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It was reported that Kumi Koda is Japan’s biggest pop icon last year with an amazing 12.7 billion yen in sales from releasing 12 singles, a greatest hits album and a DVD last year. She receives the Oricon Award for Highest Sales by a Japanese Artist in 2006.

Born in November 13, 1982, she was the first girl born to the Koda family in a number of generations. She has strong support from her grandfather who taught her Japanese bamboo flute and her mother who taught Japanese harp. She practised classical Japanese dance at the age of three. She started as professional singer in 2000 with her first single, Take Back. However it was not a success that time. She only started to become really popular in Japan in the year 2005, from her singles compilation album named “BEST ~first things~”. In this album, each song moves in chronological order from her debut single “Take Back” to her last single “Star”, aside from the first track “No Tricks”.

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Ang Lee is producing his latest movie now, “Lust, Caution”. The story is adapted from a novel by the late Chinese writer Eileen Chang. It will be an espionage thriller set in world war 2 era in Shanghai, centering around Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure and Wang Jia-zhi, the young woman who gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with him.

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The Banquet is an interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet by well-recognised director, Fong Xiao Kang. The Banquet depicts the tragic love story of a prince, Wu Luan (Daniel Wu), who loses his lover to the Emperor, his father. So, his lover, Wan Er (Zhang Zhi Yi), is now his ‘mother’, the Empress. He exiles himself far away from the court and immerses himself in dance and music. He drowns himself in the sorrowful tunes of his life story while always hiding behind a white mask.

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Sean Connery as Dr Henry Jones and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones 

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have recently finalized the script for the new Indiana Jones. It was reported that the filming will start in 2007 with Harrison Ford as the main cast again and Steven Spielberg will be directing this new movie. Harrison Ford said that he is still fit for the role. This will be the forth Indiana Jones series. The previous ones are:

– Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
– Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
– Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Veyil

Looking at the posters, title and a few scene photo of this movie, you would dismiss it as a small-budget movie about Veyil (the scorching sun), some young boys and poor village life. In other words, a movie you can give a miss.

Veyil is produced by hit director Shankar who is known for his big budget productions and interesting stories. His Kadhal and Imsai Arasan made money and brought fame to Shankar as producer. Shankar was assisted by Vasantha Balan to direct the movie. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Malavika and Shreya Reddy plays the female leads in the movie.

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Night at the Museum

The movie tell a story on an out-of-the-world adventure that takes place inside the famous New York’s Natural History Museum, it is a journey of self-redemption for the building’s new night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), a divorcee who’s in desperate need of a job so that he can mend his relationship with his estranged son.

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Aishwarya Rai is categorised as one of the most beautiful woman in Asia. She is a very famous Bollywood actress and is well known throughout the world. She has a natural look in front of the camera. She relies on little or no makeup at all. She possesses breathtakingly delicate features and is known for her spectacular blue-green eyes.

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