Koreanovela made me crazy..

Ellen Says:I have acquired a dvd of a 'koreanovela' and oh boy!, it surely makes me crazy everytime I watch it in my TV set.

Well, it seems I couldn't have enough of it that I was really craving for its next episode. I can't wait that long for the ending. At first, I thought that if I finish the video, I will never get interested in it anymore , but still there were moments when I felt that I really could not just get enough of its scenes , so I needed to watch the video over and over again.

The story really made me crazy. LOL...

movies to watch...

Gbex says: Two movies to watch at TFC and as well as in DVD's...Watch for them! You will laugh and fall in love after watching them...

the night of the nights...scholars' gala night!

Gbex says: Wowwwwwww...this is the best of the bests that everybody is waiting: the first gala performance of the members of the Scholars.... Stand by for them and enjoy the show on Saturday night!, that's tonight!

the idol king is after a girl...

Look Dick look! who's that girl whom David Cook is taking out to the ball game?

The American Idol champ caught a game at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday with season 2 contestant Kimberly Caldwell, who sang the national anthem.

Cook and Caldwell stayed for the game and cheered on the Dodgers against the Colorado Rockies. Obviously, Cook is a big Dodgers fan, and he just wanted to enjoy the game with his girl.

But of course going out with American Idol's winner is not something that can be kept a secret for long. It was said that they were mobbed when they left, a source close to Caldwell squelled.

It was revealed that Caldwell, who met Cook while she was covering the reality show for TV Guide, is just getting to know him better outside of the show. But they've been out a few times and Kimberly thinks he's a great guy and a great talent.

the champ

an animated film that I will never forget...

This is one of the best animated movies EVER made! It sits on its own thrown, even though Finding Nemo blew past it at the box office.

However, this movie showed a different perspective, and what better way to show me through the eyes of the comical buddies: Timon and Pumba?! Its just funny. That's all the producers needed to accomplish.

This movie is highly acclaimed blockbuster animated film and thousands of movie enthusiasts will agree with me if I say that this movie The Lion King is a classic.

No, over-the-top score, or oscar-worthy story, just fun and laughs. Outstanding job to the actors and creators. This is how imagination works; you make one film and then you find out the best way to relieve that film one more time years later.

don't do bad things...

Dom says: I got this favorite line from one of the Pinoy VCD movies that I already watched during the course of the week that passed.

The movie was made by an independent producer and that there is one popular line in which the actor, I think that was Richard Quan, who played as the father in the storyline, kept repeating it in several scenes of the movie for his gay son to listen to and obey, and that line went like this: "Huwag kang gagawa ng bagay na masama na maaari mong ikahiya" (translation: "Do not do bad things that in the end will cause you to be humiliated and give you embarrassment".)

The movie is a slapstick comedy but there is a deep lesson about overcoming one's weaknesses and strengthening family solidarity amidst crisis and turbulence. I admire the director of the movie for carefully coping up on the issues of domestic problems arising from an alternative lifestyle in this highly criticizing and individualistic society.

the making of dom--(De Outro Modo)

Gbex says:The title does not mean the making of my business partner dom, but rather the making of De Outro Domo. Watch my favorite fashion model Leandro Okabe after the jump.

what a wasteful one!...a tragic one on a harry potter actor!

Gbex says: A teen actor in upcoming 'Harry Potter' film was killed --This is indeed very sad and is considered a harry potter tragedy.

According to London news, a British teenage actor who will be playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, the police authorities exclaimed.

Rob Knox, 18 years old, was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London early Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment of the popular series set for release this coming November.

Warner Bros., the studio that is producing the film, was shocked by the news.

Knox was one of the five young men taken to various hospitals after the brawl, police said. The fight did not appear to be gang-related, police added, but it puts the number of violent teenage deaths in London at 14 so far this year.

american idol fever....

Gbex says: Rocker David Cook won over the smooth-voiced teen David Archuleta as the new "American Idol."...!!!!!!!!!!!!

It said that, according to latest news, the grown-up rocker singer got an edge over the teen singer with a difference of 12 million votes-and this made David Cook triumphed over David Archuleta....tsssk tsssk tssskkk---

i died laughing...

There's not much movies that I knew of and watched that I really died laughing, but when the kind that makes me so comes along, expect that I will race myself from others to get my ticket during its first day run at theaters.
And there is one that's forthcoming and that its trailer has been showing in Television breaks that everytime it shows up, I really could not help myself but to die in laughter. The movie I am referring here is entitled 'Manay PO Overload". Watch the trailer and you will see what I was telling you about...

laughter is still the best medicine....

I died laughing when I found this Video clip from Utube...Afterall, laughter is indeed still the best medicine especially these trying and difficult moments of our lives when prices of commodities has gone up, and problems here and there fill up our daily tabloids and newspapers....

what's the latest with my favorite celebrities?

Brad Pitt and his daughter Zahara went shopping at The Grove in L.A.

Michelle Williams returned to work after attending Heath Ledger's funeral in Australia

Ashton Kutcher tries to dance his way out of getting a parking ticket, a scene from the latest movie he is filming


Brad Pitt shows off his new hairdo while on the set of his upcoming film, "Tree of Life," in Texas

and the last but not the least: my idol, Mario Lopez (best known as Bayside Tigers stud A.C. Slater) shows his dimples while doing his taping of "America's Best Dance Crew."

so there you are my friends... the stars in my life who keep me going with my blogging!...

American Idol Season 7

hey friends! at least the episode 8 of Season seven of American Idol has chosen these hopefuls in their final audition.....and these turned out to be the best of the bets and bests of the 2008 American Idol!....I love you guys, you're wonderful!

coming soon...a movie to watch!

This is an upcoming movie entitled "10,000 BC" which is scheduled to be shown on the first week of March and I bet you, this is gonna be another very good movie of Steven Strait, my favorite foreign actor.

The story of the movie tells us about a hunter in a mountain tribe. The hunter's name is D'Leh and has fallen in love with the beautiful Evolet, played by Camilla Belle.

When a group of strange warlords raided his village and kidnapped Evolet, D'Leh was forced to lead a small group of hunters to fight against the warlords to save her.

The story is indeed very poweeful and will give you an idea of how one in a savage ancient world fight to survive life.


the ACTORS

Steven Strait was hired by director Roland Emmerich, for the movie “10,000 B.C.” In this movie, Steven took on his biggest film challenge in the lead role of D’Leh, a prehistoric hunter forced onto a trek to save his tribe from extinction and save his love interest. The film is to be shown on the first week of March playdate.

Camilla Belle, the leading lady of Steven Strait in 10,000 BC

Reserve your day and your ticket for this exciting movie my dear friends.....

the Golden Age of Philippine Cinema

Do you still remember them?.... in your time, in your mom's time, in your granny's time.... the golden stars of Philippine Cinema!

which of these hairs you prefer your son to groom?

This?

This?

This?

This?

OR This?
take your pick...

for the love of his mama

I got a text message from 'dodong' himself (his name is actually janvier daily, but after I watched his very fine portrayel in the musical play Zha Zha Zaturnnah as 'dodong', I started calling him dodong) and broke his news to me about the release of his new movie Roxxanne!...He was asking me to offer some prayers for the success of it....

He also sent me a text message of the blog site of his director who published an interview with him which he later thought that it was too strong, and asked me to give him some words to say. Well, what can I really say? We all have dark past and what is important for us now is: we still are alive, healthy and is keeping our best shot in our present dealings with our lives.

I met janvier in January of 2007 when I watched a musical comedy play zha zha zaturnnah and since then, we became gym buddies and friends, and the rest is a history to be told. I felt so much sympathy for dodong after reading the interview (though I already knew most of his dark past when he revealed them to me in one of our jamming sessions at makati avenue) of his director jun lana in his upcoming movie Roxxanne.

Here's an excerpt of Jun Lana's interview with janvier daily which he postd on his personal blog....
JL
At siyempre sasabihin mo sa akin, naghuhubad ka para maiahon sa hirap ang pamilya mo.

JD
Para po sa Mama ko. Lahat ng ginagawa ko, para sa kanya. Hindi po biro ang pinagdaanan niya para lang mapalaki kami ng maayos.

JL
Gaya ng?
(Hindi agad sumagot si Janvier, parang naninimbang kung ano ang pwedeng sabihin.)
JD
Nung bata pa po ako, bigla kaming nilusob ng crew ng “Magandang Gabi Bayan”, pinagbintangan nilang bugaw ang nanay ko.

JL
Sino daw ang binubugaw niya?

JD
Kami pong mga anak niya. Ang totoo, naghahanap lang siya ng mag-i-sponsor sa studies namin, pa’no walo kaming magkakapatid, hindi niya kami mapag-aral lahat. Pero akala ng mga tao binubugaw niya kami.

JL
Sino naman ang mga malisyosong taong yan, at nireport pa talaga ang nanay mo sa “Magandang Gabi Bayan”?

JD
Yung mga kasama po namin sa kalye.

JL
Kalye? Anong kalye?

JD
Sa Ermita, Direk. Minsan sa U.N. Avenue… sa Luneta. Kung saan kami abutin ng gabi.

JL
Teka, naguguluhan ako. Tumira kayo sa kalsada?

(Napatingin ako sa manager ni Janvier sa tabi ko. Hindi ito umiimik.)
Seryoso ka ba? Wala kayong bahay? Wala kayong kamag-anak na pwedeng tirhan?

JD
Taga-Surigao po ang Mama ko, wala siyang pamilya dito. Ang Papa ko naman po, taga-Laguna.

JL
O, e ba’t hindi kayo tumira sa Papa mo?

JD
Siya po ang tinatakasan namin. Lagi po kasi kaming binubugbog. Lalo na si Mama. Muntik na niyang mapatay si Mama.

Ilang taon ka nung mapadpad kayo sa Ermita?

JD
4-5 po.

JL
Gaano kayo katagal tumira sa kalsada?

JD
11 na po ako nung kunin ako ng MYRC.

JL
Ano yun?

JD
Juvenile center po.

JL
Teka, 6 years kayong nakatira sa kalsada? Lahat kayo? Paano kayo nabuhay?

JD
Nung nagtagal po nag-squatter kami sa estero sa may U.N. Tapos nag-waitress ang Mama ko sa Ermita. Kaming magkakapatid, kung anu-anong trabaho. Ako po nagbenta ng diyaryo.

JL
Buti hindi kayo nababagansiya?

JD
Maraming beses, Direk. Ang pinakamatindi nung naghahanap kami ng matutulugan sa Ermita Center, umalis sandali si Mama, pagbalik niya isinasakay na kami sa mobile ng mga pulis. Pinagbabato ni Mama yung presinto para pakawalan kami.

(Tumigil sandali sa pagkukuwento si Janvier, parang iiyak.)

JD
Pinakawalan kami ng mga pulis pero si Mama ang pinagtripan nila. Binugbog nila, tapos hinubaran, saka kinulong. Pagkatapos po nun, madalas nang magkaroon ng breakdown si Mama.

JL
Anong klaseng breakdown?

JD
Minsan bigla na lang po siyang iiyak, magwawala, tapos maglalakad nang nakahubad sa Ermita.

JL
Anong ginagawa nyo?

JD
Susundan po namin siya hanggang mapagod siya. Basta makatulog siya, OK na siya paggising niya.

JL
Buti sa kabila ng lahat ng yan, hindi kayo nagkahiwa-hiwalay?

JD
Nung 11 po ako, dun dumating ang MYRC. Ang pakilala sa Mama ko, social worker sila. Pag-aaralin daw kami. Pero Juvenile center pala, ginawa akong katulong, taga-ipon ng kaning baboy. Yung ibang kapatid ko, pinagkukuha ng ibang ampunan. May napunta sa Kapatiran, yung iba sa Asilo.

JL
Ba’t hindi kayo kinuha ng Mama mo?

JD
Wala po siyang trabaho noon. Kung babawiin niya kami, magugutom lang kami. Pero ako, nung isang beses na bumisita si Mama, pagkaalis niya, tumakas ako, hinabol ko siya.

JL
Janvier, hindi ko kaya ang pinagdaanan mo. Talo pa ang episode ng Magpakailanman. Paano nabuo uli ang pamilya mo? Paano kayo nakaahon sa hirap?

JD
Direk… sasabihin ko po sa inyo pero off the record...

JL
Janvier… sa dami ng pinagdanan mo… wala bang nang-molestiya sa yo… nang-abuso?

(Matagal bago nakasagot si Janvier. Parang nag-iisip. Kahit ako naging uncomfortable, iniwasan ko ang tingin niya, nagkunwaring busy sa pagtatype sa laptop)

JD
Wala po.

Before I ended up with my late-evening exchange of SMS with dodong, i told him..."dong, kelangan maging matatag ka dahil pinasok mo ang pinakamagulong trabaho sa mundo,ang pag aartista, at saka wag ka mag alala- dahil mature na ang mga moviegoers ngayun....they will surely take you, basta sa susunod mong movie ay galingan mo pa lalo acting mo!..."

that's it and I said goodbye to my friend dodong!

a rare talent

If I will be asked who among the local moviestars I am so fond of, I will tell without batting an eyelash that Jiro Manio is my guy... He is deep. His talent in acting is indeed raw.....