Omura was among the 16 finalists chosen from 276 video entries to showcase his moves in Tokyo on Sunday (Mar 30) in a contest organized by the Pen Spinning Association Japan.

You can watch Omura’s video entries here.

The NT$10,000 beef noodle (Image via Xinhuanet)

The restaurant is named “688 Beef Bowl”, and is located at Taipei’s busy Zhongxiao Road. The restaurant has been operating for 18 years and most of their beef noodles are priced around NT$150-300… the expensive noodles are only sold on limited basis and need to be pre-ordered.

I am not sure why the beef noodle cost so much; it seems like it’s not using special ingredients… the high cost was probably attributed by the quality of the beef. The restaurant owner has spent 5 years to search for the high quality beef to make this beef noodle… and a nice piece of beef could be really costly, obviously.

I guess the judges had to make some tough decisions determining the winner, which in the end ruled in favour of reigning TV champion Satoshi Kamiya.

Korean movie “Secret Sunshine” (밀양; Milyang) is the biggest winner with 3 major awards (complete list). Below are some pics from the event…

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung (best actor) and Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon (best actress)

Hong Kong based pop duo 2R

Taiwanese actor Chang Chen and Korean actress Song Hye-kyo

Hong Kong artists Kate Tsui and Miriam Yeung

Taiwanese actress Shu Qi and Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun

Chinese actress Joan Chen (best supporting actress)

Japanese actress Mika Nakatani and Korean actor Song Kang-ho

(Image via Dayoo, K-popped, Qq and Sohu)

Best picture
Secret Sunshine (South Korea)

Best director
Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine; South Korea)

Best actor
Tony Leung (Lust, Caution; Taiwan / China/ USA)

Best actress
Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine; South Korea)

Best supporting actor
Sun Honglei (Mongol; Mongolia / Kazakhstan / Germany / Russia)

Best supporting actress
Joan Chen (The Sun also Rises; China / Hong Kong)

Best screenwriter
Au Kin Yee & Wai Ka Fai (The Mad Detective; Hong Kong)

Best cinematographer
Liao Pen-jung (Help Me Eros; Taiwan)

Best production designer
Cao Jiuping & Zhang Jian Qun (The Sun also Rises; China / Hong Kong)

Best composer
Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani (Om Shanti Om; India)

Best editor
David Richardson (Eye in the Sky; Hong Kong)

Best visual effects
Ng Yuen Fai (The Warlords; China / Hong Kong)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Yoji Yamada (Japan)

The Edward Yang New Talent Award
Yuya Ishii (Japan)

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It’s not a new song. If not mistaken it was released in early 2000s, in Park’s “Promise” album.

Park Ki-young made her debut in 1998; she has released 7 albums over the years… the latest was in Sept 2007. I am not sure how famous she is in Korea, but she is not really well known outside of her homeland.

I like her voice though, and she’s pretty good in singing live too…

Park Ki-young and famous actress Park Eun-hye (of Daejanggeum fame) were classmates. They are still good buddies these days.

Olive9 is responding to reports which claimed that the Korean actress was drunk and behaved inappropriately in the LVMH party last Friday (Mar 14, 2008). Choi and her reps strongly denied the reports and stated that she didn’t drink at all.

Choi Ji-woo at the LVMH party; the guy is Hong Kong star Chow Yun Fat

At first glance, Choi does seem like tipsy from the photos; but then, photos could be deceiving sometimes… we’ll have to choose what we want to believe.

Point is, it’s a party, people do get drunk. As long as they are not too misbehaved (thrown up or taking off their cloths etc) and have friends around to take care of them when needed… we should just let it be ain’t so? If normal people could get drunk and gone wild occasionally, why are celebrities forbidden to do so?

Director Kim Hae-gon, co-stars Kim In-kwon and Park Han-byul were also at the event.

Song Seung-hun and Kwon Sang-woo at the special press screening

Song, Kwon, actress Park Han-byul and co. at the special screening (Image via Chosun)

Destiny is about four buddies who find themselves confronting each other under unexpected circumstances, which involves love, betrayal and brotherhood.

The movie is highly anticipated by Korean drama/movie fans as it would be Song’s first act since discharging from his two-years military service. The movie will make its public screening on March 20.

Contrary to most of the fashion shows which only invite celebrity guests, TGC is opened to public with an affordable fee (¥3,000-10,000; ~USD30-100). [Hat tip to KN]

Make no mistake though, despite the cheap entrance fee, the show is still as glamourous as other top fashion shows, albeit more casual, with participation of top brands & models, and performances by popular artists (TVXQ, Leah Dizon, DJ Ozma etc).

The crowd and models at TGC 2008 Spring/Summer (Image via GW)

The first song is “Sweet Dream” by Korean girls group Redsox; and the second song is “If U Wanna” by another girls group Kara [Hat tip to Hopeisnear@Youtube].

If you are patient enough, you would spot Korean actor Jang Dong-gun in one of the picture with some stewardess. Korean actresses Han Ga-in and Nam Sang-mi also feature in the video too, as spokespersons for Asiana and Jeju respectively.

Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita playing the fiery piano (Image via Xinhuanet)

Yamashita performed the stunt in Shika town, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. His performance lasted for 10 minutes before the piano became unplayable.

Artistic or whatever… I can’t see anything remarkable about this stunt beside a waste (piano).