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  1. 2008/12/29 Actress Keiko Saito announces her divorce
  2. 2008/12/29 Lee Joon Ki Regrets Not Taking Up ‘The Chaser’
  3. 2008/12/29 081228 Signature Campaign Against DBSK
  4. 2008/12/29 Oguri's next movie: "Tajomaru"
  5. 2008/12/29 2008 Wireless Music Awards; Jackie Chan & Jay Chou praise each other
  6. 2008/12/29 Lee Hyori will not perform on year-end music festivals
  7. 2008/12/29 2AM's Jo Kwon is Injured
  8. 2008/12/29 Shin Eun-kyung not responsible for ex-husband’s misdeeds
  9. 2008/12/29 So Nyeo Shi Dae Comeback With Gee
  10. 2008/12/29 Director Wang Jing: I helped Shu Qi block off gangsters, did not allow her to continue stripping
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Actress Keiko Saito announces her divorce

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Keiko Saito, 47, announced via a fax from her agency on Sunday that she got divorced in May this year, ending her 11-year marriage to businessman Hiroshi Kimoto, 59, with whom she has one daughter.

Saito said in her handwritten message: “In the end we just thought about things differently and had a different sense of values. It had nothing to do with money or infidelity, and we both agreed it was time to separate.”

“In the last eight months, my husband and I have had a mutual respect for each other, and the family has taken on a new shape,” she wrote, referring to her custody of their 8-year-old daughter. “I hope to turn over a new leaf and make a fresh start in 2009.”

Saito met Kimoto through a friend in 1990, and they started seeing each other even though he was married and had a child. They started living together in 1992, and Kimoto and his wife got divorced in July 1996. Saito and Kimoto married the following year.

At a press conference in September 1997 held to announce their marriage, Saito wept tears of joy when she spoke of how Kimoto’s ex-wife had given them her blessing and wished them happiness. She also spoke of how the company Kimoto managed had become insolvent earlier that year, with debts of around eight billion yen. “When I saw his work ethic and how sincere he was with the creditors, I resolved to stay with him to the end.”
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Lee Joon Ki Regrets Not Taking Up ‘The Chaser’

No category 2008/12/29 15:22
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Actor Lee Joon Ki has recently expressed his regret for giving up the role played by Ha Jung Woo in movie “The Chaser”. He revealed: “Although I have received the script of ‘The Chaser‘ but due to the filming of ‘Iljimae’, I had to give it up.”

Lee Joon Ki recently appeared in Arirang TV’s “Showbiz Extra” New Year Special as the “Shining Star of 2009″ and gave the above reply when he was asked whether he had been greedy in regards to the allocation of the roles.

During the show he said: “I was very interested in the role played by Ha Jung Woo in ‘The Chaser’ after studying the script just once but it is a pity that I’m not able to play due to filming of ‘Iljimae’.”

Lee Joon Ki also mentioned that he wanted to attempt playing a “pitiful bad guy” next time.

Meanwhile, Lee Joon Ki has already confirmed that he will be playing in the drama “Invisible Warfare” which depicts a modern hero fighting a “war” to help the weak. A Chosun hero in “Iljimae” and then a modern hero in “Invisible Warefare”.
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081228 Signature Campaign Against DBSK

No category 2008/12/29 15:21
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In Xinhua, Beijing, Dec. 26 recently, an article entitled “A scene on the eve of Dong Bang Shin Ki’s concert” was a hot post on a major Forum site, which was due to a large number of users having a word war.

The article said that on December 20, 2008, the Chinese volunteers from Wuhan International Convention & Exhibition Center in the Wuhan region launched a signature campaign against “Dong Bang Shin Ki” to protest against violence of beating pregnant women. They urged the public to actively participate in the activities of the boycott. Although the whole “Assault on pregnant women”’s authenticity has not been issued an official statement, but the spontaneous act managed to attract a lot of wait-and-see people and even passers-by to sign the banner in support to their boycott.

Earlier media reports recalled the incident as below:

Version A:
According to a media reporter, the incident took place in South Korea, where two female China fans were going to watch their concert, one of whom was pregnant. After that, Shim Changmin went into the ladies toilet (men’s toilet is not working), followed by the two female fans. Then, Changmin inexplicably hit the two Chinese fans which was seen by the camera. It was wide speculated that DBSK’s Shim Changmin was obsessed with game (T/N: I’m not really sure about this, but it had something to do with game) and is suffering from depression. Is it a live performance of the version of the war game? Kim Jaejoong then came in the toilet and put an end to the assault.

The next day, the fans went to the airport with a package to throw on Changmin’s shoulder and gave him a scolding. This was followed by the exposure of videos of this scene in South Korea which rise to become a large-scale dispute.

The reason why this incident has not died down is because the majority of Cassiopeia (DBSK’s nickname fans) think that everything is at fault of the Chinese fans, from the images obtained from the video, they (Cassiopeias) twisted the truth and said that they hurt their idol (Changmin) and was guilty in the airport incident. Lunch was even organized in South Korea in behalf of the Chinese fans to apologize.

Version B:
Some Internet users also subsequently discovered another version, stating that when the incident happened, Shim Changmin did that in order to protect his team mates. (T/N: It is also mentioned that the fans clashed with him/DBSK before but I’m not very sure with this sentence) and that the two females fans were not pregnant.
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Oguri's next movie: "Tajomaru"

No category 2008/12/29 15:20
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Shun Oguri will star in an upcoming jidaigeki movie titled "TAJOMARU," directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. The movie is based on the short story "Yabu no Naka" ("In A Grove") by author Ryunosuke Akutagawa, which has already been used as the basis for several films, including Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon." However, the story will be almost entirely different from the original, other than the inclusion of the character Tajomaru (played by Oguri).

For the role, Oguri practiced horse riding every day for a month since filming started in November. He has also been training in sword fighting with co-star Hiroki Matsukata.

The rest of the cast includes Kenichi Hagiwara and Yuki Shibamoto. The movie is scheduled to open in theaters next fall.
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2008 Wireless Music Awards; Jackie Chan & Jay Chou praise each other

No category 2008/12/29 15:20
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Yesterday, the ‘Music-Love’ 2008 Wireless Music Awards were held in Beijing and Jay Chou won 3 big awards – ‘Best-Selling Film Song’, ‘Best Singer-Songwriter’ and ‘Best-Selling Male Singer’. And his previous rumoured girlfriend won ‘Best-Selling Female Singer’ with 16163451 downlaods. However, she did not attend the awards ceremony, and this ‘golden couple’ missed out on the chance to be nostage together.

Busy: Jackie Chan & Leehom Wang rushing to attend events

On the night of the awards, many stars were gathered together, such as Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, Leehom Wang, Karen Mok, Li Yu Chun, Jane Zhang, S.H.E, Wilber Pan and other artists. Good things come in bunches, big-time stars rarely have the opportunity to come to Beijing, naturally their schedule is very full.

When Jackie Chan arrived in Beijing yesterday morning, he immediately rushed to attend ‘Volunteers – True Yao Zhong Hua’ charity event and he personally donated $1,000,000. At night, he attended the awards ceremony and competed for awards against the younger generation. When he accepted his ‘Most Loving Song’, Jackie laughed saying: “Jay Chou, Leehom Wang, watch out!” On the other side, Leehom Wang lost count of the number of events he attended that day. In the afternoon, he held a fan-meet event to promote for his new album, however even when he accepted an interview, he appeared to be very weak and tired. At night, he then had to attend the awards ceremony, but he accepted his awards in high spirts; evidently his professionalism can be seen.

Praise: Stars flatter each other

At night, during interviews with various artists, when talking about the singers they most admire, the names Jay Chou, Leehom Wang and Jane Zhang seemed to be a common answer, even big brother Jackie Chan was not an exception: “The male singers I most admire is Leehom Wang and Jay Chou. I really wish I can have the chance to work with them, because they have a lot of talent, can play piano, compose, sing, very all-rounded. Even for films, I will want to work with them.”

Coming from the new generation of Chinese singers, Jane Zhang was the artist, which people most wish to work with from mainland China. Leehom Wang and Wilber Pan also both expressed their admiration for Jane, and they hope to have the chance to work with her. When asked about his impression of Jane, Leehom replied: “Because I really like her songs, the first time I heard her song was in ‘Impression West Lake’. And Wilber said that Jane is a very good singer, and he hopes to have the opportunity to work with her.

Diao: Jay Chou wants to write song for Jackie Chan

Jay Chou says: “If I write a song for Jackie, then I will write ‘Dragon Fist’.”

Jay expressed that he himself really likes Chinese style, and since Jackie is the leader of martial arts in China, “my song and his martial arts can combine together, and we can attract a lot of foreigners to listen to Chinese music, since he’s always overseas.” I would also consider writing a film song for Jackie, actually I’ve written many film songs in the past, like the theme song in‘Beggar So 2’is written by me. I really wish to find the opportunity to recommend myself to him. Maybe I should say to his son Jaycee: “Hey, tell your father to listen to my songs, it’s Chinese style, very diao.”
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Lee Hyori will not perform on year-end music festivals

No category 2008/12/29 15:19
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Lee Hyori’s schedule to appear on the music festivals of Korea’s 3 biggest broadcasting centre from 29th to 31st December has been canceled.

And there will be no special stage with Rain.

Hyori was found unconscious in her home on 26th December at 11pm and was sent to the hospital immediately. After some medical examinations at the hospital, it was found that she had pneumonia and was also undernourished, requiring at least 10 days of recuperation.

Lee Hyori’s company Mnet said, “For the preparation of her first solo concert, she practised and rehearse for about 60 days. She often skipped her meals for the rehearsals and she has about 6~7 kg. Already she is suffering from fatigue and also flu, and with not enough nourishment, she has to stay at the hospital to recuperate.”

“After her concert, she went to the hospital for some treatment. But in the course of preparing for the upcoming special stage with Rain, she has once again admitted to the hospital.”

Lee Hyori voiced, “After my concert, I want to show great performance at the year-end music festivals again. This is such a shame that I will not be able to make for the performances. I want to recover quickly in just one day and get back to the TV programs like ‘Family Outing’ as the healthy Hyori again.”
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2AM's Jo Kwon is Injured

No category 2008/12/29 15:17
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2AM’s Jo Kwon sprained his ankle on December 26th and was advised to rest for next two to three weeks to give it the proper rest it needs. But Kwon is so adamant about performing on SBS’s Gayo Dajun that it’s raising eye-brows.

It seems he is determine to participate in the show since he’s scheduled to perform with members of Big Bang, Super Junior and SHINEE.

SBS’s Gayo Daejun is scheduled to air on December 29th.
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Shin Eun-kyung not responsible for ex-husband’s misdeeds

No category 2008/12/29 15:16
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The court has ruled that that actress Shin Eun-kyung (Bad Couple, Mom’s Dead Upset) is not liable for her ex-husband’s debts.

Shin Eun-kyung had been married for three years to an entertainment company CEO, Kim Jung-soo. However, perhaps due to business troubles, Kim used Shin’s registered seal (which is legally binding) without her permission to secure loans for his business, which failed. She filed for divorce in 2007, but was saddled with her husband’s debts, which numbered in the hundreds of millions of won.

In November, Shin sued Kim for forgery of private documents. In a separate case, she had been sued by the company from whom Kim had taken a loan. But on December 28, Shin was absolved of responsibility for Kim’s debt to KM Culture, which amounted to 290 million won (about $218,000). The judge ruled that although Shin’s seal is on the loan contract, Shin had not seen any of the money loaned, had not authorized her seal’s use, and is therefore not responsible for the debt.
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So Nyeo Shi Dae Comeback With Gee

No category 2008/12/29 15:15
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So Nyeo Shi Dae will be finally making their comeback in 2009.

So Nyeo Shi Dae will release their mini album Gee next year on 7th January and then start their new album promotional activities on the 9th. It’s a return after an 8 month hiatus after concluding their first album activities in April 2008.

SM Entertainment released a statement today saying, “You will be able to feel a whole upgraded charm to So Nyeo Shi Dae with this new album”, adding, “Fan’s eyes and ears will rejoice after seeing the bright and cute charms that only So Nyeo Shi Dae possesses.” Ahead of their comeback, teaser posters of each So Nyeo Shi Dae member was seen around popular spots around Jongro, Myungdong and Kangnam in Seoul, further piquing the fans curiosity.

Many eyes are upon So Nyeo Shi Dae as they are the only girl group in the last six years to have sold over 100,000 copies of their last (debut) album. Ahead of their comeback, So Nyeo Shi Dae expressed, “We are so happy to be able to meet you all with new music and new dances. Please anticipate and support us since we have worked really hard to show you a good side to us.”
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Director Wang Jing: I helped Shu Qi block off gangsters, did not allow her to continue stripping

No category 2008/12/29 15:14
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Director Wang Jing has publicly expressed: “Back then, I helped Shu Qi to block off gangsters, did not allow her to continue stripping.”

Earlier, when Shu Qu accepted an interview in mainland China, she talked about her past, and how much she regrets stripping for filming. She mentioned one of the first directors that had invited her to film porn movie – Wang Jing had afterwards told her not to continue doing this. Wang Jing earlier publicly confirmed this: “What she said is indeed true.”

Wang Jing expressed: “Back then, I signed Shu Qi to do 6 porn films, and on the second one, I saw her potential, and I told her she cannot keep doing this. Luckily, Derek Yee invited her to star in his ‘Viva Erotica’ and I told Shu Qi’s manager to immediately accept for her, letting her step on the path of becoming an actress.”

Hong Kong film industry is very complicated; Wang Jing revealed: “Now, I’m not scared to say this anymore, back then I helped Shu Qi block off many gangsters; many big bosses phoned me to arrange a date with Shu Qi, and said that I could name any price. However, I and Shu Qi’s manager firmly replied: “Look closely, we are not that kind of people.”
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