With this year’s grand finale inching nearer, so too does the season of the retrospective. Spearheading this year in drama is 2008’s most eminent trend: did any of you wonder where Salaryman Kintaro was this year? I can say with a fair amount of certainty that he was probably underneath the rush hour stampede of Hataraki Women. Even NHK’s annual yearlong taiga drama featured a female historical figure as the lead: Atsu-hime, Tokugawa Iesada’s wife and—upon his death and at his request—the political leader of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It’s safe to say the ladies ruled the drama realm this year.
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Celeste Thorson is an Ameriasian Film and TV Actress that is more than just a Hollywood Hottie, she’s also an environmental and human rights activist. She’s worked with organizations like Save the Children and Sierra Club and continues raising support for her favorite causes. As the star of Destination X Hawaii she fearlessly takes on sky diving, shark diving, and scuba diving. This year she traveled to Korea representing the USA for the Asia Model Festival Awards. She won the Asia Star award alongside Super Junior, Iza Calzado, Park Min Young, Han Ye Seul and Joo Ji hoon.

Whether it’s donating time to your favorite cause, clothing to your local shelters, toys for tots, food for the homeless or money to charities making amazing progress, please do your part however big or small so we can help ease the suffering of others. Lend a hand for the holidays.

With season two of Destination X California coming out next year she is certainly a star on the rise.

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Tags: actress, ameriasian, Celeste Thronson, film, hollywood, model, tv

Hey everyone! Happy Pocky day! I must say, this has got to be one of the best days ever considering all we have to do is EAT POCKY AND CELEBRATE IT’S AWESOMENESS. But that aside, one of my favorite parts of Pocky day is the commercials! My brother and I used to just look up Pocky commercials in our spare time because they were so funny and ridiculous. Here are a few of my favorites!
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Brian Tee who has starred in the movie Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift, is going to be a regular cast member in the series “Crash” on the television station Starz. “He plays EMT Eddie Choi, who is caught between the Korean gang world he left behind and the mainstream medical world where he wants to fit into in, “Crash.” http://www.starz.com/originals/CRASH/cast/EddieChoi/BrianTee/Pages/BrianTee.aspx

Crash is a series that is based on the movie Crash that came out in the year 2004 that followed the lives of everyday people in the city of Los Angeles that eventually intertwined together.

The first show airs on Starz October 17, this Friday Eastern Standard Time. I watched the first two episodes earlier tonight here: http://www.starz.com/originals/crash/screeningroom

The first few minutes of the show is sure to grab your attention. The characters have a lot of flavor and they also were able to make you place yourself in their shoes, feeling their pain. They also made me yell a few times at the screen at them either in fear or anger.
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Tags: Brian Tee, cops, Crash, gangs, Korea Town, police, Starz, tv

Hawaiian-born Carrie Ann Inaba’s diverse ethnic background inspired her to pursue a number of divergent paths, each with impressive success. She is a singer, dancer, actor, choreographer and founder/President of EnterMediArts, Inc., a video production company. She directs, writes, and edits films including E! Behind The Scenes Miss America Special, 7th Festival of the Pacific Arts, A Portrait of IVI and Beyond the Dancing Image, along with the short feature film, Black Water.

Currently Carrie Ann appears twice weekly as one of the three judges on “Dancing With The Stars.” She has gained the reputation as the honest, fearless “tell it like it is” judge on this hit show.
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I love Margaret Cho. Not only is she funny, this girl keeps it real! I have been to her show several times and have chatted with her on one occasion. She was very nice and sure was funny as hell! There are two female comedians that I would buy tickets to see their stand up routines. One is Kathy Griffin. The other is my girl Margaret Cho. Both are greatly adored by gay men.

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Tags: cho show, comedian, gay men, kathy griffin, korean, margaret cho, tv, vh1