Ken Watanabe - News (3/2004)

30 Mar 2004
Ken��s scandal, brings shadow to kids
Yahoo! (in Chinese) Click here for the translation

26 Mar 2004
Ken hosted a 'Thank you Party' in Tokyo.
Nikkansports, BigGlobe, Sanspo (all in Japanese)

A Brief Translation:
Ken��s Appreciation Party
Actor Ken Watanabe (44), who got nominated The Best Supporting Actor in Oscar by ��The Last Samurai��, hosted an ��Appreciation Party�� and invited around 200 guests.  ��It should be a prize-winning party, and I must have to show my gratitude to you directly face to face.��  In late June, Ken will join the filming of Batman Begins in London.


16 Mar 2004
Entertainment Weekly covers Batman Begins
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here for more (English, with pic)

12 Mar 2004
Watanabe, Wakamura caught up in love affair fallout
Japan Today (English)
DVD of Utsuwa is availabe on 28 May 2004
According to the official
TBS site, advance online ordering is now available.

10 Mar 2004

Possible Batman Begins Shooting Location?
Was talking about in Canary Wharf, London.  The source, Buddler, cam across some guys who were setting up for lighting tests and a couple of test photos of the towers for the Batman film at West India Quay.
Click
here for a panoramic picture of the buildings.
Click
here for more pics of Canary Wharf.
Superherohype.com

More location info of Batman Begins
A good BOF source has told that the main casts (including Ken) will be among the cast in Chicago for filming.
The same source says that Warner Brothers might be releasing publicity pics, info, etc. this summer, perhaps around July and August.
BOF


9 Mar 2004
Kita no Zeronan started filming in Hokkaido
Yahoo!
1 / 2 / 3 (Japanese), BigGlobe (Japanese)

8 Mar 2004
Gossip of Ken's divorce
Excite (Japanese)

5 Mar 2004

Production has started on 'Batman Begins'
Batman Begins has begun.  It started filming Thursday in Iceland, and will then move to London and Chicago.
USAToday (English)

4 Mar 2004
Ken is Back to Japan from Oscar
NikkanSports (Japanese, with pic), Yahoo! (Japanese, with pic), Mainichi (Japanese)
News of the movie, Kita No Zeronan
Yahoo! (Japanese)
TV Special of Ken
Mainichi (Japanese)

3 Mar 2004
Ken's Divorce Case
Nifty (Japanese), Mainichi (Japanese)

2 Mar 2004
Press Conference after the Oscar
Daily (Japaese, with pic), Kyoto (Japanese, with pic)

More news of Ken in Oscar
Sanspo (Japanese, with pic), Yahoo! 1 / 2 / 3 (Japanese), Sponichi (Japanese, with pic),
Nikkansports (Japanese, with pic), Asahi (Japanese, with pic), AOL (Japanese)
BigGlobe (Japanese), goo (Japanese)

1 Mar 2004
Ken lost in Oscar
Sanspo.com (Japanese), Nikkansports (Japanese), Yahoo! (Japanese, with pic),
Yahoo! (Japanese, with pic)
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