Ploning on The Oscars

August 31, 2008 · Filed Under movies · 4 Comments 

Ploning

Ploning is the official entry of the Philippines in the Oscars 2009 (Foreign Language Film Category). The film got selected by the Film Academy of the Philippines last August 29.

We heard Boy Abunda announced it in The Buzz, the first announcement he made even… and if this is true, wow, congratulations to Judy Anne Santos, Dante Garcia, and to each and every man and woman involved in the making of the film!

Maybe predictions about Ploning being in the Oscars could be a reality…

If Ploning makes it, it is a first, if we’re not mistaken and for that alone, super astig!

Anyway, for those who havent seen the movie, here’s the trailer:

Ploning is produced by Jourdan Sebastian and Guia Gonzales, and directed by Dante Nico Garcia (who also wrote the film, along with Benjamin Lingan. It was distributed by Panoramanila Philippines.

Video Credit: ploning of youtube.

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Ely Buendia Rushed to the Hospital

August 31, 2008 · Filed Under celebrities · Comment 

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Let’s pray for Ely Buendia…

Last night, Eraserheads lead Ely Buendia was rushed to the Makati Medical Center cutting the much-awaited Eraserheads Reunion Concert short.

Reports say that Ely collapsed right after the first set. The band members and Ely’s sister informed the crowd of what had happened to Ely, with his sister telling everybody that he “is in a lot of physical and emotional stress lately.” As we all know now, Ely’s mom died last August 28 (yes, very close to the concert date), due to cardiac arrest.

Now, Ely’s been transferred to the Philippine Heart Center (he was reportedly transferred at around 1am) after having been treated at the critical care area in Makati Med.

Ely is said to be resting now “to recover from stress and exhaustion”.

Guys, let’s all pray for the guy… See, that’s how professional the guy is.. He goes on with work despite his pains.

Be well, Ely.

Photo credit: quadboxproductions.com

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Sunday Gospel

August 31, 2008 · Filed Under sunday gospel · Comment 

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 16,21-27.

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.

Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.”

He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

Source: dailygospel.org

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11th Gala Performance Night Results: PDA Top Six Scholars

August 30, 2008 · Filed Under tv · 1 Comment 

Summary: Sen is expelled. Top six revealed. PDA Album launched.

PDA Top Six

Okay.. back to the program:

The 11th PDA Gala Performance Night is on… and we’re blogging live..

So far, we’ve already had a partial list of the top six of the Pinoy Dream Academy…

… Liezel, the star scholar many times over, who’s “battlecry” is “ako si liezel, maliit, maitim, magaling, nakakapuwing”…. who wowed everybody at “hello” (her first performance… which is Dance with My Father)…

… Bugoy, tagged initially as the “male Rosita (of the PDA Season 1 fame)”, who recently had his first celebrity duet with pda winner Yeng Constantino (could this be a sign?)…

… Laarni, or Labarns, who’s probably the most misunderstood scholar in the academy, and who has been wow-ing (wow is our new fave word, lol) the pda viewers week after week, especially when she had this “The Prayer” duet with Jed Madela… wow!

… Miguel, the guy with a decent voice but was a habitual probationary scholar, we wonder why.. who had a “love team”, the silent one…

… Cris, the seductress… the sexy one, who we thought could seduce all men, even the seemingly super naive Richard Poon… Hehehe…

… of course, the slot is open for one more… and who that scholar is, we will know later…

So far, the scholars all already performed… and for us, it was Miguel who sang best tonight. It’s the first time we liked his performance (although Girlie Rodis seemed to not like it)… Laarni sang well, as expected (was off-key once, though), and juror Louie Ocampo said she’s one of the sure top three scholars… Bugoy sounded great too… Liezel was advised to keep her “style”, we think it’s about the presence she has onstage (plus, we think she looks like a Barbie)… Cris was pretty in her gown, although we were expecting more since her song’s already all too familiar to Pinoys, thanks to Jasmine Trias…

PDA Scholars Sing Songs from the PDA Album

The scholars also sang their very first “songs”, courtesy of Maestro (and Head Master) Ryan Cayabyab. It’s for the PDA Season 2 album, “Scholars Sing Cayabyab”… The Cd’s made first available tonight at the Concert Hall (where there’s also gonna be an autograph signing), and is said to be available now worldwide via Dream Big Productions and Star Records.

Sen is now out of the Academy! Van got 54.58% over Sen’s 45.42%. (It’s really hard when one of the two gwapo guys had to leave. Haaay…)

And so the official top six are Liezel, Bugoy, Laarni, Miguel, Cris, and Van! The scholar who will have the highest number of votes til September 14 (or 16? not sure about this, please correct us on the date…) gets to be the winner!

To vote, text PDA (then space) name of scholar and send to 2331 (for Globe, TM, and Sun Cellular) and 231 (for Smart, TalknText, and Addict Mobile).

PS: September 6 Gala is going to be a Benefit Show… for the Pinoy Dream Academy charity event.

Photo credit: ABS-CBN (for the scholars’ photo above)

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