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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Taiwanese actor, Jay Chou, will play Kato in “The Green Hornet”.  Seth Rogen will play the title character, while Michael Gondry directs.  Cameron Diaz, Nicolas Cage, and Edward James Olmos will also star.
Jay Chou
was born on January 18, 1979 and is a Taiwanese musician, singer, producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. He is well-known for composing all his own songs and songs for other singers. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for popular Chinese singers. Although he was trained in classical music, Chou combines Chinese and Western music styles to produce songs that fuse R&B, rock and pop genres, covering issues such as domestic violence, war, and urbanization.

Taiwanese actor, Jay Chou, will play Kato in “The Green Hornet”.  Seth Rogen will play the title character, while Michael Gondry directs.  Cameron Diaz, Nicolas Cage, and Edward James Olmos will also star.



Jay Chou

was born on January 18, 1979 and is a Taiwanese musician, singer, producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. He is well-known for composing all his own songs and songs for other singers. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for popular Chinese singers. Although he was trained in classical music, Chou combines Chinese and Western music styles to produce songs that fuse R&B, rock and pop genres, covering issues such as domestic violence, war, and urbanization.

Monday, August 17, 2009
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Vanessa Hudgens at Bandslam Movie Premiere, Aug 6th

Bandslam is about 2 teens who bond through their shared love of music and recruit more musicians to form a rock group to compete in their school’s battle of the bands. [More at Wiki] The movie also stars Lisa Kudrow of FriendsRotten Tomatoes rating is at a high of 81%.

Hudgens is currently filming her next movie, Beastly, which is a ‘modern-day take on the “Beauty and the Beast” tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.’ [IMDB]  Also stars Neil Patrick Harris, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Peter Krause.