Posts Tagged ‘media’

Ryoko Yonekura, Masakazu Tamura to lead TV Asahi dramas

TV Asahi has announced two upcoming dramas in its Thursday 9:00pm time slot. Although neither has been given an official title yet, it has been revealed that Ryoko Yonekura (35) will star in the first one this fall, followed by Masakazu Tamura (67) in the winter. Both dramas will share a theme of justice. In the fall, Yonekura will play a national tax investigator who pursues criminals for tax evasion.… Read the rest

Leehom Wang upcoming album “18 Martial Arts”

Yesterday, Leehom Wang held a pre-order signing event for his upcoming album, “18 Martial Arts”, at Ximending. Heavy rain began to fall unexpectedly and two thousand fans at the event became impatient and rowdy and shouted their dissatisfaction toward the media journalists for interviewing Leehom for too long. It’s been a year and a half since his last album, and “18 Martial Arts” is set to release on July 31st.… Read the rest

Teen Top promoting song ‘Clap’

The producer of world-known pop star Justin Bieber meets with Korean idol group Teen Top. Shin Hyuk, the producer of Justin Bieber, met with Teen Top. Shin Hyuk is the producer of Justin Bieber’s Billboard hit single ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ and he had met with Teen Top to help with the producing of their album. Shin Hyuk said, “I got to know about Teen Top through American MTV and… Read the rest

Ai Saotome dies at 51

Former actress Ai Saotome passed away on July 20 at a hospital in Seattle, Washington, it has been learned. Saotome, who was 51, died of multiple organ failure. Saotome’s former agency informed the media of her death. According to the agency’s report, Saotome was hospitalized on July 11 to receive treatment for her poor health, but her condition eventually worsened and resulted in multiple organ failure. Saotome, whose real name… Read the rest

Gigi Lai won’t be sharing baby photos with media

Last year Gigi retired from the entertainment industry and married wealthy businessman Patrick Ma Ting Keung and became a happy wealthy wife. The other day (7/24) she gave birth to twin girls for Mr. Ma at Canossa Hospital. Older sister was over 6 pounds, while little sister is only 3 pounds. The other night, new father Patrick first announced the good news to the media and yesterday afternoon at… Read the rest

Leo Ku sings about the "Leng Mo" in new song

Yesterday Leo Ku’s new album (Era) held an autograph session. The theme to his new album is related to the current society phenomenon. The recent trend are ‘leng mo’ (young models), so his new song (Strange Fire Alarm Accident at Beauty Contest in the Northern Hemisphere) is singing about the leng mo. Leo said: “This is a reflection on the leng mo phenomenon, the lyrics are interesting.” Asked if… Read the rest

Gigi Lai Gives Birth to Twin Daughters!

Gigi Lai’s pregnancy due date is in August, but she decided to pick a lucky day (today, July 24) to have a c-section. She successfully gave birth to twin daughters and they’re all safe. Gigi went to Canossa Hospital in secret and husband Patrick Ma has been taking care her. After Gigi gave birth, Ma couldn’t wait and went outside the hospital to announce this good news to the… Read the rest

Model Naoko Tokuzawa to marry

CanCam fashion model Naoko Tokuzawa (25) is getting married to Chiba Lotte Marines shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka (25), it was learned on Friday. They plan to register their marriage on July 27, which is Nishioka’s birthday. Tokuzawa and Nishioka initially met in January 2007 for a CanCam photo shoot, but there was nothing between them until last summer, when they met again at a friend’s party. They soon started dating, and… Read the rest

Kevin Cheng not allowed to attend Dai Si Chung’s funeral

The day before, Dai Si Chung passed away from a heart attack. When he was alive, he had contract disputes with his apprentice Kevin Cheng. Earlier Kevin expressed that he is planning to attend Dai’s funeral as a final tribute to him. To our surprise, yesterday “Teacher Dai Si Chung’s Funeral Committee” issued a document stating that Kevin and Teacher Dai had too much gossips, his family expressed: “hope… Read the rest

Known as the "Godfather of Music"

Known as the “Godfather of Music” Dai Si Chung and also known as the mentor to many famous celebrities including Leon Lai and Faye Wong suddenly collapsed in the bathroom of his house from a heart attack, yesterday afternoon. He was immediately rushed to the hospital to perform emergency surgery. During the time, his heart stopped twice and the situation was not pleasant. Dai Si Chung’s holds a high status… Read the rest