Saturday, May 24, 2008

China Beautiful Actress: Fan Bingbing




























Fan Bingbing is a popular Chinese actress. She was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China and graduated from Xie Jin's Star School and Shanghai Theater Academy. Her films include Twins Effect II. Fan rose to stardom when she played Jin Suo, a fragile maid character, in the popular TV sitcom Huan Zhu Ge Ge and its sequel Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2 in 1998. Fan starred alongside Andy Lau as cavalry chief Yi Yue in the A Battle of Wits in 2006.

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Name: Fan Bingbing, 范冰冰
Date of birth: 1981.9.16
Horoscope: Virgo
Place of birth: Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height: 168cm
Body weight: 52kg
Blood-group: B
Favorite color: Pink

Japan Pop Star: Utada Hikaru

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Hikaru Utada, also known by her fans as Hikki, is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer in Japan and the US. She is well-known internationally for her two theme song contributions to Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game series. Utada's first official Japanese album First Love became the best-selling album of all time in Japan with over 7.65 million copies sold to date in Japan alone (10.056 million worldwide to date), cementing her status in the music industry in Japan. In 2007, her single "Flavor of Life" reached #2 in worldwide digital download single sales with over 7.2 million download (the only non-American artist to hold such a distinction), and she sold a total of 12 million digital ringtones and songs in that same year, making her the first artist ever to have this many digital sales in a year's time.

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Name: Utada Hikaru 宇多田光
Nickname: Hikki
Date of birth: January 19, 1983
Horoscope: Capricorn
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Blood Type: A
Height: 158cm
Weight: 45kg
Instruments: Piano and Guitar
Husband: Kazuaki Kiriya
Language spoken: English and Japanese
Profession: Singer and song writer