Perhaps this year’s highlight of my so-called entertainment journalism career was the interview with Jackie Chan when he came to Bangkok to promose CHINESE ZODIACS. We were given 20 minutes for an exclusive interview, but in reality, it was an almost full day coverage because the bloody PRs at Sahamongkol Films, which handled the film’s…
So we’re clear, I’m a Jay Chou fan. But I’m not going to look the other way and say that his latest album released on December 28, Opus 12, is extraordinary. Because it’s not. Am I disappointed? Let’s just say, I expected it. Saying that of course is an insult to Jay’s talent but really,…
Sashiburi desu. Thank you to the new followers even though I haven’t been updating this blog as consistently as I want to! Now enough of real drama, and on to reel dramas. I find it interesting that two ongoing dramas in South Korea and Taiwan tackle, well, dramas: KING OF DRAMAS (KOD) and DRAMA GO…
Japan entertainment’s separated at birth: Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Riisa Naka. Need I say more? photos below from stormychu on tumblr: photos below from yayhooraywoohoo on tumblr (during an earlier appearance of Riisa on the Arashi bus): Trivia: Riisa is part-Swedish. It would be cute to have these two do a project together. Riisa…
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