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Namie Amuro to embark on first dome tour in 15 years

May. 26, 2012 - 06:08AM JST ( 5 )

Okinawan-born singer Namie Amuro, 34, will embark on a dome tour for the first time in 15 years as part of events to mark her… Read

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Comedian apologizes for not helping mother get off welfare

Entertainment May. 26, 2012 - 03:03PM JST ( 5 Comments )

Comedian Junichi Komoto on Friday apologized for not helping to support his mother who was on welfare for the past 15 years. Komoto, one half of the comedian duo Jicho Kacho, held a news conference… Read

Wrenching Central Park Jogger film premieres at Cannes

Entertainment May. 26, 2012 - 05:57AM JST ( 0 Comments )

A wrenching documentary about five men wrongly imprisoned for the 1989 brutal rape and attempted murder of New York's Central Park Jogger premiered this week at Cannes. U.S. filmmaker Ken Burns, the one-man juggernaut behind… Read

Cronenberg, Pattinson bring capitalism's final act to Cannes

Entertainment May. 26, 2012 - 05:14AM JST ( 0 Comments )

Money, sex and stretch limos abound as David Cronenberg brought "Cosmopolis" to Cannes Friday, with Robert Pattinson as a billionaire financier looking for a haircut as a killer stalks him. The Manhattan thriller, adapted from… Read

AKB48 election underway; Yuko Oshima in the lead

Entertainment May. 25, 2012 - 06:22AM JST ( 27 Comments )

The management team behind idol pop group AKB48 is holding a 4th general election to decide who should be the top member of the group. According to a press release, Yuko Oshima, 23, who finished… Read

Lady Gaga refuses to tone down her shows: manager

Entertainment May. 25, 2012 - 04:59AM JST ( 3 Comments )

Pop superstar Lady Gaga would rather cancel dates in her world tour than make changes to appease censors and religious groups, the U.S. singer's manager said Thursday as controversy dogs her in Asia. Troy Carter… Read

Mario Bros creator Miyamoto wins top Spanish prize

Entertainment May. 24, 2012 - 07:00AM JST ( 7 Comments )

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and other hit video games, won a top Spanish prize Wednesday for "revolutionizing" the industry. The jury of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize conferred… Read

Brad Pitt's hitman kills American dream in Cannes

Entertainment May. 24, 2012 - 05:37AM JST ( 3 Comments )

Brad Pitt returned to Cannes this week as a humane hitman in "Killing Them Softly," an anti-capitalist gangster movie that delivers a damning indictment of the state of the American nation. The violent tale, which… Read

Octogenarian Japanese actor in Cannes on first trip abroad

Entertainment May. 23, 2012 - 05:35AM JST ( 3 Comments )

When Tadashi Okuno got a part in Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's new film, the 82-year-old had never set foot outside of Japan. Now he is about to walk up the red carpet at Cannes. "As… Read

'House' closes after 8 seasons of healing and pain

Entertainment May. 22, 2012 - 12:50PM JST ( 12 Comments )

Whither Dr Gregory House? Would the cantankerous hero of the Fox TV medical drama mend his ways or self-destruct for all time? That was the mystery as "House" barreled to its conclusion Monday night. In… Read

'Beat' Takeshi rejects anti-gay accusation

Entertainment May. 22, 2012 - 06:47AM JST ( 127 Comments )

Actor-director Takeshi "Beat" Kitano on Monday rejected accusations he made disparaging remarks about same-sex marriage on a talk show, after drawing criticism from gay rights campaigners. Kitano, whose yakuza gangster films are popular around the… Read

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