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NEWS UPDATE: 'Rob Pongi's First Hollywood Movie' is currently ranked as one of the top videos on the very extremely popular entertainment site: Craveonline.com (03-18-07)

About Craveonline.com:

"Crave Online has all new features and original content. The site attracts over 1.7 million visitors monthly, who come for the latest in music, gaming, comics and film/tv news. CraveOnline.com is also a top video destination, where visitors can see the latest music videos, movie trailers, video game demos and funny videos. Check out the all new Crave Online and see what everyone is talking about."

"Crave Online (Craveonline.com) is a next-generation male lifestyle site that covers topics that young men "crave." The site is dedicated to fulfilling every appetite for information, whether it is film, comics, games, sports, and more. Crave is a platform to provide users with high-quality professional content along with user-created content. It offers a blend of video and traditional editorial content. The site focuses on satisfying users cravings for all types of diversionary content."

Source: CraveOnline.com re-launches with an all new site.

● Best Internet Videos of the Week - Internet Video Magazine (03-17-2007)"I don't know how good this is but it is awfully goofy. "Never Say 'Never' Always Say 'Revver'" is Rob Pongi's humorous promo for his favorite internet video sharing company  known as "Revver": http://www.revver.com which is located right on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA. "Never Say 'Never' Always Say 'Revver'" was filmed on location in Tokyo, which, believe it or not, according to Rob, actually resembles L.A. in many ways! So, check it out!"

Also, 'Rob Pongi's First Hollywood Movie' (YouTube version) was recently blogged on 'Best Hollywood Videos'

● NEWS UPDATE: Takt & ton: Monkey business reported that Japan Best Hit TV featuring Rob Pongi and other Japanese TV luminaries, was aired on prime-time, nationwide television on TV8 in Sweden on March 15, 2007:Continued....

● Video of the Day: Never say "Never" - Always say "Revver"Posted by unclealexTuesday March 13th 2007, 11:47 amFiled under: Video of the Day

Rob Pongi, the larger-than-life personality behind Asia Entertainment Online, has just produced his first self-proclaimed “Hollywood” movie about a certain Hollywood-based video site. Yes, that’s right folks, Pongi has taken an age-old maxim and revverized it with a little help from Revver’s own Alex Asselin, who caught up with Rob while on a recent trip to Japan.Asia Entertainment Online features a plethora of hilarious and fascinating videos that offer a glimpse onto Asian cultures through the eyes of a crazy Western expat (Pongi!), and is included in the highly selective Best of the Web directory.

● NEWS UPDATE: Rob Pongi was recently included in the  The (Hollywood) Celebrity* Gallery (Discovered 03-09-07):

● NEWS UPDATE: Asia Entertainment Online Videos was recently awarded admission into the highly esteemed ScreenSite directory in the production/showcases category. ScreenSite is an internet film,TV, and new media resource site founded in 1994 and maintained by Professor Jeremy Butler of The University of Alabama's  Department of Telecommunication and Film.  (Discovered - 02-19-07)"ScreenSite is dedicated to facilitating the study of film and TV. Stressing the teaching and research of film and television, it is designed for educators and students. ScreenSite is also available in Spanish, French, Dutch, and Swedish versions. The site contains four main sections; Education, Research, Film/TV Production, and Miscellanea, as well as a separate interaction section with an e-mail discussion group, a chat room and a usenet style discussion area." - The Internet Public Library. "ScreenSite emerged from a desire to provide access to film and television resources through the World Wide Web. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the study of film/TV. As opposed to some Web sites that take more of a fan's approach to the media, ScreenSite stresses the teaching and research of film and television and is designed for educators and students." The McGraw-Hill Companies College Division - ART GALLERY

● Rob Pongi and The Rob Pongi Fan Club were recently noted in the Celebrites Selection directory in France: Rob Pongi les meilleurs sites, photos sur Celebrites Selection (Discovered 2007-02-17)

● News on Japan - Gets 'More Happy'!              
2/4/2007Gets 'More Happy'!       Pepsi Gets ‘More Happy’   February 02, 2007 AdWeek.com—
Pepsi’s “More happy” campaign broke earlier this week on Fox. Replacing “Pepsi. It’s the cola,” which broke in 2003, the new ads “capture what it feels like to drink Pepsi,” said company representative Dave DeCecco. “It means different things to different people, but it’s always positive....more…

Pepsi gets Pongied.This new slogan reads like a bad Japanese-engrish, or like the ranting of my drinking buddy, Rob Pongi. To be more specific, the More Happy slogan sounds a lot like Rob’s standard trademark comedy shtick in his “The Roppongi Video Happy Hour.” CLICK TO WATCH VIDEOThe Rob Pongi drawing at the top is thanks to roughtoiletpaper.comPosted by Taro in General, Business News

● Tokyo Street Shows Video #1 was selected as "Multimedia Feature of the Week" AND "Featured Work of the Week" on Bowienet the official website of Mr. David Bowie (2007-01-19). This is the 16th time one of Rob Pongi's videos has been featured by David Bowie's official website. You can see "Tokyo Street Shows Video #1" right here by clicking on the Bowienet screen shot below:

● Tokyo Street Shows Video #1 was selected as one of the Best Travel Videos on the Web by Internet Video Magazine (01-20-07):

"Its that crazy Rob Pongi again. This is a  highlight video which shows some very talented and interesting Japanese entertainers as seen performing on Tokyo streets and in Tokyo public parks. Completely filmed and edited by Rob Pongi. Copyright (2007) by Rob Pongi. Used by permission and all rights reserved. Be sure to see Tokyo Highlights Video #1    and also see more  interview and variety videos"

● RobPongi.com - Asia Entertainment Online was recently published in Stanford University's Stanford Japan Guide in the News & Media > Unusual Light-Hearted or Fun category (Discovered 01-13-07):OverviewThe J Guide:  "Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources is a topically arranged directory of online information resources in and about Japan, with focus on resources about Japan in the English language. The J Guide is an ongoing project of the US-Asia Technology Management Center (USATMC), School of Engineering, Stanford University. The J Guide project was initiated with funding through grants in the US-Japan Industry and Technology Management Training Program (JITMT), administered by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Since our completion of those grants, J Guide has received support through gifts to the USATMC from US and Japanese corporate sponsors."Continued...

● Asia Entertainment Online Videos was recently awarded admission into the very powerful and highly esteemed V7N Web Directory in the Arts/Movies category (01-11-07):

● Asian Woman? Apparently I'm a hot Asian person.I had no idea.Especially since I'm not Asian.And, I've never been to Asia.And my parents are Caucasian.Though I do like Sake. And the Japanese Humor / entertainment videos at Robpongi.comMaybe that counts???I don't know.Posted by moofygirl (2007-01-05)

● Asia Entertainment Online Videos was recently awarded admission into the very esteemed Starting Point Directory in the Internet Video category (01-01-07):About Starting Point - "Our mission at stpt.com is to help people find what they're looking for quickly. We hope to achieve this goal by building a human-edited directory with quality results.""Many directories flood their categories with hundreds of listings or have thousands of categories to choose from. It can sometimes be hard to find the information you're looking for in such a directory.""At stpt.com a real person manually reviews each site to make sure it's appropriate before adding it to our directory. This makes sure that only relevant sites for each category get listed. In addition, we have a small number of categories and only add new ones when it's appropriate. This makes it easier for users to find what they're looking for.""Stpt.com was originally created in 1996 and has always had the goal of making it easier for people to find things online. We're constantly trying to improve our service and also increase the usage of our directory."

● Asia Entertainment Online by Rob Pongi was recently awarded admission into the highly selective Su-Jine Japanese directory in the Internet Broadcasts/Entertainment category (12-17-06):

●  The below still frame of Rob Pongi and Miss Ori from the Christmas In Japan video was selected as "Featured Nomad Of The Week" on Bowienet the official website of Mr. David Bowie (2006-11-28). You can see Christmas In Japan by clicking on the Bowienet screen shot below:

● Rob Pongi in "Rob-o-ween" by BasJohn (2006-10-31)Continued...

● "Tokyo Dome Beer Girls" was selected as "Multimedia Feature of the Week" AND "Featured Work of the Week" on Bowienet the official website of Mr. David Bowie (2006-10-28). This is the 15th time one of Rob Pongi's videos has been featured by David Bowie's official website. You can see "Tokyo Dome Beer Girls" right here by clicking on the Bowienet screen shot below:

● Orwell TV : watching FOR you  (2006-10-29)Rob Pongi Video Link: Watch It Now!Genre: ComedyLanguage: EnglishDescription: Rob Pongi: Crazy Westerner stalks the Japanese streets.Viewing Options: Online & DownloadsFirst reviewed on 17 Feb, 2006 by orwelltvPopular tags: travelAverage Winks: Review
DowntownTokyoEverybody just called him "crazy" and "weird" years ago, but now Mr. Rob Pongi has achieved international stardom and officially recognized celebrity status as well. And recently, Mr. Pongi has been receiving a tremendous amount of high acclaim and very noteworthy accolades from the world over. These can all be seen in the "Reviews" section on his site.Also very noteworthy are the many world-renowned internet smash hits from North Korea that Mr. Pongi translated and released in the past few years. And his latest videos from this year (2006) and from last year, show a significant improvement in his own overall production, acting and editing. Yes, indeed, this is not a "normal" show, but there is just so much to see here that you will most likely find something that you will like very quickly. All the videos stream pretty fast, but, unfortunately, are limited to Quicktime only. Well if you don't yet have Quicktime installed, then be sure to get it and keep your eye on this man - the one and only Mr. Rob Pongi!(Discovered on 2006-10-29)