i haven't been able to regularly keep up with AnS since i haven't downloaded in like...forever :weep no one ever uploads them on youtube either :grumpy but i like that screencap of jun with a golden face, lol.

haha that screencap of MatsuJun was funny

I think he went all mummy-ish or something xD

oh no worries. Junno can't act for beans, and Ninomiya is obv the best actor in Arashi, so kudos! :D

karen, did you try messaging me or anything? i ask cause i forgot to clear my inbox, lol.

kaori, junno is just rumored to be dating this older female celebrity, so it's not really a "scandal" :yes

AND I GOT JUN'S DREAM "A" LIVE POSTER TODAY!!! :luv2 thank you karen! i won't be home until thursday so i'll post a picture then :D i feel like domoujyi is on my wall now, haha. like you said, he has the look in this poster. :smitten

WHAT , Junno's rumoured girlfriend's older than him ?!?! since when ? D: unless I miss something out *help on this Eirynne

@Lisa - YAY :D :D :D :D . I will contact my Mexican friend Isela on this in that you have received the MatsuJun Dream"A"live poster :D

I hope you have enough wallspace on your room to put up 2 HUGE posters

where's my Ueda Queen Of Pirates poster now D: :dead2

i'll make room, only for jun :lech

i love the note you wrote me on sailor moon paper, lol. or at least i think it's sailor moon :laugh

:roflmao

ok that's not me who wrote it , it's Isela :innocent

anyway oops forgot to update on sales

top 50 albums

*1 1,276,486 *36,031 All the BEST！ 1999-2009 / 嵐 09/08/19
*2 1,240,165 ***,832 SUPERMARKET FANTASY / Mr.Children 08/12/10

top 50 singles

*1 *,655,498 ***,316 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04
*2 *,620,237 ***,306 明日の記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～ / 嵐 09/05/27

*4 *,417,370 **1,177 Everything / 嵐 09/07/01

omg , All the BEST ! is going to cross 1.3 million copies soon :thud

& of course these figures will be updated in the 1st post now :D

ohh haha well, tell her i thank her so much too :shughug

yay 1.3 million :cool

I saw this week Shukundai with my sister last night

they played the no $ special AGAIN with the silly dice game by Aiba

MatsuJun got his face painted gold & Sakurai became a Panda :roflmao

only sho can make a panda look MUCH cuter and even hot :yes

and jun can work his golden face like no other :lech

(yikes..i sound so disgusting, LOL i apologize :scry)

i think i read Junno's GF was only 5 years older...it's not bad. :P

great sales for the album! :cool

1.3 million!? That seems to be remarkable - this is their BEST yet...

that's OK , at least it's not like 20 years older if you know what I mean .____. *hint hint at someone whose name starts with K :S :dead2

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Because of the unauthorized usage of their group names and photographs to publish photobooks, the 11 members in total of popular idol groups KAT-TUN and Arashi have filed a lawsuit against R'S Publishing (アールズ出版), requesting for 170 Million Yen (1.886 million USD) worth of compensation and for the unauthorised books to halt publishing and sales immediately. This was learnt on the 29th of September.

The published material in question were a total of 12 different unofficial photobooks published between 2005 and 2008, which featured the use of the groups' names in the titles of the books as well as contained photographs of the members of the two groups.

In the complaint, it was said that "the plaintiffs are reknowned celebrities who belong to nationally-popular groups, and own the rights to their names and images which have certain monetary values", the publishing company has used the members' names and photographs without authorization and have hence infringed upon their copyright.

In addition, the sales of some of the unauthorized photobooks are said to be at least 100,000 copies per book, sales profits which do not go to either their talent agency or any of the members at all.

The publishing firm have on the 29th, in their first plea statement argued, "So as to reflect the changes of the idols, we have only minimally used a portion of their photos. Since they are nationally-popular idol groups, their names and photographs ought to have some sort of public ownership, so there has been no copyright infringement."

translated by xinkoe@LJ

Source - http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/tri...2006017-n1.htm

ouch

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@Lisa - I forgot to say that MatsuJun's hairdo now when I saw him at this week's Shukundai , it's NICE :D

his hair's growing out quite a bit & he had a cute mini ponytail at the back 8D

5X10 All the Best! Clips 1999-2009 (DVD)
Arashi | Release Date:2009/10/28 | Catalog No.:JABA-5099
Price: 4571yen (4800yen Tax incl.)

I knew it! Now I know I'm going to be poor again next month because of this! :D

I wait for the Taiwan press of the 5X10 All the Best! Clips 1999-2009 DVD to be out in Nov since I cannot play region code 2 DVDs in my laptop (even though the DVD player in my living room's able to)

also it's cheaper too , I saved 1/2 the price on what I might pay for a Japan press

as usual, i already pre-ordered my Japan press, karen... :lech

:laugh

it's ok , I don't mind to wait for the Taiwan press . I never believe in buying the Japanese press frankly . I only do so as a last resort

:D why...?

Japan press's expensive at the end of the day . The worst's when comes to DVDs too & it's :dead2 when you add shipping in the mix .___.

in fact except for their limited edition of ARASHI AROUND ASIA DVD which I have that's Japan press , the other concert DVDs of theirs that I have are all Taiwan press