Mariah Carey lanza una bola

Allá va ella. En Tokyo haciendo el ¿saque? de honor de un partido de béisbol. Discreta, elegante, sobria, con su anillo de medio kilo bien agarrado no sea que volara junto con la pelotita, con zapato apto para partirte el tobillo en un campo de hierna y short vaqueros como de hacer mudanzas. Y unas piernas espectaculares la verdad, que no me extraña que las tenga aseguradas.

Fuente: Celebutopia

Rec Cliff: ocho minutos inéditos!

Estos son los famosos casi nueve minutos de película que se presentaron en Cannes. Dejamos también algunas primeras reacciones de prensa especializada, que es bien sabido que aquí somos incapaces de enjuiciar el trabajo de Takeshi. Siempre es PERFECTO.



Diving off the red cliff
By Mayo Martin, TODAY | Posted: 22 May 2008 1526 hrs


For his comeback Chinese-language epic movie Red Cliff, Hong Kong-turned-Hollywood director John Woo promises a visual spectacle of over 2,000 battleships, 800,000 soldiers and lots and lots of birds.

:“There will be more pigeons in this film,” he remarked, eliciting laughter from the international media gathered at the Cannes Film Festival. Woo was referring to his trademark scenes of flying pigeons, which he first used in the 1986 Hong Kong action flick :A Better Tomorrow:, starring Chow Yun Fatt and the late Leslie Cheung.

:During Monday’s press conference, his all-star cast — including Tony Leung, Lin Chiling, Zhang Fengyi, Zhao Wei, Chang Chen, Hu Jin, Song Jia and Tong Dawei — were relatively quiet. Noticeably absent was actor Takeshi Kaneshiro.

:But the Guangzhou-born director known worldwide for his work on :Broken Arrow:, :Face/Off :and :Mission: Impossible :2, gamely shared his excitement for his “dream project”.

:The movie is based on the Battle of Red Cliff, an infamous moment in Chinese history around 208. It is about a besieged and outnumbered army, which was immortalised in the classic Chinese novel :Romance of the Three Kingdoms:. Woo had been mulling over the idea of recreating the historical episode for the past 18 years, but had difficulties finding financiers and locations.

:Other roadblocks included casting. Earlier on, Chow and Ken Watanabe were slated to be in the movie but backed out — the former because of contract disputes and the latter because of objections to a Japanese actor playing a Chinese historical figure. Even Tony Leung had originally rejected a role.

:According to Woo, :Red Cliff :will be a way to show that China has “the ability to make huge movies like :Gladiator or Troy:”. With a US$80-million ($109-million) budget, it is the most expensive Chinese-language film ever made.

:He promised great battle scenes that will include 2,000 battleships being burned (supplied mostly by CG effects). “I want to make this the biggest action sequence ever,” said the 62-year-old director.

:But besides the slam-bang action (with swords and not guns, this time, he quipped), it’s also a story about the “true spirit of the Chinese. How they can win the war with a small number of people.”

:The movie will be released as a two-parter in Asia (the first opens in Singapore on July 10), but will be condensed into two hours for Western audiences who may not be used to a long subtitled movie, Woo said.

:When some of the stars did speak up, it was in praise of the director. “It’s great that John came back to shoot a very important piece of Chinese history,” said actress-singer Zhao Wei, 32, who is set to appear in the Raintree Pictures/China co-production :Painted Skin: in September with MediaCorp artiste Qi Yu Wu.

:Asked how it felt to be to be doing something “different” from Wong Kar Wai films, Leung pointed out he’s done the “costume/action thing” before. The 45-year-old added that it was great working again with Woo, with whom he previously did :Bullet in the Head :and :Hard Boiled:. “He should come back to China,” teased Leung. - TODAY/ra

Takeshi Kaneshiro en una revista hongkonesa (viva, viva!)

¿Veis? Si es que ya lo decía yo un post más abajo. Empezamos temporada con Takeshi en la portada de Eas+ouch! Y es que esta revista tiene una larga tradición de sacar chicos Beijing en su primera. Tenemos pendiente un poco de memoria hemerográfica.

Takeshi para tener en casa

Como teníamos mono de Takeshi nos sirve todo. Incluso su silueta recortada en cartón. Eso sí a tamaño natural. Yo quiero una!

Fuente: Takeshi Kaneshiro Net

Takeshi es el Demonio con 20 caras

Primer vistazo, de frente, porque todo lo que nos han enseñado hasta ahora era a Takeshi de espaldas (ya subiremos la serie completa), de la nueva película japonesa de nuestro adorado Kaneshiro. Como es japonesa tenemos asegurada promoción por todo lo alto y artículos en esas revistas de tendencias tan chulas y bien maquetadas que haces ellos.

First Look At Takeshi Kaneshiro....... In K-20!

First Look At Takeshi Kaneshiro As The Fiend With Twenty Faces (Sort Of) In K-20!
Posted by Todd Brown at 10:46am.
Posted in Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Asia

One of the most popular characters in all of Japanese writing the Fiend With Twenty Faces is coming to the big screen in a big way with K-20, an upcoming feature film due for release in late 2008. International star Takeshi Kaneshiro takes the lead role in the big budget film from writer-director Shimako Sato while Always director Takashi Yamazaki takes special effects duties.

Set in an alternate world where ninety percent of Japan’s wealth is controlled by a small sliver of the aristocracy, the Fiend is a sort of Robin Hood figure who steals from the rich. Kaneshiro plays a circus acrobat falsely set up as the Fiend who must escape from jail and track down the real thief to clear his name with the help of a beautiful police detective who is being targeted by the real thief.

The idea of Yamazaki helping to create a sort of retro-future Tokyo is more than a little bit exciting - anyone who has seen his incredible work in Always will tell you why - and I’m always a fan of Kaneshiro in these sorts of roles. Yes, please.

Fuente: Takeshi Kaneshiro Net

Britney ¿qué han hecho contigo?

Quiero que nuestro colaborador literario haga un estudio del caso de esta chica. Es muy, muy triste. Una historia de musical, o de ópera o de adaptación teatral.

Fuente: Celebutopia

Takeshi We miss you

Ay que triste ha sido este festival de Cannes. Sin mi Takeshi. Como un jardín sin flores.