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Paris Hilton shares her favourite 2000’s fashion trends

American socialite turned businesswoman Paris Hilton shares her favourite fashion trends from early 2000’s in a video with W Magazine.

I almost forgot about her existence as she has been relatively quiet in recent years. Love her or hate her, the 36-year-old has been a trendsetter regardless. At her peak she’s as famous as any top list stars.

Socialite culture, celebrity lifestyle reality shows, over the top fashion, pets as accessories, selfies, phone obsession, BFF etc. She didn’t create these stuff but she popularised these for sure.

Although she finds success as a businesswoman in recent years, I won’t call her a role model. But when you look at youngsters these days you will find them doing many things which Hilton had “pioneered”.

Those kids probably don’t even know who’s Paris Hilton, but she leaves a legacy in global pop culture.

You may say that she’s good at riding the wave instead, that the trends will become so with or without her. It’s probably true, but she still saw those earlier than most others and made it to her advantage.

Moumoon, Shooting Star, Assassination Classroom

Japanese MV for Hello, Shooting Star by pop duo moumoon, released in February 2015. It’s an ending song for popular anime series Assassination Classroom.

I was a fan of moumoon’s Sunshine Girl in 2010. Haven’t heard much from the band since then, but they are probably doing well in their home country. Many Japanese commercials, movies and TV shows have used their songs over the years.

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Skull Island: Birth of Kong comic trailer

Following the huge box office success of Kong: Skull Island last month, Legendary has unveiled a teaser for a comic book series which delves deeper into the myths and mysteries of the island.

Titled Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, the comic is both a sequel and a prequel to the film. At the moment they are planning just a few (monthly) issues and not making it into long running series.

The comic is going to fill some gaps and answer questions which lead to the next Kong movie. And it probably serves as a bridge between various characters in the MonsterVerse franchise.

The “war” at 0:30 in the teaser looks pretty awesome regardless. It’s also the preview image of the video at the time of writing (but the video admin can change that if they please.)

The producers may be tempted to make a scene out of it in the next film, and bet the fans are going to love that too. They could have just included that in Kong: Skull Island though, that would be really epic.

I haven’t watch the movie yet, will wait for it on TV instead. But seems like the secret organisation Monarch is going to be a mainstay in the franchise. And they probably know a thing or two about Godzilla.

Haruo Nakajima – The man in Godzilla suit

Short English documentary about Haruo Nakajima, the man who portrayed Godzilla in the first 12 movies of the popular Japanese media franchise.

The costume was made of concrete in the first Godzilla film in 1954, that alone deserves respect LoL. Check the rest about his early career from the video.

Nakajima also played other giant creatures in various movies and in the Ultraman TV series. Hence, in some ways he’s the real king of monsters in Japan.

He retired from his suit acting roles in 1972. Fans still remember him fondly, and many people credited him as the greatest suit actor of all time.

Rest in peace

[Update] The legend passed away in August 2017, aged 88.

“In the end, the Godzilla I played remains on the film forever. It remains in people’s memory, and for that I feel really grateful.” ~ Haruo Nakajima

Kong: Skull Island (2017) movie trailer

Trailer for upcoming American monster film Kong: Skull Island, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The movie is a reboot of the King Kong franchise, and it’s the second film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse.

The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, and John C. Reilly.

I’m never a fan of Kong. The fact that it’s always in love with a “tiny” albeit beautiful human being never makes sense to me. And that alone makes it difficult for me to like its role.

Set that aside Kong in this teaser looks pretty badass. But seems like there’s too much going on… the skull crawlers are fine but there’s giant spiders and killer birds among others.

Chinese actress Jing Tian appears as main cast on movie poster but doesn’t feature in the trailer at all. Guess it’s another unnecessary character to please the Chinese film market.

May still watch it for Loki Tom Hiddleston though, and Brie Larson looks pretty amazing too.