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DIED. BEA GADDY, 68, revered city council member and advocate for the poor; of breast cancer; in Baltimore, Md. A tiny woman whose impoverished childhood included scavenging for food in garbage cans, Gaddy gained fame--former President Bush dubbed her the 695th point of light--with her annual Thanksgiving dinner...
...with his A.Room-produced album Respect 4 Da Chopstick Hip Hop -- which he recorded with an eclectic mix of Japanese, Korean and Cantonese hip-hop artists. He believes beats can bring Asian youth together. "Because we like hip-hop we have something in common," says Tommy, who won international fame in the early '90s with his blurry-handed appearances at the world DJ competition in London. "We don't need to hate each other...
...without one of them hogging airtime on a TV variety show, hawking breast-enhancing vitamins in commercials or eclipsing dimmer stars on the gossip pages. But these sisters don't serve aces like the Williamses, headline playbills like the Redgraves or write classics like the Bront?s. Their explosive fame could only happen in Japan, where the only job requirement for a tarento, or talent, is showing up in front of a TV camera. Undaunted by a lack of categorical expertise, the sisters, who are now reportedly 38 and 33 (they refuse to confirm their ages), are plotting to conquer...
...Kyoko and Mika Kano insist they never sought fame. Half sisters (they have the same father), the two former beauty queens say they led glamorous but fairly obscure lives until 1997, globe-trotting as sometime models and owners of a wholesale gem-buying business. Then the upscale women's magazine 25ans profiled them in a feature about luxurious lifestyles. A flood of reader interest led to regular columns showcasing the sisters' beauty-product and fashion picks. An empire dedicated to all things Kano has followed?exercise videos, calendars and coffee-table pictorials, featuring the two preening mostly naked before...
...seemingly little else to commend them but their traffic-stopping looks. That's not so baffling in Japan, where the only real job requirement for a tarento, or talent, is showing up in front of the TV cameras. What's bizarre is that while their main assets suggest centerfold fame, the sisters' huge fan base consists almost entirely of women. They look Baywatch but talk Oprah. Calling themselves "lifestyle consultants," they dispense advice on inner beauty, relationships and self-esteem while lolling mostly nude in videos, books and magazines snapped up by female buyers. But the adulation of one nation...