>>831 Oh, yes. I did mix Paris's father up with Donald Trump. If I remember correctly, he is called the king of real estate business. Maybe I shouldn't assure how he was dubbed knowingly. Chances are I'm wrong again. :)
>You say that the agency of a Kano sister started a rumour that she was >dating a celebrity and her popularity went up?
I wouldn't use the word "pupularity." It's just that the rumor made her widely known to general public because after the rumor they got to appear on TV often. It's hard to explain but in my opinion, not many people respect them. They tell on TV how gorgeous life they live and how men overseas want to go out with them. The older sister boasts about how she was asked to go out with men overseas. The more they show off (even if what they say is true) the more they sound stupid.
>I am guessing that a Japanese celebrity's popularity is directly >related to how much that person appears on TV? In most cases, such as idols and young actors whose target audience is young people , yes. But there are exceptions. Some musicians try not to appear on TV often to make them look mysterious. Being on magazines can be a yardstick to measure how popular they are in Japan, too. But is being on a TV show more infuluential and can reach more people than being on a magazine in terms of the traits of these two media?
I know People magazine. There's similar one titled "US". Again I shouldn't say knowingly. hehe There are weekly photo magazines with photos of famous people's private life. If a young female actor or singer, say, one of the members of morning musume or something is taken her photo while dating a man by a photographer of the magazine, chances are her dedicated male fans would be shocked and dissaponted, sometimes feel betrayed.
Another yardstick to measure popularity is in how many TV ad actors and singers appear.
