Kou Shibasaki

This year has been particularly busy for Shibasaki. The first few months she was on a nationwide singing tour, but she frequently had to intersperse her tour dates with appearances back in Tokyo to promote two films and make product endorsements. “I’ve been having some pretty full days recently. Every day seems to bring a new challenge,” she said at a recent event to promote Fujitsu’s new 3D laptops. Her ad for the laptop can be seen in stores in 3D. “It’s the first time I have ever seen footage of myself in 3D. Wow is all I can say,” Shibasaki said, wearing a sexy red dress and sporting a new hairstyle. “It’s quite amazing what 3D is doing to movies. Just simple things like a paper plane flying at you or flower petals fluttering about are wonderful.” Born in Tokyo, Shibasaki got her start in show business at the age of 14, doing TV commercials. Western audiences will know her mainly from her role as a cold-blooded sexy killer in the 2000 cult film “Battle Royale,” and her award-winning portrayal of a Japanese girl in love with a Korean boy in the 2001 drama “Go.” Quentin Tarantino had also written a part for her in “Kill Bill,“ as Yuki Yubari, the twin sister of Gogo Yubari, but she had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Currently, Shibasaki is filming “Ooku,” an alternative history of medieval Japan in which an unknown disease kills most of the male population, leading to a matriarchal society in which women outnumber men 4 to 1. Women hold all the important positions and men are their consorts. The female shogun Yoshimune (Shibasaki) keeps a harem of handsome men, known as “Ooku.” The film, which co-stars boy band ARASHI’s Kazunari Ninomiya, opens in Japan on Oct 1. Last year, Kou Shibasaki placed 2nd in an Internet poll asking 500 men and women which celebrities had the most attractive eyes (Meisa Kuroki was 1st). Respondents said Shibasaki, who turns 29 on Aug 5, had an alluring smile. That smile has served the multitalented Shibasaki well as she carves out a name for herself as an actress, singer and image character for companies such as Fujitsu, Lipton and Kanebo.

 
“It is a fresh look at Japan’s history,” said Shibasaki. “With the number of men so small, finding the right partner becomes a serious matter, much more so than in our modern society. Actually, the story is a bleak look at what society might be like if the birthrate continues to decline.” After filming is completed, Shibasaki said she will take a short break to recharge her musical batteries. Since launching her singing career in 2002, she has scored many pop hits since, among them “Tsuki no shizuku,” “Hito Koi Meguri” and “Lover Soul,” and has embarked on domestic concert tours once a year since 2007. When she is not working, Shibasaki likes to chill out at home. She said she enjoys cooking, after honing her culinary skills last year while making the movie “Shokudo Katatsumuri,” in which she played a woman who returns to her hometown after an incident with her Indian boyfriend and opens a small restaurant. “My specialty is ‘ehomaki,’” she said, referring to a type of sushi made with seven “lucky” ingredients. It is traditionally eaten on Setsubun (Feb 3) and is said to bring good fortune. Music is never far from Shibasaki’s mind. “I am always getting ideas for song lyrics and keep a notebook handy. Nowadays, I take a laptop with me everywhere, because I have a stock of handwritten lyrics in it,” she said. Looking ahead, Shibasaki has an unusual goal: she would like to be able to understand animals better. “Wouldn’t it fun to be able to communicate with a horse while you were riding it?” she mused. Shibasaki debuted in 2000 when she portrayed the cold, deadly, and promiscuous Mitsuko Souma in the cult classic Battle Royale. Her acting career took off with this film and also raised her international profile not only in Japan, but all over East Asia. Shibasaki also won critical acclaim for her role as Tsubaki Sakurai in the 2001 film Go, which earned her several awards, including the Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, the Kinema Junpō Award. Since her debut in 2000, Shibasaki has worked in numerous television shows, movies and commercials. Her stage name is taken from the main character of Junko Kawakami's manga Golden Delicious Apple Sherbet.

Shibasaki has two units: Koh+ (with Masaharu Fukuyama) and Galaxias. (with Deco*27 and TeddyLoid). Shibasaki made her debut in the music industry in 2002 with her first single, "Trust My Feelings", but she became recognized for her second single, "Tsuki no Shizuku", which was used for the movie Yomigaeri. Although unable to compose (mainstream) music on her own, Kō Shibasaki writes the lyrics for most of her songs. Many of her singles have become theme songs for various films, dramas, and commercials. Her single "Lover Soul" was the ending theme song for the live action drama Otomen. Japanese actresses are known for their loveliness and charm. Nikkei, the largest economic newspaper in the world, picks the Top 20 gorgeous Japanese actresses. Some of them are famous for their typical Japanese style: cute, lovely and clean. Others stand out for being sexy, cool or mature. But they are all unforgettable.

Mariko Shinoda

Being asked about Shinoda Mariko who graduated from the same group with her on July 22, Watanabe commented sadly “She’s a senpai who has been taken care of me for a long time. She was a very kind senpai who always think about every single member.  Then, being asked about her feelings after hearing about the graduation, “I was sad. But it is a positive graduation in which Mariko-sama is heading towards her dream, so I’ll support her, said Watanabe honestly. Watanabe revealed, after Shinoda’s graduation performance had ended, Shinoda called upon the kouhai “Everyone in team A! I’ll leave AKB48 to you , and after hearing that, the Team A members said “Let’s do our best together . She said strongly “We’ve united. Besides, about Yokoyama Yui who was selected to be the new captain, “I always thought that Yui-chan would be the captain, said Watanabe, then she highly praised “Yui-chan has a strong character and thinks about other members. She’s also loved by the kouhai . After that, she determined “I’ll will make this team become a new team A while supporting and assisting Yui-chan . The press conference is held in order to hold the time-limited event from July 27 to September 23 at Tokyo Dome City Attractions. The setting for the event at this attraction is to solve the mysteries to save the legendary magical girl “Mayuyu  from the prison amusement park. On February 19th, Fukuoka city announced the city retired Shinoda Mariko from the ward mayor role for the city’s virtual administrative district “Kawaii-ku” (Kawaii-ward). The city has received 4 complaints from it’s citizens over the last 2 months of 2012. The complaints claim: “Encouraging Kawaii women hinders women’s social independence and empowerment.” “This enhances gender discrimination.” Earlier this year Mayor Takashima ordered city’s Council for Gender Equality to discuss the measures for the issue. The city’s public relation office, on 15th, said that they asked Shinoda’s side to step aside from the ward mayor’s job explaining they figured that they shouldn’t let Shinoda get involved in trouble stemmed from the discussion (on gender equality) that has nothing to do with her. Currently 40,000 people registered as residents of Kawaii-ward, and the city has planned to preserve the ward. Shinoda, who was born in Fukuoka, was named the ward mayor in August last year, and had served the office without any compensation.

In October 2005, she auditioned for AKB48 but did not make the first generation. She started working at a café in AKB48's theater, then known as Akihabara 48, as a staff member. Yasushi Akimoto, general producer of AKB48, gave her a chance to join AKB48 on the condition that she learn the group's 12 songs and dances in four days. She became AKB48's first non-generation, or "1.5 generation", member with her debut on Team A on January 22, 2006. Her first single as part of the main group was on "Aitakatta". It was not long after joining that Shinoda began to exhibit her potential and improved rapidly while it had seemed that Akimoto had chosen his consistent leads in "Skirt, Hirari" as Sukahira Seven and intended to stick with them, over time he appears to have changed his mind and pushed Shinoda to the group's forefront in place of Narita Risa. Shinoda is perhaps most widely known for her love of Hamtaro, and the song "Koike" from Team A's third stage, in which she took all of the speaking parts along with a lead singing role. On July 21, 2013, she graduated from AKB48, with her graduation ceremony taking place in her hometown of Fukuoka. Yokoyama Yui who Shinoda appointed as the next team A captain, made a comment while looking back the memories with Shinoda, "I would like to make a team that Shinoda-san would think it was a right decision to appoint me. I will make the new Yokoyama team A while succeeding Shinoda team A, but please allow me to depend on you just today." Along with the team A members including Takahashi Minami, other 1st generation members like Kojima Haruna, Itano Tomomi, and Minegishi Minami, as well as team K's Oshima Yuko showed up on the stage for the encore. When they were about to perform Shinoda's graduation song "Namida no Seijanai", Takahashi could not sing the beginning part since she started shedding tears, and it also made Shinoda weep in sympathy. After the performance, Takahashi apologized to the audience, saying, "Sorry, it was all because I started crying.", and Kojima told Takahashi, "Yeah, it was kind of too early." Though the audience were sobbing at the time, the atmosphere changed because of those two, and it burst into laughter.

In 2013, Shinoda launched her clothing brand "ricori" which featured clothing that she had designed and produced. She stated that starting her own line of clothing had been a dream of hers before joining AKB48. Shinoda placed fifth overall in the 2013 AKB48 General Election. On June 8, during the broadcast of the election results, Shinoda announced that she would graduate from the group. She later announced that she planned to continue fashion design and modeling. Her graduation ceremony was held on July 21 at the Fukuoka Yahoo Dome, and her final performance at the AKB48 theater was on July 22. Shinoda Mariko is the captain of AKB48's Team A. She announced her graduation from the group on July 8, at the 5th Senbatsu Sousenkyo. She will graduate on July 21, 2013 at AKB48's Fukuoka Dome Concert. After finishing high school Shinoda Mariko auditioned for the first generation of AKB48 and failed. Not wanting to give up her dreams she started working part time in the cafe on the same floor as the AKB48 theater. At the time of AKB48's humble beginnings, a vote box for fans was placed in the lobby to write the name of the member they liked. They encountered a number of votes of an unknown girl whom they found out was Shinoda Mariko who worked part time at the cafe. Intrigued by this, Akimoto Yasushi challenged her to remember 12 songs in four days in turn she'll be able to perform on stage. Two months after the group debuted, through customer's feedback she was able to join the group before the second generation and is the only member referred to as generation 1.5. It is for this reason that she is not present in the dvd of Team A's first stage but can be seen in the PV to the single "Skirt, Hirari"; the first she participated in, unlike the rest of Team A who had all previously participated in the single "Sakura no Hanabiratachi."

Meisa Kuroki

Japanese actress Meisa Kuroki recently revealed that she manages her own assets, and so does her husband, musician Jin Akanishi, sparking speculation that the couple may be on the verge of divorce, as they have been rumoured to be facing issues in their relationship. The celebrity couple had a ‘flash marriage’ in 2012 and Meisa gave birth to a daughter that same year. However, their management Johnny and Associates has always forbidden their artistes from dating, and after Jin announced the news of his marriage to Meisa, his contract was terminated. The burden of bringing home the bacon then fell on Meisa’s shoulders, and Jin was said to be financially dependent on his wife. Due to Meisa’s busy filming schedule, she had to rely on her mother to take care of her daughter. Meanwhile, Jin was rumoured to have had an affair due to loneliness after his workload was greatly decreased. Meisa’s image is said to have been tarnished by her husband, and is rumoured to be signing the divorce papers in April before she starts shooting her new drama. She had also admitted earlier she has not been in contact with her husband for some time. It is unfortunate and still just a rumor, but it seems that Japanese actress Meisa Kuroki and her husband Jin Akanishi, recognized for being a musician under Johnny and Associates , are signing their divorce papers. As it is still a rumor floating around, the rumor began when Meisa revealed that not only herself but her husband as well, both manage their own assets. After Jin’s contract with Johnny and Associates was terminated due to the companies rules against their artists dating, Jin fell out of work while Meisa had the responsibility not only to provide to him but to their daughter that was born the same year they were married. As the rumors continue, while Meisa was busy filming, Jin was said to have had an affair due to loneliness after an overload of work that had piled on him. You may better known Jin from his role in the recent samurai Hollywood film Ronan 47 starring Keanu Reeves, his affair has left his wife’s image tarnished, the couple has been said to signing their divorce papers sometime this month.

Fans have greatly anticipated how Jin Akanishi and Meisa Kuroki's daughter looks like, and as surprising as it is, a cute snappy with their 8-month old baby girl has been revealed. It has been a huge turn for Jin's career after having issues with his talent agency Johnny's Entertainment. He married Meisa on February 2, 2012 and their daughter named Theia was born on September 23, 2012 in Okinawa. After all the buzz that happened, it is obvious that Jin is gradually coping with things. In addition to her modeling work for the fashion magazines JJ and 25ans, Kuroki has released two photobooks, one of her own, Love Meisa, and a joint one, Missmatch, with her best friend and actress, Maki Horikita, photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. In 2009, Kuroki was chosen as the Japanese face of international fashion brand, Emporio Armani, and she also appeared in numerous events for the brand worldwide. In 2010 Kuroki was chosen as the international face of French cosmetic brand, L'Oréal. The latest news about the controversial couple was posted days ago stating that Jin is already a hands-on dad to his daughter. Now, a happy and wacky photo of the family can be cutely seen above. After seeing the photo, some fans commented with "Theia is so beautiful and adorable. Yes what a beautiful and happy family. She totally looks like Jin when he was a baby!" and "What a cutie! So happy for Jin and Meisa." Kuroki performed on the soundtrack of the 2007 film Crows Zero, in which she also appeared. On 21 June 2008, her debut song, "Like This", was released through the Sony Music Japan subsidiary label Studioseven Recordings. It soon was announced on 17 February 2009, that Kuroki's first EP, Hellcat, would be released on 8 April 200. Her second EP, Attitude, was released in January 2010. In January 2011 Kuroki released her first studio album, Magazine, which peaked at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart. She also performed "Wired Life" for Ao no Exorcist as the second ending theme.

Kuroki made her acting debut in February 2004 in the Kita-ku Tsuka Kōhei Gekidan play Atami Satsujin Jiken: Pyonyang Kara Kita Onna Keiji. Since her debut she has continued to perform in theater, notably in the Azumi stage productions in 2005 and 2006, the musical Endless Shock (2005), and most recently in Onna Nobunaga (2009) and Hiryuden 2010: Last Princess (2010). Kuroki made her television debut in 2004 in the Fuji TV drama, Medaka. She has played supporting roles in several high-rated and critically acclaimed drama series, including Haikei, Chichiue-sama (2007), Kaze no Garden (2008), and Shinzanmono (2010). Kuroki won the Television Drama Academy Award and TV Life Drama Grand Prix for Best Supporting Actress in 2009 for her role in the Fuji TV drama, Ninkyo Helper. In 2006, she starred in Chakushin Ari: Final, the final installment of the Chakushin Ari franchise, for which she earned the Golden Arrow Award for Newcomer of the Year. In 2007 she appeared in Fumihiko Sori's CGI anime film Vexille. She also starred in Subaru, the live-action, film adaptation of the Masahito Soda manga, produced by Bill Kong, and Assault Girls, directed by Mamoru Oshii. In 2010, Kuroki played the role of Yuki Mori in the live-action film Space Battleship Yamato, opposite Takuya Kimura. In 2011, Kuroki co-starred with Mikako Tabe in her first serial drama lead role in the TV Asahi drama Jiu: Keishicho Tokushuhan Sosakei.

ZE 'First Homme' album jacket

Star Empire revealed on May 23 that idol group ZE:A will be making their first comeback in 10 months with their mini album “First Homme.” Along with the announcement, the group’s jacket photos for the album were released, as well, the members suited up in dark blues and blacks. Star Empire said, “The members have matured a lot with this new album, personally participating in writing and composition. Different from the standard idol music, which carries heavy beats, the new album has a high level of musicality and quality. It will be an album that exceeds expectations.” “First Homme” will be released on June 2, after which the group will officially start broadcast promotions. Having been in the music industry for 5 years now, ZE:A decided that they go for a more fashionable and trendy look so as to emphasize their maturity. They also explained that the music in this mini-album will be much more mature, in which it will be unlike regular idol songs. Instead of strong beats and lyrics, songs in this mini-album will be more appealing to emotions and encompass a wider range of musicality. The countdown for their comeback has already begun on Daum Music, in which “First Homme” will be released on the 2nd of June. "First Homme" is a term used to describe a man who is confident in his lifestyle, whether it be fashion or work, and endeavors to improve himself by investing in those areas. As this term suggests, ZE:A decided to go with this concept so as to express the desires of the members of ZE:A to improve themselves in these areas also. Their last mini-album was released in August last year, making it a comeback after 10 whole months, and thus many fans are very excited. On the 23rd of May, 2 of ZE:A’s mini-album jacket photos were revealed by their agency, in which their album title expresses the concept for this mini-album.

A representative of ZE:A's agency said, "The title of the album, 'First Homme', implies guys who make a lot of investments to raise their value, and we wanted to express how ZE:A members always put a lot of efforts to raise their value." The representative went on, "ZE:A members are looking more stylish than even in the album jacket, and ZE:A are going to present a much greater matureness and sexiness." The representative also added, "All of the members widely participated in writing songs and lyrics for this new album, and their musical level got deeper by another level. This album is going to be beyond people's expectation." In the images, the nine members of ZE:A are showing stylish and sleek looks in blue or black suits. They are all showing chic looks, and the images are clearly indicating that ZE:A are going to present a major transformation through the album. Meanwhile, ZE:A's new mini-album, 'First Homme', will be officially released on June 2nd. ZE:A telah merilis foto teaser individu yang menampilkan Jungyoung, Kevin dan Dongjun. mereka menunjukan karisma yang sempurna dengan konsep hitam putih. sementara itu, ZE:A akan kembali dengan album “First Homme”. Mereka akan merilis Highlight Medley untuk album ini pada tanggal 29 Mei.

Block B Makes New York Fans Cheer

Overcoming their pressure for the first performance, the Block B members presented powerful performances. The fans also responded passionately by singing along Block B’s songs. Zico said, “I didn’t expect such an enthusiastic response in New York and I felt very touched. We will do our best for our performances in Washington D.C and Florida as well.” On February 25, 2014, the K-Culture Festival in Germany announced that Block B was scheduled to appear at the September 14 festival in Dusseldorf. Two days later, the concert organizer Jazzy Group US announced that Block B would be touring three U.S. cities - New York, Miami, and Washington D.C. in June. Tickets for the U.S. tour went on sale March 22. On March 26, 2014, Seven Seasons released teaser videos for Block B's upcoming variety show, Five Minutes Before Chaos, which premiered April 10 on MNet. On March 31, Block B held the pre-sales for their first concerts in Korea, "2014 Blockbuster." Ticketing was opened exclusively to the Block B fanclub members, who bought up all the seats for Block B’s first concert in Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall. Block B held their first Korean concerts on May 17 and 18 in Seoul, and May 23 and 24 in Busan. Seven Seasons announced on April 8, 2014, that Block B would be releasing new album titled Jackpot. The video for the album's title track, "Jackpot," was released April 15, while the album itself was scheduled to be released April 17. Although the physical album was released, the digital release and the group's comeback were canceled following the capsizing of a South Korean ferry carrying more than 400 people. Seven Seasons created a YouTube channel in which they uploaded Block B videos. On August 31, 2013, Seven Seasons released U-kwon's teaser video, which featured him jogging through urban Seoul, with the question "Do you wanna B?" at the end. Following that was JaeHyo and P.O.'s teaser released on September 4, showing the two suiting up. That teaser also ended with the question: "Do you wanna B?" On September 17, 2013, Block B announced their pre-released single via Seven Seasons' YouTube channel. The single "Be the Light" featured Taeil's singing voice with a short clip of their MV accompanying it. The full video was released September 22, 2013. The song reached #14 on the Gaon digital chart in the first week of its release. Block B released their next mini-album, Very Good, with five songs, on October 2.  The group also released a video of the title song,along with a "Maximum Close Up Version" on October 7 and a "Dance Like BB Version" on October 15.

It was announced in early January that Block B would make their return with a new mini album titled Welcome to the Block. On January 13 a trailer for the album was released and soon after on January 27, a fifteen second preview of their new single "Nalina" ("Go Crazy") was revealed. A second teaser was also revealed three days later. On February 1, "Nalina" was unveiled to the public and Welcome to the Block was deemed an "all kill" on various music sites, however, two songs from the album ("LOL" and "Did You or Did You Not") were banned as inappropriate for minors by The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) and KBS. In February 2012 Block B came under fire for a mistranslation of a video from an interview that had taken place in Thailand a month earlier. In response, the members issued letters of apology and released a video on their record company's YouTube channel. As result of this incident, leader of Block B, Zico, also shaved his head to demonstrate his remorse. Block B returned in October – eight months after their last comeback with their first full length album, Blockbuster. For this album, the group moved away from their usual hip-hop sound to incorporate many different music styles. Most of the songs on the album were written or produced by the members. The title track "Nillili Mambo" was well received and ranked number 10 on the "Billboard World Albums Chart." Block B released a statement saying, "We’re thankful to everyone who loved us endlessly even after a long wait. We worked hard to prepare for this album, so we hope more people enjoy it together. We’re going to work hard to keep making good music." On November 30 Block B performed for the first time in the MAMA awards at the red carpet pre-show event in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre with their song "Nillili Mambo." Block B's leader Zico performed for a special hip-hop stage called "Beats Rock The World," along with artistes Dynamic Duo, Double K, Davichi and Loco. Block B has successfully launched a showcase tour in three American cities. Seven Seasons, Block B’s agency, announced on June 25, “Starting with New York showcase on June 22, Block B headed to Washington D.C on 24 and will be performing in Florida on 27. The group will be visiting Taiwan in July to meet with the Chinese speaking fans.” Block B launched a showcase in New York Theatre at Westbury on June 22. The showcase gathered about 1,000 people.

Block B is a South Korean boy group created by Cho PD under his label Brand New Stardom, who after a controversy, moved to a new label Seven Seasons. On April 15, 2011, they made their debut on KBS Music Bank with their promotional single, "Freeze!". The group consists of seven members: Zico (Woo Jiho), Lee Taeil, B-Bomb (Lee Minhyuk), Ahn Jaehyo, U-Kwon (Kim Yukwon), Park Kyung, and P.O (Pyo Jihoon). The members of Block B have dancing, rapping, composing, and singing experience. Block B is short for the term Blockbuster. The group has its roots in hip hop but has branched out into different genres.

Lin Chi-ling

Lin Chiling, popular model and actress from Taiwan, said that in her new spy film "the Trump Card" (Wang Pai) she changed her trademark "baby doll" voice and made it normal. Lin said she later dubbed for her role in the film herself as age of the role she played is 20 years older than her. Lin, who is famous for her gentle demeanor and physical beauty, changes her image in the film. She elaborated more about this during a press conference held in Shanghai on Saturday. "The role I played in the film suffers from a lot of tortures. She is faced up with new situations. How would she continue and move forward steadily? How would she find the real voice from the bottom of her heart? Audiences could see changes that happen to the woman in the film." Lin was questioned for her ability of selecting screenplay at the press conference. The film "Switch" (Fu Chun Shan Ju Tu) she acted in 2013 received a lot of negative feedbacks. But she explained that film was like a jigsaw. Actor and actress are just in charge of their own parts. What would the whole film turn out to be, she doesnt know. Still she insisted that this time the film "the Trump Card" would be a great one. Lin's father, Lin Fan-nan, and her mother, Wu Tzu-mei, are both from Tainan, in southern Taiwan. Following their marriage, they moved to Taipei where Lin and her elder brother Lin Chi-hong were born. Lin attended Taipei Municipal Zhongzheng Junior High School and at the age of 15 was discovered by model talent scout Lin Chien-huan. She later attended Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Canada, then attended the University of Toronto until 1997, when she completed a bachelor's degree, double-majoring in Western art history and economics. After graduating from university, Lin returned to Taiwan. She intended to pursue a career in fine art and sought a position at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, but was turned away because she lacked a postgraduate degree in the field. Lin continued to model part-time before leaving the industry and working as an administrative assistant for the Fubon Cultural and Educational Foundation.

 In 2000, Lin left Fubon and spent three months studying in Japan, then returned to Taiwan and modeling, with Catwalk Production House. Lin's popularity grew throughout the rest of 2004, as she began modeling in Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese advertisements, and continued when she began doing Japanese advertisements in 2005. From 2004 to 2006, Lin served as Taiwan's goodwill ambassador to the Japan Tourism Association. One of the unintended results of Lin Chi-ling phenomenon is that due to Lin's popularity among her Chinese fans, some Japanese pornographic actresses resembling Lin have become more famous and more popular among Chinese fans than their native homeland Japan, and received nicknames given by their China fans in association with Lin Chi-ling, such as in the case of Yui Hatano , who is frequently referred by Chinese fans as AV Lin Chi-ling, and Nozomi Aso, who is frequently referred by Chinese fans as AV little Lin Chin-ling. On 8 August 2005, Lin was in Dalian, China, shooting an advertisement for Procter & Gamble home products when she fell from the back of a horse she was riding and was inadvertently trampled. Workers rushed Lin to a nearby hospital where doctors discovered that she had suffered six broken ribs, a punctured left lung, and an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity. Lin underwent four months of treatment and therapy, and announced in November 2005 that she had completely recovered.

In 2002, Lin was invited to model in a television advertisement in Hong Kong. The advertisement received attention and discussion on the internet, and interest in Lin began to grow. The following year, noted television producer Ge Hongfu offered Lin a position as hostess of a fashion program on Shanghai Oriental Television. In 2004, Lin starred in a broad series of advertisements in Taiwan that included big giant building-size posters, billboards, and television commercials. Almost overnight, Lin skyrocketed to national fame and became an instant celebrity model. Her rise to fame initiated a Taiwanese craze for supermodels, an effect commentators named "The Lin Chi-ling Phenomenon". Lin has had numerous roles in television over her time as a model, being the host of TVBS-G LA Mode News, TVBS-G Fashion Track, the Golden Melody Awards and the Top Chinese Music Chart Awards in 2005. Lin starred as one of the three female leads in the 2010 Fuji TV Japanese television drama Tsuki no Koibito. The male lead is popular actor Takuya Kimura.

Lin Chi-ling, born in 1974, in Taipei, is a famous model and actress. Well-known for her gentle manner and perfect body, Lin is dubbed “The First Beauty of Taiwan” by Taiwanese media.

Gao Yuanyuan

She appeared as a minor role in the 1997 comedy film Spicy Love Soup, directed by Zhang Yang. While in 2000, she starred in an advertisement for Qing Zui (fresh mouth) mint during CCTV's broadcast of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and is thus known to viewers as "fresh mouth girl". In 2002, she played the leading role of Zhou Zhiruo in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. Increasingly well known in Asia, Gao has also made inroads into the international market. In 2005, she was on the red carpet at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, where her film Shanghai Dreams, directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, won the Prix de Jury prize. Jackie Chan has described her as "having the freshest look and chaste spirit that no Hong Kong actress could approach". Chan also picked Gao up as his partner in the action comedy film Rob-B-Hood. Gao was also selected in 2008 to be a torch bearer in the Nanjing leg of the torch relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics on 27 May. From 2007 to 2008, Gao starred as Jiang Shuyun in City of Life and Death, a fictional account of events during the Nanjing Massacre. The film won the top prize at the 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival. Moreover, Gao became FIYTA's Brand Ambassador in 2011 and took a series of street snaps in Milan Fashion Week by wearing FIYTA watches.Gao was born in Beijing on October 5, 1975 and entered the entertainment industry in 1996. Gao, unlike other mainland Chinese actresses, did not graduate from any drama academic institutions. Rather, she started her stardom by acting in a television commercial for Meadow Gold ice-cream after being spotted off the street at Beijing's Wang Fu Jing Shopping Distric. Netease Entertainment December 12th report, On the 11th of December, the television serial Let’s Get Married held celebration party. Leading actors Gao Yuanyuan, Huang Haibo, Zhang Kaili and others appeared on stage. On that day, Gao Yuanyuan wore a black coat and after taking her seat with several of those involved in the creation of the show, she elegantly removed her coat to reveal her figure dressed in a fashionable matching black and white outfit. She frequently used the microphone to prevent exposing her “important part”, but still was unable to conceal her bruise covered thighs.

Can you be sure it was Zhao Youting? Look at those squeeze marks, I reckon it must have been “the wheelbarrow” position. Yuanyuan was laying flat on her back, legs apart and raised up, with the guy sitting and holding Yuanyuan’s thighs up, both hands gripping exactly where the marks are on her thighs. This way, the guy’s butt thrusts back and forth, in and out, and as for why there are such obvious grab-marks, it clearly goes to show that this guy had held out for pretty long. Plus, throughout it all, he would have been facing her, looking down, being excited beside himself by Yuanyuan’s mature, beautiful, white, sexy body, thrusting desperately, clutching and squeezing [her legs]. That’s why it can be seen that there is more than just one mark. Taiwan actor Mark Chao and his girlfriend, Chinese actress Gao Yuan Yuan, registered their marriage in Beijing on Thursday, reported Chinese media. His manager said he was in Beijing for a promotional event and took the opportunity to register his marriage to Gao. Chao’s manager added that the couple will also register their marriage in Taiwan at a later date, and will hold wedding celebrations in both Taiwan as well as China. Rumours are rife that it is a 'shotgun marriage', but Gao’s publicist has denied that she is pregnant. Chao, 29, started dating Gao, who is five years his senior, after working together on Chinese director Chen Kaige’s 2012 film “Caught in the Web”.

 While in 2000, she starred in an advertisement for Qing Zui (fresh mouth) mint during CCTV's broadcast of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and is thus known to viewers as "fresh mouth girl". In 2002, she played the leading role of Zhou Zhiruo in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. Increasingly well known in Asia, Gao has also made inroads into the international market. In 2005, she was on the red carpet at the 58th Cannes Film Festival, where her film Shanghai Dreams, directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, won the Prix de Jury prize. Jackie Chan has described her as "having the freshest look and chaste spirit that no Hong Kong actress could approach". Chan also picked Gao up as his partner in the action comedy film Rob-B-Hood. Gao was also selected in 2008 to be a torch bearer in the Nanjing leg of the torch relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics on 27 May. From 2007 to 2008, Gao starred as Jiang Shuyun in City of Life and Death, a fictional account of events during the Nanjing Massacre. The film won the top prize at the 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival. Gao was born in Beijing on October 5, 1979 and entered the entertainment industry in 1996. Gao, unlike other mainland Chinese actresses, did not graduate from any drama academic institutions. Rather, she started her stardom by acting in a television commercial for Meadow Gold ice-cream after being spotted off the street at Beijing's Wang Fu Jing Shopping District. Gao Yuanyuan was born in Beijing in 1979. She is a famous Chinese actress and model. Unlike most actresses of her generation, Gao did not graduate from drama college, however, he is widely recognized for her natural acting skills.