My Sassy Girl

Base from a true story told in a series of Love Letters written by Kim Ho-sik and was been posted to the internet before it was finally adapted into a novel. My Sassy Girl has been a big hit on 2001 when it was made to the screen by Director Kwak Jae-yong.
Originally lead by Cha Tae-Hyun and Jun Ji-hyun, a romantic- comedy film that tells a story about a man who fell in love with a very strange and unpredictable woman. Too far from man’s ideal woman is a nutty and mildly sadistic type of girl.
With it’s the same title, came the American remake of the film directed by Yann Samuel of “Love Me if You Dare” and starred by Elisha Cuthbert and Jess Bradford.
The movie version was set in the New York featuring the Upper East Side and the Central Park.
The film rotates around the concept of fate and chaos as the agents of true love. Cuthbert will portray the rule of a girl who is unwaveringly addicted to drinking and haphazardly cause a scene where she goes.
Bradford on the other hand is playing the role of the guy name Charlie who is willing to see through the girl’s destructive way.
On the Korean version of the movie, the male character is brought up as n effeminate and non- studious entity with an aggressively mean mother smacking him with anything nearby when he go home at late hours.
Charlie in the remake was not effeminate but an aspiring business student who comes from French lick Indiana. He has the sweetest and nicest parents who encourage him to become a corporate Tiller King Representative.
Charlie’s world change forever after meeting the drunk girl whom he save from her death after pulling her just right on time before the train pass by.
The girl called him “honey” before she fainted and mistaken to be her boyfriend, Charlie got the responsibility of taking her into the hotel.
See a total different side of love and how to people pull each other to a more healthy place of their relationship by virtue. It’s a fable of destiny!

The Dark Night

Base on the DC Comic character batman, Dark Night is a sequel of the 2005’s Batman Begins and part of Nola’s Batman film series. Christian Bale reprises the lead rule as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
The film was focused on Batman’s fight against a new villain, the Joker lead by Heath Ledger and his relationship with Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) a district attorney and his old friend and love interest assistant D. A Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal).
The film began with the Joker robbing a Mob (Mafia)- owned bank with his accomplices and tricked them into killing each other before he kill the last one for himself.
Three of Batman impersonators interrupt a meeting between mobsters and the Scarecrow that night. The real Batman suffers injury after he appears and apprehends the criminals and impostors, thus leads him to re-design his batsuit.
With Lieutenant James Gordon, they contemplate in their plan to eradicate the Mob including the new district attorney Harvey Dent as he could be the public hero Batman cannot be. Wayne discovers that the new D.A is dating Rachel Dawes while he was hosting a fundraiser for Dent.
During the meeting of the Mob bosses where they discuss about Batman, Gordon and Dent, Lau, a Chinese mobster accountant, informs them that he has hidden their money to pre-empt a plan Gordon has hatched to seized the mobster’s fund. The Joker arrives unexpectedly and offers them to kill Batman for half of their money but they refused.
The mobsters agree to hire the Joker after Batman successfully abducts Lau in Hong Kong and delivers him to the Gotham City police. Joker then told the Gotham that if Batman does not turn himself to the police and publicly revealed his identity, many people will die each day.
The judge who preside the Mob trials, some public officials’ including Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb are among murdered. Dent announcement that he is Batman stops Wayne plan of revealing his self who got arrested as part of the plan to draw the Joker out of hiding.
Batman and GHordon intervene on the Joker’s plan to ambush the police convoy carrying Dent and arrest him. Gordon was then appointed as Commissioner.
Batman interrogates the Joker at the police station who reveals that Dawes and Dent have been captured by corrupt police and was placed in a warehouse rigged with explosive on opposite side of the city.
Batman cannot save them both because they are far enough apart. While Gordon and the police head after dent, batman leaves to save Dawes. The Joker manages to escape with Lau through the help of the bomb planted in the station.
Batman was able to save Dent on his location on time but his left face is disfigured in the explosion. Dawes was killed as Gordon wasn’t able to come on time. Dent then was driven to madness over the loss of Dawes. He was freed by the Joker in the hospital who convinces him to exact revenge to Gordon and Batman and the corrupt cops and mobsters who is responsible for Dawes death.
Dent goes on a personal vendetta, comfronting the cops and mobster one by one, deciding their fates with the flip of a coin and call himself “Two Face”.
Lau was born by the Joker with his other half of the money. The Joker then announces to the public that anyone who is left in Gotham at nightfall will be subject to his rule.
All the bridge and tunnels out of the city where all close due to the bomb threat of the Joker. All the people are evacuated by the authorities using a ferry- one for the convicts and the other for the civilians. But the Joker place an explosive on the two ferries and tell all the passengers that the only way they could save themselves is to trigger the explosives to the other ferry or otherwise, he will destroy both at midnight.
As the passengers of both ferry decides not to destroy each other, Batman locates the Joker and prevents him from destroying the ferry. The Joker then acknowledge Batman as incorruptible but not Dent who’s madness has been unleashed upon the city.
He then proclaims that he and batman is destined to fight forever because batman could not kill him because his moral code will not allow him while he could not kill Batman because he is “too much fun” fighting with.
Joker was then captured by the Swat who arrives after batman leave to search for Dent. He found him in the remains of the building where Dawes died, holding Gordon and Gordon’s family at gunpoint.
Dent proceeds to judge all their innocence through coin tosses. He shoots batman in the abdomen and before he could determine the boy’s fate, Batman tackles him, both falls over the side of the building.
Batman and Gordon realize the loss of morale in the city would suffer if Dent’s acts of murder to become known as dent were lying motionless in the ground. After Batman decide to preserve Dent’s image by convincing Gordon to put the blame on Batman, Gordon then destroys the Bat- Signal and the manhunt for Batman ensues.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

An American adventure film that follows The Mummy and the Mummy Returns, the Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was released in US on August 1, 2008 and now showing on your favorite Cinemas.
It was directed by Rob Cohen and written by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough and produce by James Jacks and Stephen Sommer.
The movie begins with the narration of the rise to power of the Dragon Emperor, Emperor Han (Jet Li). He has conquered all his enemies whom many of them were buried under the Great wall of China, and mastered the five elements, but could not conquer death.
To that end, he sought the help of Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh) who knew where to find the secret of immortality and order’s his second in command, General Ming (Russel Wong), to help her with her research.
Han wants to keep Zi Huan for himself does ordered Ming that no man is to touch her. But the two fell in love during their search however during a moment of passion; they are spied by someone who is loyal to the emperor.
Han invites Zi to the balcony where she is given a choice of becoming his wife or watching her lover dies after she supposedly cast the immortality spell to Zohan.
Zin watched in horror as General Ming is pulled apart by horses after she angrily denies the emperors offer of becoming his wife. She was then stab by Han.
Zin reveals that she managed to escape by cursing the emperor and his army and turned them into terra cotta statues.
Then the film jumps ahead to 1947 where explorer Rick O’ Connell (Brendan Fraser) his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and brother-in-law Jonathan (John Hannah) are now retired.
Their son Alex (Luke Ford) becomes an adventurer like their parents who had dropped out of school. He was able to locate the Dragon Emperor’s tomb with the financial backing of Roger Wilson (David Calder).
He avoids harm and successfully brought the Emperor back to Shanghai despite the attacked of the mysterious woman. In the meantime, the Elder O’Connels is entrusted by the British government to take the eye of Shangri- La back to china as a good faith gesture to the Chinese from the British.
The O’Connels arrives at the Imhotep, a night club owned by Jonathan. Alex gives his parents a tour on an exhibit that revealed Roger Wilson is in league with paramilitary group led by General Yang and his Second-in-Command Choi (jessey Ming).
They are able to resurrect the emperor into his terracotta statue form using the Eye of Shangri- La which contains water from Shangri- La (a mystical, harmonious valley guided from a monastery).
The mysterious woman who attacked Alex and from the excavation site tries to kill the Emperor with a dagger cursed by Zi Huan but the emperor manage to escaped. The mysterious woman is the protector of the dragon Emperor’s tomb and reveals herself as Lin (Isabella Yeong).
She explains that by using the Eye the path to Shangri- La can be revealed. With the help of Rick’s pilot friend Mad Dog Maguire (Liam Cunningham), the O’Connell, Jonathan and Lin trek through the Himalayas and reach the tower that will reveal the path to Shangri- La when the eye is place on the top of it. The Emperor with General Yang (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) and his soldiers arrive shortly after.
A trio of yeti (abominable snowman) was summoned by Lin to assist in the battle, but the emperor ultimately succeeded in placing the Eye atop the golden tower. The Dragon Emperor’s sword impaled Rick while protecting Alex as he triggers an avalanche that buys them to reach Shangri-La first.
They reach the Shangri- La first and Zi Yuan healed Rick. Zi Yuan was rescued by the yeti after cursing the Emperor. She revealed to be Lin’s mother. Shortly before his death, General Ming had fathered Lin.They have become immortal using the water and guarded the secret of the Emperor for over 2,000 years.
The Emperor arrived and was able to bathe in the pool that restore his human form and gave him a shape- shifting abilities. He kidnapped Lin and takes the form of a dragon and flies to his Terracotta Army at the excavation site.
He then summons his army which will become invincible when they cross the Great Wall. Zi Yuan sacrifices her immortality and that of her daughter to buy time to revive those buried beneath the Great Wall.
The Terracotta army and undead army fights leaded by General Ming. Zi Yuan and the Emperor fight one-on-one as massive battle ensued. To steal back the cursed dagger, Zi Yuan sacrificed herself. Lin was saved by Alex and they discovered Zi Yuan dying who instructed Lin to stab the Emperor by the heart after giving her the dagger.
General Yang and Choi go to the tomb to aid the emperor during the battle and have their truck hit by a missile. The two was fought by Evelyn and Lin after they survive the missile and started to seek revenge. Alex and Rick head off to fight the Emperor.
Yang gets caught in one of the rotating wooden cranks in the ensuing battle. He and Choi got killed when the last attempt to pulled him and refused to let go. Alex and Rick found themselves outmatched against the shape- shifting Emperor and the dragger was broken during the confrontation.
Rick managed to plunge the dagger hilt into his heart as he goads the Emperor to fight fair. In turn Alex stabs the Emperor in the back fussing the dagger within the heart and destroyed him into a brilliant explosion.
Back at the Imhotep, Alex and Lin who is now mortal dance and finally kiss. Rick and Evelyn are dancing as well in the place where Mad Dog is the new owner. Jonathan with the Eye of Shangri- La decides to move to Peru where he claims has no mummies. As he rides off, it is revealed that the mummies were discovered in Peru soon after once he arrived.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don’t Mess with the Zohan is a comedy film which story is written by Adam Sandler himself with Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow and directed by Dennis Dugan.
A story of an Israeli, Zohan Dvir, whom considered as a greatest hero and counter-terrorism army commando but has grown tired of his service in Israel Defense Force and wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a hairdresser in New York.
The movie begins with Zohan (Adam Sandler), a Mossad agent, was on a vacation at Tel Aviv beach. He attracts several women and captures every beach-goers attention with his Hacky Sack.
He cooks fish in the nude using a dip or spread Hummus which is a popular local food in the Middle East for his friend and several women. But as he finishes cooking, an Israeli Defense Forces Helicopter arrived and took him away from his presumed well-earned vacation.
Zohan expressed his displeasure about having his vacation cut short during his subsequent briefing. But he eventually agrees to do yet another mission after he was being heckled by his officer.
His mission is to recapture a key Palestinian terrorist, the “Phantom” (John Turturro), who had been freed by Israeli government as prisoner exchange for a captured Mossad agent, and additional ‘to-be-named later’ spy.
Zohan expresses his desire to leave Israel and go to New York and become a hairdresser but was met with laughter by his parents who both had fought in Israel’s Six-Day War.
During his pursuit of the Phantom, disgruntled Zohan fake his own death, tricked Phantom of believing he had killed Zohan.
Zohan then smuggled himself into a flight to New York City in a pet crate of two dogs named Scrappy and Coco. He change his hairstyle into a 1980’s Paul Mitchell’s Avalon style and take “Scrappy Coco” as his new alias, then sets out to pursue his dreams in the Big Apple.
He was initially unsuccessful to be hired at an upscale Paul Mitchell salon as well as an African American salon and a children salon. But using his military expertise he earn new friend who give him a place to stay, Michael (Nick Swardson).
However, Zohan’s sexual relationship with Michaels’s mother, Gail (Lainie Kazan) that makes Michael feels uncomfortable. His passion for 1970’s disco runs him into a fellow Israeli name Uri (Ido Mosseri who is a Zohan fan but agrees to keep scrappy Coco’s true identity a secret.
It was Uri introduces him to a block in lower Manhattan filled with Middle Eastern Americans, who are split between a Palestinian side and an Israeli side of the street.
In a struggling salon of a Palestinian woman named Dhalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui), Zohan attempts to land a job. At first she only allows the ostentatious Zohan to sweep floors for free.
But after he pleases a senior lady with a satisfactory haircut and back room sexual service, she eventually allows Zohan to be a stylist.
Zohan’s reputation of giving a good haircut besides the sex instantly spread among the elder women of lower Manhattan. It enables Dahlia’s business to boom that upset Walbridge (Michael Buffer0 who was a corporate magnet and has been trying to force out all the local tenants on the block so that he can build a huge mall.
Zohan brags that he has a big one, which is understood as big penis, but he meant of the pubic hair to his colleague claude (Alec Mapa).
A cab driver named Salim (Rob scheider), whose goat Zohan had stolen after he throw his shoes at Zohan and spit in his face, eventually had identified Zohan. Salim wanted to exact a revenge on Zohan and convince his friends to help him.
He wants the glory of Killing Zohan for himself and rebuffs his friend’s advice to “let the professionals” take care of it. They then decide to create a bomb even they are not sure how to do it. Salim and his friends then walk into a pharmacy after thinking that they need a chemical and tried to ask for a liquid nitroglycerin. The pharmacists instead give them Neosporin after hearings Salim’s mispronunciations.
But Neosporin did not destroy Zohan’s workplace so Salim reluctantly informs Phantom through a Hezbollah hotline. Phantom then pays a visit to New York to hunt Zohan down. Phantom is now a successful fastfood chain owner.
Meanwhile, Zohan discovers that he has unexplainable erectile disfunction except in Dhalia’s presents making him realized that he has fallen in love with her. He revealed to Dhalia his former job as an Israeli counter terrorist operative who however rejected his feelings.
Upon deciding to leave Dhalia, he confronted Phantom for a Hacky Sack Game. But the fight was cut short with sudden news that racist arsonists dressed in Arabic clothing attacked the Middle Eastern block.
Walbridge hired the arsonist to instigate an inter-ethnic riot between Palestinians and Israelis and will hopefully allow him to take over their stores more easily.
Dhalia appears revealing that she is Phantom’s sister whom he called “Fattoush” as Phantom and Zohan work together to save the block.
Zohan’s personal dossier allows him to discover the true identities of the arsonist as rednecks hired by Walbridge.
Leading the united Israelis and Palestinians of the block to save their shops, Zohan and Phantom defeated the rednecks, thwarting Walbridge's plans, and the damaging of the all the shops on the block by using "The Sound" which is a combination of stereotypical Arabic rhythmic calling and stereotypical Hebrew "chhhh" sounds. Walbridge was arrested for his crimes by the police who came in the place.
The Palestinians and Israelis become united and transformed the block into a collectively-own mall. It enables to realize Zohan’s and Dhalia’s dream opening a joint beauty parlor they called “Dalohan”. Phantom also fulfills his lifelong passion of opening up a shoe store.
The movie ends happily as Zohan’s parents approve of his Palestinian wife and their salon becoming their customers themselves in a surprise visit.

Jomari Yllana Denies Issue about Split up with Pops

Jomari Yllana answered certain issue that he and Pops Fernandez were no longer together. According to some rumors that Jomari has a new “rich” girlfriend.
But on an interview, he said that all this speculations are not true and they are still together.
The two has been together for three years and though Jomari admits that they sometimes have some pity quarrels, they did not come to a point of splitting up. They just don’t understand where this issue came from.
He just laughs about the rumors about having a rich girlfriend and jokingly said “I wish I have” but when asked if he is going to replace Pops, he answered he won’t.
He also exclaims that he really doesn’t have any other relationship. They are just both busy and they have different working schedules. But they still go out for a date over dinner.
Jomari also talked about the issue that they were living together. He said that they are still with each other and go out together but they are not live-in and no plans about it.
Wedding is not part of their plans for now and his relationship with Pops sons is ok. They have lunch or dinner together and he is also training Pop’s eldest Robin with his workout program.
This will be his (Robin) preparation for his launching as a performer and as singer. Robin is the eldest son of Pops from his ex-husband Martine Nievera who is the country King of Pop.
Jomari is leading the new program of TV5 (formerly ABC-5) the Philippines’ Scariest Challenge with Chezka Litton.
The grand launching was held last night, August 7, 2008 at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan.
It will be Jomari’s first time to work for a horror-reality game show. They will be inviting some celebrity guest and different challenges will be given. Every challenge is worth a prize and charity works for some selected institutions.
The set of the show will be taken in different remote areas instead of setting up a studio. They will be visiting haunted houses where every contestant must have to get inside the house alone. They will be wearing a helmet with camera and use only candle and flashlight. They will be doing some task alone since there is no cameraman in the place. Only numbers of cameras are being set-up.
The challenges are simple but are so scary. It will be very difficult because of the scary settings. There will be different number of participants in every show depending on the settings like doing it by pair or alone.
The last shoot they have was in the abandoned hospital in Clark Base. The contestant undergone different horrible experiences during the shooting like someone pass by behind their back or some strange sounds they thought are made only to scare them.
But Jomari was certain that it was only the contestant who is inside the place. He was not scared about what happened since he is not coming with them during the actual shoot. His job is to sigue the show, explains the details and delivers the gap inside the studio.

Hottest Stars on Bench‘s Blackout: The Denim and Underwear Show

Last July 25, 2008, some of the biggest and hottest names in Philippine Show business gathered in the much-awaited denim and underwear fashion event of the year at Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City for the Bench Blackout: Denim and Underwear Show.
Blackout is the fourth edition of Bench biennial denim and underwear fashion event after Fever last 2006, Understatement on 2004 and One Night Only last 2002.
This event enables the talents from rival giant networks GMA network and ABS-CBN came together and size up the competition according to the response of the audience.
ABS-CBN Kapamilya had outnumbered the Kapuso’s with the number of the Kapamilya star who become a part of the said fashion show.
The Big Dome was filled with gays and women who reserved their applauses for the male stars who got the biggest cheers. The women stars come out with their skimpiest underwear.
Kapamilya Raphael Rossel comes out covering his private parts with his hands that made the audience shrieked with delight.
Dingdong Dantes and Richard Gutierrez got the night’s loudest cheers from the audience. Both are GMA’s prized actor. But Dingdong comes out to make the big impact than Richard if base according to the reaction of the crowd during the event.
It is Dingdong’s first time to join the Bench Fashion show and it perhaps create excitement among the audience including the part where he drops his parts for a few seconds.
ABS-CBN stars Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson, Zanjoe Marudo, Enchong Dee, Jon Prats, Jon Avila, Rayver Cruz and PBB Teen Housemates Ejay Falcon and Robi Domingo delighted the fans who give a big roar upon seeing them.
Kapamilya leading men Jake Cuenca, Sam Milby and Diether Ocampo became the crowd’s favorite where Diether and Jake gamely played to the crowd by showing a bit of their behinds.
More of Kapamilya Stars Angelica Panganiban, Shaina Magdayao, Sarah Geronimo, Rica Peralejo, Rachel Ann GO, David Chua, Iya Villanea, Christian Bautista and Ryan Eigenman and PBB ex-housemates Kian Kazime and Bruce Quibral, Teen ex-housemate Valerie Weignmann adds delight to the event and got big applause and cheers from the audience.
Other Kapuso stars who join this year’s Bench Fashion show were Francine Prieto, Bubbles Paraiso, Jay-R, Margaret Wilson, Katrina Halili, Marco Alcaraz, Alessandra de Rossi, JC de Vera and sisters Ehra and Michelle Madrigal.
Jon Hall, Carline Aguilar, Nancy Castiglione now known as Nancy Jane, Jennifer Lee and Precious Adona also ramped in the catwalk.
Adding glitter to the events are the Bench favorites Wendell Ramos, Jomari Yllana, John Estrada with girlfriend Precilla Meirelles (former Miss Earth) and Antonio Aquitania.
Among the familiar faces in showbiz and fashion like StarStruck graduates Chud Burden and Bugs Diago, Janvier Daily, Carlos Concepcion of Showboys, Bench discoveries John James Uy and Carlos Guevara, Brent Javier and Luke Jickain are among those who participated.
Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres who were Bench royalty couple walk along with Bench big boss Ben Chan and later join the other celebrities.
The event became more star-studied as many other celebrities were present and was among the audience.
Kris Aquino came with husband James Yap. John “Sweet” Lapus Bea Alonzo, Assunta de Rossi, Wendy Valdez, Niňa Jose, Dr. Vicky Belo and boyfriend Dr. Hayden Kho, Mother Lilly Monte Verde with daughter Roselle, Tessa Prieto Valdez with her husband are among the audience.
Richard’s parents, Annabelle Rama and Eddie Gutierrez are also present to support him , Richard’s ex-girlfriends Ann Cutis and Georgina Wilson who came together with friends Liz Uy (John Lloyd Cruz girlfriend) and Isabelle Diaz Dasa (Gloria Diaz’s daughter).
Karylle also came to support boyfriend Dingdong Dantes. Also among those who came to watch the event were columnist Dolly Anne Carvajal with son IC Mendoza, directors Ruel Bayani, Luie Ignacio, Joel Lamangan, Manny Valera, talent managers Arnold Vegaria and Douglas Quijano.
Raymund Gutierrez, Richard’s twin brother, covered the events and interviewed some celebrities.

Kris Aquino and James Yap having a trip to US

As beak away for many controversies they undergone for the past months, the couple leave the country last August 2, 2008 with its exclusive footage in The Buzz.
Kris shared that this trip is their gift for each other for their third year wedding anniversary, the couple decided to go to New York and Las Vegas. This will be the first trip they will do together without the kids.
With their last interview in the Buzz, they both admit that counseling help them a lot in working out their relationship. According to Kris, at first it was hard to admit that they go through counseling because it will mean that you accept that there was a problem. But everybody has different problem according to her and having the counseling helps them a lot.
James added that having the counseling, it makes them realize some mistakes over their relationship from which they thought was right but then turn out wrong.
Last June James got involved in a basketball brawl involving Salvador, Enrico Villanueva and Rob Sanz from the PUREFOODS against TNT's import Terrence Leather. The incident happened in the early goings of the fourth quarter after Purefoods’s Jordan Salvador and TnT import Terrence Leather got involved in a physical post-up play. Leather apparently was not pleased by the contact, throwing the ball to Salvador after exchanging a few words. Yap gets involved after kicking Leather after the altercation. The replay showed a raging Leather chasing Yap while being pacified by teammates and game officials.
This trip to U.S. according to Kris was planned for two months. It was James break from basketball so she really works hard to finish her tapings so they can pursue with their plans. Kris host of ABS-CBN shows Boy & Kris and Kapamilya Deal or No Deal.
The couple will be staying in New York for nine days and five days in Las Vegas. Kris also shared that James will cover the Hotel expenses while she takes the air fare. She even laughs over James because it comes out over her calculation that James will spend much than her.
Before leaving the country the two visit first former President Cory Aquino to bid Goodbye. The kids, Joshua and Baby James, will not come with them because Josh still have his classes and they will be visiting the former president three times a week.
The couple will be back on April 18, 2008 three days before his father’s 25th Death Anniversary (Ninoy Aquino).
Though his sons will not go with them during their trip, Josh and Baby James come with them in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
According to The Buzz, James mom will come to Manila from Escalante to personally take good care of the kids while the couple is away.
The couples had been to an on and off relationships due to many controversies and everybody hopes that this trip will give more strength to the foundation of their marriage.