Chinese starlet Isabella Leong is set to make her Hollywood debut in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (updated title), co-starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Maria Bello, John Hannah and Luke Ford etc.
Actress Liu Yifei was previously tipped to be the hot favourite to land the role, but it’s obvious that it was just a rumour.
The movie will begin filming in July 2007 in Montreal, Canada, and Xi’an, China.
Japan’s Fuji TV [Jp] is filming Hana Kimi, a drama series based on popular manga Hanazakari no Kimitachi e by Hisaya Nakajo.
Hana Kimi is about a girl who fell in love and decided to transfer into the same school to meet her dream guy. Problem is, the guy is attending an all-boys high school, and the girl will have to disguise as a HE to meet her Mr Right.
The manga was first adapted by the Taiwanese, starring Ella Chen, Wu Chun and Jiro Wang. The drama was a huge hit and prompted Fuji TV to produce the Japanese version, which will star Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri and Toma Ikuta etc.
Trafalgar Square is just a few minutes walk from Piccadilly Circus. The square was under renovation when I was there; in normal days it should be pretty crowded.
Schoolboy Ryo Ishikawa became the youngest ever person to win a major golf tournament in Japan.
The 15-year-old Japanese earned the red winner’s jacket of the Munsingwear Open on Sunday in his first ever participation in a professional competition.
Ishikawa sets a new record as the youngest golfer to win a Japanese male tournament, previously held by Spanish world golf legend Severiano Ballesteros, who won the 1977 Japan Open at the age of 20.
Winners of the Asian Excellence Awards 2007, an event honouring Asians and Asian-Americans’ contributions to the world of arts and entertainment…
Outstanding film
Letters From Iwo Jima
Outstanding actor, film
Kal Penn, The Namesake
Outstanding actress, film
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Korean actress Song Hye-kyo spent a working-holiday in Paris last month, filming a leisure-travel show for Olivetv…
Sinking of Japan (日本沈没; Nihon Chinbotsu) was a a 2006 remake of 1973 film Japan Sinks, based on a fictional novel by Sakyo Komatsu. The new movie was directed by Shinji Higuchi and starred Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Kou Shibasaki etc.
The story is about Japan sinking into the sea due to tectonic plates’ motions… and time is running out for the Japanese as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis began to devour the soil.
