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It’s been a while since my last post here so I thought I just share with you something to make you laugh… Who ever said that the recent Bb. Pilipinas Q&A booboo by Janina San Miguel is the worst TV moment in recent history?

Please welcome, Valentina Hasan, singing “Ken Lee” in her audition at “Music Idol”, Bulgaria’s version of the American Idol.

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For achieving such “fame” during the auditions, Music Idol invited Valentina Hasan to perform “Ken Lee” to a live audience to give her a chance to redeem herself, or at least once again provide “entertainment”…

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Everybody now… I Ken Lee…. tilibu dubu duchoo…

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As season 7 of American Idol progresses, I am glued again to watching pop star wannabes belt out their songs weekly and of course, await Simon Cowell’s interesting critique. Never, in TV history, has there been another character like Simon. He elicits the most unusual responses from me. Sometimes he makes me laugh, other times he leaves me shocked with my breath held for seconds. He is uncouth and abrasive – a refreshing person to listen to amidst the pretentious atmosphere surrounding the entertainment industry. And he especially delivers more comprehensible comments than Paula Abdul’s blabber. More than the singing prowess of contestants, it is Simon that draws me to watch the show.

My favorite contender for the 2008 season, and I’m sure for many other followers, is the 17-year old David Archuleta. Though he didn’t do so well in last week’s performance, he is still the best among all the contenders. I love his rendition of Imagine. Hopefully, he will come up with something just as good this week. So far, he is the singer to beat.

ABC’s new television series, Dirty Sexy Money, premiered in September 2007 delighting audiences with the absurd lifestyle of the rich and famous.  The show presents the life of Nick George, an idealistic lawyer lured to take his father’s job as the personal lawyer of one of New York’s richest families, the Darlings.  Peter Krause plays Nick, who swore never to follow his absentee father’s footsteps and become a slave to the Darlings but ended up eating his words after his father died in a plane crash.  Tripp Darling, the family patriarch, offers the job to Nick for a whopping US$10 million a year for his charity works over and above his regular salary.  Nick justifies accepting the job with the charity money and the chance to discover the circumstances surrounding his father’s mysterious death.

However, being the Darling’s personal lawyer not only entailed handling the family’s legal affairs but also babysitting Tripp’s 5 children.  Babysitting meant getting the kids out of jail, paying ransom to blackmailers for sex tapes, arranging birthday parties, and even giving advice.  The eldest of the Darling children is Patrick (played by William Baldwin), the incumbent attorney general, who is also running for the Senate.  I found Patrick to be the funniest of all the children because of the irony of his situation.  William Baldwin plays the role perfectly as the distinguished eldest son with a big secret.  The big secret made me laugh so hard when I found out in the pilot episode because it involved a mistress who had a voice deeper than Patrick’s.  Patrick’s dilemma is how to keep his transexual mistress under wraps while he is running for the Senate.

I’m not sure what it is about the show that got my interest.  Maybe it’s the unusual lifestyle I never even imagined or the idea that rich people had bigger problems than me.  I was shocked when the youngest children (fraternal twins), Jeremy & Juliet,  held one of their parties spending more than US$10 million.  The location of Jeremy’s party was held on the Brooklyn Bridge which had to be shut off from traffic.  Despite the extravagant celebration, it still ended with Jeremy drunk and singing “All by Myself” while he dangerously trodded on one of the beams of the bridge on the brink of falling off.  Could the filthy rich really be sadder than us normal people?  Most likely.  Like Jeremy, the second child, Karen, had been divorced three times and botched her 4th wedding with a whirlwind annulment which was done 25 minutes after the wedding ceremony.  Apparently, Karen can buy anything she wants, except the love of Nick, her childhood sweetheart who is now happily married.

Another thing that makes the series a hit is its blatant representation of the power of money.  We normal honest working folks always have the pride to say that our value and worth does not have a price.  Can that be true?  Even if Nick insists that he does the job to be able to help more people with his charity funds, is it certain that he is not motivated by the seduction of power and money?  If I was offered a ridiculous sum of money, would I turn it down just to pride myself in thinking that I do not work for a family who flaunt their wealth and use their power for their selfish gains?  Or will I find an excuse to take the job like Nick?

If only to find out how unfair the world is and how ridiculous and absurd the wealthy can be, I suggest you go and watch the show.  I did enjoy it regardless of the inequity in the world it represents.

October 2007 is almost over and it surely has been a pretty interesting month. First, we saw the birth of certifiedblogaholic right here… and just barely a week after, the Glorietta 2 blast that killed 11 people happened coupled with the pardon granted to convicted former president Erap Estrada. Now, let’s top it off with something more alluring like Riza Santos, former Ms Earth-Canada, becoming this month’s cover girl for FHM Philippines. Yup, I’m referring to that stunning beauty queen/housemate that we see on TV everyday in Pinoy Big Brother.

From the few episodes of the show that I’ve seen, Riza Santos has been identified as the love interest of fellow housemate, broken-hearted Will Devaughn. Their love story is slowly blossoming right before the eyes of millions of the PBB followers. This prim and proper “no-boyfriend-since-birth” girl (a.k.a, virgin mary of the house) will surely make every boy – “suicidal, suicidal when she says its over”… So imagine my delight when I stumbled upon the FHM October edition and saw Riza on the cover. Ubër cool. Ubër drool.

Anyway, I did some more research and found this video of the magazine’s photo shoot, watch and drool — er, I mean, be mesmerized. She’s really making me suicidal, suicidal, but in a good way, if there’s such a thing… Read the rest of this entry »

As season 3 of Prison Break begins, fans of the blockbuster tv series eagerly await each episode hoping to find out what Michael Scofield would do to get out of the predicament he now got himself into. After watching the first 4 episodes, my emotions are a mixture of fear, misery and excitement. Michael is back again in prison in Panama and conditions are even worse than ever. This time, he serves sentence for a crime he is not guilty of with only Mahone, T-Bag, and Bellick as company. Lincoln can only help him from outside but is burdened with the kidnapping of his son and Tancredi. The brothers have to free the people they love by communicating only through visitations.

In the first episode, I was gripped with fear. How can a man survive in the Panama Prison (SONA) where there are no guards, barely any food and water, and the way of life is to kill or be killed? Fox River was a hotel compared to where he is now. Once again, Michael has proven himself ingenuous and lucky as he uses his brains to accomplish what needs to be done. I will not spoil it for those who have yet to watch season 3. Let me just say that this is a heartbreaking season for Michael.

On the side, there have been rumors that Wentworth Miller is gay as he was spotted in Los Angeles spending the day with Luke Macfarlane (cast in the tv series Brothers & Sisters). Luke Macfarlane is rumored to be the ex-boyfriend of TR Knight (O’Malley in Grey’s Anatomy). TR Knight officially admitted in October 2006 that he was gay after an argument with Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey occurred in the set of Grey’s anatomy. Wentworth has continuously denied rumors about this sexual orientation, insisting that he is not gay. He claims not to be bothered by the gossip since he is certain about his sexual preference and he doesn’t mind if there are fans who may wish him to be either gay or straight. According to him, all that matters is that they watch Prison Break.

So, which side of the fence are you in? Would you prefer that those deep-set penetrating green eyes of Miller belong to women? Or do you prefer that those same eyes come alive whenever a hunk is around? As for me, I don’t really care as long as Michael Scofield finds a way to get out of Panama.