January 28, 2007
Taiwan artist Beatrice Xu (Hsu Wei Lun, 1978-2007) passed away on Sunday evening (Jan 28).
Beatrice met with a car accident on late Friday night (Jan 26) and suffered serious injuries, she finally passed away after nearly 43 hours of rescue. Beatrice died of low oxygen level that was caused by her head injury.
Beatrice was quite popular in Taiwan; she was dubbed Angel by her fans, and was good buddy of other famous stars like Ariel Lin, Cyndi Wang, Joe Cheng and Rainie Yang etc.
Rest in peace, dear Beatrice.
[Beatrice's biography]
January 27, 2007
Takeshi Kaneshiro is voted most wanted bachelor in a Taiwan poll.
2nd and 3rd on the list are singer/composer Wang Lee Hom and Jay Chou; while 4th and 5th of the list are Hong Kong artist Tony Leung and Andy Lau.
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January 25, 2007
Japan heartthrob Takuya Kimura seems to be back to his old best with his recent movie and TV drama success.
His latest TV drama Karei-naru Ichizoku started showing in Japan on Jan 14 and tops the rating chart for 2 weeks in a role; while his movie Bushi no Ichibun (pic) is doing well in box-office and is invited to Berlim Film Festival for exhibition too.
Takuya Kimura has been one of the most influential Japanese artists in Asia for the past decade; he faced some career’s mini-crisis for the past couple of years, but it seems that he is winning back his fans again in 2007.
Related Links (Japanese):
Karei-naru Ichizoku official website
Bushi no Ichibun official website
January 24, 2007
Taiwan artist Cyndi Wang joined hands with retail chain 7-11 and a candies company for a charity event to raise fund and awareness of anti-child-abuse organization.
Cyndi selling candies at one of the retail chain outlets…
More images at Asiapopular.com.
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January 24, 2007
Korean pop star Kwon BoA tops Japan Oricon chart again with her latest Japanese album Made In Twenty.
This is BoA’s 5th album in a role to hit #1 on Oricon charts since making her debut Listen To My Heart in 2002. It will be her 6th if her compilation album Best Album is included.
This put BoA on the 2nd on the list of #1 albums in a role. The current record holder is none other than pop diva Ayumi Hamasaki.
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January 24, 2007
China actress Zhou Xun and Japanese (former) soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata both attended a Chanel event in Paris, France on Jan 23.
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January 22, 2007
International Chinese star Zhang Ziyi was spotted watching a NBA match with an unidentified Westerner.
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January 22, 2007
Korean star Eugene Kim was in Taiwan to promote her latest TV drama Really Really Like You.
Eugene took the chance to meet some fans and held a charity event to raise fund for a child education program. An auction was held, where 10 fans were selected to make sandwiches together with Eugene as the highest bidders for the opportunity.
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January 21, 2007
The main casts and crews for movie Battle of Wits were in Japan to promote the movie, that include director Jacob Cheung, Hong Kong actor Andy Lau, China actress Fan Bingbing and Korean actor Ahn Sung-kee.
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January 20, 2007
China action superstar Jet Li sets up One Foundation, a charity project that collects funds to help the victims of natural disasters.
The idea of the foundation is for everyone (in China) to donate RMB1 (or more) to the charity, and with over 1 billion of population in China, the amount will be huge.
So far the donations can only be done via SMS and only available in China, but it’s said that the project might be expanded internationally in future.
In reality it’s impossible for the whole population to participate in the project, but it’s still going to be a huge one if 5% of the population decide to support it.
Good luck Jet Li, good luck to One Foundation.
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