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...Popstar Has Gotten Too Big for Her Britches...
Haruki Murakami smiles at the camera with a discomfort that belies his popstar-like fame as one of Japan’s best-selling authors. His pop-culture rich novels featuring intelligent, urban, isolated characters have formed a new literary genre in Japan, its authors called “Murakami’s Children.” Harvard Professor of Japanese Literature Jay Rubin, who has translated several of Murakami’s books into English, poses alongside him. The two chat with each other in Japanese, attempting to dispel the awkward silence interrupted only by the sound...
...eyelashes. He licks his lips and scrabbles at the crucifix around his neck, he moves his hand and the row of bands and bracelets around his wrist shuffle like waiting footmen - nothing happens, but we are bewitched. What is it about this man, with his metrosexual style and his popstar wife and his oddly named sons, that holds our attention - not just in Room 41 but across Europe? Headlines speculate about his professional life - is he leaving Madrid for an English team? - and his even more speculative private life. Since the news broke of his alleged affair with personal assistant...
...celebrity who has done so much in the name of charity. And it coincides with the return of a pop superstar to center stage. Devoted fans have waited for years for Jackson to work his magic on a generation that knows him more as a punchline than a popstar...
...Even Sam Lee’s manic persona is considerably tamer here. Hsu Chi, one of the few actresses in modern cinema to possess acting skills to accompany her pretty face, barely registers in her throwaway part. Perhaps the only actor to acquit himself well is Taiwanese R&B popstar Alex To. Despite his role as the main villain, he receives only 10 minutes of screentime. But he puts each one to good use, snarling viciously as the only truly charismatic actor on display...