Posts Tagged ‘celeb’

Hugh Jackman visits Japan, eats sushi

Hugh Jackman was in Japan this week to promote the upcoming theatrical release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine*. As part of his promotional activities, he went on NTV’s “Sukkiri” morning news show and visited Tsukiji with Mari Sekine:

It lacks much of the awkwardness one usually finds when foreign celebrities appear on Japanese TV. He was friendly and polite towards everyone and really seemed to enjoy himself. The narrator keeps mentioning how Hugh is such a nice guy, and I’m inclined to agree.

In the segment, Hugh is taken to a tamagoyaki store owned and operated by TV producer Terry Ito’s brother. The day after they filmed there, Hugh and his family had some free private time to explore Tokyo. Apparently Hugh loved the tamagoyaki so much that he brought his wife and kids back to Tsukiji and visited the store so they could try the food prepared by his new friend!

*Note: Yes, that’s correct. X-Men Origins: Wolverine won’t hit Japanese theaters until September 11, 2009. According to IMDB, the film was released in the states back in May and Japan is dead last on the release date calendar. While Japanese fans will be seeing the film for the first time in theaters, Americans will already be buying it on DVD.

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Tommy Lee Jones marries a Japanese woman

In the newest commercial of Boss Coffee’s “Alien Jones” series, Tommy Lee Jones experiences marriage with a human:

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Japanese Harry Potter fangirl interviews Emma Watson

Since so many of you are enjoying the Harry Potter and the Japanese fangirl post, here’s a clip of Kana’s interview with Emma Watson (which didn’t make the cut for the original post, since it wasn’t crazy enough):

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Taro Aso: Popular?

A FTV morning news program gives us a peek at Prime Minister Aso charming “large” crowds:

Some of the “big” crowds gathered to see him like his friendly grins and his line asking if he looks better in person than on TV. However, FTV concludes that the onlookers are mostly there just because he’s a famous person, not because they love and support him. Their latest poll shows a 17.5% approval rating for the Aso cabinet.

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