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JJ Jr., Christian Siriano's long lost brother? LOL

2008-07-23T04:14:10-07:00

JJ Jr. - top 13 semifinalist of American Idol franchise Pinoy Idol and Christian Siriano - winner of the fourth season of American reality show Project Runway. One loser, one winner. Guess who's into singing and who's into designing. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js'...

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Jay Leno's Final Show Date Announced

2008-07-22T11:30:37-07:00

In the wake of the rumors that Jay Leno is heading to ABC after he retires in 2009 (gossip he has so far denied), NBC announced today that the funnyman will officially step down from his "Tonight Show" hosting duties on May 29, 2009 with his replacement, Conan O'Brien, filling the role just days after on June 1. Meanwhile, Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, says the network is still in talks with Leno about staying at NBC after his "Tonight Show"...

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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are back in action

2008-07-21T05:26:23-07:00

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are back in action as Special Agents Mulder and Scully for 'The X Files: I Want to Believe' and Entertainment Tonight sat down with them for an interview for new set secrets. The thriller opens in theaters on July 25.

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PINOY IDOL TOP 8 RESULTS NIGHT

2008-07-21T06:21:40-07:00

Toffer Rei returned to the bottom group tonight for the fourth time and he was eventually booted out of "Pinoy Idol". He was joined by Ram Chaves - his second time, and Daryl Celis for his third time. Number of times each Pinoy Idol hopeful has been to the bottom group: Jayann Bautista (0) Penelope (1) top 9 Gretchen Espina (1) top 20 Warren Antig - (1) top 11 Ram Chaves - (2) top 20, top 8 Kid Camaya - (3) top 16, top 12, top 9 Daryl Celis - (3) top 14, top 10, top 8 Toffer Rei Top 8...

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Brooke White Hates David Archuleta? LOL

2008-07-21T07:13:10-07:00

Brooke White Hates David Archuleta? LOL By Michael Y. Park Originally posted Friday July 18, 2008 05:00 PM EDT You can't believe everything you see – or don't see – on MySpace, says American Idol's Brooke White, who blames a technical glitch for the absence of David Archuleta as a "friend" on her page. "Don't fret, my dears, David is one of my favorite people on the planet!!!" she writes. "Rest assured, we all are all super-duper friends, like family, actually, enjoying this tour...

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Loren Vs. Mar and the Gluta War

2008-07-19T14:47:22-07:00

Sen. Legarda glutathione billboards dismantled This page requires a higher version browser For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV Loren Legarda had no trouble doing that. When the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) ordered immediate recall of certain batches of LUCIDA - DS / GLUTHATIONE 500mg from Philippine markets, Loren demanded, not as a product endorser but as a senator, for her Lucida-DS billboard endorsement to be taken out of sight from public viewing within...

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Emmy Snubs Phil Keoghan for New Award Category

2008-07-19T15:14:15-07:00

E! reports, The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan, "was majorly snubbed in the inaugural race for Outstanding Reality-Competition Host when nominations were announced this morning. Instead, American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel, Survivor's Jeff Probst and Project Runway's Heidi Klum, the lone female contender, will battle it out in his stead." Based on the rules and regulation of the Television Academy, Outstanding Host for a Reality...

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2010 Philippine Election All-Star

2008-07-20T07:21:00-07:00

The Dark Knight's tagline, Welcome to world without rules, seems to be scary. Who would want to live in a political world of chaos? Where terrorists, drug lords, pirates, kidnappers, rapists, murderers rule? As a voter, it really is nice to take part on national election. Is having no choice of candidate an excuse not to vote? Like for instance this: Sen. Revilla hints at running for VP in 2010: “Kung talagang may clamor that’s the time for me to decide if ill run or not (as vice president)....

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Goodbye Gil Grissom?

2008-07-16T10:23:57-07:00

Two weeks ago, William Petersen aka Gil Grissom on the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, was at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for his flight to depart when a bomb scare happened. "Whenever I'm in this situation, there's usually a set," Petersen said. Now, Grissom fans will have to see this season's 10th episode because Petersen is making a departure from the show and that will be will be his last as a full-time series regular, reports Michael Ausiello on EW.com and...

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Big Brother Australia's Last Week Ever!

2008-07-19T14:48:39-07:00

Big Brother Australia is going off the air on Australia's Channel Ten. The series is now on its last week, and the announcement of this year's winner, which is happening on Monday, will be its last episode - ever. Report says that tricks could not boost ratings and even Pamela Anderson, who was reportedly paid $500,000 for her 3-day guest appearance, could not save Big Brother. The former Baywatch star entered the Big Brother house on July 9th with hope to boost the series' failing ratings....

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Avril Lavigne Sex Video?

2008-07-18T07:40:24-07:00

Vidcap from staralicious Could this be real or just a gimmick for her new single? There's a short clip of a couple having sex uploaded on the net, the girl is supposed to be Avril Lavigne, while her new single, ‘Don’t Tell Me’ is playing in the background. You can grab the video here. Watch Avril Lavigne's Don't Tell Me on YouTube

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What's Online Pseudonyms For?

2008-07-19T15:19:13-07:00

CNN reports "Viacom and other copyright holders have agreed to let YouTube mask user IDs and Internet addresses when Google Inc.'s online video site hands over viewership records in a $1 billion lawsuit accusing YouTube of enabling copyright infringement." YouTube blogs: The Law and Your Privacy: An Update As we let you know on July 4, YouTube received a court order to produce viewing history data. We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original...

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Is Google Pro-Obama?

2008-07-19T15:19:36-07:00

Is Google Pro-Obama? Fox News reports that Anti-Obama Bloggers Question Why Google Froze Their Accounts. However, GeekLove wrote in her blog hosted by Blogger, owned by Google, that her posting privileges has been reinstated "without any notice, apology, or explanation". Yesterday, Obama Camp Slams Satirical ‘New Yorker’ Magazine Cover (AP Photo/New Yorker)Mon Jul 14, 9:55 AM ET This illustration provided by The New Yorker magazine, the cover of the July 21, 2008 issue by artist Barry Blitt,...

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Ces Drilon Flip-flopped From Being Fearless to Frightened

2008-07-19T14:52:11-07:00

It was untimely. It was exaggerated. It was unnecessary. It was Kidnap. The documentary that aired last night on ABS-CBN about the kidnapping of ABS-CBN news team, composed of reporter Ces Drilon, cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion, and assistant cameraman Angelo Valderama. It was untimely because charges have already been filed against Mayor Alvarez Isnaji and his son, Haider, negotiators who became principal suspects in the kidnapping, and a preliminary investigation is ongoing. Although, the...

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One day millionaire, one month laborer

2008-07-13T09:40:23-07:00

Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The Iraqi government is using cash handouts to try to improve conditions for citizens. (AP) News headline says that Iraq's Prime Minister hands out cash to people on street in government initiative.The handouts by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and a handful of other top officials are authorized - as long as each goes no higher than about $8,000, and the same people don't get them twice. Aides say they are meant merely to ease the pain a bit, and are...

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PINOY IDOL TOP 9 RESULTS NIGHT

2008-07-13T11:33:31-07:00

Sue Ellen, the wedding cake top figurine look-alike, landed in the bottom group once again. This is the closest she can get on becoming the first Pinoy Idol. She was eliminated tonight. Toffer Rei, Kid Camaya, and Penelope joined Sue in the bottom group. Sue reprised her performance of "Dadalhin" as her farewell song. I described him recently as like a little mosquito you have in your bedroom, which is after a while it's, "Oh, shut up". You know, it's annoying. You don't hate the mosquito,...

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Top 10 Reasons to Watch ABS-CBN's Pinoy Dream Academy

2008-07-12T15:36:04-07:00

Welcome Little Dreamers July 04, 2008 6:42 PM 12 Little Dreamers made the cut and it was time for the first session with the Dream Mentors. Though quite inexperienced with performing on stage, the little dreamers awed and amused the mentors. Giggles erupted from the Dream Team as Allen sang “Hot Legs” – a quite mature choice for him. Maestro Ryan was particularly impressed with the clean voices of Nikki and Leon. Aubrey on the other hand sang a Mariah Carey piece and was able to exactly mimic...

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The Strongest And The Weakest of Pinoy Idol Top 9

2008-07-13T03:50:09-07:00

One can’t vocally muscle one’s way to success. -- BACKSTORY BY LEA SALONGA, Philippine Daily Inquirer In the tradition of the Idol series, Pinoy Idol introduces its first celebrity mentor, Regine Velasquez. She joined the panel of judges as a celebrity judge as the top 9 performed their own rendition of her hits. My choices on who can stay based on tonight's performance: Penelope (What Kind of Fool I Am) - Her performance was good enough but not quite perfect. Jayann Bautista (Pangarap Ko...

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Unreality TV

2008-07-19T14:55:13-07:00

A reality show might look intimate at home, but there are probably a minimum of five people with cameras or clipboards standing just out of sight. -- Kate Mulcrone Reality TV shows are supposedly unscripted and features ordinary people in extraordinary situations. What complicates the definition of reality TV is that being on the show makes those ordinary people actors and become instant celebrities acting out in specially designed situations to challenge their physical and mental capacities...

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Lives and Livelihoods

2008-07-19T14:56:45-07:00

Senator Manny Villar recently disclosed there are about 35 OFWs on death row in different countries (should Vice President Noli De Castro decide to get involved in any of these cases, he can beat Senator Loren Legarda in this aspect, Loren scored 8 successful negotiations in kidnapping incidents and Noli had already freed some Pinoys on death row before and got international exposure as far as OFW votes are concerned, although money probably played an important role to their negotiating...

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A Sudden Change of Breeze

2008-07-19T14:57:53-07:00

I submitted this article to Filipino Voices.com about changes in the current programming of ABS-CBN: ABS-CBN is undergoing some changes in their programming, both on TV and radio. The network will not just focus on entertainment, news, and information, but will dedicate some airtime on religion and spirituality. Aside from the current 3 pm prayer intermission and Sunday mass broadcast, there will be a minute of inter-faith prayer before TV Patrol World, a religious TV program on Studio 23,...

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Ad Agencies Cannibalize Each Other

2008-07-19T14:58:33-07:00

Emily Abrera is a hypocrite to believe that advertisers lose audience in RP due to too many commercials. Advertisers complain about TV networks selling too much airtime for ads when these advertisers themselves sell too much products to the consumers.They do compete with each other in the advertising industry. Every agency wants all the clients they can get. Every product claims to be the best brand everytime a new and improved merchandise is launched. They cannibalize each other. The question...

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PINOY IDOL TOP 10 RESULTS NIGHT

2008-07-06T08:27:10-07:00

Robby Navarro is homeward bound tonight. Daryl Celis and Sue Ellen, who were in the bottom group, beat him in text voting. Robby performed well last night when he sang The Greatest Love of All. In one of the episodes of Pinoy Idol Extra, Robby was caught on tape throwing temper tantrums when he found out that the host went through his personal belongings inside his hotel room for the show's behind-the-scene clip without his permission. He also did not approve of the idea. Could he be a victim...

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Ces Drilon Suspended For 3 Months

2008-07-19T14:59:03-07:00

ABS-CBN News web site reported that the network has suspended Ces Drilon from news anchoring Bandila and her reporting assignments for three months for "disobeying orders". Ces went to Sulu, where she was kidnapped with her crew, without prior approval from her immediate bosses. The suspension is strictly by the book. The report pulled a portion of the company's Standards & Ethics Manual as ground for the suspension, and it says: "While all reporting of conflict and other hazardous...

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PINOY IDOL TOP 10 PERFORMANCE NIGHT

2008-07-07T03:35:54-07:00

Having a diverse group of contestants is ideal for the show. But letting them perform a single genre, not a "generic" theme, each week will definitely challenge them and maximize their potentials. This week's theme is "Song of my life". Who can stay: PENELOPE - This is My Now SUE ELLEN - Jesus Take the Wheel They are not actually the cover-girl type but they sound good. Penelope has "it", Sue can still do better though and experiment a little bit more with her music. RAM CHAVEZ - Yugyugan...

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