Yamapi graduates
Unlike many teen stars all over the world who drop out of high school and wallow in the pool of their own idiocy and talent fees, J-dorama star and Johnny’s Entertainment boytoy Tomohisa Yamashita (Yamapi for fans) took the admirable route of entering school to finish a college degree. Hats off to him as he has finally graduated from Meiji University’s School of Commerce. He started out in 2004 and finally finished in time...
Utada Hikaru to release new English album
Universal Music Group has just recently released as few details. Aside from their profit numbers (which no one except stockholders and finance geeks are concerned about), they also announced that Utada Hikaru’s upcoming English-language album will be arriving soon – sometime in the end half of the fiscal year (October 1-March 31). UMG plans a strong release schedule for the second half of 2008 with new albums from Black...
Iron Man sequel to feature War Machine and Mandarin
To me, Iron Man is the best superhero movie ever. Well, that is because I consider The Dark Knight as a crime drama who happened to feature a guy in a cape. Anyway, Iron Man. It was pretty obvious that it will have a sequel with hints of War Machine and Mandarin shown in the first movie. And yes, fans, we have confirmation that these two will be in the next movie. In a press fest for the upcoming Iron Man DVD, director Jon Favreau...
GTA: Chinatown Wars coming to the Nintendo DS
I still can’t afford getting an HD monitor and an XBox 360 or a PS3 so as far as any Grand Theft Auto action, the last time I got some was playing San Andreas. Since I opted to get myself a Nintendo DS over a PSP, I wasn’t able to touch the Stories games. But all of that will change soon as they have decided a GTA game exclusive for the DS. Dubbed GTA: Chinatown Wars, the game will be set in Liberty City and would involve...
‘Room of King’ to star Hiro Mizushima and Anne Suzuki
Return of the fall season has always been a welcome time for TV junkies. Well, for one, it’s the time when the best shows in the US resume airing. I can’t wait for my favorite TV shows to be back on air again myself. House, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, Life… and I just finished watching episodes 1 and 2 of Prison Break. Damnit! Air them already, why don’t you. For Japan, fall season is also a time for new shows to...
Maguire, Raimi to be back for Spider-Man 4 (and 5?)
Quite honestly, I don’t quite like Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. Sure he was able to pull off that dork-turned-hero role nicely but for the last movie, I was disappointed when he agreed to reprise his role. I think Jake Gyllenhaal would’ve made a better Pete. And oh, Kirsten Dunst. Yelch. But I guess Maguire would be the real-world visage of Spider-Man as he is nearing locking an agreement to reprise the role for the next...