(M/V) Jewelry- Variety

Jewelry will be back with their 6th album ‘Sophisticated’ on 27th August. Jewelry released the MV to the title song off the album ‘Vari2ty’ today.




Does anyone else see the trend that seems to be spreading?
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Zhang Ziyi for Vogue Korea

Chinese Actress Zhang Ziyi poses for Korea Vogue magazine's September 2009 issue.

Check out the rest of her photos here:








I'm not sure if I like this look for Zhang Ziyi or not. It's a little "different" from what I expect to see from her. I think I picture her a bit more feminine because of most of her acting and modeling roles.

What do you think of Zhang Ziyi's look for Korea Vogue magazine?

Doesn't she look like a 'darker' version of Audrey Hepburn..even a little? no?
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Fure Fure Shojo - Cheer Cheer Cheer!

Fure Fure Shojo was directed by Kensaku Watanabe. It debuted in theaters in Japan last year, October 11, 2008.



Aragaki Yui stars in this movie as Momoko: a shy, lonely girl who spends her spare time reading fantasy stories. Then she develops a crush on her high school's star baseball player and makes up an excuse to watch him play everyday. She decides to revive the school's nearly extinct traditional cheer squad to cheer him on. However the only people she can get to join are a bunch of misfits and losers.

Although Momoko never lacks spirit, their cheering begins in disaster and her crush changes school and decides to play for the opposing team. Momoko and other cheer team members then loses spirit, for many reasons, and decides to quit many times. It isn't until they discover the true meaning of "cheering" and develop a new-found passion for it that they begin to truly inspire the people around them.




I really enjoyed this movie. It is a very simple, but heart-warming and inspirational film that shows how much hard work, teamwork and cheering others on can be rewarding in its' own way. I could really feel what the actors were trying to show me. Their spirit while cheering on the team almost made me cry in the end. I would recommend anyone to watch. Also, Aragaki Yui does really well as Momoko; she's definitely an example to follow. I love her! Fure Fure Sa-ku-ra-gi!

Here is the Fure Fure Shojo! Trailer:


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Sakaii Ichii returns

Is it me or does it seem like alot of people are making comebacks lately.Sayaka Ichii (25), once a member of Morning Musume and Pucchi Moni, has come back to show business after nearly six years. Her management agency announced that she is officially active again as of August 25.

Ichii has been preparing her comeback for about half a year. Her training included acting lessons, as she is aiming to build a career as an actress. Although she wants to focus on acting, she will be active as a TV personality and may even resume singing.

Ichii's official blog has already opened. Her first reappearance on TV will be on "Sunday Japon" on August 30. On September 5, she will participate as a model in the Tokyo Girls Collection.

Ichii joined Morning Musume in 1998 as a second generation member along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda. The following year, she also became part of Pucchi Moni with Yasuda and Maki Goto. She suddenly graduated from Morning Musume in 2000, then later started a solo singing career.

In 2002, she formed the group "Ichii Sayaka in Cubic-Cross" with guitarist Naoki Yoshizawa and Sharam Q keyboardist Taisei. However, she retired in November 2003 when she revealed that she was pregnant and getting married to Yoshizawa. She gave birth to the first of their two children in 2004.
source:Oricon,tokyograph
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New Info Noriko Sakai

New information has been released in the ongoing Noriko Sakai investigation. Some of the details from the past few days suggest that Sakai may have intentionally tried to hide or destroy evidence regarding her drug use before she turned herself in earlier this month.

A sample of Sakai's hair was recently sent for drug analysis. Police confirmed that it tested positive, though the results were still weak. It was also revealed that before her arrest, Sakai had her hair cut reducing the ability of the analysis to accurately determine her drug history. In addition, Sakai dyed her hair, which could have weakened the results by making the drugs more difficult to detect. Sakai has stated that she only began using the drugs last summer, but her husband Yuichi Takaso has said that they started about four years ago.

Police are also still looking for her missing cell phone, which Sakai claims she threw away because it was damaged and unusable. It is believed that the data on her phone, if recovered, will help identify the sources of the drugs.

Meanwhile, Takaso's latest testimony says that the last time he and Sakai used the drugs together was ten days before his arrest on August 3. They and their son had taken a trip to Amami Oshima in the Kagoshima prefecture between July 20 and 30 to observe the solar eclipse. According to Takaso, he had taken some drugs and straws along during the trip.

Takaso has already been formally indicted for drug possession, and is now facing a second charge after the discovery of additional drugs (97 milligrams) at a house in Chiba that belonged to him. It is still not clear whether Sakai will be indicted for the 8 milligrams found in her home, but police may be able to charge her with joint possession of the drugs found at the Chiba house.
source:tokyograph,japantoday
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Dirty Eyed Girls!

2am+2pm/BrownEyedGirls= FUNNY!!

You have to see were this is going!
I Just finished ROFL literally.

Dirty Eyed Girls- Abracadabra

This really made me like 2am and 2pm more. I think there the only ones that could have pulled this off. Also if you want to see the real version (BEG) then you can check out the mixpod below. :)
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Gdragon sells 100k!

GDragon's album sales have been increasing at a steady pace since its release. A YG Entertainment representative said on August 25th, “GDragon’s first solo album was released offline later than planned on 21st August. And the album sales as of until 24th is 100K.”

“Currently we are still receiving orders for GDragon’s first solo album. We have ordered for another 200K copies to be manufactured at the factory.”

The Hanteo chart shows that GDragon’s first album has sold over 40K copies. It was the #1 album sales for the week of 18th August till 24th August.

The difference in sales volume reported by Hanteo and YG Entertainment is because their computing methods are different. Hanteo measures nationwide album sales, while the entertainment company measures output volume.
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Just for fun - dogs with eyebrows

Hey, just saw this today and thought the dog was really cute. I really love how the Japanese can make anything funny and interesting..well, to me. Obaa-chan (grandma) was soo cute in the end.."Panda~"

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