Wow… I was really shocked when I first heard this news. This picture was taken during a post Oscar Party that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Chairce Pempengco was invited of course. There, she met several big hollywood stars like Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, The Jonas Brothers, and of course Paris Hilton who personally approached our very own Charice Pempengco for a photo opportunity.
First time in the history of Idol that they have selected the Top 13 Contestants. It was Anoop Desai who rounded up the Top 13. I really think this season would be great. This Top 13 wouldn’t be realized if the people didn’t had a hard time choosing among the contestants. Well, there is only one way to find it out. Watch American Idol every week. hehehe
Top 13:
Anoop Desai
Megan Corkrey
Matt Giraud
Jasmine Murray
Jorge Nunez
Lil’ Rounds
Scott MacIntyre
Adam Lambert
Kris Allen
Alison Iraheta
Danny Gokey
Michael Sarver
Alexis Grace
Who’s gonna be the next American Idol? Well, it’s too early to say….
BOSTON (AP)—Kevin Garnett played much better in the 1,000th game of his career than in his first of this season.
Boston’s intense leader had 18 points and 10 rebounds three days after a mediocre season opener and became the youngest player in NBA history to play in 1,000 regular-season games when the Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 96-80 Friday night.
“It feels crazy,” Garnett said. “To sit here and have a plateau with 1,000 games says a lot not only about my conditioning, but, through knocking on wood countless times, taking care of my body and trying to be the best player that I can be.”
Garnett reached the 1,000-game mark at the age of 32 years, 165 days—three days before the 13th anniversary of his NBA debut with Minnesota when he scored eight points, but made all four shots, as a substitute. He broke the record of 33 years, 24 days set by Shawn Kemp on Dec. 20, 2002.
Kobe Bryant is two years and three months younger and already has played 868 games. And LeBron James is already up to 393 games and won’t turn 24 until Dec. 30.
“That’s amazing,” Boston coach Doc Rivers said of Garnett’s record. “I’m assuming Kobe will break the record and LeBron will break the record, but it’s nice to have.”
So is a 2-0 record this season after the Celtics’ 17th championship banner was raised before Tuesday night’s 90-85 win over James’ Cleveland Cavaliers. Garnett scored just 11 points on 5-for-15 shooting in that game.
“Tonight I felt a lot more poised,” he said after making 7 of 11 shots.
This one was much easier as Boston’s active defense from the start held Chicago to 4-of-23 shooting in the first quarter.
“We wanted to go out and establish ourselves defensively,” Paul Pierce said. “We felt like in Game 1 we didn’t do that” against the Cavaliers.
Rookie point guard Derrick Rose, the top pick in the NBA draft, led the Bulls with 18 points and made six of their 25 field goals. He also learned a lesson from the champs.
“There ain’t no time to wait,” he said. “When you get the opportunity, you’ve got to take it. They don’t waste no time when they come out. They mean business.”
Three days after their emotional ceremony, the Celtics dominated early and led by at least 10 points throughout the final three quarters. The Bulls made only 10 of 45 shots (22.2 percent) in the first half and went 25-for-84 (29.8 percent) for the game.
On Tuesday, Pierce cried during the ceremony at which the banner was raised and championship rings were handed out. Then he led Boston with 27 points in the close game.
The Celtics didn’t need that much from Pierce on Friday.
“They competed every possession and they have a swagger about them,” Vinny Del Negro said after his first loss as coach of the Bulls following a 108-95 win over Milwaukee on Tuesday. “We never developed any type of flow offensively.”
Nine days after the Celtics’ title-clinching win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Bulls drafted Rose following their 33-49 season. He played better Friday than he did against the Bucks but had just one assist. Tyrus Thomas, on 2-for-17 shooting, and Ben Gordon, who went 3-for-10, scored 11 each.
Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo scored 14 each for Boston.
The Celtics led 24-13 after one quarter as the Bulls didn’t make a field goal until Kendrick Perkins was called for goaltending against Drew Gooden with 6:19 left in the period.
Boston opened the second quarter with a 7-2 run and Chicago went without a field goal until Rose made a layup with 7:18 remaining in the half.
Garnett scored eight of the Celtics last 12 points of the first half, giving them a 49-31 lead at intermission. Their lead ranged from 16 to 28 points the rest of the way.
Boston’s starting forwards went 13-for-24—Garnett’s 7-for-11 and Pierce’s 6-for-11. Perkins had 10 rebounds.
Now Garnett is ready for his 1,001st game at Indiana on Saturday night.
“I’ve always taken a lot of pride in playing games and never taking games off,” he said. “I have exceeded a lot of the personal goals I have set for myself and I’m just enjoying this team, enjoying this year and enjoying every day that I can get up and play this game full strength.”
Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker.
Detective Mike Mohney said Monday 20-year-old Spencer Taylor of Three Rivers has been booked for investigation of larceny and malicious destruction of property.
Taylor is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 5 in St. Joseph County District Court.
There is no telephone listing under his name in the Three Rivers area.
Mohney says officers who were dispatched early Sunday to the theater arrived to find employees restraining a man wearing a purple suit, a green wig and face paint in the style of Batman’s nemesis in “The Dark Knight”
Beware when you are travelling to China , just try to be careful when you
are buying hairbands down the road who knows what it is made from??
These Hairbands were made from used condomsand threads. That was so
disgusting, I would not want to use them!!
BEIJING - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern
China , threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were
originally meant to prevent, state media reported
Tuesday
In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber
hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan
and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper
said.
‘These cheap and colourful rubber bands and hair ties sell well …
threatening the health of local people,’ it said.
Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and
viruses, it said.
‘People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if
they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their
hair into plaits or buns,’ the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave
only his surname, Dong, as saying.
A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 sen (three cents),
much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity,
the paper said.
A government official was quoted as saying
recycling condoms was illegal.
China ’s manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by
a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both
domestic and foreign markets.
In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at
playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.
Click Five is currently here in the Philippines. It is part of their Asian Tour. The show will be on May 30, Friday and will be held in Araneta Coliseum. The show will start at 8:00 pm. So if you want to have ticket, you can have it reserved at ticketnet. com.
Things got a little sticky for Heidi Klum in Mexico on Thursday.
The 34-year-old sexy supermodel mom heated things up by lounging in the sun and picking her bikini bottom from betwixt her butt cheeks. Auf Wiedersehen wedgie!
Heidi, her parents and her three kids enjoyed a peaceful warm day—because her douchey baby Seal was nowhere in sight!
Source: TMZ.com
TMZ has learned David Archuleta’s dad, Jeff, has been officially banned from “American Idol.”
Here’s how it went down. “Idol” sources tell TMZ Jeff has been a complete pain in the ass, interfering with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. The final straw came this week, when Jeff wanted to change the lyrics to David’s first song, “Stand By Me.” Jeff insisted on adding a verse from Sean Kingston’s hit, “Beautiful Girls.” Producers sent him an e-mail telling him the lyrics could not be changed. They were beyond pissed when David sang the song with Kingston’s lyrics during the live show.
We’re told by changing the lyrics, it created problems with the song’s publisher and cost “A.I.” a lot of money.
Jeff was ordered to sit with “A.I.” lawyers on Wednesday, who told him he was “banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs.” It’s “Idol’s” position, since David is 17, he does not need a guardian—just a teacher. Jeff will be allowed to sit in the audience during the live show but he’s 86’d from anything backstage.
Play videoSources say the other contestants were fed up with Jeff and didn’t want him near them. Now they have their wish.
All in all, sources say Jeff is the stage dad from hell. BTW, he was banned on the set when David did “Star Search” a few years back.
Source: TMZ.com
LONDON (Reuters) – Nicolas Cage on Friday won an apology and damages from actress Kathleen Turner over claims in her autobiography that he had been arrested twice for drunk driving and had once stolen a Chihuahua.
Neither star was at London’s High Court to hear the ruling, which brings to an end Cage’s libel action against former co-star Turner, her publishers Headline Publishing Group and Britain’s Daily Mail, which featured an extract from the book.
Cage’s lawyer Simon Smith told the court that the offending passages from Turner’s autobiography “Send Yourself Roses” had appeared in the Daily Mail and on its Web site under the headline “Why I detest Burt Reynolds and Nicolas Cage.”
They were based on the 53-year-old’s experiences on set with Cage while making the 1986 hit “Peggy Sue Got Married.”
Turner stated that Cage was “arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog. He’d come across a Chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket.”
Smith said the allegations were false and had “caused damage to the claimant’s personal and professional reputation.”
Turner and the two publishing groups accepted that the allegations were untrue and would pay the 44-year-old Cage’s legal costs and make a “substantial” donation to charity, Smith added.
Walked into a game store lately? Chances are you didn’t see a Nintendo Wii. Although the holiday season shopping binge is long gone, the Japanese videogame legend still can’t keep them on shelves. Retailer Gamestop admitted that not only can it not keep up with Wii demand, but the situation might not improve for as much as six months. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are likely to take advantage in that six month window.
So what’s the deal? Most gamers are accustomed to a period of limited availability right after a new console comes out, typically in the fall run-up to the holiday shopping season. In the past, it’s been rare that console shortages continue into the following year. But here we are, closing in on 18 months after the Wii’s release in 2006, and you still can’t find one outside of Ebay.
Much of the problem is down to the Wii’s sheer popularity. Now officially the most popular console of this generation, well over 20 million Wiis have rolled out of Nintendo’s manufacturing plants since the launch, compared with about 10 million PS3s in the same amount of time. Even Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which has been on the market a full year longer than the Wii, can only muster sales of about 18 million. But hey, you actually have a reasonable chance of finding one at your local megamart—at least until Grand Theft Auto IV comes out.
Meanwhile, analysts the world over are betting on the PS3. After a disappointing performance last year, both in sales and software support, it’s looking like 2008 might bring much better news for Sony fans. Great exclusive games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and LittleBigPlanet are just around the corner, the newly-released DualShock 3 controller brings back rumble support, and Sony’s consistent firmware updates continue to expand the PS3’s already impressive multimedia capabilities. No wonder it outsold the Xbox 360 in both January and Febuary.
Speaking of the 360, the demise of the HD-DVD movie format has the rumor mill buzzing. Will Microsoft embrace Sony’s format and produce a Blu-Ray movie drive for the 360, or will it rely on its Xbox Live download service as the console’s only high-def movie source? Numerous optical drive manufacturers have been linked to the scuttlebutt, but so far steadfast denials from Redmond have been the only official word. Anyone expect that to stop the chatter? No, thought not.
Although the Wii’s lead is formidable, the spring’s biggest console battle isn’t going to include Nintendo at all. It’s just a few short weeks until Grand Theft Auto IV, one of the year’s biggest games, releases simultaneously on the 360 and PS3. How will the sales stack up between the platforms? How many GTA buyers will be picking up a new console to play it, and how will they split? The 360 is cheaper and boasts the promise of exclusive downloadable content, but on the other hand, those Blu-Ray movies look mighty sexy on a good TV.
Name: Gerbert Dado
Age: 18
Birthdate: June 26, 1989
School: Ateneo de Davao
Course: BS in Information Management
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