi, is famous for.

The PR event in Shiodome, titled “GO! SHIODOME Jamboree Wasshoi! 2009,” attracted about 1,600 people. Aqua Timez, who perform the theme song “Plumeria – Hana Uta” used in the movie, joined Nakama on stage for a rendition of the song. Vocalist Futoshi, 29, was excited when he said: “It’s the first time I’ve seen Kumiko in the flesh.”

According to recent box office numbers, 2.33 million people have gone to see “Gokusen: THE MOVIE,” raking in some 2.7 billion yen.”

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Source: channelnewsasia

TAIPEI: Taiwanese supermodel Lin Chiling on Monday appeared in a Taipei court to sue “Next Magazine” for trespassing on private property, slander, as well as threatening her privacy.

The weekly tabloid allegedly broke into Lin’s Taipei house in May 2006 while doing a story on the star’s love triangle between actor Jerry Yen and Qiu Shi Kai – son of a rich businessman.

The magazine then hired a fengshui master to analyse the house’s interior design and furniture arrangement, thereafter publishing articles claiming Lin has intentions of marrying a rich man in the shortest time possible. Read more…