Le Chat qui fume, a French distribution company of experimental cinema and erotica, are releasing their first DVD in the US through Music Video Distributions. Angélique Bosio's Llik Your Idols, a documentary about underground and transgressive cinema, will be released on 15 May. Llik Your Idols features interviews from Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Lydia Lunch, Bruce LaBruce, Richard Hell, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, author Jack Sargeant and artist Joe Coleman. Also featured on the disc is Nick Zedd's War Is Menstrual Envy, which was previously only available through his website; only a clip of the film, which stars Zedd, Annie Sprinkle and Kembra Pfahler, shows up on the Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd disc. Zedd's short Police State is also on the disc.
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Le Chat qui fume, a French distribution company of experimental cinema and erotica, are releasing their first DVD in the US through Music Video Distributions. Angélique Bosio's Llik Your Idols, a documentary about underground and transgressive cinema, will be released on 15 May. Llik Your Idols features interviews from Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Lydia Lunch, Bruce LaBruce, Richard Hell, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, author Jack Sargeant and artist Joe Coleman. Also featured on the disc is Nick Zedd's War Is Menstrual Envy, which was previously only available through his website; only a clip of the film, which stars Zedd, Annie Sprinkle and Kembra Pfahler, shows up on the Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd disc. Zedd's short Police State is also on the disc.
Together Again
the pair on the night of the 'incident'
Rihanna and Chris Brown Back Together
The pair have reunited almost three weeks after Brown, 19, allegedly battered the "Umbrella" singer on Feb. 8, a source tells PEOPLE.
"They're together again. They care for each other," says the source. The on-again couple are currently spending time together at one of Sean "Diddy" Combs's homes, on Miami Beach's Star Island.
Adds the source: "While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves."
In its latest issue, PEOPLE reports that Brown called Rihanna on her 21st birthday one week ago. "He called to wish her happy birthday," a source told the magazine. "They've reached out to each other. It's been mutual."
Brown was booked by LAPD for making criminal threats but the case has not yet been presented to the District Attorney, who will ultimately determine which charges, if any, will be prosecuted.
-people magazine
Manila Gay Guy Blog
playing with Magnum before going to my birthday party last night
Manila Gay Guy blog.
He's been on my bent culture link list for a while now and the response has been fantastic.
People just LOVE his blog.
MGG blog is hands down my favorite 'bent' blog in cyber space.
I LOVE the guy responsible for it.
So clever.
I can only imagine how much time he devotes to his fabulous blog.
His latest topical entry is titled ,
How do we deal with married gay men? (his options are HILARIOUS)
But it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight, you should check out all sorts of blogs including this one.
The information is excellent and you're bound to learn something.
I LOVE the Manila Gay Guy blog.
Just love it!
Also check out Simply Manila.. another great blog!
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really enjoying my 39th birthday party last night with GREAT friends, thanks boys!
Notice
Sorry for the really untidy arrangement of applications in my blog. This is due to some technical prob :P
That's the only way I could get to access other blogger's blog and read my stats as if I shift them down, they will just vanish... Bare with me k??
That's the only way I could get to access other blogger's blog and read my stats as if I shift them down, they will just vanish... Bare with me k??
Online Surveys
As you've know that I'm currently waiting for my UK Visa, which in the mean time, I'm not entitle to work any part time, and thus sitting at home doing nothing for almost 8 weeks, so I've to start ways to make money at home.
My pathetic bank account is so gonna drained dry that I'd stop buying clothings T__T, banned myself from buying bags and shoes T__T T__T, and literally forbid myself to even go window shopping (as I would surely get a thing or 2)....
Therefore, am searching ways to work from home. I know, its hard, and not many websites are trusted or maybe a scam (I've hit the bird shit before -_- as I got myself stupidly conned into a scam saying that I could make big money -_-) .
After testing out several websites, I found out that some websites could still be trusted and thus am introducing them to you.
This is pureprofile http://www.pureprofile.com/where users would be invited to complete some surveys and earn small money from them (hey, you think they would give you RM5 for some question they asked you, don't dream lah...hehe)... But at least its better than nothing.
Shameless to say, I've only earn 90 pence... -_- ... not enough to buy Snicker bar summore.
Then here's another website, its call Toluna http://uk.toluna.com/Default.aspx?src=panthera_UK_nov2007endinsc
Pai seh ya..All the website that I intro here is from UK... Cuz I'm in UK mah...so have to earn UK money loh... Anyway, Toluna isn't giving away cash, they give you points to do some polling and you get to redeem points for voucher from several online sites such as amazon.
I only got 17000 points T_T.... To redeem amazon voucher of 10 pounds, I need 60000 points...
Holy crap... That's when I become old lady only can reach it unless I dedicate 10 full hours to complete all surveys lah...
The other one is YouGov http://www.yougov.co.uk/panel/ Its almost the same as Pureprofile where you get invitation to complete a survey.. Actually, I think it depends on your luck whether you get many surveys or not...
Fingers crossed that I'll get my TIER 1 back and I promise not to lose my temper again on my blog... But umm...could you be lenient on my swearing?? I need'em -_-!!!
Anyway, if you have other ideas of earning money online or by other means, please let me know (I want the legal ones k?? Don't frame me into some sort of scam or something or I'll kick your A**...)
My pathetic bank account is so gonna drained dry that I'd stop buying clothings T__T, banned myself from buying bags and shoes T__T T__T, and literally forbid myself to even go window shopping (as I would surely get a thing or 2)....
Therefore, am searching ways to work from home. I know, its hard, and not many websites are trusted or maybe a scam (I've hit the bird shit before -_- as I got myself stupidly conned into a scam saying that I could make big money -_-) .
After testing out several websites, I found out that some websites could still be trusted and thus am introducing them to you.
This is pureprofile http://www.pureprofile.com/where users would be invited to complete some surveys and earn small money from them (hey, you think they would give you RM5 for some question they asked you, don't dream lah...hehe)... But at least its better than nothing.Shameless to say, I've only earn 90 pence... -_- ... not enough to buy Snicker bar summore.
Then here's another website, its call Toluna http://uk.toluna.com/Default.aspx?src=panthera_UK_nov2007endinsc Pai seh ya..All the website that I intro here is from UK... Cuz I'm in UK mah...so have to earn UK money loh... Anyway, Toluna isn't giving away cash, they give you points to do some polling and you get to redeem points for voucher from several online sites such as amazon.
I only got 17000 points T_T.... To redeem amazon voucher of 10 pounds, I need 60000 points...
Holy crap... That's when I become old lady only can reach it unless I dedicate 10 full hours to complete all surveys lah...
The other one is YouGov http://www.yougov.co.uk/panel/ Its almost the same as Pureprofile where you get invitation to complete a survey.. Actually, I think it depends on your luck whether you get many surveys or not...
Fingers crossed that I'll get my TIER 1 back and I promise not to lose my temper again on my blog... But umm...could you be lenient on my swearing?? I need'em -_-!!!
Anyway, if you have other ideas of earning money online or by other means, please let me know (I want the legal ones k?? Don't frame me into some sort of scam or something or I'll kick your A**...)
César Winners 2009
Séraphine appears to have been the big winner at yesterday's César Awards, taking home the Best Picture, Actress, Original Screenplay and Cinematography, as well as for Art Direction (Décors) and Costume Design (Costumes). Séraphine depicts the life of painter Séraphine de Senlis, played by Yolande Moreau. Music Box Films will release the film within the coming months. Both Mesrine, a two-part biopic on gangster Jacques Mesrine, and Le premier jour du reste de ta vie, a family drama starring Jacques Gamblin and Zabou Breitman, went home with two awards apiece. According to the IMDb, Mesrine will be released in the US by a company called Senator, and though Le premier jour du reste de ta vie is without US distribution, the DVD was released on Region 1 in Canada from Séville Pictures on 3 February. Waltz with Bashir took home the Best Foreign Film prize, a category often dominated by American films; previous winners include Little Miss Sunshine, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Lost in Translation, Bowling for Columbine and Mulholland Drive, as well as non-American films The Lives of Others and In the Mood for Love. Agnès Varda was awarded with the César for Best Documentary for Les plages d'Agnès, which will be released by Cinema Guild in the US sometime this year. Like all award shows, the Césars have their strengths and weaknesses. Awarding a director for their first feature film adds a nice touch, even if their choice this year (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) was pretty awful; previous winners in that category have included Persepolis, Quand la mer monte... [When the Sea Rises...], Depuis qu'Otar est parti... [Since Otar Left...], Darwin's Nightmare, No Man's Land and Ressources humaines [Human Resources]. However, the usual gray area arises in their "newcomer" category, of which I couldn't find any set regulations. Doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose when this year's winner, Déborah François, has already been nominated in that category twice before (for L'enfant and La tourneuse de pages [The Page Turner])? I've reposted all the nominees below with the winner in bold.Meilleur film français [Best French Film]
Entre les murs [The Class] - dir. Laurent Cantet
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime [I've Loved You So Long] - dir. Philippe Claudel
Mesrine (Mesrine: L'instinct de mort; Mesrine: L'ennemi public n° 1) - dir. Jean-François Richet
Paris - dir. Cédric Klapisch
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie [The First Day of the Rest of Your Life] - dir. Rémi Bezançon
Séraphine - dir. Martin Provost
Un conte de Noël [A Christmas Tale] - dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Meilleur réalisateur [Best Director]
Rémi Bezançon - Mesrine
Laurent Cantet - Entre les murs
Arnaud Desplechin - Un conte de Noël
Martin Provost - Séraphine
Jean-François Richet - Mesrine
Meilleur acteur [Best Actor]
Vincent Cassel - Mesrine
François-Xavier Demaison - Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec
Guillaume Depardieu - Versailles
Albert Dupontel - Deux jours à tuer
Jacques Gamblin - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Meilleure actrice [Best Actress]
Catherine Frot - Le crime est notre affaire
Yolande Moreau - Séraphine
Kristin Scott Thomas - Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Tilda Swinton - Julia
Sylvia Testud - Sagan
Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle [Supporting Actor]
Benjamin Biolay - Stella
Claude Rich - Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera
Jean-Paul Roussillon - Un conte de Noël
Pierre Vaneck - Deux jours à tuer
Roschdy Zem - La fille de Monaco
Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle [Supporting Actress]
Jeanne Balibar - Sagan
Anne Consigny - Un conte de Noël
Edith Scob - L'heure d'été
Karin Viard - Paris
Elsa Zylberstein - Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Meilleur premier film [Best First Film]
Home - dir. Ursula Meier
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime - dir. Philippe Claudel
Mascarades - dir. Lyes Salem
Pour elle - dir. Fred Cavayé
Versailles - dir. Pierre Schoeller
Meilleur scénario original [Original Screenplay]
Séraphine - Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie - Rémi Bezançon
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis [Welcome to the Sticks] - Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime - Philippe Claudel
Un conte de Noël - Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu
Meilleur scénario adaptation [Adapted Screenplay]
Deux jours à tuer - Eric Assous, Jérôme Beaujour, Jean Becker, François d'Épenoux
Le crime est notre affaire - François Caviglioli, Pascal Thomas
Entre les murs - François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
Mesrine - Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet
La belle personne - Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand
Meilleure photographie [Best Cinematography]
Séraphine - Laurent Brunet
Mesrine - Robert Gantz
Un conte de Noël - Eric Gautier
Home - Agnès Godard
Faubourg 36 [Paris 36] - Tom Stern
Meilleur film étranger [Best Foreign Film]
Eldorado - dir. Bouli Lanners - Belgium
Gomorra [Gomorrah] - dir. Matteo Garrone - Italy
Into the Wild - dir. Sean Penn - USA
Le silence de Lorna [Lorna's Silence] - dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - Belgium
There Will Be Blood - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson - USA
Two Lovers - dir. James Gray - USA
Valse avec Bashir [Waltz with Bashir] - dir. Ari Folman - Israel
Meilleur film documentaire [Best Documentary]
Elle s'appelle Sabine [Her Name Is Sabine] - dir. Sandrine Bonnaire
J'irai dormir à Hollywood [Hollywood, I'll Sleep over Tonight] - dir. Antoine de Maximy
Les plages d'Agnès [The Beaches of Agnès] - dir. Agnès Varda
Tabarly - dir. Pierre Marcel
La vie moderne [Modern Life] - dir. Raymond Depardon
Meilleur espoir masculin [Best Male Newcomer]
Ralph Amoussou - Aide-toi, le ciel t’aidera
Laurent Capelluto - Un conte de Noël
Marc-André Grondin - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet - La belle personne
Pio Marmai - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Meilleur espoir féminin [Best Female Newcomer]
Marilou Berry - Vilaine
Louise Bourgoin - La fille de Monaco
Anaïs Demoustier - Les grandes personnes
Déborah François - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Léa Seydoux - La belle personne
Meilleur court métrage [Best Short Film]
Les miettes - dir. Pierre Pinaud
Les paradis perdus - dir. Hélier Cisterne
Skhizein - dir. Jérémy Clapin
Taxi Wala - dir. Lola Frederich
Une leçon particulière - dir. Raphaël Chevènement
Entre les murs [The Class] - dir. Laurent Cantet
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime [I've Loved You So Long] - dir. Philippe Claudel
Mesrine (Mesrine: L'instinct de mort; Mesrine: L'ennemi public n° 1) - dir. Jean-François Richet
Paris - dir. Cédric Klapisch
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie [The First Day of the Rest of Your Life] - dir. Rémi Bezançon
Séraphine - dir. Martin Provost
Un conte de Noël [A Christmas Tale] - dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Meilleur réalisateur [Best Director]
Rémi Bezançon - Mesrine
Laurent Cantet - Entre les murs
Arnaud Desplechin - Un conte de Noël
Martin Provost - Séraphine
Jean-François Richet - Mesrine
Meilleur acteur [Best Actor]
Vincent Cassel - Mesrine
François-Xavier Demaison - Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec
Guillaume Depardieu - Versailles
Albert Dupontel - Deux jours à tuer
Jacques Gamblin - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Meilleure actrice [Best Actress]
Catherine Frot - Le crime est notre affaire
Yolande Moreau - Séraphine
Kristin Scott Thomas - Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Tilda Swinton - Julia
Sylvia Testud - Sagan
Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle [Supporting Actor]
Benjamin Biolay - Stella
Claude Rich - Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera
Jean-Paul Roussillon - Un conte de Noël
Pierre Vaneck - Deux jours à tuer
Roschdy Zem - La fille de Monaco
Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle [Supporting Actress]
Jeanne Balibar - Sagan
Anne Consigny - Un conte de Noël
Edith Scob - L'heure d'été
Karin Viard - Paris
Elsa Zylberstein - Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
Meilleur premier film [Best First Film]
Home - dir. Ursula Meier
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime - dir. Philippe Claudel
Mascarades - dir. Lyes Salem
Pour elle - dir. Fred Cavayé
Versailles - dir. Pierre Schoeller
Meilleur scénario original [Original Screenplay]
Séraphine - Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost
Le premier jour du reste de ta vie - Rémi Bezançon
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis [Welcome to the Sticks] - Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime - Philippe Claudel
Un conte de Noël - Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu
Meilleur scénario adaptation [Adapted Screenplay]
Deux jours à tuer - Eric Assous, Jérôme Beaujour, Jean Becker, François d'Épenoux
Le crime est notre affaire - François Caviglioli, Pascal Thomas
Entre les murs - François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
Mesrine - Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet
La belle personne - Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand
Meilleure photographie [Best Cinematography]
Séraphine - Laurent Brunet
Mesrine - Robert Gantz
Un conte de Noël - Eric Gautier
Home - Agnès Godard
Faubourg 36 [Paris 36] - Tom Stern
Meilleur film étranger [Best Foreign Film]
Eldorado - dir. Bouli Lanners - Belgium
Gomorra [Gomorrah] - dir. Matteo Garrone - Italy
Into the Wild - dir. Sean Penn - USA
Le silence de Lorna [Lorna's Silence] - dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - Belgium
There Will Be Blood - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson - USA
Two Lovers - dir. James Gray - USA
Valse avec Bashir [Waltz with Bashir] - dir. Ari Folman - Israel
Meilleur film documentaire [Best Documentary]
Elle s'appelle Sabine [Her Name Is Sabine] - dir. Sandrine Bonnaire
J'irai dormir à Hollywood [Hollywood, I'll Sleep over Tonight] - dir. Antoine de Maximy
Les plages d'Agnès [The Beaches of Agnès] - dir. Agnès Varda
Tabarly - dir. Pierre Marcel
La vie moderne [Modern Life] - dir. Raymond Depardon
Meilleur espoir masculin [Best Male Newcomer]
Ralph Amoussou - Aide-toi, le ciel t’aidera
Laurent Capelluto - Un conte de Noël
Marc-André Grondin - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet - La belle personne
Pio Marmai - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Meilleur espoir féminin [Best Female Newcomer]
Marilou Berry - Vilaine
Louise Bourgoin - La fille de Monaco
Anaïs Demoustier - Les grandes personnes
Déborah François - Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Léa Seydoux - La belle personne
Meilleur court métrage [Best Short Film]
Les miettes - dir. Pierre Pinaud
Les paradis perdus - dir. Hélier Cisterne
Skhizein - dir. Jérémy Clapin
Taxi Wala - dir. Lola Frederich
Une leçon particulière - dir. Raphaël Chevènement
Suzuki, Lang, an untalented actress' cans can't justify a theatrical release and some talking dinosaurs for good measure...
Apologies for not updating the blog sooner, but my Internet connection has been a hot mess all week. Hopefully yesterday's schizophrenic day will be the last of those woes. Also, I must have written a DVD release update blog in one of my dreams, because I seem to recall mentioning some of these releases on here before... but a quick search provided those thoughts false. So whoops... or maybe I forgot to publish that particular blog. Alas... here are some DVD updates.
Two Seijun Suzuki will make their U.S. DVD debuts in the coming months. The first, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards, will be released through Kino on 19 February. The second, A Tale of Sorrow (also translated as Story of Sorrow and Sadness or A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness), will be out from Cinema Epoch on 2 June. Also upcoming from Kino is Tan Ida's action flick 3 Seconds Before Explosion on 19 May, as well as the critically acclaimed Momma's Man from director Azazel Jacobs, on 5 May. Jacobs' previous feature The GoodTimesKid is slated to be Benten Films' next release sometime this summer.
Kimstim, who released DVDs through Kino, are boxing together their four Alain Resnais films for a 28 April release. The titles are Life Is a Bed of Roses [La vie est un roman], Love unto Death [L'amour à mort], Mélo and I Want to Go Home [Je veux rentrer à la maison]. I would doubt any new material has been added to the discs for this release. Image Entertainment are bringing Woody Allen's first directing foray What's Up Tiger Lily? out from the vaults on 16 June (helpful suggestion: sell your old copy now, as it goes for about $40 used on Amazon.com). Fritz Lang's Man Hunt will make its DVD premiere from 20th Century Fox on 19 February as well. Magnolia is putting their two recent Wayne Wang films out on 26 May. They are A Thousand Yeard of Good Prayers and The Princess of Nebraska and will be available together or separate. Magnolia also moved the date for James Gray's Two Lovers to 30 June.
MGM has announced a handful of action/western/war flicks for 12 May. The choice pick of the five titles (though I haven't seen any of them) is Frank Perry's Doc, the much-disliked western with Faye Dunaway and Stacy Keach. The other four are: Raoul Walsh's The King and Four Queens with Clark Gable, J. Lee Thompson's North West Frontier with Herbert Lom and Lauren Bacall, Karl Malden's Time Limit with Richard Widmark, Rip Torn, Richard Basehart and June Lockhart (nice cast, eh?) and Burt Kennedy's Young Billy Young with Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson and David Carradine. Also look for a 50th Anniversary Edition of Pillow Talk from Universal on 14 April.
There's also a good number of films you've likely never heard of starring people you have lined up. Morgan Spurlock's distribution company, formerly Arts Alliance America and now Virgil Films, set a 12 May date for M. Blash's Lying, starring Chloë Sevigny, Jena Malone, Leelee Sobieski and Meryl Streep's son Henry Grummer. Also on tap from Virgil is Richard Ledes' The Caller, with Frank Langella, Elliott Gould and Laura Harring, on 7 April. Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas star in While She Was Out, a thriller produced by Guillermo del Toro, from Anchor Bay on 28 April. Michelle Pfeiffer should pray that her performance in Stephen Frears' Chéri is as good as everyone was claiming it would be last year, because another film of hers is heading straight-to-video. Personal Effects, which also stars Kathy Bates and Ashton Kutcher, will hit shelves on 12 May from Screen Media Films (who have a tendency to release 'doomed' films with big stars like Smother with Diane Keaton and Battle in Seattle with Charlize Theron).
Brittany Murphy is an American in Tokyo in The Ramen Girl, a romantic comedy from director Robert Allan Ackerman that will be out through Image on 26 May. The film also stars Sohee Park (Big Bang Love). Daniel Barnz's directorial debut Phoebe in Wonderland, which premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival, will be out from ThinkFilm/Image on 23 June. Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning, Campbell Scott and Bill Pullman star. Image will release yet another star-studded (but apparently ill-fated) film, Powder Blue on 9 June. The film, which will be better known as the film a couple of straight dudes mentioned to me last year where Jessica Biel takes her top off, also stars Kris Kristofferson, Lisa Kudrow, Ray Liotta, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker and two Swayzes (Patrick and brother Don)! Those guys forgot to mention whether any of the other actors were doing the same.
Howard Hawks' El Dorado and John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (one of my personal faves) will be the two latest releases in Paramount's Centennial Collection. Anchor Bay will release Elie Chouraqui's almost-unwatchable O Jerusalem, which laughably chronicles the religious struggle for Israel and stars Saïd Taghmaoui, JJ Feild, Patrick Bruel and a hammy Ian Holm, on 12 May. The week prior to that, Anchor Bay will release Adam Rifkin's Look with Giuseppe Andrews. Miramax is releasing their first catalogue title in over three years with Mike Newell's Enchanted April, which stars Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, Jim Broadbent and Alfred Molina. Let's hope they don't wait as long to get their other films out there. Menemsha Films are releasing Sam Garbarski's (Irina Palm) Rashevski's Tango [Le tango des Rashevski], starring Hippolyte Girardot and Jonathan Zaccaï on 28 April.
I was unaware (and likely unwilling to notice) that the Steven Spielberg-produced animated film We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story won't make its official DVD debut until 26 May. Funny story about that film... When I was about 10 or 11, my parents signed me up for some lame, populist cartoon animation after-school class. The teacher was a total dolt who looked like Dom DeLuise. His talents at teaching and "drawing" were limited, so he was basically an overpaid babysitter. Among the fellow "students" was the classic brown-noser, a portly mouth-breather who'd taken at least three other classes with Dom. Thanks to both of those morons' love for John Goodman, we got to spend our entire class session "drawing" while being visually "inspired" by watching We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. It was the continuation of the John Goodman lovefest that had begun earlier with that hideous live-action Flintstones movie, which I remember Dom had rented from Blockbuster the day it was released on VHS. The fucking movie hadn't been on home video for more than twenty-four hours and that parasitic brown-noser had memorized at least three-fourths of the entire movie! I remember him being particularly amused by something about John Goodman's toes during a bowling scene. I also strangely remember a barefooted Elizabeth Taylor being a terrifying sight. Anyway, I don't plan to relive that experience by picking up We're Back when it makes its overdue(?) premiere to DVD, but hey, if John Goodman isn't enough for you, the vocal talents of Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno, Julia Child (!), Walter Cronkite, Yeardley Smith and Martin Short are also on display!
I digress... rounding up this DVD update are three titles unavailable in the US coming on Region 2. Jack Smight's action/comedy Kaleidoscope starring Susannah York and Warren Beatty comes on 20 April from Digital Classics. They're also putting out Mel Ferrer's Green Mansions, which stars Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, on 6 April. Mary Lambert's Siesta is its European DVD premiere in Germany from Concorde 16 April. I actually haven't seen it, but I remember thinking the word siesta meant something really slutty after walking past the box at Blockbuster nearly every time I rented a video. After looking at the cast, it appears to matter even less whether it's good or not. How could I say no a film with Ellen Barkin, Julian Sands, Isabella Rossellini, Gabriel Byrne, Grace Jones, Martin Sheen and Jodie Foster? That's all for now.
Ways to Keep Cool
As you had clearly notice from my previous entry, I had been like a valcano, errupting ever so suddenly and "passionately", using all sorts of foul words that my mum would frown and disapprove of...
In order to make myself calm down, I've tried all sorts of ways, and luckily they worked... Thus the calm and cool me now -_- (hopefully this will last for a few days).
There are several ways to make my temper subside which I force myself to comply (eehh...its very hard lah...especially when I'm in the midst of it)....
Ways to becoming a calmer you (or rather, me!!):
1. Kenny G songs... No, I don't mean youusing your last breath of energy blowing the saxaphone. Its listening to his songs... Its like really really soothing and it seems to have a magical sense of calming effect coming from the instrument. As one of the member of woodwind family, the music blown out really could be mind-blowing (okay, a vague pun intended).
2. No spicy food. If you are not into spicy food, then hurray, you save yourself a trouble. Some people won't get agitated after consuming spicy food but I guess, I'm one of the unlucky ones to get feverish ( you know, where the spiciness just numbs your tongue and you can't feel a thing and you start to get dizzy then you start to snap at every person talking to you wtf while sticking your tongue out like a dog -_- and wish that there's a big glass of icy Coke in front of you that instance??)....
In order to make myself calm down, I've tried all sorts of ways, and luckily they worked... Thus the calm and cool me now -_- (hopefully this will last for a few days).
There are several ways to make my temper subside which I force myself to comply (eehh...its very hard lah...especially when I'm in the midst of it)....
Ways to becoming a calmer you (or rather, me!!):
1. Kenny G songs... No, I don't mean youusing your last breath of energy blowing the saxaphone. Its listening to his songs... Its like really really soothing and it seems to have a magical sense of calming effect coming from the instrument. As one of the member of woodwind family, the music blown out really could be mind-blowing (okay, a vague pun intended).
2. No spicy food. If you are not into spicy food, then hurray, you save yourself a trouble. Some people won't get agitated after consuming spicy food but I guess, I'm one of the unlucky ones to get feverish ( you know, where the spiciness just numbs your tongue and you can't feel a thing and you start to get dizzy then you start to snap at every person talking to you wtf while sticking your tongue out like a dog -_- and wish that there's a big glass of icy Coke in front of you that instance??).... But I do love spicy food so.... ummm... I haven't really been depending on this way to cool down
3. Meditate?? The question mark here is that I don't know how to meditate using the correct way so I went to check up some website and found this where it helps users throughout the process of contemplation which we should blank out our mind and listen to every sound it protudes ( you know, the regular birds chirping and water flowing sounds where a gal speaks solemnly and lowly??)...
You can find it at http://www.labyrinth.org.uk/onlinelabyrinthpage1.html if you wanna try it out. It does help a bit..
4. Sleep. Haha.. I think this is the best way that my temper could hurt nobody as I'm quiet as a lamb here -_- And I really do feel fresh after a nap and thus the valcano activity will subside subsequently.
3. Meditate?? The question mark here is that I don't know how to meditate using the correct way so I went to check up some website and found this where it helps users throughout the process of contemplation which we should blank out our mind and listen to every sound it protudes ( you know, the regular birds chirping and water flowing sounds where a gal speaks solemnly and lowly??)...
You can find it at http://www.labyrinth.org.uk/onlinelabyrinthpage1.html if you wanna try it out. It does help a bit..
4. Sleep. Haha.. I think this is the best way that my temper could hurt nobody as I'm quiet as a lamb here -_- And I really do feel fresh after a nap and thus the valcano activity will subside subsequently.5. Take a deep breath. When I'm finding myself going to explode with foul words and cursing like there's no hell, I will turn away from the source of fire and take a few deep breaths to cool down. Really works!!! And sometimes I would clench my fist tightly while breathing (I'm not getting ready to fight, k??)
I'm not sure whether they would work on you, but it did help me a lot... I do hope that I did not hurt anyone (yup, I mean you, Yoong) in the process of getting pissed off...
PHD or Job?
I can't decide...
I need money
In this kinda economic crisis, retrenchment everywhere, business are slow...
Although I've got a job offer, but I haven't sign any contract, its a rish to continue waiting for them...
But PHD is so tough...
Aarrggghhhh... Fed Up!!!
I need money Something To Do
As I've been in a very foul mood for the past few days, right now, I'm gonna stop my growling and ranting and proceed to do something more soothing and useful and sensible.
Thus, after browsing through Suet Li's blog (http://www.sweatlee.com/), she recommended a site where we could change our pictures to Poladroid form - http://poladroid.net/ (like the ones where you get instant photos and you have to shake'em dry)
You have to 1st download and install the software (which is absolutely free) before using it on your com.
Just click onto the picture and drag them to the model and just wait for it to process.
You can either just let it dry by itself or shake'em to quicken the drying process (By the way, the model really do make such a loud noise that makes me and bf jumped).
There you go, some really stylish form pictures.. you can even add words underneath it (well, that's up to the job of photoshop or paint)
Thus, after browsing through Suet Li's blog (http://www.sweatlee.com/), she recommended a site where we could change our pictures to Poladroid form - http://poladroid.net/ (like the ones where you get instant photos and you have to shake'em dry)
You have to 1st download and install the software (which is absolutely free) before using it on your com.
Just click onto the picture and drag them to the model and just wait for it to process.You can either just let it dry by itself or shake'em to quicken the drying process (By the way, the model really do make such a loud noise that makes me and bf jumped).
There you go, some really stylish form pictures.. you can even add words underneath it (well, that's up to the job of photoshop or paint)5043 MUST PASS
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack Obama
Dear Readers,
Please contribute to my poll on blog left!
Overpopulation is a slow, agonizing death, and the Philippine's should really change its course in order to curb it.
Seeing it happen especially in the country's most distressed areas, with people living in dire conditions, makes it twice as much heart-wrenching.
Children, children and more children.
I'm sure these kids are oblivious to the fact that they don't have ready access to basic services.
They will probably never go to school, or finish if they are lucky enough to be in one. And maybe, they will not eat tonight because their parents are having a difficult time making ends meet.
I'm also sure that, as adults, they are most likely to pass on the problem to their children to solve, and the children of their children, unless something is done to break the never-ending vicious cycle.
Your country needs an effective nationwide population control program.
And for that to happen, you have to pass into law Bill no. 5043.
Poverty has a direct link to overpopulation and that is a fact.
But the trend towards overpopulation can be restrained, if not totally stopped.
That said and yet allowing people to wallow in abject poverty as a result of something which is, otherwise, preventable is a sin.
Not to mention CRUEL, in my humble opinion.
The Catholic Church should really rethink its position on the issue of artificial birth control and contraceptives. As your Senator Biazon said "the Church should touch base with their flock" and see the reality on the ground.
Birth control by "natural means" or even abstinence is not for everyone.
It obviously does not work for everybody.
Either that, or the Church, who continues to advocate this method over and above artificial means, isn't doing its job very well.
Until the Church changes its stand against the use of contraceptives, and remains unaccepting to the idea that birth control by artificial means is a feasible and morally acceptable alternative to natural birth control, then really, I don't see any reason for them to get involved with the dialogue, right?
It is like asking ANONS, who constantly criticize me about my posts or my opinions, but wouldn't (or couldn't?) offer their take on the issue when asked for one, yes?
With so much(?) following and influence, I believe an organization as big as the Catholic Church has MUCH to contribute in order to stop a disaster waiting to happen.
There is, and should always be, a separation of church and state.
But it doesn't mean that one should work against the other.
The Catholic Church should devote its resources (read:wealth) into contributing more positively, rather than undermining the efforts of the state, may it be through the pulpit, or through prayer rallies and marches.
Because, in the end, church and state belong to one society.
OURS.
The Catholic Church is not infallible as many believe it to be.
Did it not fail myself and other sexually abused children who lost their innocence at the hands of sexual predators in robes? Were it not for myself... telling, Father Ghurka (my EVIL abuser) would have been reassigned to another parish, ready to prey on your precious children........
(this is an ongoing Vatican policy, the manual of which was enforced by the current Pope who as you know, I can't stand!)
What about saving souls and teaching morals?
I think they also failed miserably on this, right Gucci Gang?
What about allowances from gambling money?
Isn't gambling a vice?
I don't get it.
I'm sure this is where the Tim Yap gets the idea to justify poker week at Embassy... for charity.
If the clergy can condone it, so why couldn't Tim Yap, right?
And what about misinforming the faithful that the HIV virus can pass through condoms because there are small 'holes' on condoms?
Huh?
I mean, they are willing to sacrifice public health and safety, just so they can justify their stand against using contraceptives?
EVIL!
I'm sure there are lot more, but let's not dwell on those.
Let's focus on the issue at hand and ask, will the Catholic Church fail its faithful once again?"
Another BIG Stink Down Under
my super gay tabo is even pinker if you can believe it, but my tabo is in the shower of course.
I LOVE toilet paper I'm afraid.
Lots and lots of it.
Dear Readers,
Our gorgeous Australian based Filipina reporter Gigi Grande has just filed this report from down under.
You might remember Gigi was the reporter who came to my farm in Australia for the first interview I gave at the beginning of the saga.
Classic Gigi Grande!!!
I loved her because she so thoughtfully brought me a basket of organic fruits and breads which I devoured. Her male assistant was also very sweet.
I was in shock because she was so genuine and sensitive to my feelings. Not at all exploitative. I'll never forget it.
The fruit was incredible and so was Gigi.
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OFW in toilet habit mess in Australia faces new problem
I LOVE toilet paper I'm afraid.
Lots and lots of it.
Dear Readers,
Our gorgeous Australian based Filipina reporter Gigi Grande has just filed this report from down under.
You might remember Gigi was the reporter who came to my farm in Australia for the first interview I gave at the beginning of the saga.
Classic Gigi Grande!!!
I loved her because she so thoughtfully brought me a basket of organic fruits and breads which I devoured. Her male assistant was also very sweet.
I was in shock because she was so genuine and sensitive to my feelings. Not at all exploitative. I'll never forget it.
The fruit was incredible and so was Gigi.
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OFW in toilet habit mess in Australia faces new problem
An overseas Filipino worker who got fired for his “un-Australian” toilet habits and later rehired is now planning to file a complaint against his employer.
Amadeo “Buddy” Bernabe claims that he’s a victim of harassment because paint thinner was poured over his toilet paper or "baby wipes" causing him injury.
Last January, Bernabe was fired because he used water instead of tissue paper to clean himself after bowel movements.
After the union backed his case, he was asked to return to work. His company, Townsville Engineering Industries (TEI) in Australia, had promised to sponsor his family and guarantee him a job in the next four years.
"Ang hiningi lang nila sa akin is, I will not use water anymore to wash my ass. Instead su-supply-an nila ako ng wet tissue or baby wipes," Bernabe said.
However, Bernabe, along with six other OFWs in the company, were fired a week later allegedly due to the company’s weakening business brought about by the global economic crisis.
Days before their contracts were set to end, Bernabe claimed he was a victim of harassment in the workplace. He said the toilet wipes he kept in his toolbox were doused with paint thinner.
"Yong dapat kung gawin, ginawa ko na. After that magpupunas na ako ng puwet ko, kumuha ako ng wipes. After pagkuha ko ng wipes deretsong punas siya, biglang nag-iinit. Parang nasusunog ‘yong balat ko sa puwet. ‘Nung naano ko, biglang umalingasaw yung amoy. It's thinner. Paint thinner. Which is napaka-delikado sa balat natin," Bernabe said.
His claim was confirmed by a Townsville doctor. He immediately filed a police report.
The Townsville police is set to investigate TEI to determine who was behind the incident. Bernabe is also set to file two other cases of assault against the company.
Now, Bernabe is asking the Philippine government to assist him.
“Walang nagtatanong. Walang tumatawag. Walang kumokontak, as in totally wala. Walang communication sa akin. Hihingi ko sana ng pansin kay [Executive] Secretary [Eduardo] Ermita na kung pwede eh pukpukin ‘yong dapat pukpukin na tao para umalalay sa akin," he said. Report from Gigi Grande, ABS-CBN News, Townsville, Australia.
What do you think readers?
Wonky Eye's Part 2
Gimme NO MO of this crap Twister!
MoTwister is so biased when it come to Vicky Belo.
I mean just listen to him.
He sacrifices so much credibility for this rubbish.
He's practically crawling up Belo's stinky vajayjay on his hands AND knees.
Just fuck her Twister and get it over with, if you already haven't.
How can you look into her eyes without laughing mate?
STOP PROMOTING BELO TWISTER.
IT"S PATHETIC.
You are becoming part of the problem mate.
With eyes like hers, Vicky Belo should NOT be promoting her 'skills' to anyone.
I mean look at her face!
Her eyes are totally fucked up.
FUCKED UP FACE with wonky eyes!
And MoTwister is a big shit stirrer for sure.
Planned questions with planned sound bites to cause hurt for others.
Nothing original or creative here Mo.
Just feeding Filipinos more bullshit and flakiness.
Have they not had enough Twister?
Well?
Is it all about plastic surgery Mo?
Is THIS what the Philippines needs right now?
You talking to Wonky Eyes about plastic surgery and her fucking money grubby toy boys?
PATHETIC!
Good thing you're in the Philippines mate.
You will always have a job there.
Because you know the tricks to maintain your relevancy.
Nothing original and just play along.......
Promote these LOSERS whenever you can... or when you need ratings.
Really Mo?
Belo?
Who's next mate?
Boy?
Is this what constitutes newsworthyness in the Philippines?
ANYONE could do this job!
People sideswiped by a petty FAKE surgeon and her poodle Twister for ratings and shock value.
You actually look like her poodle Mo.
Did Vicky provide you with the questions?
Just wondering........ because they are the most STOOPID questions ever!
A truly weak performance with typical results.
I'm sure you will get great ex deals Twister, when your own face falls apart and you need Belo's help to keep you looking so pretty.
Pathetic lack of principles on Twisters part, for sure.
How does Twister get away with so much shit stirring?
He is a BEST friend of Belo which makes this all the more ridiculous.
Not at all objective.
A complete kiss ass really.
He has her ass fluff in his teeth.
I'm so disappointed.
Maybe Vicky has worked on Twisters face already?!
I'm losing respect for him, slowly.....because he is a side taker for sure.
Too many fingers in too many pies I reckon.
STOP promoting this loser Vicky Belo Twister.
You're becoming as bad as they are really.
Vicky Belo is a giant fraud and you LOVE her, it's so obvious.
MoTwister, you are just like them now!
Mo, you sound like a fucking sycophant!
WHERE is your objectivity mate??????
You have none.
Get out of bed with BELO Twister or you will lose the respect of your fans.
It's pathetic.
You are doing a GREAT disservice to the Philippines when you promote this whore with a scalpel.
It's a shame.
Like Dr(?) Vicky Belo's wonky eye's.
Boy and Belo in a Major TWIST! Part 1
Wow, watch this!
Shit stirring or what?
Cheap and nasty for sure on BOTH their parts.
Belo AND Twister!
Planned cheap and nastiness!
I found it cruel and totally unnecessary.
I actually almost (but not quite) felt for Boy Abunda because it was SUCH a low nasty blow.
PLANNED and executed with little flair or originality I must say.
SO easy Twister.....
Too easy.
Aim higher mate.
All three of you should.
No Mood To Write
I'm super pissed off now with all the crap going on in my life... Speak about bad luck...
I think this is the baddest luck of all in my entire life...
1st my freakin visa, then I got con into some stupid internet scam (dumbass me!!!), canceling my credit card, then my avant fucking browser is not working (or is it blogspot??)!!!
I can't see all my applications in blogspot now which meant no chance of reading other's blogs and leaving comments -_- wtf
Blogging is totally my life and now, they (the internet browser and blogspot and the internet and the laptop) freakin ruining my life by prohibiting me to fully utilize my blog... Shitty asshole...
I think I need to meditate -_-
I need to cool myself down to reach nirvana state and think about all the good things in life wtf!!! Before I get my ass into trouble and land myself with some deepshit problem...( -_- x 100 )
Video to cheer me up:
I think this is the baddest luck of all in my entire life...
1st my freakin visa, then I got con into some stupid internet scam (dumbass me!!!), canceling my credit card, then my avant fucking browser is not working (or is it blogspot??)!!!
I can't see all my applications in blogspot now which meant no chance of reading other's blogs and leaving comments -_- wtf
Blogging is totally my life and now, they (the internet browser and blogspot and the internet and the laptop) freakin ruining my life by prohibiting me to fully utilize my blog... Shitty asshole...
I think I need to meditate -_-
I need to cool myself down to reach nirvana state and think about all the good things in life wtf!!! Before I get my ass into trouble and land myself with some deepshit problem...( -_- x 100 )
Video to cheer me up:
2009 Notebook: Vol 7
I promise a full round-up tomorrow night! I'm on a Woody Allen/Pedro Almodóvar kick at the moment, and it's treating me well. I couldn't resist watching Isabelle Adjani in all her carnal glory in Possession, which is the first film I've viewed twice in 2009. I didn't count Zack and Miri Make a Porno as it was the most inspid ten minutes I've endured in a long time before ejecting it from my DVD player. I know plenty of people whose opinions I respect that "didn't mind it," so perhaps it improves, but I can no longer tolerate the nauseating mix of fourth-grade boy potty humor and earnest romance.
The New Favorites
In the City of Sylvia [En la ciudad de Sylvia] - dir. José Luis Guerín - 2007 - Spain - N/A - with Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de Ayala
Revisited: The Old Favorites
All About My Mother [Todo sobre mi madre] - dir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1999 - Spain - Sony Pictures Classics - with Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardá, Candela Peña, Toni Cantó, Eloy Azorín
Deconstructing Harry - dir. Woody Allen - 1997 - USA - Fine Line Features - with Woody Allen, Hazelle Goodman, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban, Elisabeth Shue, Billy Crystal, Kirstie Alley, Eric Lloyd, Robin Williams, Demi Moore, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stanley Tucci, Richard Benjamin, Mariel Hemingway, Caroline Aaron, Amy Irving, Julie Kavner, Tobey Maguire, Stephanie Roth
Fat Girl [À ma soeur!] - dir. Catherine Breillat - 2001 - France/Italy - Criterion - with Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti
Possession - dir. Andrzej Żuławski - France/West Germany - 1981 - Blue Underground - with Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennett, Margit Carstensen, Michael Hogben, Johanna Hofer
Talk to Her [Hable con ella] - dir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2002 - Spain - Sony Pictures Classics - with Darío Grandinetti, Javier Cámara, Lenor Watling, Rosario Flores, Mariola Fuentes, Gerladine Chaplin, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, Paz Vega, Fele Martínez, Elena Anaya
Revisited: Les Autres
Basic Instinct - dir. Paul Verhoeven - 1992 - USA/France - Tri-Star - with Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things - dir. Asia Argento - 2004 - USA/UK/France/Japan - with Asia Argento, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Jimmy Bennett, Jeremy Renner, Marilyn Manson, Peter Fonda, Ornella Muti, Kip Pardue, John Robinson, Ben Foster, Lydia Lunch, Jeremy Sisto, Michael Pitt
Mighty Aphrodite - dir. Woody Allen - 1995 - USA - Miramax - with Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Peter Weller, Michael Rapaport, Olympia Dukakis
Wild at Heart - dir. David Lynch - 1990 - USA - MGM - with Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman, Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Zabriskie, Calvin Lockhart, David Patrick Kelly, Sherilyn Fenn, Crispin Glover, Freddie Jones, John Lurie, Jack Nance, Sheryl Lee
The New Favorites
In the City of Sylvia [En la ciudad de Sylvia] - dir. José Luis Guerín - 2007 - Spain - N/A - with Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de AyalaRevisited: The Old Favorites
All About My Mother [Todo sobre mi madre] - dir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1999 - Spain - Sony Pictures Classics - with Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Antonia San Juan, Rosa María Sardá, Candela Peña, Toni Cantó, Eloy Azorín
Deconstructing Harry - dir. Woody Allen - 1997 - USA - Fine Line Features - with Woody Allen, Hazelle Goodman, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban, Elisabeth Shue, Billy Crystal, Kirstie Alley, Eric Lloyd, Robin Williams, Demi Moore, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stanley Tucci, Richard Benjamin, Mariel Hemingway, Caroline Aaron, Amy Irving, Julie Kavner, Tobey Maguire, Stephanie Roth
Fat Girl [À ma soeur!] - dir. Catherine Breillat - 2001 - France/Italy - Criterion - with Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti
Possession - dir. Andrzej Żuławski - France/West Germany - 1981 - Blue Underground - with Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennett, Margit Carstensen, Michael Hogben, Johanna Hofer
Talk to Her [Hable con ella] - dir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2002 - Spain - Sony Pictures Classics - with Darío Grandinetti, Javier Cámara, Lenor Watling, Rosario Flores, Mariola Fuentes, Gerladine Chaplin, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, Paz Vega, Fele Martínez, Elena AnayaRevisited: Les Autres
Basic Instinct - dir. Paul Verhoeven - 1992 - USA/France - Tri-Star - with Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things - dir. Asia Argento - 2004 - USA/UK/France/Japan - with Asia Argento, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Jimmy Bennett, Jeremy Renner, Marilyn Manson, Peter Fonda, Ornella Muti, Kip Pardue, John Robinson, Ben Foster, Lydia Lunch, Jeremy Sisto, Michael Pitt
Mighty Aphrodite - dir. Woody Allen - 1995 - USA - Miramax - with Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Peter Weller, Michael Rapaport, Olympia Dukakis
Wild at Heart - dir. David Lynch - 1990 - USA - MGM - with Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman, Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Zabriskie, Calvin Lockhart, David Patrick Kelly, Sherilyn Fenn, Crispin Glover, Freddie Jones, John Lurie, Jack Nance, Sheryl Lee
Two Powerful Woman
First Lady Michelle Obama with White House Executive Chef Criseta Comerford
Barack and Michelle Obama at their first official White House dinner for the America's Governors
I LOVE Michelle Obama so much, for a million reasons really.
Not only because she retained Criseta Comerford, the most famous Filipina chef in America to cook for her family, but also because she lets the cameras everywhere, so we can see what's going on inside the most famous house in the world.
She is a true first lady.
So stylish beyond the norm with such a fantastic flare for fashion.
She is perfectly GORGEOUS and the most brilliant intellectual woman to ever live in the White House, and this includes Eleanor Roosevelt I reckon.
A woman like Michelle Obama is something that has sadly been missing for the last eight years in Washington.
America exhales... finally.
But where will their library go?
Oh no! New Yorker bids farewell. What's going to happen to Céline et Julie??
Faggy-licious
Why I bother reading user comments about the Oscar show is an issue that I should address with my analyst, but as I did again this year, hearing people bitch and moan about Hollywood's "liberal agenda" being thrown out in acceptance speeches just annoys me to no end. "I want escapism," I heard one person say... well, fine, go see Taken again. The Oscars are, and have always been, self-congratulatory, so unless that's your idea of "escapism," I'd suggest going elsewhere (although Slumdog Millionaire being named the Best Picture of the year does suggest that the commenter isn't alone in his thoughts). However, what people fail to mention is how the Academy Awards are the perfect platform for such "liberal agenda." Sean Penn isn't wrong in calling Hollywood a bunch of "homo-lovin', commie bastards," but emphasis should be on homo-lovin', not actually "homo." As much as I reject earnestness in most of its forms, Dustin Lance Black's acceptance speech actually struck a chord with this cynic. People fail to recongize that for a young homo, there's really no one to look up to. Sure, they've got plenty of support, with GLAAD commercials with Rachel Griffiths and celebrities like Ricki Lake, Rose McGowan and Drew Barrymore marching for their equal rights, but who do they have to look up to? Hollywood's still so gay shy that outside of Ian McKellan, who can they even look up to? I'm not saying that having support from the heterosexual community isn't sufficent enough, but when you've got your pick of Boy George, Rupert Everett, Clay Aiken and some guy on Gray's Anatomy, it's still a pretty sad state of affairs. The Oscars, thus, form the perfect media outlet to spread Hollywood's "liberal agenda." I suppose things are heading in the right direction (albeit slowly), but I'll take that "liberal agenda" any day of the week. PS: Can Tina Fey and Steve Martin host the Oscars next year? And yeah, I can never resist posting photos of Tilda Swinton.
#1 Oscar Moment
Tears.
Dustin Lance Black.
He wrote the AMAZING movie 'Milk' and won an academy award.
Listen or read his amazing acceptance speech.
Best one of the night I reckon.
Enjoy.
"Oh my God. This was, um, this was not an easy film to make. First off, I have to thank Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg and all the real-life people who shared their stories with me. And, um, Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco and our entire cast, my producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, everyone at Groundswell and Focus for taking on the challenge of telling this life-saving story.
When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life. It gave me the hope one day I could live my life openly as who I am and then maybe even I could even fall in love and one day get married.
I wanna thank my mom, who has always loved me for who I am even when there was pressure not to. But most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are less than by their churches, by the government or by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally, across this great nation of ours.
Thank you. Thank you. And thank you, God, for giving us Harvey Milk".
Ma Hai
FUCK those freakin cibai retards!!!
Pisses me off!!!
Just shit your freakin pants off and let your freakin dicks get eaten by freakin dogs!!!
**sorry, am really in a foul mood thus the cursing**
Pisses me off!!!
Just shit your freakin pants off and let your freakin dicks get eaten by freakin dogs!!!
**sorry, am really in a foul mood thus the cursing**
Why doesn't this happen any more?
I know people bitch that we don't have Hollywood stars like we used to, but if only a moment like Marlon Brando's refusal to accept the Oscar for Best Actor for The Godfather had happened last night... then we might actually have something to talk about the following day. Hell, I didn't even hear anyone boo when Jerry Lewis got on stage.
Subsituting Beef With Chicken - Chilli Con Carne
Ok, my title really could delude people... So what I'm just trying to write is that I was making Hot Chilli Con Carne the other day but instead of beef, I substitude the meat with chicken...
But it turned out delicious all the same... Its said to be the fillings for mexican wrap... But I prefered it to go with rice...
The recipe ain't original cuz I twisted it a bit by leaving out some original ingredient and adding some of my prefered ones...
Here goes:
Chicken Breast (I'm not gonna say how much I'd used, but just add in according to the quantity that's alright for you and adjust the paste accordingly)
Carrots (instead of kidney beans)
1 whole big onion
3 medium size tomato
Chilli Con Carne paste (in supermarket)
Seasonings: soy sauce, pepper, sugar, water, sesame oil
Oil for frying
1. Cut the chicken breast to small pieces and mince them. This is really tough work as you don't really wanna have big chunks of mince chicken stick together... So its better to give it a thorough chop.
2. Chuck'em into a bowl and add the seasonings. It doesn't matter which one do you add 1st or last. But for me, I add'em water last. You will get a fluffy sort of texture where the minced chicken doesn't really stick together.
3. Cut up the carrots to cubes.
4. Dice the onions (hint: remember to place the onion under the water for several seconds so that when you're cutting it, it won't sting your eyes with its...umm...gas =_=)
5. Chop up the tomatoes to cubes with its skin on. this is because I still wanna keep the tomatoes shape intact (if I peel the skin off, they will tend to "fuse" into the gravy)
6. Heat up the pot and add some oil.
7. Fry the onion till its golden brown and dunk in the chicken mixture. For me, I'll fry them till their outer layer turns whitish.
8. Add in the Chilli Con Carne paste. Fry until the paste coats everything.
9. Add in water (more than enough to cover the chicken).
10. Let the water boil for 1 minute and throw in the carrots and the tomatoes.
11. Simmer them with the cover on for 10 minutes.(Don't need to put in anymore seasonings or make a starch cuz the paste is a ready to go one)
12. Serve hot with boil rice.
p/s: the corn that you see in the pic has nothing to do with the recipe...
Bon Appetite!!
But it turned out delicious all the same... Its said to be the fillings for mexican wrap... But I prefered it to go with rice...
The recipe ain't original cuz I twisted it a bit by leaving out some original ingredient and adding some of my prefered ones...
Here goes:
Chicken Breast (I'm not gonna say how much I'd used, but just add in according to the quantity that's alright for you and adjust the paste accordingly)
Carrots (instead of kidney beans)
1 whole big onion
3 medium size tomato
Chilli Con Carne paste (in supermarket)
Seasonings: soy sauce, pepper, sugar, water, sesame oil
Oil for frying
1. Cut the chicken breast to small pieces and mince them. This is really tough work as you don't really wanna have big chunks of mince chicken stick together... So its better to give it a thorough chop. 2. Chuck'em into a bowl and add the seasonings. It doesn't matter which one do you add 1st or last. But for me, I add'em water last. You will get a fluffy sort of texture where the minced chicken doesn't really stick together.
3. Cut up the carrots to cubes.
4. Dice the onions (hint: remember to place the onion under the water for several seconds so that when you're cutting it, it won't sting your eyes with its...umm...gas =_=)
5. Chop up the tomatoes to cubes with its skin on. this is because I still wanna keep the tomatoes shape intact (if I peel the skin off, they will tend to "fuse" into the gravy)
6. Heat up the pot and add some oil.7. Fry the onion till its golden brown and dunk in the chicken mixture. For me, I'll fry them till their outer layer turns whitish.
8. Add in the Chilli Con Carne paste. Fry until the paste coats everything.
9. Add in water (more than enough to cover the chicken).
10. Let the water boil for 1 minute and throw in the carrots and the tomatoes.
11. Simmer them with the cover on for 10 minutes.(Don't need to put in anymore seasonings or make a starch cuz the paste is a ready to go one)
12. Serve hot with boil rice.
p/s: the corn that you see in the pic has nothing to do with the recipe...
Bon Appetite!!
Well, it's over now...
You can jazz the Oscars up and put Beyoncé in as many red outfits as you want, but the sad fact will still remain: the Oscars are still a bore and another unmemorable film has been declared the best by the Academy. Kate Winslet has finally won her deserved Oscar for easily the worst of her six nominated performances, and the night's only surprise win came in a category where I didn't want to be surprised: foreign film. (Keep in mind, I haven't seen Departures). Congratulations to Penélope Cruz and Sean Penn.
The Catholic Womb? No Way!
Dear Readers,
This great entry is from Carlos Celdran's Blog, 'Walk This Way' (on my favorites of course) and I want lots of people to read it.
I love how CC writes about Reproductive Health because you can tell that he is quite passionate about it like many other bloggers.
Carlos has been on the RHB case for some time now and I always anticipate and look forward to his entries on the topic.
And even though I keep up with the debate myself, I don't have as much time to devote to it like Carlos does. His passion on this issue is obvious to all who follow his blog.
I like Carlos.
His heart is in the right place and he truly cares about the Philippines,
not just bullshit talk like so many others who claim to care, but they really only care about themselves like the Tim Yaps of Manila...... and the rest.
The ME ME ME ME ME generation.
And you know who you are peeps!
Of course we all have our opinions with regards to the RHB debate, one way or another.
Even myself... surprise, surprise.
I believe that most rational people who truly care about the Philippines WANT to see this bill passed and turned into law. The country really needs to change course.
Quickly.
Over population is killing the Philippines.
A slow agonizing death.
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Coolness! I just read the headlines of the Inquirer today.
It seems that the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines "walked" out of Philippine Senate and REFUSE to take part in any further talks regarding Reproductive Health Bill 5043. They say that the lawmakers had no intentions of ever taking into account what they had to say, so why should they even bother participating. Oh my gosh. What a bunch of brats.
Well. GOOD! The CBCP is finally learning it's place. They never should have had a say regarding this issue to begin with!
So all I can say here is this: "Yo! Bishops. Don't let the door hit your asses on the way out, Ok?You should really start concentrating on other more important things like saving souls, teaching morals, feeding people, weaning yourselves off allowances made through gambling (PAGCOR), and restoring your crumbling heritage churches. Those issues alone should keep you busy for years. You priests should really stop meddling in things you know nothing about: Like SEX."
Sound bite by Senator Biazon:
“This is an affair of the State. The State must respond to the needs of the people,” he said. “If the teachings of the Church are against the use of modern artificial contraception, the Church should touch base with their flock. They should go to the pulpit, and teach. I hope they’re fair when they do this.”
Fair? Ha. I doubt it. So let's stay vigilant, y'all. We are one step closer to having the bill passed.
It's been a good weekend.
(I'd say it's been a GREAT weekend with this news)
(I'd say it's been a GREAT weekend with this news)
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