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Armless Pianist, Liu Wei win 'China's Got Talent'
Liu Wei, the 23-year-old armless pianist performs with his toes, won the reality show by singing James Blunt's song "You're Beautiful" and accompanying himself on the piano. Oh, by the way, Liu Wei can sing, too. He beat out a 7 year-old stand-up comic to win the competition.
Liu Wei lost his arms when he was just 10. He accidentally touched a high-voltage wire while playing with friends. By the age of 18, he had started playing piano with his toes. Liu Wei is a self-taught pianist.
"China's Got Talent" is a spin-off of the popular British show, "Britain's Got Talent" which was developed by Simon Cowell. It was BGT that brought us Susan Boyle. Now we have a Liu Wei, taking the world by storm, making great music, with his feet!
Pre semi-finals performance and bio: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=X9DilOIZMu4
Semi-final (long video version): http://www.youtube.c...?v=DD9gVPwEReo&
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Jay Chou and A*Mei romance rumours
Are Jay Chou and A*Mei seeing each other?
The duo was spotted on board a China Southern Airlines flight last week, leaning closely to each other.
The two stars had performed in Shenyang, China two Sundays ago before taking the same flight back to Taipei the next day.
A*Mei's agent clarified that she was just showing Jay a few tracks on her new album and was asking for his opinions. They had always exchanged ideas over the phone as well.
So why were they sitting so close?
"They were just sharing a set of headphones. If they were really avoiding rumours, they would not have sat together," her agent explained.
Jay's company JVR Music also responded that it is perfectly normal for two good friends to sit together for a chat.
Source : xinmsn.com & Fashion2news.blogspot.com
The duo was spotted on board a China Southern Airlines flight last week, leaning closely to each other.
The two stars had performed in Shenyang, China two Sundays ago before taking the same flight back to Taipei the next day.
A*Mei's agent clarified that she was just showing Jay a few tracks on her new album and was asking for his opinions. They had always exchanged ideas over the phone as well.
So why were they sitting so close?
"They were just sharing a set of headphones. If they were really avoiding rumours, they would not have sat together," her agent explained.
Jay's company JVR Music also responded that it is perfectly normal for two good friends to sit together for a chat.
Source : xinmsn.com & Fashion2news.blogspot.com
Arashi’s album becomes the first million-seller of 2010
Arashi leader Satoshi Ohno (29) has asked fans to keep supporting them as the group celebrated the news that their latest album “僕の見ている風景 (Boku no Miteiru Fuukei)” has sold more than one million copies according to figures released today, reports Oricon.
The album, released on August 4, has sold 8561 copies in the past week, bringing it to a total of 1007896 copies sold to date.
The group had turned up at their “JAL嵐JET” event at Haneda Airport today, ahead of the October 21st opening of the airport’s newest international terminal.
During the event, the members had thanked their fans for all of their support.
“Everyone, I hope you don’t turn away from Arashi…please, fly on our jet! We’ll be flying on it too,” Ohno said.
“When I hear our songs being played in the convenience stores, it makes me realise that a lot of people listen to us,” Masaki Aiba (27) said.
“I’m really happy,” Jun Matsumoto (27) said.
“The (album) release was in summer so everything’s been able to sink into me slowly over time,” Sho Sakurai (28) said.
Kazunari Ninomiya (27) could only say “it’s amazing…” upon hearing that Arashi’s latest single had also claimed the number one spot this week.
“It was a song made especially for my movie so I hope everyone who made the movie will listen to it,” he said.
The last Arashi album to sell more than one million copies was their best album “All the BEST! 1999 – 2009″ released in August 2009, making it two years in a row that the group has had a million-seller album. As an original album, it is the group’s first million-seller.
“僕の見ている風景 (Boku no Miteiru Fuukei)” is Arashi’s ninth original album, which includes their hit singles “Troublemaker” and “Monster”, and a number of solo songs. When the album had been first released in August, more than 730,000 records were sold in the first week.
Their record streak had earned them a place in last year’s NHK 紅白歌合戦 (NHK Kouhaku Uta-gassen) show, and Matsumoto has been reported to have said the group hopes to be invited again.
“It’s not something we decide, but if we do get invited (to Kouhaku) it would make me happy,” he said.
Today, the group continued to promote their Arashi Jet, and talked about their explorations inside and outside the plane.
It started with Sakurai, who softly mouthed “Hello, Tokyo” as he tried to copy the way The Beatles spoke when they had first stepped off the plane in Tokyo back in the 1960s.
“Our faces (on the plane)…wow, Arashi look cool! This is amazing, I can’t believe it,” Aiba said.
“I sat where the flight attendants usually sit. You don’t get that sort of opportunity very often. I feel a little embarrassed,” said Ohno.
“I sat opposite him and took lots of photos,” said Ninomiya.
“I was like the father figure watching the four of them running around,” said Matsumoto.
By: Fashion2news.blogspot.com
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