All hail Ken Lee!

By jozjozjoz | Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Apologies to all the Ken Lees out there… but this was too good not to share.

According to VidJar:

A contestant in the second season of the Bulgarian show “Music Idol” performs Mariah Carey’s song “Without you” in fake English. The contestant’s name is Valentina Hasan, 29 years old. She’s from the village of Zvezdelina, in the Kardzhali Province. Valentina’s married and “Hasan” is her husband’s surname. She currently lives in Spain. This video is not intended for any ethnic tensions or historical debates. It’s just a laugh, so I implore everyone to ignore any irrelevant comments and not to engage in pointless discussions. Go to http://kenleeworld.com/ the international Ken Lee community’s site….

Um, HELLO! Did you know there is a Ken Lee World?!

Valentina later returned to Bulgarian Idol to sing her world-famous song “Ken Lee”… and her English was much improved in that performance.

UPDATE: Thanks to Tony Pierce, this post got linky love from the LA Times blog!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/funny_pages_20/2008/04/move-over-willi.html

Check it out… in addition to the original video, they’ve got one showing Mariah Carey herself on French Idol being forced to watch Valentina’s performance of Ken Lee…

Seen at Joelle’s

| Posted in Entertainment, Music | 6 Comments

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‘Bringin’ Sexy (Beijing) Back’

By Brian | Friday, December 21, 2007

I came across this ongoing series titled “Sexy Beijing” (credit goes to a commenter named “Craig” for bringing it to my attention). Apparently, it’s been around for over a year now and has slipped under our collective radars. Doh! In any event, here’s a real brief synopsis: It’s a Sex and the City-esque documentary style series starring an American white woman named Su Fei (whose fluent Mandarin Chinese blows mine out of the water). We follow her around as she explores the culture, life and people of Beijing.

Two of my favorites are “Country Loving” (below) and “Bad Boys of Beijing“. For more episodes, here’s the link to their website.

Is it just me, or does anyone else find her inexplicably yet wildly attractive? Somewhat Lisa Loeb, a dash of Tina Fey and a slice of Carrie Fisher (circa When Harry Met Sally… don’t ask).

*Follow up: Here’s an article from CNN covering Su Fei and Sexy Beijing.