Star Struck

British star Hugh Grant has plenty to say about relationships, cheating—and the art of being a lazy actor

Hughman Touch
Hugh Grant insists he doesn’t like acting. So why does he do it? “Because I’m not really good at anything else,” said the 49-year-old British star during a visit to Japan this month to promote his latest film, Did You Hear About the Morgans? “As it is, I have a limited range as an actor—light...

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Japan-based African-American enka singer Jero will make his US West Coast debut on March 28 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco… Aya Ueto, 24, will play a detective for the first time in the new Fuji TV drama Absolute Zero Point: Unsolved Cases Special Investigation, which will air each Tuesday from 9pm beginning April 13… Bad-girl actress Erika Sawajiri, 23 (Closed Note), who was shunned by Japan’s entertainment industry for her loutish behavior last year, faxed local media outlets to announce she is forming her own talent agency. The agency will be based in Spain, where she lives, with plans to establish offices in other countries.

By: Chris Betros | Mar 18, 2010 | No Comments | 30 views
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Tarento Watch
Saki Aibu
Helping to unveil the spring additions to Mister Donut’s menu was Miss Mister Donut 2010, actress Saki Aibu (Buzzer Beat). For the event at the Prince Hotel in Shinagawa, Aibu ( pictured, center), 24, was joined by 2004 Miss Tokyo University and tarento Ayako Hatta (pictured, right) and an assortment of campus pageant winners and...

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Q & A

Comedian, children’s edutainer, agent of benevolent disorder

Cloudy Bongwater
Where are you from, and how did you end up in Japan? You can’t get more Ozzi than my heritage. I was born in Darlinghurst (King’s Cross) in Sydney, eighth-generation Australian, which is as far back as you can go for an Aussie. My ancestor Jim Hawkins from Belfast stole a block of land that didn’t...

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