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Korean star floored by Shanghai fans
South Korean star Song Seung-heon arrived in Shanghai on Monday to the sight of hundreds of fans at the airport.
Song, who was in the city to sign a contract with a company for which he is celebrity spokesman, was so moved by his fans that he signed his autograph for all of them.
Japan and China were Song's first stops on his promotional tour after he left the army last November.
Escorted by a team of 10 including his bodyguards, assistants and stylists, Song initially entered his sedan immediately after leaving the airplane. But on seeing the fans who had waited for hours for a glimpse of him, he persuaded his agent to wait so that he could sign autographs which he did for more than 20 minutes.
Mop up time at sanitation garage for Naomi
Naomi Campbell, wearing black stilettos and slinging dark work boots over her shoulder, traded the catwalk for community service on Monday at a sanitation garage to start a five-day sentence for assaulting her maid.
The 36-year-old supermodel arrived at the Manhattan District 3 Garage at Pier 36 on the Hudson in a black sport utility vehicle. She'll be pushing a broom or mop at the garage for her guilty plea to misdemeanor assault for throwing a cell phone at her maid over a pair of missing jeans.
Campbell was met by a garage official who escorted her through the building's dirty, steel double doors. She also wore chocolate brown pants, a short fitted coat with a flared bottom, dark sunglasses and a newsboy-type cap over a short hairdo.
Campbell, who has a reputation for angry outbursts, pleaded guilty in January for hitting Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with the phone last March. Scolavino was treated for a head injury.
Watson says no more Pottering around
Harry Potter star Emma Watson has reportedly refused to sign a new contract to star in the last two movies in the J.K. Rowling fantasy series-despite being offered $3.9 million to continue her role as Hermione Granger.
The 16-year-old, who was confronted by a crazed fan at her British school earlier this week, has allegedly tired of her role as Harry Potter's best friend and wants to try new projects.
But her decision has thrown the final two films, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, into disarray, with filming due to start later this year.
Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the fantasy franchise, told British newspaper the News of the World, "Emma doesn't want to do it anymore. She's tired of being known as 'that girl from Harry Potter'."
"Daniel (Radcliffe) and I are distant from her now. We don't text or talk to her when we are not filming."
Agencies-China Daily
(China Daily 03/21/2007 page18)
