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Bollywood is known for no touching or kissing as Richard Gere once got busted for giving a kiss on the cheek during a television awards show. (Learn your cultural customs! Right?) Now, a Canadian porn star is one of the most popular celebrities in India. She’s on a reality show called Big Boss, which puts stars in a home for three months with each other. There’s surely some controversy and this starlet born to Indian parents to migrated to Canada is making her way as a crossover star. It’s a feat that many US stars are making efforts to achieve and she’s closer than most. It could last 15 minutes, but you never know. (Asian Sentinel – Sunny Leone)
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Japan is a society that’s good to the elders. Life expectancy is among the highest in the world and this one elder has been gifted a job that most his age can’t fathom. It’s in the sex industry. Veiled as an article that includes aging in Japan, this Guardian article is really just about porno star Shigeo Tokuda who at 77, is still working. He’s had a bypass surgery, but is still shooting scenes with actresses much, much younger. (Guardian UK – Shigeo Tokuda)
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Every consumer of Japanese pop culture knows about AKB48. The Akihabara based troupe has simultaneously become an object of both scorn and adoration throughout the years. Some of you may have half-jokingly predicted that at least one of its members would slut themselves out by way of Miley Cyrus after “graduation.” To those that did, you weren’t that far from the truth. Rina Nakanishi announced her departure from the group on October 5, 2008 due to health concerns. In June, 2010, she claimed that she would no longer be an entertainer on her fan club site. Not long after that, she adopted the stage name, “Rico Yamaguchi,” and took time from her retirement to do this: She released a nude photo book appropriately titled “Departure” and starred in videos with Alice Japan and Soft on Demand pornographic labels. What’s even more amusing than this is that a music station replayed old clips of the pop group and blurred out Nakanishi’s face. It looks like Ms. Nakanishi has become another unperson in Japanese Big Brother’s culture of consumer control.
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