Posted on 19 May 2008 by r
Following the appointment of Doraemon as the Japanese official ambassador for anime, Hello Kitty has been appointed the Japanese official ambassador for tourism to China and Hong Kong by the Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba. Her duties include blogging — but likely not policing counterfeit goods.
The idea of fictional characters [...]
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Posted on 29 April 2008 by r
In the past two weeks, two important events have occurred related to the entertainment industry — Record Store Day and the release today of Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA). The first is a sign of a highly wounded element of the entertainment industry and the second is a sign of the most robust element of the [...]
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Posted on 28 March 2008 by r
Neither the Chinese Democracy involving a change in political process in a vast Asian country nor the Chinese Democracy involving the most expensive never-released album seems to be forthcoming. Yet non-change is presently newsworthy.
The Guns n Roses “forthcoming” album, Chinese Democracy, has been a joke for years. According to a 2006 New York Times [...]
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Posted on 16 January 2008 by kdccdk
So … did ya watch the 60 Minutes interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday night? You didn’t? Well that makes you, me and a few million other people, since it brought 60 Minutes its lowest ratings of the year thus far. Big surprise? Not really. I don’t think most casual users care so [...]
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