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Anyone knows about this?

• Japan-based American pin-up girl/singer Leah Dizon (21) has her first "scandal". Today's issue of weekly gossip magazine "Friday" says she is seeing the handsome 26-year-old son of her management agency's president. Still a university student, he is also a director of the company and has worked on Dizon's promo video production. He has been seen several times picking up Dizon in his car and taking her to his apartment. The agency denies that there's any romance, with the limp explanation that she "is visiting her cat at his apartment, as she's not allowed to keep pets at her own home." A likely story!


• Once upon a time, it was as if the whole nation would tune in to NHK's "Kohaku Uta Gassen" every New Year's Eve. Ratings have dropped dramatically over the last few years but the show has had the right kind of publicity to draw an audience this year. The biggest suspense is whether SMAP leader Nakai Masahiro (35) and current J-Pop queen Koda Kumi (25) will finally make their romance official. Then there is U.S. import Leah Dizon (21) who was in tears at rehearsals when she couldn't remember the lyrics to the closing song, where all participants are led by enka veteran Kitajima Saburo. She originally had the highly visible spot right behind "Sabu-chan" but has since been moved to the back row. Then there is the sad story of Dreams Come True vocalist Yoshida Miwa (42), whose common-law husband passed away a few months ago. She and veteran Wada Akiko (57) were both in tears as they embraced during rehearsals. All in all, it's sure to be an emotional show.