Thu, August 28, 2008 (2:55am EDT)
The presentation ceremony of the 2008 MTV Student Voice Awards was held at Studio Coast on Tuesday.
In a repeat of last year, Shun Oguri picked up enough votes to win Best Actor. For Best Actress, Mao Inoue was outvoted this year in favor of Juri Ueno.
YUI was chosen as this year's Best Artist, while AAA won Best Dance Artist and Ikimono Gakari took Best Group.
The full list of winners:
In a repeat of last year, Shun Oguri picked up enough votes to win Best Actor. For Best Actress, Mao Inoue was outvoted this year in favor of Juri Ueno.
YUI was chosen as this year's Best Artist, while AAA won Best Dance Artist and Ikimono Gakari took Best Group.
The full list of winners:
- Best Artist: YUI
- Best Dance Artist: AAA
- Best Group: Ikimono Gakari
- Best Actor: Shun Oguri
- Best Actress: Juri Ueno
- Best Love Song: "Soba ni Iru ne," Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa
- Best Lyrics: "HOME," Shota Shimizu
- Best Party Karaoke: "Polyrhythm," Perfume
- Best Ringtone: "Kiseki," GReeeeN
- Best Movie: "Koizora"
- Best Game: "Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G"
- Best Athlete: Ryo Ishikawa
- Best Comedian: Harumi Edo
- Best Fashionista: Jun Hasegawa
- Best Trend: "Wisshu~" (DAIGO)
- Respect Award: AI
Thu, August 28, 2008 (2:44am EDT)
Ska-punk band SHAKALABBITS has announced upcoming performances in Canada as an extension of their 10th anniversary tour, which ran in May and June of this year. The group is performing with Canadian band Junior Achiever in four shows scheduled for September 3-6. They will play in Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, and Montreal.
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Thu, August 28, 2008 (2:37am EDT)
Singer Celine Dion has been tapped to sing for Yukihiko Tsutsumi's upcoming film "Maboroshi no Yamataikoku." The movie stars Sayuri Yoshinaga as a woman who, along with her blind husband ((Naoto Takenaka), is searching for the lost kingdom of Yamataikoku. In a brief scene, Yoshinaga appears as the legendary queen Himiko, and Dion's song will serve as the theme of that scene.
The tune is titled "A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN ~Himiko Fantasia~." The original version was part of Dion's "Taking Chances" album last year, and in January she released it in Japan as a duet with Yuna Ito. For "Yamataikoku," however, she has rewritten the lyrics and is singing the song in Japanese.
The movie comes out on November 1.
The tune is titled "A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN ~Himiko Fantasia~." The original version was part of Dion's "Taking Chances" album last year, and in January she released it in Japan as a duet with Yuna Ito. For "Yamataikoku," however, she has rewritten the lyrics and is singing the song in Japanese.
The movie comes out on November 1.
Thu, August 28, 2008 (2:18am EDT)
NTV has announced an interesting experiment with one of its drama series for next season. "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou," which was previously announced as a one-shot drama, will also be getting a series, though with a different star. Instead of Shun Oguri, actress Asami Mizukawa will be taking the lead.
"Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" is based on a best-selling comedic novel by Keiya Mizuno. In the original story, Kouhei is an unsuccessful salaryman who encounters a Kansai-ben-speaking manifestation of the Hindu deity Ganesha, and eventually finds happiness in life under Ganesha's guidance.
NTV's 2-hour adaptation of the story stars Oguri as Kouhei and Arata Furuta as Ganesha. Broadcast has been scheduled for October 2 at 9:00pm. But just before midnight on the same day, the network will premiere the serialized version, which is partly a continuation of the tale.
Unlike the original story, the "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" series will have a female lead. Mizukawa plays Asuka Hoshino, who gets dumped by her boyfriend on her 25th birthday and is forced to temporarily move into a small apartment due to a fire at her old place. While crying and wishing for happiness, she is suddenly confronted by Ganesha, who happened to live in that same apartment with Kouhei several years earlier. Arata Furuta will play Ganesha for the series as well.
The drama's official time slot is 11:58pm on Thursday nights, beginning on October 2.
"Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" is based on a best-selling comedic novel by Keiya Mizuno. In the original story, Kouhei is an unsuccessful salaryman who encounters a Kansai-ben-speaking manifestation of the Hindu deity Ganesha, and eventually finds happiness in life under Ganesha's guidance.
NTV's 2-hour adaptation of the story stars Oguri as Kouhei and Arata Furuta as Ganesha. Broadcast has been scheduled for October 2 at 9:00pm. But just before midnight on the same day, the network will premiere the serialized version, which is partly a continuation of the tale.
Unlike the original story, the "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" series will have a female lead. Mizukawa plays Asuka Hoshino, who gets dumped by her boyfriend on her 25th birthday and is forced to temporarily move into a small apartment due to a fire at her old place. While crying and wishing for happiness, she is suddenly confronted by Ganesha, who happened to live in that same apartment with Kouhei several years earlier. Arata Furuta will play Ganesha for the series as well.
The drama's official time slot is 11:58pm on Thursday nights, beginning on October 2.
