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Friday, August 01, 2008
tokidoki Creative Director Simone Legno
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tokidoki’s co-founder and Creative Director Simone Legno welcomed KarmaloopTV into the tokidoki studio for an exclusive glimpse into his methods and imagination.
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Friday, August 01, 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh Q&A
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The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O’Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas.
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Interview with “Fail Whale” artist, Yiying Lu
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Every now and then an illustration comes along that becomes a cultural phenomenon. The “Fail Whale” has become one of those images.
The whale appears on the microblogging / social network, Twitter, every time their servers slow down - which in recent months, has been very often. As frustration with the service grew, Fail Whale sightings increased. The cute pastel image became a lightning rod for Twitter-users’ frustrations.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
73-year-old porn star bedazzles Japan’s aged
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Shigeo Tokuda looks like your average retiree, wearing a classy gray suit and distinguished glasses. But there is nothing average about this 73-year-old when he steps in front of the camera. Shigeo Tokuda is a porn star.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Hello Kitty Welding Helmet Mask
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I know there is no longer any doubt that Hello Kitty is determined to Hello Kittify every object possible, so it really shouldn’t come as a surprise to find a Hello Kitty welder’s helmet:
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Chinese man held for quake photos
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A Chinese teacher has been detained for posting images on the internet of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake, a rights group has said.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Disney Channel Star Alleges Adult Ad Used Her Pic
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A lawyer for Disney Channel actress/singer Brenda Song told a judge Monday that process servers have so far been unable to serve a lawsuit on a woman who allegedly used the 20-year-old entertainer’s photo in an adult-oriented ad in the L.A. Weekly.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
In Pictures: Inside The World’s First Billion-Dollar Home
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Antilla, the partially completed home of Mumbai-based petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries head Mukesh Ambani, will stand 27 stories high and is expected to cost $2 billion. Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world, his wife and three children currently live in a 22-story Mumbai tower the family has spent years remodeling and refashioning to meet its needs.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Solar Billionaires: Who’s Made Mad Money off of Solar Power?
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Dr. Zhengrong is the wealthiest person in China with a personal net worth of $2.5 billion US dollars, all earned through his solar energy company Suntech Power. He’s been dubbed ‘The Sun King’ and ‘China’s Sunshine Boy’, and was the first person ever to reach billionaire status via solar power.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Japanese Designers 101
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I’ve found that while Japan has always been a significant force in the world of design, not many people are familiar with the names or faces behind the distinct aesthetic. In this edition I would like to briefly introduce some of the notable industrial designers of the 20th Century that have made meaningful contributions to what we know today as Contemporary Japanese Design.
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