Greetings everyone,

Quite a few DVD reviews added on J!-ENT over the weekend.  Also, we have an upcoming interview by Wynne Ip coming very soon.

For those who wrote in in regards to the Avex World Auditions, I will try to get an answer for you from the coordinators of the auditions.  Please bare in mind that they are very busy but I’ll see what I can do.

Thanks again!

- daa

With the upcoming concert performance of the Japanese rock band Camino in Toronto this coming weekend, J!-ENT’s Michelle Tymon recently interviewed the band.  You can read the interview here!

Hi everyone,

Just a quick update that the 24: Redemption article has been updated to include the latest date and time for the season premiere in January.

Also, our CAMINO interview should be coming out soon.  The band will be performing at dot.con in Canada.  Interview was done by Michelle Tymon.

Greetings everyone,

I will use this thread on J!-ENT for anyone who has questions in regards to the Avex World Auditions that they needed relayed to our contact for the auditions. Please post on the comments section below and I will post the response on this posting.

Q: AGE LIMIT (WHAT IF I’M OVER 24 OR JUST TURNED 25 A FEW DAYS OF WHEN THE AUDITION TAKES PLACE)

ANSWER: I’ve received quite a few e-mails in regards to the Avex World Auditions and a number of them is in regards to age.  As some of you know, there is an age limit and you must be between 13 to 24.  Some of you are 24 going on 25 and wonder if that means you can’t participate.

Our contact for the Star Search wanted to let everyone know that:  The age range for avex star search (U.S.) is from 13 to 24.  All the applicants MUST be between 13 to 24 years old.

Those who participate and are over the age of 24 will be disqualified.  If there are any other questions you may want us to relay to our contact in regards to the audition, please let me know.

(New York, NY) avex group, one of the world’s largest independent entertainment companies, has announced the launch of avex star search, the U.S. portion of the avex 20th anniversary avex world audition 2008.  avex is seeking talented, U.S-based, male and female musical artists of all racial backgrounds, aged 13-24, interested in becoming a performer and recording artist in Asia.

Potential applicants must first sign up online at www.avexstarsearch.com using the audition application form. All accepted applicants will be notified via e-mail about audition requirements, locations, specific requirements and times. Not all applicants will be accepted.

Selected talent will be invited to sign a contract with avex group and embark on a career as a performer in Asia. All applicants must be able to temporarily or permanently relocate to Japan.  As skill levels and age will vary among selected talent, contract terms will be set on a case by case basis.  Selected talent may also be invited –at the expense of Avex– to attend the avex Artist Academy, where they will receive additional vocal, dance, acting, language and modeling training, refining their skills at one of two state-of–the-art avex facilities.

avex group will be holding auditions for avex star search in the 3 U.S cities this Fall, although other cities and states with significant numbers of applicants will be considered for separate auditions.

The current audition schedule is: San Francisco, CA - October 25th and 26th, Los Angeles, CA - November 8th and 9th and New York, NY - November 15th and 16th

For more information, official rules and to register for avex star search, please visit: http://www.avexstarsearch.com

Greetings everyone!  Our special article and photo feature of SUGIZO on tour with JUNO REACTOR is now available.  The article is by Wynne Ip who interviewed SUGIZO (available now on J!-ENT) but this piece is just awesome!

This one was very cool because it was the first major photo feature featuring our photographers Angelo Delos Reyes (in San Francisco), Nergene Arquelada (in Los Angeles) and Mimi Ko (in New York City) and also, you can see the unique styles of our various photographers who covered the event.

Download the Special Photo Feature now!

Greetings everyone,

We are currently checking on some issues with post headlines going right justified all the way to the ad area on some browsers.  Thanks for those who contact us on this.

Hi everyone,

Our J!-ENT interview Vu Nguyen, co-founder of crunchyroll.com is now up online.  You can find it here:

Read the interview here

Hey everyone,

A quick J!-ENT update:

• I made the correction to the link to the BoA article.  That has been fixed.

• Added our J!-ENT article on the return of Do As Infinity.
• Advertising information added to the site.
• Re-update of the Kelly Slater - Letting Go - DVD review
• Crunchyroll.com interview will be up soon!
• SUGIZO with Juno Reactor concert article and photo feature is awaiting photo approval from Juno Reactor.
• Michelle’s currently working on her interview with CAMINO

I was asked if we will be bringing back our J!-ENT message boards.  I don’t know.  Personally, I think there are awesome community message boards right now on various entertainment niche.

The truth is that we’re busy enough as it is and moderating a message board does take a bit of time.  And for those remembered the last message board and how much it was a pain to moderate, especially because of the spammers.  That was a pain!   I know there have been improvements on message boards to prevent spamming but for now, I don’t see it happening.

Hi everyone,

We had a database issue that the engineers were working on and thus the site was down for a few hours.  But everything is up and running!

We have a few new articles coming up.  One in regards to BoA’s upcoming US debut and the other is an interview with the company Crunchyroll.com.

Also, we are awaiting approval for the release of our article+photo feature on SUGIZO on tour with JUNO REACTOR.  We hope to get the approval soon!

Greetings everyone,

Good news is that I haven’t received any disconnection errors today.  So, that’s great news for us and everyone who has had to deal with it all last week.

Our upcoming special photo feature on SUGIZO with JUNO REACTOR will be posted soon.  This special feature will showcase three of our photographers: Angelo Delos Reyes (in San Francisco), Nergene Arquelada (in Los Angeles) and Mimi Ko (in New York City) who covered all three performances.

It was great to get all three photographers together, especially since they have different photography styles.  So, that should be coming soon!