Victory Celebration Fail
3 hours ago
Friday, May 29, 2009
enough!
Sure, the whole Katrina-Hayden thing was headline-grabbing, and has produced a few jokes ("anong shampoo ni katrina? e di hayden shoulders" haha), but please, enough already!
Friday, May 15, 2009
David mania and the news
David Cook and David Archuleta are going to perform at the SM Mall of Asia tomorrow. Judging by the screaming fans on TV and Twits and FB updates of friends and friends of friends, the concert will probably be a roaring success.
But what I can't understand is the total news blackout of ABS-CBN on the Davids. Like something from a bad John Kerry joke I quickly switch channels back and forth, to and fro, hither wither, whenever I watch the news. Alas, GMA was virtually nothing but the David's, while ABS-CBN reported nothing on the AI winner and 2nd place (unless of course, I missed something while I was watching the other channel. Please correct me if that is the case).
Visiting the news networks' websites echoed their live news counterparts' take on the Idols' concert tomorrow. The ABS-CBN Entertainment website merely mentioned something about current AI contestant Danny Gokey expecting his being eliminated, while the GMA entertainment portal screamed Davids.
WTF?
A glance at other news sites shows that the David's are indeed newsworthy. Inquirer has clips and articles on both Davids (mango, balut, surprising fanbase, humbling experiences, etc), while Inquirer, Philippine Star, and The Manila Times all have articles about the AI David's being inspected for the H1N1 virus.
Then why the news blackout on ABS-CBN?
As I write this, I realize that both major TV news networks are guilty of "protection" when reporting about the talents in their stables. A scandal breaks out, and one network plays it down while the other has a fiesta, and vice versa.
If the news giants can't be trusted to be fair, balanced, and unbiased in reporting the "little" news, could they be trusted to report the big news, the news that matters?
But what I can't understand is the total news blackout of ABS-CBN on the Davids. Like something from a bad John Kerry joke I quickly switch channels back and forth, to and fro, hither wither, whenever I watch the news. Alas, GMA was virtually nothing but the David's, while ABS-CBN reported nothing on the AI winner and 2nd place (unless of course, I missed something while I was watching the other channel. Please correct me if that is the case).
Visiting the news networks' websites echoed their live news counterparts' take on the Idols' concert tomorrow. The ABS-CBN Entertainment website merely mentioned something about current AI contestant Danny Gokey expecting his being eliminated, while the GMA entertainment portal screamed Davids.
WTF?
A glance at other news sites shows that the David's are indeed newsworthy. Inquirer has clips and articles on both Davids (mango, balut, surprising fanbase, humbling experiences, etc), while Inquirer, Philippine Star, and The Manila Times all have articles about the AI David's being inspected for the H1N1 virus.
Then why the news blackout on ABS-CBN?
As I write this, I realize that both major TV news networks are guilty of "protection" when reporting about the talents in their stables. A scandal breaks out, and one network plays it down while the other has a fiesta, and vice versa.
If the news giants can't be trusted to be fair, balanced, and unbiased in reporting the "little" news, could they be trusted to report the big news, the news that matters?
Thursday, May 14, 2009
favorite videos
Mr. Sparkle, one of my favorite Simpsons clips.
MadTV's perfectly hilarious spoof of Sopranos.
Unnecessary Censorship. Note 0:55 :D
MadTV's perfectly hilarious spoof of Sopranos.
Unnecessary Censorship. Note 0:55 :D
Twitter. Good for stalking celebrities.
I've been following celebrities on Twitter (my real friends use plurk), and so far the celebrities are kind of cool.
Brian Cuban, a lawyer who will forever be burdened with the asterisk "Mark Cuban's brother" (and I write that with a chuckle and with the best of spirits :D), tells of his crusade against Facebook's tolerance ofHolocaust denial groups.
Georgina Wilson (google her name and see how lovely she is) posts everything from global banking to valuations case studies to pretty clothes. Beauty and brains indeed. Ah, Mike Walsh, you lucky dynamic keynote speaker and experienced trends analyst.
As seen from a previous post, the sexy Ciara Sotto was the first celebrity to reply to my Twit. w00t sexy!
Perhaps the most fun celebrity Twitter that I stalk, I mean follow, is Alex de Rossi. Ang kulit!
Brian Cuban, a lawyer who will forever be burdened with the asterisk "Mark Cuban's brother" (and I write that with a chuckle and with the best of spirits :D), tells of his crusade against Facebook's tolerance ofHolocaust denial groups.
Georgina Wilson (google her name and see how lovely she is) posts everything from global banking to valuations case studies to pretty clothes. Beauty and brains indeed. Ah, Mike Walsh, you lucky dynamic keynote speaker and experienced trends analyst.
As seen from a previous post, the sexy Ciara Sotto was the first celebrity to reply to my Twit. w00t sexy!
Perhaps the most fun celebrity Twitter that I stalk, I mean follow, is Alex de Rossi. Ang kulit!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
postsecret
i forgot how postsecret could evoke so many emotions from simple postcards. every one of those postcards have a story, and just thinking of all those untold (and semi-told) stories is a pure mind orgy. cool.
Friday, May 08, 2009
and the winner of the twitter challenge is...
... the lovely Ciara Sotto page, a capuccino-loving college student who would love to go skinny dipping someday. She currently performs in Las Vegas, and (if you've been living under a huge rock for the past ten years) was a host of Eat Bulaga. Anlufet!
w00t!
w00t!
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