BENNIE K is releasing a best album of their past collaborations, titled THE "BESTEST" BENNIE K SHOW. The album is a collection of 18 songs, including works with m-flo, SEAMO, and SOFFet, as well as a brand new song with DJ HI-KICK called "HI-EXPLOSION."

The album hits store shelves on October 29. The CD+DVD version includes music videos for 10 of the album's tracks.

BENNIE K has also announced that they will perform a free live show at Yoyogi Park on the day before the release. The show will reportedly feature some guest appearances.

Female hip-hop duo twenty4-7 has been appointed to do the theme song for Stardust Promotion's first movie, "Yomei." First unveiled in June, the film stars Yasuko Matsuyuki and Kippei Shiina in a story about a couple who finally conceive a child, but face a difficult decision when the wife's breast cancer relapses.

twenty4-7 is composed of two women from Osaka who formed in 2004. Last August, they finally achieved their major label debut through Avex's Rhythm Zone.

The movie's director, Jiro Shono, happened to hear their song "Get A Life," which was originally from their days as an indie group. Apparently, the song suited the movie well, and Shono suggested it as the theme song.

"Yomei" opens theatrically on February 7, but it has also been given a spot in the "Japanese Eyes" showcase of the Tokyo International Film Festival, which starts on October 18.

Commentator and former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Kazutomo Miyamoto, 44, announced on this weekend's broadcast of "Zoom In!! Saturday" that he has remarried. His wife is 32-year-old buyo dancer Kirara Wakayagi (real name Naoko), who represented Japan in the 1998 Miss Asia Pacific International competition.

The pair met in 2003 through a co-appearance on a television show. They had several common interests, and they soon began dating. The couple officially registered their marriage on Tuesday last week.

Miyamoto was previously married for several years before divorcing in 1996. Since then he has been a single father for his daughter Sayano, now 19, who gave her approval for Miyamoto's remarriage.

On Monday, X Japan leader Yoshiki held a press conference in Yoyogi to promote a new energy drink, but he also took the opportunity to talk about the upcoming schedule for his reunited band. Though he has not yet fully recovered from his injuries, he re-confirmed previous reports that X Japan will be playing in Paris on November 22.

He said the band will be in Japan for the winter holidays, playing a concert on Christmas and another for the New Year's countdown. The venues are still being decided, but a formal announcement is expected to be made soon.

Yoshiki is embarking on a promotional tour throughout Asia from Tuesday to Friday, visiting Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Korea. Upcoming concerts in those cities are being finalized, and Yoshiki commented that China may be added to the list. The postponed New York concert was not mentioned.

Yoshiki also revealed that X Japan has created a new song. In addition, he mentioned that he will be producing music for a U.S. event in 2010 that will celebrate the 100th anniversary of director Akira Kurosawa's birth.

NTV announcer Maria Saito, 30, left the network at the end of August. NTV issued a statement on Monday through its website, explaining that the announcer has decided to focus on raising her two children for the time being.

Saito joined NTV in 2000. Two years later, she got married and gave birth to a son. She returned to work a couple years later, but she had her second child in early 2007.

The super-popular rock band B'z is doing another TV drama theme song. Their "Itsuka Mata Koko de" will be used in TV Asahi's Thursday night drama "Shoni Kyumei," which stars actress Manami Konishi as the head of a children's hospital.

The song is included as a new track on the band's "B'z The Best ULTRA Treasure," which goes on sale this Wednesday.