I LOVED Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari in “Kill Bill Vol. 1″ — Gogo was my second favorite character, next only to her mistress, O-Ren Ishii.

Here she is with Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman promoting “Kill Bill” in Tokyo back in 2003. Photo courtesy of Agence France-Presse.

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Recently, I also got to watch the violent 2000 cult classic Japanese action film “Battle Royale,” and man did she rock as Takako Chigusa. It’s a great movie but highly controversial — and definitely not for the squeamish. I haven’t seen Chiaki’s other stuff yet, like her starring role in the original “Ju-on” — the very first one, which was direct-to-video, not “Ju-on: The Grudge,” which was the theatrical remake that spawned the US remake “The Grudge.”

Here’s a YouTube clip of her interview on the British show “Japanorama.” Warning: this and the “MPD Psycho” clip embedded here contain scenes of graphic violence.

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IT’S Fashion Week in New York, and where fashion shows are held, babes tend to congregate.

Here are some photos from the Fashion Week shows.

Models smoking in Bryant Park.

Singer Mya sits in the front row at the Nicole Miller 2008 spring/summer show.

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AH yes, you’ve got to love the Japanese and their quirky sense of humor

Here are some cute, sexy and hilarious TV commercials from the Land of the Rising Sun.

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SHE is the woman who arguably brought burlesque back to life and made it more mainstream.

Of course, she also became famous for marrying, and later divorcing, Marilyn Manson.

We’re talking about Dita Von Teese, the “Queen of Burlesque.”

Here’s a clip of her discussing her book “Burlesque and the Art of the Teese” courtesy of somethingweird1.

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CHECK out this bikini review by Desiree, courtesy of Ford Models’ YouTube channel.