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By Henry Week
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Noriko Sakai will make a new scene after 8 years
Noriko ©Sakai AFP
Noriko Sakai, whose acting career has been nearly halted since her arrest for drug abuse in 2009, will star in producer K Part 4, an adaptation of the work of Japanese manga artist Kotoko Hyuga, which premiered in June this year.
Noriko Sakai plays herself as a singer in the play, and there will be a singing scene, and the male protagonist Ishiguro Ken plays the producer of the weight loss program. Sakai last performed on a TV series in July 2013, when he also co-starred with Ishikuro.
Noriko Sakai became popular in 1993 with the Fuji TV series Under One Roof, and in 2009 she was arrested for drug involvement and sentenced to 1 year and 6 months, suspended for 3 years. It has been blocked by major television stations for many years, and it has not been seen until recent years.
She shot the movie "The Forest of Empty Cicadas" 8 years ago, which was finally released in February this year. In addition, her representative song "Turquoise Rabbit", released in May 1995, was covered by Weng Hong and Chinese version of "Changed Appearance", which began to appear on the platform in September 2004, and has accumulated more than 250,000 downloads in February this year, and was recognized as a platinum single by the Recording Association of Japan last month.
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Ang Lee received the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award
Ang ©Lee BAFTA
Ang Lee won the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first Chinese to receive the award.
Ang Lee has previously won four BAFTA Awards, including Best Director for Brokeback Mountain, Best Picture for Reason and Sensibility, and Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The British Film Institute said in a statement that he was a master of the arts and a versatile, bold and exceptional filmmaker. His films have made real breakthroughs in both technology and theme, he has shown his narrative prowess in films, whether epic or simple stories, which we can all empathize emotionally with him through his work, and it is delighted to present him with the highest honour of the BAFTA Awards.
Lee learned of the award and said that the UK has always been quite friendly with his career, especially during the filming of "Reason and Sensibility", which is like his second enlightenment school, "it is a great honor for me to win the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award and be among the outstanding filmmakers".
This year's BAFTA Awards Ceremony will take place on April 11.
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Prince's new album will be released
Cover of Prince's album Welcome 2 America
Prince's Estate Committee and Legacy Recordings announced that six years after Prince's death, they would release Prince's new album Welcome 2 America on July 30.
According to the press release, the album "documents Prince's concerns, hopes and visions for social transformation, heralding a new phase of political division, disinformation and racial resistance." ”
The album's eponymous title song is a soundtrack monologue on topics such as "Golden Parachute" (an agreement to receive large compensation from the company when senior executives are fired), social media, reality TV, celebrity culture, and corporate monopolies in the music industry, and Prince concludes that America is "the land of freedom/the house of slaves." “
In 2010, Prince performed a concert of the album's self-title in the United States, but the album was never released. The Deluxe Edition album will also include a Prince concert at the California Forum Arena on April 28, 2011.
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Mold re-recording of "Fearless"
Cover of Taylor Swift's album Fearless (Taylor's Version).
Taylor Swift released a re-album of Fearless (Taylor's Version).
The re-recorded album has a total of 27 songs, including 19 songs and platinum additions from the 2008 version of the album, 6 previously unreleased songs, and a remix version of "Love Story".
On the re-album, Taylor Swift and Colbie Caillat sang the single "Breathe" together, and pre-sent a re-recorded version of "You Belong With Me" to Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray, and then recorded a TikTok video together to build momentum for the album.
Taylor Swift, who also worked with Keith Urban this time, wrote on social media: "I am honored that Keith Urban was involved in this album, singing 'That's When' with me and singing a chorus for 'We We Happy'. When I first released Fearless, I was still doing the opening act for him, and his music continued to inspire me. ”
The original "Fearless" won Swift the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Album. In 2019, Swift's former record label Big Machine Label Group sold the rights to her first six albums to Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings, despite her objections, leading Swift to decide to rerun the series.
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DMX died
DMX©Mark Davis
Rapper DMX was hospitalized for a heart attack last week and died at the age of 50 after a week of ineffective rescue.
TMZ earlier reported that he had fallen into a coma due to an overdose, but DMX attorney Murray Richman said he could not confirm whether the coma was caused by drug use.
For a week, his family was accompanied by the hospital. Numerous rappers, including Ja Rule, LL Cool J, Ying Yang Twins, Missy Elliot, Rick Ross, Big Freedia, and "Diva of the Blues" actress Viola Davis, have also left messages to cheer for him.
DMX has formed a three-person rap group, Mudr Inc., with Jay Z and Ja Rule, and its famous songs include "X Gon' Give It To Ya" and "Party Up", and has released a total of 8 albums, the most recent of which was in 2015. He has also acted in several films, including Cradle 2 the Grave with Jet Li.
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Glee Castre reunites
Glee Cast reunites with ©GLAAD
Glee Cast members reunited at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the appearance of Santana Lopez, the character of Santana Lopez, who died last July.
Demi Lovato, who plays Santana's girlfriend in the show, paid tribute to her: "Naya's character Santana Lopez was groundbreaking for a queer girl like me who was still in the closet at the time. Her ambition and success have inspired Latin women all over the world. ”
Other members of the Glee, including Jacob Jadis, Chris Cover, Darren Chris, Jesarine Gilsig, Domarie Jones, Vanessa Lungis, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Alex Newell, Lauren Potter, Amber Riley, Shum Yongkang, Beka Tobin and Jenna Uskowitz, have reviewed and paid tribute to the positive impact Ofa's role in Glee has had on LGBT youth.
Rivera's mother, Yolanda Previtire, was unable to attend the ceremony, but Gilsiger read the speech on her behalf. Rivera, she wrote, "always wanted to speak up for those who couldn't." She didn't realize how important she was to the world. I'm glad my eldest daughter changed the world and changed the way we looked at each other. ”
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Phillips made its first NFT
REPLICATOR by ©Mad Dog Jones/Phillips
Phillips auction house will auction NFT digital artwork for the first time on April 12-23.
The auction, "REPLICATOR," by Canadian artist Mad Dog Jones, is the first multi-generational digital artwork on the auction floor and consists of seven unique generations of works. The first generation, consisting of an image of a Genesis office photocopier, will be auctioned at this auction, and the next generation of NFTs will be automatically generated about a month later, six times in total.
Mad Dog Jones, formerly known as Michael Dowbak, said: "REPLICATOR is a time machine story that reflects not only the groundbreaking innovations of the past, but also the continuation of modern technology. “
Edward Dolman, Phillips' global chief executive, said REPLICATOR "redefines what people expect from a work of art, creating a fascinating and delicate relationship between medium and form." We are very much looking forward to bringing this project to Fxs' new audience and observing its generational changes and future market changes." “