Sunday, March 30, 2008

Charlene goes solo ???

Charlene Choi is going it alone as Twins partner Gillian Chung takes a break from the entertainment scene.

IT looks like Charlene Choi is pretty much going solo these days as her Twins partner Gillian Chung is taking a break from the Hong Kong entertainment scene.

Twenty-seven-year-old Chung, who is on extended vacation after her sex photo scandal with Edison Chen, will be going to Japan where she will mainly learn about singing and dancing.

That will effectively keep the gossip-plagued artiste out of the limelight for some time, as she will be unreachable for several months, at least.

Choi, 25, has her hands full juggling her packed filming schedules between two major Hong Kong films – Wind and Cloud: Storm Riders 2 and The Butterfly Lovers– which will keep her busy till mid-year.

She portrays Wind’s (played by Ekin Cheng) wife, Second Dream, in the much-awaited Storm Riders 2. She also stars as the female lead, Zhu Ying Tai, in The Butterfly Lovers alongside Wu Chun, of Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit, who will be making his big-screen debut as Liang Shan Bo.

Playing president

NEWS that a film would be made about ROC Taiwan President-elect Ma Ying-jeou surfaced just days after he led his opposition party Kuomintang to an overwhelming victory in the Taiwanese presidential elections.

Clockwise from top left: Jet Li, Chow Yunfat and Takeshi Kaneshiro have been considered for the part of Taiwan’s President-elect Ma Ying-jeou in an upcoming film.

With a budget of US$20mil (RM64mil), the production is tentatively titled The Story of the President of Taiwan.

Taiwan director Wang Yu Ya has indicated that he has in mind candidates such as mainland Chinese Jet Li, Hong Kong veteran star Chow Yun-fat and Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro to play the politician. Taiwanese media purportedly prefer Taiwanese actor Lee Chih Xi who has previously done frequent impersonations of Ma.

Handsome, intelligent, and articulate, Ma has such wide appeal that he has made an appearance on a TV talk show hosted by Taiwan’s 30 Magazine with American Chinese singer-songwriter Wang Leehom, during which they both strummed guitars and jointly sang I Understand.

Endorsement deal

NICHOLAS Teo has set a record of sorts for being the first non-Korean to be invited by South Korean electronics giant LG to endorse their LG mobile phones.

Malaysian Nicholas Teo has set a record of sorts for being the first non- Korean to be invited by South Korean electronics giant LG to endorse their LG mobile phones.

LG mobile phones are endorsed by Korean celebrities Hyun Bin and Kim Tae-hee in South Korea.

The Taiwan-based Malaysian singer-actor was appointed brand ambassador for LG Mobile on March 24 and unveiled as the Malaysian spokesperson for its new model KF510 handphone, which will be launched soon.

Often mistaken for popular Korean actor Kim Jae-won, the Sarawakian is also noted for his gentle smile.

He just staged his debut concert Nicholas (From Now On) Live in Malaysia at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, on Saturday.

Baby makes three

ROGER Kwok Chun On became a father recently when his wife Cindy Au gave birth to a boy at the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital.

The baby arrived two weeks ahead of the due date, but the couple remained calm, as they were well prepared. The Hong Kong TVB award-winning actor who is currently busy shooting series Cordial Heroes brought a camcorder into the labour room and taped the entire birthing process.

The couple named their son Brad, which means generous and magnanimous.

Since both of them like Brad Pitt, they hope that junior will grow up to be like the Hollywood actor.

Roger Kwok Chun On and Cindy Au Sin Yee with their newborn, Brad.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Riza Santos will replace Marian Rivera



Former PBB housemate Riza Santos (left) will replace hottest Filipino actress Marian Rivera (right) in Dolphy and Vic Sotto upcoming movie. According to Philippine Entertainment Portal, Filipino actress hectic schedule is might be the reason why she can't accept the offer.

"Malamang na ang schedule ni Marian ang rason kung bakit hindi na niya matatanggap ang project. Magsisimula na kasing mag-taping si Marian ng Dyesebel sa April 2. Sa Palawan ang location ng pilot episode ng Dyesebel. Ang balita ay one week silang mag-i-stay roon at baka ma-extend pa. Sa Friday naman, March 28, ang scheduled first-day shooting ng first team-up nina Dolphy at Vic sa pelikula. Kahit makabalik ng Maynila si Marian, ang Dyesebel ang kanyang magiging priority."

This first movie of Riza would be considered as a big break for her.

Angelika dela Cruz and Sunshine Dizon quarrel issue



Pinay actress Angelika dela Cruz felt glad to hear the news that Pinay celebrity actress Sunshine Dizon is willing to work with her, knowing that they have quarrel issue year ago. Sunshine narrated to Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP) that she had no problems if ever she's giving a change to do a project with the said Pinay actress.

"E, noong mga panahon din na ‘yon, talagang mabilis kaming mag-react kahit na hindi namin nakakausap pa ang isa't isa. Kamalditahan days ko pa naman iyon noon kaya kung ano ang makarating sa akin, super react ako," Angelika stated.



Iwa Moto Scandal: Motel Issue with Mark Herras



Rumor come around that sexy Filipina celebrity Iwa Moto has seen in certain motel together with Filipino actor Mark Herras, prompting further that there is some scandal scoop happens inside. The actor denies, Mark give his statement in certain Philippine entertainment news journal that sexy Filipina and him are just friends and besides he knew Michael Ablan, the special person on sexy actress life.

"Bakit naman sa dinami-dami ng lugar na pupuntahan namin, sa matao pang lugar kami pupunta katulad ng motel na sinasabi nila? Alam naman naming public property kami at maraming nakakakilala dahil artista kami. Malabo talaga yun, kahit kailan, ‘di ko gagawin yun. Hindi naman kasi kami laging lumalabas ni Iwa, if ever na lumabas kami, group gimmick yun at hindi yung dalawa lang kami, dahil may mga kasama kami. At hindi kami sa motel pumupunta. ‘Tsaka lately kasi, hindi rin ako masyadong nakakalabas, kasi sunud-sunod ang trabaho ko, kaya sa sobrang busy nakakalimutan ko na'ng gumimik kasama ng barkada," Filipino actor narrated.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Japanese celebrities look so different from their school photos

Japanese celebrity

Although it could be the ugly duckling turning into a swan thing, it’s probably more common for Japanese celebrities to have had some plastic surgery. In the following clips below, we can compare before and after photos of famous Japanese gravure idols, actors and actresses and Jpop stars including Ayumi Hamasaki, Takuya Kimura, Kumi Koda, Tomohisa Yamashita, Namie Amuro, Hideaki Takizawa, Nanako Matsushima, Ai Kato, Yukie Nakama, Maki Goto, Mika Nakashima, Gackt, Izam, Ai Otsuka, Hitomi, Yuka, Takako Matsu, Maki Horikita, Rika Ishikawa, Masaki Ito, Mari Yaguchi, Akiho Yoshizawa, Mai Kuraki, Hiro, Utada Hikaru, Aki Hoshino Kazuya Kamenashi, Emi Suzuki, Tetsu, Yuki Uchida, Sayuri Anzu, Aoi Miyazaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Akiko Yada, Kyoko Hasegawa, Yumiko Shaku and Keiko Kitagawa.

A young Norika Fujiwara in local hotel resort commercial

young Norika Fuijwara 藤原紀香

A very young Norika Fuijwara 藤原紀香 before she became famous appearing a local hotel/resort TV commercial.

Harumi Nemoto pushes NARL ultrasound body slimming equipment

Harumi Neomoto 根本 はるみNARL ボディデザイン

Busty bikini model Harumi Nemoto 根本 はるみ has to exercise and diet hard to keep her famous voluptuous figure. Unfortunately, when she is not concentrating she turns really really chubby and has to work extra hard to regain her figure. Here’s where the NARL Body Design ナール ボディデザイン, body slimming equipment really helps. Developed by Miwa Science organisation, NARL is short for NorAdrenaline ReLease which releases the hormone into the fat cells of adipose tissue to induce a natural natural lipolysis (fat burning).

“Using an ultrasound frequency and intensity [517 KHz - 110 mW/cm²] will stimulate the sympathetic nerve terminals resulting in the release of NorAdrenaline in adipose tissue, independently from central nerve control. The released NorAdrenaline is receipted by nearby adipocytes and receptors activate lipolysis locally. The resulted Free Fat Acids (FFA) and glycerol must be consumed with exercise or an equivalent substitute immediately consecutive to the sonication session that is the emission of NARL [517] ultrasounds”

So if you really believe you can lose weight and slim down without proper diet and exercise, you can purchase NARL products from 88,000-250,000 Yen here and here.

In any case, we’re just interested to see how much weight Harumi Nemoto can put on and how much she got paid to be in the slimming ads.

How we normally see Harumi Nemoto