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Catholic Masses to resume in the Archdiocese of Mobile with 10 people or fewer - NBC 15 WPMI Posted: 02 May 2020 11:39 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Catholic Masses to resume in the Archdiocese of Mobile with 10 people or fewer NBC 15 WPMI"Mobile" - Google News May 02, 2020 at 02:12PM https://ift.tt/2zTH2qv Catholic Masses to resume in the Archdiocese of Mobile with 10 people or fewer - NBC 15 WPMI "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
WATCH North Korea’s Kim re-emerge in public amid rumors of DEATH - RT Posted: 02 May 2020 11:22 PM PDT North Korean state media has released video footage of the country's leader Kim Jong-un opening a new fertilizer plant. The video comes after weeks of rumors of his death, actively spread by Western media. The video, said to have been shot on Friday, shows North Korea's leader cutting the red ribbon at a new plant in South Phyongan Province. The smiling Kim Jong-un is pictured meeting the workers of the plant and touring the facility alongside other officials, including his sister Kim Yo-jong. While the plant's workers are seen wearing face masks as a precaution against coronavirus, none of the officials had their faces covered. The workers also met the country's leader in a tightly-packed formation with no distancing, thus the protective equipment appears to have been just for show. The video comes after a long absence of the North Korean leader, who did not appear in public for more than two weeks. Kim's disappearance prompted rumors of illness and even death by a variety of causes – ranging from a botched heart surgery to a mishap during a missile test – that have been actively spread by Western media. The reports on Kim's health, however, lacked any solid proof and were backed only with accounts from various "intelligence" and "defector" sources. The absence of facts did not stop the media from indulging in the most wild speculation on the future of North Korea and Kim's potential successor. Also on rt.com North Korea's Kim makes public appearance at FERTILIZER PLANT amid death rumors fueled by Trump's coy stance (PHOTOS)US President Donald Trump, who was asked about Kim by reporters on a near-daily basis, also dropped a cryptic remark about him earlier this week. Trump said he actually had "a very good idea" about Kim's condition but "can't talk about it." Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! Top stories - Google News May 02, 2020 at 10:12AM https://ift.tt/3c1NmKA WATCH North Korea's Kim re-emerge in public amid rumors of DEATH - RT Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall as Trump's China tariff threat dampens risk appetite - Reuters Posted: 02 May 2020 10:52 PM PDT * Many financial markets closed for May Day holiday * ECB warns on growth outlook but asset purchases unchanged * Oil prices wobble in volatile session * Tracking COVID-19 spread: tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 (Updates prices, comment) By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) - A sharp fall on Wall Street dragged a global stocks index down on Friday on concerns that the world's two largest economies could resume a trade war, with many financial markets closed for a holiday. The euro rose and the U.S. dollar fell against most of its peers, and the pound succumbed to weak economic data. Crude oil prices traded in and out of negative territory. London, Tokyo and New York markets were open on Friday, and stocks were pressured lower in reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to increase sanctions on China in retaliation for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Trump offered no evidence after claiming on Thursday he had seen proof that the virus originated in a Chinese laboratory. The pandemic, which has cost more than 60,000 lives in the United States alone, sparked an economic contraction and threatens Trump's chances of re-election in November. "A rise in tension between China and the U.S. certainly could have a negative impact on the U.S. economy and business confidence, which is already hurt from the shutdowns," said Carin Pai, director of equity management at Fiduciary Trust International in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 568.36 points, or 2.33%, to 23,777.36, the S&P 500 lost 79.71 points, or 2.74%, to 2,832.72 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 275.52 points, or 3.1%, to 8,614.03. The benchmark London stocks index lost 2.34% and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe shed 2.21%. Japan's Nikkei lost 2.84%. U.S. Treasury yields were little changed after data showed manufacturing activity in the world's largest economy plunged to an 11-year low in April. Benchmark 10-year notes last fell 5/32 in price to yield 0.6386%, from 0.625% late on Thursday. In a sign of the challenge facing global policymakers, the European Central Bank said on Friday the euro zone economy is likely to rebound in the second half of this year but may fail to return to last year's level until as late as 2022 due to the pandemic. However, the euro rose the most in nearly six weeks. The dollar index fell 0.068%, with the euro up 0.22% to $1.0979. The Japanese yen strengthened 0.35% versus the greenback at 106.83 per dollar, while sterling was last trading at $1.2492, down 0.79% on the day. The offshore Chinese yuan hit its weakest in a month versus the U.S. dollar after Trump's tariff threats. Oil prices wobbled again as weak demand due to the virus and excess supply outweighed a record output cut by OPEC and its allies. U.S. crude recently rose 6.9% to $20.14 per barrel and Brent was at $26.77, up 1.1% on the day. Spot gold added 1.2% to $1,699.33 an ounce. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; additional reporting by C Nivedita and Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru, Karen Brettell in New York and Karen Pierog in Chicago; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Dan Grebler) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Top stories - Google News May 01, 2020 at 11:30AM https://ift.tt/3ff0PAU GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall as Trump's China tariff threat dampens risk appetite - Reuters Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
North Korea's Kim Jong-un reappears in public amid health rumours - FRANCE 24 English Posted: 02 May 2020 10:22 PM PDT North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill. Advertising The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her brother is suddenly unable to rule. State media showed videos and photos of Kim wearing a black Mao suit and constantly smiling, walking around facilities, applauding, cutting a huge red ribbon with a scissor handed by his sister, and smoking inside and outside of buildings while talking with other officials. Seemingly thousands of workers, many of them masked, stood in lines at the massive complex, roaring in celebration and releasing balloons into the air. A sign installed on a stage where Kim sat with other senior officials read: "Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory; Completion Ceremony; May 1, 2020." There were no clear signs that Kim was in discomfort. He was shown moving without a walking stick, like the one he used in 2014 when he was recovering from a presumed ankle surgery. However, he was also seen riding a green electric cart, which appeared similar to a vehicle he used in 2014. It was Kim's first public appearance since April 11, when he presided over a ruling Workers' Party meeting to discuss the coronavirus and reappoint his sister as an alternate member of the powerful decision-making Political Bureau of the party's Central Committee. That move confirmed her substantial role in the government. Speculation about his health swirled after he missed the April 15 birthday celebration for his late grandfather Kim Il Sung, the country's most important holiday, for the first time since taking power in 2011. The possibility of high-level instability raised troubling questions about the future of the secretive, nuclear-armed state that has been steadily building an arsenal meant to threaten the U.S. mainland while diplomacy between Kim and President Donald Trump has stalled. Some experts say South Korea, as well as its regional neighbors and ally Washington, must begin preparing for the possible chaos that could come if Kim is sidelined by health problems or even dies. Worst-case scenarios include North Korean refugees flooding South Korea or China or military hard-liners letting loose nuclear weapons. "The world is largely unprepared for instability in North Korea," said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. "Washington, Seoul and Tokyo need tighter coordination on contingency plans while international organizations need more resources and less controversy over the role of China." South Korea's Unification Ministry, which deals with inter-Korean affairs, confirmed Kim's visit to the fertilizer factory and said it was part of his efforts to emphasize economic development. The ministry called for discretion on information related to North Korea, saying that the "groundless" rumors of past weeks have caused "unnecessary confusion and cost" for South Korea's society and financial markets. South Korea's government, which has a mixed record of tracking Pyongyang's ruling elite, repeatedly downplayed speculation that Kim, believed to be 36, was in poor health following surgery. The office of President Moon Jae-in said it detected no unusual signs in North Korea or any emergency reaction by its ruling party, military and cabinet. Seoul said it believed Kim was still managing state affairs but staying at an unspecified location outside Pyongyang. The KCNA said workers at the fertilizer factory broke into "thunderous cheers" for Kim, who it said is guiding the nation in a struggle to build a self-reliant economy in the face of "head wind" by "hostile forces." The report didn't mention any direct comment toward Washington or Seoul. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump declined to comment about Kim's reappearance but said he would "have something to say about it at the appropriate time." Unhealthy habits State media reported Kim was carrying out routine activities outside public view, such as sending greetings to the leaders of Syria, Cuba and South Africa and expressing gratitude to workers building tourist facilities in the coastal town of Wonsan, where some speculated he was staying. It wasn't immediately clear what caused Kim's absence in past weeks. In 2014, Kim vanished from the public eye for nearly six weeks and then reappeared with a cane. South Korea's spy agency said he had a cyst removed from his ankle. Analysts say his health could become an increasing factor in years ahead: he's overweight, smokes and drinks, and has a family history of heart issues. If he's suddenly unable to rule, some analysts said his sister would be installed as leader to continue Pyongyang's heredity dynasty that began after World War II. But others question whether core members of North Korea's elite, mostly men in their 60s or 70s, would find it hard to accept a young and untested female leader who lacks military credentials. Some predict a collective leadership or violent power struggles. Following an unusually provocative run in missile and nuclear tests in 2017, Kim used the Winter Olympics in South Korea to initiate negotiations with Washington and Seoul in 2018. That led to a surprising series of summits, including three between Kim and Trump. But negotiations have faltered in past months over disagreements in exchanging sanctions relief and disarmament steps, which raised doubts about whether Kim would ever fully deal away an arsenal he likely sees as his strongest guarantee of survival. Kim entered 2020 vowing to build up his nuclear stockpile and defeat sanctions through economic "self-reliance." Some experts say the North's self-imposed lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis could potentially hamper his ability to mobilize people for labor. (AP) Top stories - Google News May 02, 2020 at 05:32AM https://ift.tt/2Wegac4 North Korea's Kim Jong-un reappears in public amid health rumours - FRANCE 24 English Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
White House’s latest response to coronavirus criticism: Ventilators - POLITICO Posted: 02 May 2020 10:22 PM PDT Jared Kushner raised eyebrows Wednesday when he proclaimed on Fox News that the White House's response to the coronavirus pandemic was a "great success story." "The federal government rose to the challenge," the president's senior adviser and son-in-law said. "I think that that's really, you know, what needs to be told." The statement quickly took off online, where many were quick to note that just the day before, the country had topped 1 million known cases of the deadly virus. Hours after the interview, the U.S. would reach another grim marker: The coronavirus had killed more Americans than the Vietnam War. The administration's new press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, came to Kushner's defense. The White House has succeeded, she argued. Her evidence? Ventilators. "The success story is that this administration mobilized the greatest efforts since World War II that we provided something like 4,000 ventilators to New York," she said. "Not a single American died in this country for lack of a ventilator. I would call that response a success," she added, calling the mobilization "the greatest efforts since World War II." It's a narrative the White House has been building over the last few weeks, as the administration looks to find victories in a crisis during which praise has been hard to come by and lofty presidential pledges have at times gone unmet. President Donald Trump for weeks has been talking about ventilator production every chance he gets, often pivoting to the issue when pressed about ongoing testing difficulties. The White House also lined up a flurry of calls between Trump and foreign leaders late last month during which the president pledged to send surplus ventilators. And just this week, Vice President Mike Pence traveled to a converted General Motors plant in Indiana that was producing thousands of ventilators. "Ventilators was going to be a big problem," Trump said in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "Now we have really — I mean, through an incredible amount of work by the federal government, we have a big, big beautiful overcapacity." The narrative arc of America's ventilator supply began in March, when local officials began warning of a dire shortage that could be just weeks away. The fears were based on early projections of worst case scenarios if the disease continued to spread at a rapid pace through the country. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at one point fretted that his state may need 30,000 to 40,000 ventilators to meet a surge in coronavirus patients, an amount that far exceeded the federal government's stockpile of roughly 10,000 ventilators. At the White House, Trump cast doubt on Cuomo's numbers and dragged his feet on invoking a Korean War-era law, the Defense Production Act, to compel private companies to rapidly produce supplies like ventilators, opting instead to bark orders at companies like GM on Twitter. Trump did eventually invoke the DPA, however, and several prominent companies voluntarily switched over their manufacturing plans to start producing ventilators. The Department of Health and Human Services said it had given out $3 billion in contracts to produce or acquire more than 41,000 ventilators by the end of May. Under the contracts, HHS plans to have more than 187,000 ventilators by the end of the year. America, Trump said at one point, is now the "king of ventilators." While ventilator production ramped up, varying degrees of shelter-in-place and social-distancing mandates nationwide also helped slow the rate of new infections, reducing the strain on hospital resources like ventilators. At the same time, there has been a shifting mindset among doctors over when to put coronavirus patients on the machines to help them breathe. Reports published by the Associated Press and Reuters last month revealed that some medical professionals were reevaluating the use of ventilators after preliminary data suggested higher than normal death rates associated with coronavirus patients put on ventilators. In New York, Cuomo, a Democrat, said 80 percent of the state's coronavirus patients put on ventilators had died. The confluence of events has helped create an unexpected surplus of ventilators across the country. In California, which implemented the country's first statewide stay-at-home order, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom started sending 500 of his state's ventilators to other locations in early April. In New York, which has tallied more than 300,000 known cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 18,000 deaths, Cuomo hasn't expressed a need for more ventilators in his state since early April. "We've stabilized the health care situation," he said in mid April, announcing that he was shipping off 100 ventilators to Michigan, and 50 to Maryland. Days later Cuomo said his administration had identified as many as 400 ventilators it could send to Massachusetts on short notice. Later it shipped 100 ventilators to neighboring New Jersey. At the White House, Trump boasted about the progress. "Because of our early and aggressive action, we have avoided the tragedy of health care rationing and deadly shortfalls that have befallen many other nations," he said on April 16. Days later, New Jersey decided it, too, could spare ventilators, sending 50 to Massachusetts and returning 100 of the machines that it had received from California. In Washington, D.C., administration officials began drafting a plan to donate excess ventilators to African countries battling the virus. Trump last week complained that the situation wasn't getting enough attention, appearing aggrieved that he was getting so many questions about the ongoing testing shortages that could hamper state's attempts to reopen sectors of the economy. "We're making hundreds of thousands of ventilators right now," Trump said. "Nobody writes about that. You know, at the one time, all they talked about was ventilators, right?" When Trump met with three governors of hard-hit states at the White House this week, he made sure to bring up the subject of ventilator supply — eliciting praise for the government's response. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana told the president his state had "certainly had more than we needed" when it came to ventilators, thanking Trump for 350 ventilators from the national stockpile. "We're thanking God for that," he said, "because ... the modeling was so bad at one time." The White House is now proclaiming that the ventilator problem is solved, despite a widespread expectation that there will be a second wave of coronavirus in the fall. "We will never have to worry about ventilators again. We've got plenty of them," said Peter Navarro, a trade adviser at the White House and the aide tapped to oversee Trump's use of the DPA. "The demand is far less than the original projections at the height of the panic." Navarro, who made his comments while traveling with Pence on Thursday to the GM facility, conceded that FEMA's stores of ventilators "really weren't set up for a sustained pandemic," calling it a lesson learned by the administration. The administration, he said, was debating whether to significantly expand the national ventilator stockpile, or whether to rethink the concept of a federal stockpile altogether. "You can have a physical stockpile at FEMA and you can also have a stockpile at the production level, with reserves," he argued. Top stories - Google News May 02, 2020 at 11:34AM https://ift.tt/2KZrALz White House's latest response to coronavirus criticism: Ventilators - POLITICO Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
Posted: 02 May 2020 09:52 PM PDT It was 2001 and the North Korean leader was touring the country for three weeks. Accompanying him was Konstantin Pulikovsky, a respected Russian diplomat who, as the story goes, used the rare opportunity with one of the world's most reclusive leaders to talk about family. Kim was believed to have had seven children. His youngest son and future successor, Kim Jong Un, was in his mid-teens at the time. It wasn't until several years later that the North Korean leader's health would start failing him, and it's not clear if he had begun thinking about his legacy and how to keep the family dynasty going. So when Pulikovsky asked about the children, Kim spoke highly of his two daughters. His sons, however, he called "idle blockheads." Michael Madden, an expert on North Korea's leadership who runs a website on the subject and is a government consultant, said he's repeated that anecdote many times over the years when asked about the Kim family. The story has been repeated in various media and academic reports several times since 2001, but CNN could not independently confirm it. "Kim Jong Il loved his sons, but did not necessarily have a high opinion of what they were doing with their lives," Madden said. Despite that apparent assessment, Kim eventually chose his youngest son to succeed him. The grooming process began about eight years later, in 2009, when Kim Jong Un was given a coming out party. Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack two years later. While it's likely the world will never know if Kim seriously considered one of his daughters for the top job, his adoration for his youngest child, Kim Yo Jong, has been well documented by North Korean standards. Kenji Fujimoto, the pen name of a former sushi chef for the Kim family, told The Washington Post that Kim Jong Il referred to her as "Princess Yo Jong" and "sweet Yo Jong." Kim Yo Jong always sat to her father's left at supper, while Kim Jong Il's wife sat to his right, Fujimoto said in a book recounting his experience in North Korea. However, Kim Jong Il may have believed that it would be a tough sell naming a woman as the next North Korean leader -- especially with multiple sons available. North Korea is a notoriously patriarchal country, where women are expected to be dutiful and subordinate wives and doting mothers before all else. Defectors say misogyny, gender discrimination and sexual violence are rampant. "There's a base culture of just very strong, traditional patriarchal gender norms and female disempowerment," said Sokeel Park, the director of research and strategy for Liberty in North Korea, a human rights group that assists defectors. Yet Kim Yo Jong's position among the North Korean leadership is significant. Her name was among the first mentioned as a possible successor to her brother when he disappeared from public view for almost three weeks, only to emerge in state media Saturday with Kim Yo Jong by his side. Kim Jong Un's mysterious absence prompted important questions about North Korea's plans for the future -- especially given that he is overweight and reportedly both a heavy smoker and drinker. Experts say if anything was to happen to him before his young children are old enough to take over, Kim Yo Jong could be the safest and most likely heir. If she did succeed Kim, it would put a woman at the center of one of the most repressive regimes on the planet. Gender divideThe Korean Peninsula isn't an easy place to be a woman. North Korea is hardly the bastion of equality that Kim Il Sung promised would be achieved through economic liberation. While women are an important part of the workforce, and drivers of the limited private markets inside the country -- since all men have jobs assigned by the state -- female defectors say they still face widespread discrimination. Furthermore, they lack the professional and social opportunities of their male counterparts. "Women always have to be modest," said Nara Kang, who left North Korea in 2015 and now lives in the south. "Men hold the purse strings a lot of times and men have all the social status." Sexual violence is also a major problem. It's "so common that it has come to be accepted as part of ordinary life," Human Rights Watch alleged in a 2018 report. North Korea denies this, as it does all allegations of widespread abuses -- which it often refers to as an imperialist "human rights racket." "Women enjoy equal rights with men in all fields," diplomats from the country wrote to a United Nations panel on women's issues in 2017. Kang says the situation is better in South Korea, but it's not ideal. The country ranks at the bottom of all OECD countries in terms of the gender wage gap. Women regularly face workplace discrimination and harassment in public, including illicit filming in toilets. Jean Lee, an Associated Press reporter who opened the wire service's bureau in Pyongyang in 2012, said she's endured "incredible sexism in both countries." "My female North Korean colleagues had the same complaints as my female South Korean colleagues: that they were expected to do their jobs all day and still take care of all the cooking and cleaning at home," said Lee, who is now the director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. "To be honest, neither Korea, north or south, is a great place to be a woman." But the south does have one calling card: it has had a female leader. Park Geun-hye broke South Korea's highest glass ceiling in 2015, becoming the country's first elected woman president. Madden, the North Korean leadership expert, believes that although Park's tenure ended in scandal, she proved that a woman can be accepted as a leader in Korea -- north or south. "North Korea has a 70-plus year history of women being very close to the center of power, of being influential in North Korea's decision-making processes," he said. "South Korea already broke the mold on the Peninsula." Kang, the defector, isn't so sure. When asked if while living in North Korea she imagined there could be a female Supreme Leader, Kang responded incredulously. "Oh no way," she said. "I can't even imagine. Can't even dream." An unbreakable bondFrom the moment Kim Yo Jong set foot on South Korean soil in 2018, the cameras followed her everywhere. Her job was to represent her brother's regime at the Winter Olympics in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang, and she wasn't even the highest ranking member of the envoy -- that title belonged to Kim Yong Nam, who was at the time North Korea's ceremonial head of state. But Kim Yo Jong was the one really making history. She became the first member of North Korea's ruling family to go south of the 38th parallel since 1953, when the Korean War effectively ended (the war is still technically ongoing because the fighting parties signed a truce, not a treaty.) Experts knew Kim Yo Jong was one of the Supreme Leader's top aides and confidants. As the deputy director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party, she was responsible for crafting her brother's public image and messages. But the year before the visit to South Korea, she had also joined the country's Politburo -- the senior body of North Korea's ruling party -- as an alternate member, adding another important title to her resume. But average South Koreans knew little else about her, and the mystery bred curiosity. People were fascinated by this seemingly urbane emissary from what is often portrayed as a backwards country, representing a leader who, at the time, had not traveled abroad since taking power. As governor of the South Korean province where the Olympics was hosted, Choi Moon-soon met with Kim Yo Jong. He described her as "very calm and self-possessed," a woman of "very few words" but who speaks precisely and directly. During her trip, Kim Yo Jong cheered on the inter-Korean hockey squad and took in the opening ceremonies alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US Vice President Mike Pence, who chose not to shake her hand. She was photographed watching events and performances, smiling and seeming to get along well with her hosts. The press even likened her to a North Korean Ivanka Trump. It was masterstroke in public relations by one of North Korean's top propagandists. She put a human face on a regime that, at the time, the Trump administration was trying to castigate as a pariah state and nuclear renegade. And she did it while also laying the groundwork for her brother's diplomatic push, which would see him become the first North Korean leader ever to meet face-to-face with a sitting US president. The visit proved not just to be Kim Yo Jong's coming out party to the world; she showed just how good she was at a role she had spent much of her life preparing for. Kim Yo Jong's exact birthday is unclear, but she's believed to be in her 30s. When she was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for the regime's human rights abuses and extreme censorship activities, it was listed as September 26, 1989. But South Korean intelligence has said she was born was in 1987. Further details on her childhood are scant. What we do know is this: Like Kim Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong studied in the Swiss capital of Bern as a young child, her aunt and uncle who helped raised them told The Washington Post in an interview. Madden said on his blog that she spent about four years there, until she completed the equivalent of sixth grade in the US. In Switzerland, the adults around Kim Yo Jong and Kim Jong Un attempted to give the children a normal life, but they all had to keep so many things secret -- their real identities, their wealth and their mother's ongoing treatment for terminal breast cancer at the time. The Kim siblings shared a childhood that was remarkable but uniquely solitary and lonely. It was an experience that few can empathize with. Kim Jong Il would have been the one to decide to raise them together, and experts like Madden believe it may have been on purpose. "As they've grown older and grow more aware of the circumstances in which they grew up, it's a pretty harsh reality to face. And of course that's a hard reality that they face together," Madden said. "Nobody can relate to that. Kim Yo Jong and Kim Jong Un, I believe that they have a relationship that is impossible to break." The Paektu bloodlineGiven the intense secrecy surrounding the Kim family, we may never know how hard it was for Kim Yo Jong to surmount gender discrimination to rise to the top of North Korea's political hierarchy. But Kim Yo Jong is no ordinary woman. Kim Jong Il had more children than Jong Un and Yo Jong, and the siblings still have living aunts, uncles and cousins. But Madden says Yo Jong and Jong Un are the only two lionized in state media as the true heirs of Kim Il Sung's "Paektu bloodline," a reference to the mythical mountain on North Korea's border with China. "There's no other legitimate descendant of Kim Il Sung as far as North Korea's political culture is concerned," Madden said. If Kim Jong Il wanted her close to the levers of power, it's now clear the late North Korean leader got his wish. All of the experts CNN spoke to for this story agreed with the theory that being a woman will not hold Kim Yo Jong back. But that has more to do with her status than changing gender dynamics within North Korea. "Gender, I don't think is insurmountable," said Park of Liberty in North Korea. "It would obviously be a first and it is a patriarchal system and so on, but I think that Paektu bloodline, the Kim bloodline, overrules that." Lee, the former AP bureau chief in Pyongayng, said she also believes that her heritage "is more important to the Kims than gender." "For years, Korea watchers have been saying that North Korea would not accept a woman," she said. "I've been saying for years that it's quite possible the next leader of North Korea will be a woman -- as long as she's the best Kim for the role." Top stories - Google News May 02, 2020 at 06:15PM https://ift.tt/2Ytvd4s What Kim Yo Jong's rise to the top says -- and doesn't say -- about being a woman in North Korea - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
Posted: 02 May 2020 09:52 PM PDT National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told CNBC on Friday that the United States would hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic. "On the China business, it's up in the air. They are going to be held accountable for it. There's no question about that. How, when, where and why — I'm going to leave that up to the president," Kudlow said on "Squawk on the Street." China has been criticized by the U.S. and other countries for a lack of transparency about the coronavirus outbreak. Trump said Thursday that he was considering slapping new tariffs on China due to the country's handling of the outbreak. The president also said he thought the virus came from a Chinese lab, but didn't cite evidence to support the claim. Kudlow said that it would be Trump's decision whether to add more tariffs. "With respect to future tariff decisions and other measures, that's going to be up to the president," Kudlow said Friday. The U.S. has already imposed tariffs on Chinese imports as the two countries have been negotiating a multiphase trade deal. Kudlow said that China is still working to implement the first phase of the deal, but that the commodity purchases are moving slower than planned due to the pandemic. Kudlow also said that the administration was considering several incentives, including paying moving costs, to bring U.S. companies home from China. The pandemic has led to concern that vital parts of the medical supply chain, including personal protective equipment and pharmaceuticals, is heavily concentrated in China. "We'd like these supply chains to be based here. I think to some extent we've seen the importance of that," he said. Kudlow also again denied reports that the administration was considering refusing to pay government debt held by China as retaliation for how the country handled the coronavirus. "Full faith and credit of the United States' debt obligation is sacrosanct. Absolutely sacrosanct," Kudlow said, saying the Trump administration did not want to do anything to harm the U.S. dollar's status as the world's reserve currency. Subscribe to CNBC PRO for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world. Top stories - Google News May 01, 2020 at 01:08PM https://ift.tt/2Wieb6B China will be held accountable for coronavirus, says White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
木村拓哉が「鬼滅の刃」絶賛 「脚色すごい」などストーリー熱弁 - livedoor Posted: 02 May 2020 09:28 PM PDT 木村拓哉が「鬼滅の刃」絶賛 「脚色すごい」などストーリー熱弁 - livedoor 俳優・木村拓哉が出演する動画配信サービス「GYAO!」の番組『木村さ〜〜ん!』第92回が3日、TOKYO FM『木村拓哉 Flow supported by GYAO!』(毎週日曜 前11:30〜11:55)放送終了後の正午から配信された。 【画像】映像配信サービス「GYAO!」の番組『木村さ〜〜ん!』 前回はオススメ書籍ベスト5を紹介したが、今回はオススメマンガベスト5を公開。1位から順に『ワンピース』『鬼滅の刃』『無限の住人』『六三四の剣』『日本の歴史』を紹介した。 オススメマンガを紹介する中で「マンガってストーリーももちろん大きいと思うんですけど、ふわって入っていきやすい絵が(要素としては)大きいんじゃないかな」との持論も展開。1位と2位は「脚本力」が決め手になったといい、『鬼滅の刃』についてはストーリーを話しながら「脚色がすごい。やっつけられる鬼たちの話も存在します」と好きなキャラクターの話も交えて熱弁していた。 ■『木村さ〜〜ん!』#92 2020-05-03 03:00:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiMmh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy5saXZlZG9vci5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9kZXRhaWwvMTgyMTA2MTYv0gE7aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmxpdmVkb29yLmNvbS9saXRlL2FydGljbGVfZGV0YWlsX2FtcC8xODIxMDYxNi8?oc=5 |
White House Official: Trump Received Coronavirus Briefings In January - NPR Posted: 02 May 2020 08:52 PM PDT President Trump twice received intelligence briefings on the coronavirus in January, a White House official tells NPR. The briefings were on Jan. 23 and Jan. 28. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: When did President Trump first learn about the coronavirus and what was he told? A White House official has told NPR that the president twice received intelligence briefings on the outbreak back in January. Joining us now to discuss her reporting is NPR White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe. Ayesha, welcome back. Thanks for joining us. AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE: Thanks for having me. MARTIN: Start by telling us what you learned, if you would. RASCOE: A White House official told me that the president received two intelligence briefings on the coronavirus in January the first briefing was on January 23. And at that time, the president was told that the coronavirus was potentially going to spread, globally. But Trump was also told at that time that there was good news in the sense that the virus was not deadly for most people. I'm also told that there was a second briefing on January 28. And then Trump was told that the virus was spreading outside of China but that deaths at the time from the virus were only happening within China. And probably importantly at that time on the 28, he was told that China was withholding data on the coronavirus. MARTIN: Is that different from what the White House has said previously? RASCOE: Well, we haven't had a lot of clarity from the White House on exact dates when President Trump was told about the virus. President Trump was asked about this last week. And he said that he was told about it in January, later January, but he didn't give specifics. And there have been some reports that maybe he had received some briefings earlier that, at times, the White House has denied. MARTIN: So does this tell us something about how the White House was responding to the threat of the coronavirus? RASCOE: It does when you kind of line up these days, these two dates in January and you look at what was happening in the administration at the time. Publicly, you do see perhaps responses. And then, also, sometimes, you see a bit of a disconnect. At that first briefing on the 23, the U.S. had just received its first recorded case of the coronavirus at the time from someone who had come to the U.S. and had been traveling in Wuhan. And the day after Trump received that briefing, he tweeted, complimenting China, saying that he appreciated China's efforts and their transparency. Then he gets that briefing on the 28. And what happened a few days later on the 31, Trump did shut down or did a partial shutdown of travel from China after he learned that it was spreading outside of China and that China was maybe withholding information. But then just a few days later in early February, you have Trump at the State of the Union, saying that he and the U.S. government are working closely with China on the outbreak. So you don't get a sense at that time that there were issues with China. And what we know from what we're hearing now is that the president knew that they were withholding data. You also have the comments in February, March, where Trump - President Trump was still saying that the virus would just go away. And that obviously hasn't happened. MARTIN: That is NPR White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe. Ayesha, thanks so much for your reporting. RASCOE: Thank you. (SOUNDBITE OF NEMIR AND DEEN BURBIGO'S "AILLEURS") Copyright © 2020 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR's programming is the audio record. Top stories - Google News May 02, 2020 at 02:11PM https://ift.tt/2yn5kZp White House Official: Trump Received Coronavirus Briefings In January - NPR Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
Trump plots economic pivot at Camp David - POLITICO Posted: 02 May 2020 08:22 PM PDT President Donald Trump has never viewed Camp David with the same reverence as his own properties. But after 34 days confined to the West Wing, the Maryland retreat Trump once called "rustic" suddenly seems like a stellar weekend getaway. Over nearly two days, Trump is expected to meet with his chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top advisers like Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany to plan for his televised coronavirus town hall at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday night and weigh various tax policy and regulatory proposals to boost the economy, according to interviews with half a dozen senior administration officials and Republicans close to the White House. It's all part of the White House's broader strategy of shifting its coronavirus message to an economic one — a move the president's political advisers believe plays more to his strengths as a former real estate developer. "States that wait until June to reopen are wiping out all of the economic gains they would have made in 2020," said Stephen Moore, an informal economic adviser to the Trump administration dating back to the 2016 campaign. "If I were the president, I would be talking a lot more about that — that these states are doing severe damage to societies and citizens if they keep businesses without revenue and people without paychecks for another month." At the White House, health officials like Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci are no longer expected to make regular briefing appearances. At Camp David, Trump had no public events scheduled for Saturday, but insisted the trip was a "working weekend." An aide did not respond to an inquiry about whether the president would golf during his stay, as he has often done during past weekend getaways. "We're going to be spending a lot of time with meetings and phone calls and some foreign leaders," Trump said on Friday. "So, we look forward to that, and we'll be back very soon. I guess we're doing something pretty big on Sunday night at the Lincoln Memorial." Two White House spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment about the president's weekend. The visit to Camp David comes at a pivotal moment for Trump, as he faces declining approval ratings seven months from the November election. Aides are eager for him to escape the confines of the White House and begin to travel again. New rounds of polling show Trump's support falling in key swing states and among demographics such as senior citizens. Eager to resurrect his political fortunes, Trump spent the week hyping an economic reopening and meeting with governors, business executives and people on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. Trump and his top aides have been eager to portray their actions to mitigate the coronavirus as aggressive and efficient, fending off criticism from political critics, some governors and health experts who have called it slow-moving, ad hoc and dangerous — particularly as Trump peddled dubious health information from the White House. The administration also found itself in two other controversies Friday night. First, it was revealed the White House had blocked Fauci from testifying before a Democratic-controlled House committee, although Fauci is still expected to appear before the Republican-controlled Senate sometime over the next two weeks, according to a senior administration official. Then, late Friday night, Trump also moved to replace the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services who, in a report, had identified problems with testing and supplies at hospitals. "We're on the other side of the medical aspect of this and I think that we've achieved all the different milestones that are needed," said Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, in a Fox News interview on Wednesday, as the coronavirus death toll rose to nearly 60,000 Americans. "So the government federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a great success story and I think that that's really what needs to be told." Trump's meetings at Camp David come as roughly 15 states move to slowly restart their economies over the weekend. Governors have their own guidelines for reopening businesses and relaxing social-distancing guidelines, but Trump and several conservatives view even a fledgling reopening as crucial for the president. Trump is slated to visit Phoenix, Ariz., on May 5 to tour a Honeywell aerospace plant that recently expanded its production to make respirator masks. Arizona is one of the states reopening this weekend. Part of the calculus for the nudge to reopen the economy is political. Trump's political advisers believe he will be hard-pressed to win the November election if the economy does not show signs of improvement. They have been trying to cast Trump as a wartime president who oversaw a three-year economic boon and can jumpstart another economic resurgence once the pandemic comes under control. Trump advisers were also heartened later in the week by the surge of attention on a sexual assault allegation against the president's likely 2020 rival, Joe Biden. They say the attention will weaken Biden's standing with female and suburban voters. And it has given the campaign another path to attack Biden and "punch him in the face" politically, as one Republican close to the White House put it. "This Biden thing is a big deal and gamechanger," the Republican said, comparing it to the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. "I don't know if the campaign is giddy, but I do know they are looking forward to Joe Biden getting the same treatment Trump and Kavanaugh got." Trump picked up on the attacks on Biden Saturday morning on Twitter, retweeting jokes and condemnations of the former vice president's handling of the sexual assault allegation. Yet it came amid the president's usual Twitter fare about coronavirus testing and Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security advisor, who is trying to rescind a guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. "The Russia Hoax is the biggest political scandal in American history," Trump tweeted. "Treason!!! Lets see how it ends????" 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Kids' Choice Awards: See who took home top honors in major categories - USA TODAY Posted: 02 May 2020 08:22 PM PDT This year's Kids' Choice Awards ceremony was unlike any other. That's because it was held remotely, with winners popping in via video conferencing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Victoria Justice hosted from her own home, holding her dog Sammy for most of Saturday's hour-long broadcast. The awards — small orange blimps emblazoned with the Nickelodeon logo — were shipped to winners. In all, about 30 awards were handed out, virtually. Kids' Choice Awards: The Rock, Shawn Mendes, Ellen DeGeneres among big winners in 'virtually produced' ceremony The Kids' Choice Awards had initially been set to take place March 22, but were postponed while Nickelodeon executives worked to retool the broadcast in a world where social distancing is the new norm. Kids' Choice Awards winners in major categoriesMovie "Avengers: Endgame" Animated movie "Frozen 2" Movie actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" and "Jumanji: The Next Level" Movie actress Dove Cameron, "Descendants 3" Music collaboration Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes, "Señorita" Male artist Shawn Mendes Female artist Ariana Grande Music group BTS Breakout artist Little Nas X Song Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy" Family show "Stranger Things" Kids' TV show "Henry Danger" Animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" Male TV star Jace Norman, "Henry Danger" Female TV star Millie Bobby Brown, "Stranger Things" TV host Ellen DeGeneres, "Ellen's Game of Games" Staying Apart, Together: A newsletter about how to cope with the coronavirus pandemic Top stories - Google News May 02, 2020 at 07:02PM https://ift.tt/2yldLod Kids' Choice Awards: See who took home top honors in major categories - USA TODAY Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update |
山田孝之VS大泉洋!福田雄一監督「新解釈・三國志」で実写作品初共演 城田優&佐藤二朗も参戦 : 映画ニュース - 映画.com Posted: 02 May 2020 07:58 PM PDT 山田孝之VS大泉洋!福田雄一監督「新解釈・三國志」で実写作品初共演 城田優&佐藤二朗も参戦 : 映画ニュース - 映画.com 2020年5月3日 10:00 [映画.com ニュース] 俳優の山田孝之が、福田雄一監督の最新作で大泉洋が主演する「新解釈・三國志」に黄天の逆賊・黄巾(こうきん)役で出演していることがわかった。山田と大泉はスタジオジブリのアニメ映画「猫の恩返し」に声優として出演しているが、実写作品での共演は初めて。さらに、城田優と佐藤二朗も参戦していることも5月3日、発表された。今作では「三國志」にちなみ、今後も"3日"に新キャストを発表していく予定だ。 誰もが一度は目や耳にしたことがある「三國志」は、西暦約200年の中国・後漢の時代を舞台に魏、呉、蜀の3国が中国の覇権をめぐり群雄割拠していた史実をまとめた書物の名称を指す。「三國志」には魏の曹操、呉の孫権、蜀の劉備をはじめ、ひと癖もふた癖もある個性豊かな武将が登場することから、日本でも小説、漫画、ゲームなど多くのコンテンツが作られ、親しまれてきた。大泉と福田監督が初タッグを組む「新解釈・三國志」は、福田監督流の新解釈が史実に盛り込まれて映画化。大泉が蜀の武将・劉備玄徳、ムロツヨシが蜀を導く天才軍師・諸葛亮孔明、橋本さとしが仁義に生きる豪傑・関羽、高橋努が超怪力の猛将・張飛を演じることが既に発表されている。 山田が息吹を注ぎ込む黄巾は、政治の混沌に耐えかねて黄色い頭巾を巻いて暴動を起こした反乱軍として、「三國志」誕生のきっかけとなる「黄巾の乱」を起こしたとされる黄巾党のひとりである。山田は、大泉との対峙を熱望していたようで「望み続けた大泉洋さんとの共演! 求め続けた大泉洋さんのキレのあるツッコミ! もう痺れました! 感無量です!ありがとう福田雄一! たとえ少ない絡みだったとしても僕は多くを望みません! 夢が叶いました! もう思い残すことはありません! さようなら! バイバイみんな! 大泉洋バンザイ!」とコメントを寄せている。門番としてたたずむ黄巾と、ぼやき続ける劉備に扮した大泉の掛け合いから目が離せそうにない。 さらに、三國志最強の鬼神・呂布を演じ切ったのは城田だ。約3年前に福田監督と会食した際、それとなく聞いていたようで「『城田くん! 今度映画で佐藤二朗と絶世の美女を取り合ってほしい!』と直接オファーをいただき、最初はなんのことかよくわからないまま『面白そうですね!』とお答えしました」と述懐。撮影では、「笑いを耐えるのが、福田組での最も難しいミッション。乗馬の訓練より、殺陣の稽古より、現場で表情筋をコントロールし、平常心を保ちながら芝居を続けることが1番大変でした。どうかこの映画を観て『くっだらねえなー』と一人でも多くの方に笑っていただき、『明日も頑張るかー』と明るく前向きな気持ちになっていただけることを願っています」と話した。 そして福田組の常連である佐藤は、幼い帝を擁して政権を握った独裁者で、残虐さと冷酷さを併せ持つ酒池肉林の暴君として知られる董卓を演じる。「今回、歴史超大作の『三國志』ということで、神聖な、厳粛な気持ちで臨もうと思い、撮影前に滝に打たれ、禅を組み、3日間断食しようと思っていたのですが、監督が福田雄一ということを思い出し、全部やめました。監督が福田雄一じゃなくてもやらないことばかりですが」と佐藤節は健在。さらに、「福田組の時は常に、どうかしてしまう僕ですが、ボールの行き先はボールに聞いてくれといいますか、撮影が終わった瞬間、自分が何をやったか記憶がないんですね。なんなら撮影中も記憶がないんですね。大丈夫か俺。なので正直、今回も自分が何をやったか覚えてないんですね。ごめんなさい。とにかく三國志ファンの方々に怒られないよう、そしてこんな時期だからこそ、あっけらかんと笑って欲しい、そう思っとります」とファンに語り掛けている。 「新解釈・三國志」は、12月11日から全国で公開。 (映画.com速報) 2020-05-03 01:02:18Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiIWh0dHBzOi8vZWlnYS5jb20vbmV3cy8yMDIwMDUwMy81L9IBAA?oc=5 |
太田光「岡村はリスナーを勇気づけようとしていた」 - 日刊スポーツ Posted: 02 May 2020 07:58 PM PDT 太田光「岡村はリスナーを勇気づけようとしていた」 - 日刊スポーツ 爆笑問題太田光(54)が3日、レギュラーを務めるTBS系「サンデー・ジャポン」(日曜午前9時54分)に生出演し、新型コロナウイルスに関連した発言が批判を受けているナインティナイン岡村隆史(49)に対し「自分を大切にしてほしい」と呼び掛けた。 岡村は新型コロナ収束後、経済的な理由から風俗入りする女性が増える可能性を挙げ「いい子が入るから、今は風俗を控えましょう」とレギュラー出演するラジオ番組で呼び掛け、批判を浴びていた。 岡村が謝罪した放送を聞いたという太田は「岡村は勇気づけようとしていたんです。もちろん配慮も想像力も足りないけど、メールを送ってきたリスナーを何とか勇気づけようとしていた」と想像した。また、相方の矢部浩之(48)による番組での"公開説教"についても「矢部も岡村のことを『社会性がない』と言ってたけど、社会性がないのが岡村なんです。そういう岡村を聞きたいっていうリスナーもいっぱいいて。今の状況もあるし、風俗業界がどれだけ苦しいとか、女性団体の気持ちもあるし、深夜ラジオとは何かという気持ちもある。ひと言では言えないし、岡村には自分を大事にしてほしいし、あいつは自分を責めるから、とにかく自分の心を優先してほしい」と語った。 フジテレビ系「めちゃ×2イケてるッ!」で長く岡村と共演した鈴木紗理奈(42)は、配慮に欠けた岡村の発言に「毎日コロナでみんな敏感になっている。それを察知せずに、面白いと思って言っている。悪意なんてないと思うけど、すごい残念やし、おっさんなにやっとんねんっていう感じですね」と話した。レギュラー番組の降板を求める声も上がっているが、「困っている人に対して喜ぶような人じゃないし、優しい人。降板すべきじゃないし、こういうミスをしたおじさんをみんなで笑ったらいい」。また「ちゃんと人と向き合って愛することを覚えて、こういうことを言ったらダメなんだとおっさんが学べ!」と岡村に訴えた。 2020-05-03 01:58:35Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiRGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5pa2thbnNwb3J0cy5jb20vZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9uZXdzLzIwMjAwNTAzMDAwMDEyMy5odG1s0gFKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmlra2Fuc3BvcnRzLmNvbS9tL2VudGVydGFpbm1lbnQvbmV3cy9hbXAvMjAyMDA1MDMwMDAwMTIzLmh0bWw?oc=5 |
<新解釈・三國志>山田孝之が黄巾、城田優が呂布、佐藤二朗が董卓 福田雄一映画のキャスト発表(MANTANWEB) - Yahoo!ニュース - Yahoo!ニュース Posted: 02 May 2020 07:28 PM PDT <新解釈・三國志>山田孝之が黄巾、城田優が呂布、佐藤二朗が董卓 福田雄一映画のキャスト発表(MANTANWEB) - Yahoo!ニュース - Yahoo!ニュース
黄巾は、政治の混沌(こんとん)に耐えかね、黄色い頭巾を巻いて暴動を起こした反乱軍として、「三國志」誕生のきっかけとなる「黄巾の乱」を起こしたとされる黄巾党の一人。董卓は、幼い帝(みかど)を擁し政権を握った独裁者として知られ、とてつもない残虐さと冷酷さで暴君として名高い。呂布は、董卓と行動を共にする、武芸を極めた天下無双の将軍。"最恐"コンビである董卓と呂布は、関係を壊すために仕向けられた"美女"によって仲たがいするという逸話がある。 「三國志」は、西暦約200年の中国・後漢の時代を舞台に魏、呉、蜀の3国が中国の覇権を巡り群雄割拠していた史実をまとめた書物の名称。魏の曹操、呉の孫権、蜀の劉備のほか、一癖も二癖もある個性豊かな武将が登場することから、小説やマンガ、ゲームなど多くのコンテンツが作られ、親しまれてきた。映画は、史実を"福田監督流"の新解釈で実写化。「今まで誰も想像し得なかった新たな解釈で三國志が描かれる」という。大泉さんが劉備玄徳を演じるほか、諸葛亮孔明役でムロツヨシさん、関羽役で橋本さとしさん、張飛役で高橋努さんも出演する。 今回発表されたキャストのコメントは以下の通り。 ◇山田孝之さんのコメント 望み続けた大泉洋さんとの共演! 求め続けた大泉洋さんのキレのあるツッコミ! もうしびれました! 感無量です! ありがとう福田雄一! たとえ少ない絡みだったとしても僕は多くを望みません! 夢がかないました! もう思い残すことはありません! さようなら! バイバイみんな! 大泉洋バンザイ! ◇城田優さんのコメント あれはいつだったか、確か3年ほど前、福田さんと2人でご飯を食べている時に「城田くん! 今度映画で佐藤二朗と絶世の美女を取り合ってほしい!」と直接オファーをいただき、最初はなんのことかよく分からないまま「面白そうですね!!」とお答えしました。蓋(ふた)を開けてみれば、かの有名な"三國志"しかも最強の男"呂布"を演じさせていただけるだなんて、なんたる光栄なこと!!
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