Cebu Inmates Dancing with MJ's choreographer - video

Filipino"Dancing Inmates" from Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison who first became online sensation with their Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance routine, were treated to a visit by no less than Michael Jackson’s long-time choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid to learn dance routines from “This Is It”.

Here is the video from YouTube:






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Please pay attention...

Tragedies are happening all over the country, one after the other. If not a maritime disaster or a helicopter crash, we have these notorious vehicular accidents. How bad can this be? I can still vividly recall a news report on TV about a mother and her child walking in one of the pedestrian lanes in EDSA when they were hit by a speeding bus coming from a blind spot. The child was dead on the spot while the mother not only lost her child but also her arm due to the accident. The MMDA and other authorities are doing traffic ways and re-routing schemes but these are not even of any help.

As long as there are irresponsible drivers who don’t value their lives and those of their fellow people, accidents will continue to happen. I just hope that our authorities will focus more on enforcing laws or passing legislation to provide awareness and trainings to drivers. There are just so many reckless drivers out there who are just like dragons who are on their way to kill the next prey.

Donna let me watch a moving video on Facebook about vehicular accidents happening to even innocent people and how dreams are wasted because of these tragedies. I hope that we can all learn from this video. Please pay attention….





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MYX Daily Top 10 (August 17, 2009) Featuring Sarah Geronimo's "Dahil Minahal Mo Ako"

Top Ten

01. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
02. David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
03. Sarah Geronimo - Dahil Minahal Mo Ako
04. Hale - Bahay Kubo
05. 2NE1 - Fire

06. Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again
07. Britney Spears - Radar
08. Green Day - 21 Guns
09. Wonder Girls - Nobody
10. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi




Video courtesy of www.sarahgeronimo.com


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Cebu (CPDRC) Inmates Tribute to Michael Jackson (video).

Pinoy inmates performed a tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson last June 27, 2009 hours after receiving the news that Michael Jackson passed away. In memory of the music icon, 1, 500 inmates performed dance routines of popular songs of Michael Jackson in front of hundreds of spectators at the prison.

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center is a maximum security prison in Cebu, Philippines. The prison became an internet phenomenon because of their version of Michael Jackson's Thriller video.

Watch their video below:




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MYX Daily Top 10 (June 8, 2009)

Last week’s number 8 is today’s number one song in the countdown. David Archuleta’s “Touch My Hand” is now on the number one spot. Taylor Swift is on the second spot with “White Horse.”

Kyla is still the top OPM artist in the countdown. The other OPM artist is the band Spongecola with their song “Ayt” which debuts in number 7.

Top Ten

01.David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
02.Taylor Swift - White Horse
03.David Cook - Come Back To Me
04.Miley Cyrus - The Climb
05.Kyla & Jay-R - Back In Time
06.The Veronicas - Untouched
07.Spongecola f/ Gary Valenciano - Ayt
08.Green Day - Know Your Enemy
09.Demi Lovato - Don't Forget
10.Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow



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MYX Daily Top 10 (June 5, 2009) Featuring Taylor Swift’s "White Horse" video

It’s Friday once again and it is the last day of the MYX Daily top ten for this week. Miley Cyrus reclaims the number one spot with “The Climb.” Former number one, David Cook’s “Come Back To Me” is on the second spot. While another David, Archuleta debuts at number 8 with the new song “Touch My Hand.”

Rico Blanco is the top OPM artist with the hit song “Antukin.” Kyla is the only other OPM artist in the countdown at number 10.


Top Ten

01.Miley Cyrus - The Climb
02.David Cook - Come Back To Me
03.The Veronicas - Untouched
04.Taylor Swift - White Horse
05.Demi Lovato - Don't Forget
06.Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
07.Rico Blanco - Antukin
08.David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
09.Green Day - Know Your Enemy
10.Kyla & Jay-R - Back In Time


The featured video this week is Taylor Swift’s "White Horse" which is currently at number 4 on the MYX daily top 10. It is the second single from Taylor Swift’s Fearless album. It was released on December 8, 2008. It missed the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot Country Songs as of the week April 11, 2009, but it claimed the #1 spot atop the USA Today/Country Aircheck chart in that week.




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MYX Daily Top 10 (May 29, 2009) Featuring the video of Rico Blanco's "Antukin."

David Cook is back on the top of the MYX Daily top 10 today with his hit song “Come Back To Me.” “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus settled on the second spot while Lady Gaga is on number 3.

Kyla is the top OPM artist with “Back in Time.” The only other OPM artist in the countdown is Rico Blanco’s “Antukin.”

Top Ten

01. David Cook - Come Back To Me
02. Miley Cyrus - The Climb
03. Lady Gaga - LoveGame
04. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
05. The Veronicas - Untouched
06. Green Day - Know Your Enemy
07. Demi Lovato - Don't Forget
08. Kyla & Jay-R - Back In Time
09. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
10. Rico Blanco - Antukin

Here's the music video of Rico Blanco's Antukin:






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MYX Daily Top 10 (May 25, 2009) Featuring Manila by Sandwich.

Here’s the latest in the MYX Daily Top 10. “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus is still the number one song followed by David Cook’s “Come Back To Me”.

Kyla and Jay-R landed on the 4th spot with their song “Back in Time”. “Manila”, a new song from Sandwich is on the 7th spot on the countdown. Below is the video of this new song from Sandwich.

Top Ten

01. Miley Cyrus - The Climb
02. David Cook - Come Back To Me
03. Lady Gaga - LoveGame
04. Kyla & Jay-R - Back In Time
05. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
06. Rico Blanco - Antukin
07. Sandwich - Manila
08. 6Cyclemind - Walang Iwanan
09. Green Day - Know Your Enemy
10. The Veronicas - Untouched




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Filipino Pride: Charice performs "Note To God" on "Oprah"

Filipino pride, Charice, sang her first international single on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last Monday. Accompanied by an orchestra and with David Foster in the piano, Charice gave a performance that brought Oprah, one of the world’s influential women to tears.

The song is entitled “Note to God” which was composed and written by Grammy Award-winning Diane Warren and produced by Foster.

On tonight’s evening news on ABS-CBN was a report that hours after her performance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Charice’s first single is now one of iTunes and Amazon.com's bestsellers.

Based on the report, Amazon.com showed that “Note to God” was No. 2 on its list of popular songs in terms of number of downloads, even beating hit songs by Lady GaGa and Miley Cyrus. Meanwhile, the single is on the fifth spot on iTunes’ most popular songs.

Watch her performance below:







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MYX Daily Top 10 (May 18, 2009) Featuring Miley Cyrus - The Climb video

Miley Cyrus is back at number 1 with “The Climb” as it reclaimed the top spot from Kyla and Jay-R who dropped two notches to settle at number 3. David Cook is on number 2.

The Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) fell off today’s countdown while 6 Cyclemind’s “Walang Iwanan” returns at number 9.

Top Ten

01.Miley Cyrus - The Climb
02.David Cook - Come Back To Me
03.Kyla & Jay-R - Back In Time
04.Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
05.Lady Gaga - LoveGame
06.Rico Blanco - Antukin
07.Taylor Swift - Love Story
08.Hale - Sandali Na Lang
09.6Cyclemind - Walang Iwanan
10.Paraluman f/ Kean Cipriano - Tabi

Watch the number one video below:





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MYX Daily Top 10 (May 4, 2009)

Barely a month before their much-awaited concert in the Philippines, the Pussycat Dolls takes over the top spot in the number one music video countdown in the Philippines with their song “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny). The video which was taken from the Oscar winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire” jumped from number 4 last week to the top spot today. Idol Winner David Cook also moved one notch to land at the number 2 spot while last week’s number one song “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus settled to number 3.

The top 5 songs are still dominated by foreign artists while 5 OPM songs made it to the countdown today with Rico Blanco’s “Antukin” at number 6.

Top Ten

01. The Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
02. David Cook - Come Back To Me
03. Miley Cyrus - The Climb
04. Taylor Swift - Love Story
05. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
06. Rico Blanco - Antukin
07. Kamikazee - Wala
08. Hale - Sandali Na Lang
09. Paraluman f/ Kean Cipriano - Tabi
10. Kyla & Jay-R - Back In Time


Watch the music video below of "Jai Ho!" from the movie Slumdog Millionaire:





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Filipino Pride: Charice sings US national anthem in a sports event.

Filipino pride Charice was given the privilege to sing the US national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the opening day of a baseball event at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles last April 13.

The 16-year-old singer sang before an almost 60,000 people who watched the event. She was introduced as the "phenomenal young teen" from the Philippines.

Charice, is currently in the US to finish her first international album.

You can watch the video below:


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"My Only U" movie trailer.

As part of Star Cinemas’ 15th anniversary presentation, actor-comedian Vhong Navarro and actress-singer Toni Gonzaga are back together in the drama-comedy movie "My Only U."

The two who had been considered as one of the country's successful big-screen team up after their successful movie “D Anothers” expressed their excitement for this upcoming film that moviegoers will surely love.

Vhong portrays the role of Bong in the flick who is secretly in love with Winona. He will do everything to save her love who is fated to die at 25. Winona comes from a family which is under a curse.

This is the reason why Winona never entertains the idea of falling in love and just focuses herself caring for her blind father (Dennis Padilla).

After Winona’s 25th birthday, Bong and Winona find a second chance in life but eventually, Bong will discover through a medical exam result that Winona's days are indeed still numbered.

Bong tries everything to keep it as a secret from Winona, who now finds herself falling in love with Bong.

Directed by Ms. Cathy Molina-Garcia, watch "My Only U" in theatres nationwide this coming October 29.


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Trailer of Hollywood movie directed by Filipino director Yam Laranas - The Echo (2008)

Director:
Yam Laranas

Writers:
Eric Bernt (screenplay)
Yam Laranas (film)
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Plot:
An ex-con moves into an old apartment building, where he encounters a domestic problem involving a police officer, his wife, and their daughter. When he tries to intervene, however, a mysterious curse entraps him.

Here’s the much-awaited trailer of the Hollywood horror movie helmed and written by Filipino director Yam Laranas - The Echo.


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Hancock (2008)

Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
Director: Peter Berg
Studio: Columbia Pictures

SYNOPSIS:
There are heroes... there are superheroes... and then there's Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility – everyone knows that – everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough – as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other people think – until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock's greatest challenge yet – and a task that may prove impossible as Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), insists that he's a lost cause.

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Wall - E (2008) Trailer

A robot named WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) is the new character created by Pixar on this new movie following the success of “The Incredibles”, "Cars" and "Finding Nemo". FINDING NEMO director Andrew Stanton moves from the ocean into the final frontier with this futuristic film. By coincidence, WALL-E finds a way for humans to return to their planet on an abandoned Earth where garbage has taken over,. Another robot, EVE, leaves to tell humanity the good news, and WALL-E follows her into space.


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The Incredible Hulk (2008) trailer.

I just watched the trailer of this much awaited sequel to “The Incredible Hulk” and as expected it kicks off an action-packed and explosive epic. This time, Dr. Bruce Banner is played by Edward Norton.

In this new beginning after the Gamma radiation, Dr. Banner desperately seeks a cure to his unique condition which causes him to turn into a giant green monster that unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him.

In the movie, Bruce Banner is living in the shadows, scouring the planet in search of an antidote. He struggles to avoid the warmongers who intends to brutally exploit his power but in the process, he was cut off from the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).

However, upon his return to the civilization, he is confronted by the ruthless Abomination whose destructive strength matches The Hulk’s own.

Will Bruce Banner accept a peaceful life or find the heroism in the creature he may permanently become?



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Kung Fu Panda

Another movie that is currently showing in local cinemas is the Kung Fu Panda which stars the voices of, among others, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross and Ian McShane. I will surely watch this film over the weekend.

Kung Fu Panda is the story of Po, an enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy noddle-maker. Po was unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy to become the “chosen one” to save the day against the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung. Po’s dreams become a reality when he was trained alongside five of the greatest warriors that the world has ever known to help him - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey--under the leadership of their teacher and trainer, Master Shifu. He puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the improbable hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses can turn out to be his supreme strengths.

Another thing to watch out on this movie is our very own Sam Concepcion’s version of the movie’s theme song which will be played during the end credits of the film for every single screening here in the Philippines. This makes Sam the first Filipino to work with Dreamworks Pictures for a huge project such as this.

Here's the movie's trailer:


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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

One of the movies that are currently playing on local cinemas is the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. I haven’t seen the movie but I saw the trailer and it looks like this is something worth watching especially for those who are into action and fantasy movies like me.

Based on the trailer, this 2008 sequel is noticeably darker and more action-packed than THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, once again directed by Andrew Adamson. It is driven by the struggle between the Telmarines and the banished Narnians, resulting in many fierce battle sequences.

This movie is based on the second novel in C.S. Lewis's beloved CHRONICLES OF NARNIA series, PRINCE CASPIAN finds the four Pevensie children--Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy)--once again whisked away from WWII-era England into the realm of Narnia, where the siblings once ruled as royalty. However, they soon discover that 1,300 years have passed since they left, the Golden Age of Narnia has become instinct and the world is now controlled by the Telmarines, humans who long ago banished the magical creatures of Narnia to the wilderness. When Prince Caspian, the heir to the Telmarine throne survives an assassination attempt plotted by his uncle, Miraz, he stumbles across Narnia's exiled enchanted population, and decides to lead them in an uprising, aided by Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.


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Arnel Pineda, featured on the latest issue of GQ

Still on Arnel Pineda’s success and spectacular performance on the “Ellen” talk show that earned him and Journey a standing ovation and praises from the host of the show, Ellen Degeneres herself. This time, the globally-syndicated magazine GQ has Arnel Pineda on its special feature in its latest release.

This only proves the success and achievement this Filipino has reached internationally. Considering that almost a year ago, Pineda was performing in different venues in Manila with his band Zoo.

It was the lead guitarist of Journey Neil Schon who found the videos of Pineda and his band on YouTube doing covers of their song.

“The hair stood up on my arms,” Schon says. “I got up off the computer and told my girlfriend, ‘No way—this guy sounds too good. I don’t believe it.’," was what he told GQ as his reaction after watching Pineda.



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