As I listen to Motorhead's "Traitor", it pretty much sums up my anger at Up-Front Group and Up-Front Agency for what they have done to Hello! Project.

In the first place, I hate the cutesy image that Minimoni started and spread through Hello! Project, but right now that is the least of my complaints.

I just saw one of the most ghastly sights I've seen in a long time: Ishikawa Rika on her back, spreading her legs on stage in what looked like something from a strip club. It makes me very glad Biyuden disbanded. Then again, given Rika's lack of talent and personality, I suppose such things are predictable.

Show business is a sick business. A few days ago I was lamenting the fact that Hello! Project appears doomed. Now I begin to think its end will be a net gain for the world, though it is sad that its end will hurt the careers of so many excellent performers.

My oft-asserted opinion that cutesiness and immaturity have brought about H!P's downfall now appears to be incorrect. It is the vulgarity- and worse still- vulgarity combined with childish imagery, a combination that appeals to dangerous deviancy, that has destroyed H!P.

Call it karma, divine justice or simply public indignation: The end of this terrible distortion of what was once a great supergroup is near, and though the baby will be thrown out with the bathwater, it is now obvious to me that Hello! Project is beyond and is not worth saving.

Well, I thought Maki Goto's return would be cause for joy, but instead it is the official end, it appears, of the career of the real woman and the continuation (and likely the worsening) of the last phase of her Hello! Project career.

I've already vented my anger on a website for fans, so I'll just keep it simple here. Maki Goto has signed with Avex and her new image, as it appears on her new site, is just plain trashy.

She had a great run while it lasted. Her idol character was loveable, she was the perfect "crush" for Taka-san and most of all, she has a great voice that she used in some great songs, particularly with Morning Musume, whom she helped propel into the pantheon.

Well, there is certainly nothing that an Internet surfer like me can do about the situation, so I'll try to forget about it for a while.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so this list consists solely of my subjective opinions. To my eyes, these are the 10 most beautiful women ever in front of a camera:

1. Lauren Bacall (1924-), American actress and model: http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/bacall.jpg
2. Ayumi Shibata (1984-), Japanese singer and idol: http://www.hello-online.org/hello/images/picboard/img20070201170120.jpg
3. Veronica Lake (1922-1973), American actress and model: http://www.cinematical.com/media/2006/03/vg_verlake.jpg
4. Crystal Kay (1986-), Japanese singer: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/C-Kay/img/image.jpg
5. Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish-American actress: http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/images/MASTOSprofiles/garbo/1920s-5x7-1.jpg
6. Ewa Laurance (1964-), Swedish pool player and commentator: http://templatezone.com/rs/users/bsharp@prime-health-net/ewa_laurance%202006%20queball.jpg
7. Ishikawa Rika (1985-), Japanese singer, hostess and idol: http://wiki.theppn.org/images/a/a3/5d146_tihi1447.jpg
8. Ava Gardner (1922-1990), American actress: http://avagardner.com/images/ava.jpg
9. Lizabeth Scott (1922-), American actress: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/articles/a%20favorite%20noir%20dames/lizbethscott.jpg.JPG
10. Cindy Crawford (1966-), American supermodel: http://media.canada.com/b17a5268-e809-4db2-a84b-06fc4c00d03e/76851093_cindy800.jpg