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Maria Ozawa Cries

Maria Ozawa usually projects great confidence and vivacity in most of her movies, so I was startled to see her humiliated to the point of tears in one of her latest films. She looks so vulnerable you just want to hug her.

Most Japanese idols aren’t exactly known for their thespic range, instead developing and portraying one well-defined character. Maria seems to be an exception.

April 27, 2008 · 40 Comments (with 1 Conversation)

Klaudia Koronel’s OFW Social Network

As the Filipino online market matures, user-generated content is becoming a business option for savvy Filipina showbiz sexpots. Asia Agcaoili owns a video-sharing site, and now I find out Klaudia Koronel owns Mabuhay City, a social network for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

I guess it makes sense. Eight million Filipinos work abroad, and Klaudia studied computer science in college. Klaudia needs to differentiate Mabuhay City through new services especially useful to OFWs; just another “me-too” social network won’t cut it. If she wants developers to help with that, she should adopt OpenSocial.

(Photo via Manila Standard Today.)

April 27, 2008 · 10 Comments (with 1 Conversation)