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Fala Chen talks about hometown Chengdu

Video of Chinese actress Fala Chen who shares some views about her hometown, Chengdu. Decent film but a bit long-winded, could have cramped more information in a three minutes video.

I always thought that she was born in America. Apparently she was born and raised in China instead, until she was 14 years old when she emigrated to the United States with her family.

Chen entered the show business after earning a place as 1st runner-up in the 2005 Miss Chinese International Pageant. She worked primarily with TVB in Hong Kong and starred in numerous TV drama series until her contract ended in 2013. She did quite well during that period.

The actress settled some personal matters and went back to school after that. She’s currently studying in Juilliard in New York; it’s one of the world’s leading drama, music, and dance school. She’s expected to graduate next year (with a postgraduate or master degree.)

Not sure when the video was made but it looks recent. I visited the city over two decades ago when China was still at early stage of its economic boom. A lot of things have changed, obviously. I’m thinking of revisiting the place for comparison sake, but there are other priorities at the moment.

Moumoon – It’s Our Time in Paris

Music video for It’s Our Time by Japanese pop duo Moumoon, released in June 2015. Found this song after blogging about them a couple of months ago.

They shot the MV in Paris when the band held their first solo concert (sold out) in the French capital in May 2015. The song is OK, love the video though… it looks like a beautiful travelogue.

Feels like visiting Europe again after watching this. It has been over a decade since my last trip to the continent. Always thought I would be there again much sooner.

By the way, half of the group name moumoon comes from a French word. “Mou” means soft in French, hence their name can be interpreted as soft moon in English =)

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 want to.)

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.