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Justin Bieber released the album cover for his upcoming CD last night!
He tweeted two versions of the photo (regular and deluxe), along with the hashtag #53DAYS. It will be available for purchase on June 19.
Can’t wait for the release of his next album!
Watch the just released music video “Starships” from Nicki Minaj!
Watch the music video below:
Ridley Scott’s upcoming sci-fi action movie Prometheus 3D brings explorers and scientists to an inhospitable, barren environment. With a strange and vast alien structure, Scott assures the audience that it looks like nothing that has been seen before in science fiction.
“What if you could meet God but God turned out to be the Devil?” So asks Prometheus Executive Producer Michael Ellenberg of the themes at the heart of Ridley Scott’s first return to science fiction since his seminal work on “Alien” and “Blade Runner.”
At the core of Scott’s story are the eternal questions of human existence: Who are we and where do we come from? As Michael Fassbender who plays the android David in the movie summarises: “It’s basically about trying to find out if there was intervention in the birth of civilisation on planet Earth by other beings, which we come to know as Engineers, and whether they had a master plan in mind for us.
For director Ridley Scott, the themes of Prometheus are a reaction to an abundance of post-apocalyptic cinema. Prometheus isn’t necessarily about looking forward, at what we might become, but it’s about looking back, at where we might have come from.
Shot in Iceland, “Prometheus” production designer Arthur Max reveals that Morocco was the first choice of location for the movie. “We were planning to shoot in Morocco,” shares Max. “But with all the geopolitical turmoil in North Africa, we weren’t able to do so. So we had to rethink.” The change means a very different aesthetic to the look of the planet – Morocco’s deserts have been replaced by the cold, icy rock of the Iceland location.
In addition to shooting on location in Iceland, the production took over the 007-Stage at Pinewood Studios, just outside London. At 374ft long, it is the largest soundstage in Europe and boasts more than 59,000 sq ft of usable space. For Prometheus, it wasn’t big enough by half.
The production started on the backlot behind the stage, constructing the Prometheus’s cargo bay and a small replica of the planet surface. This spilled onto an extension built to house more of an alien pyramid mound interior set, before finally connecting, and filling, the main space inside 007-Stage.
In the end, the production added 150ft to the stage’s length. “I knew, looking from end to end, it was never going to be big enough for this set,” says Scott. “I hate working with green screen. I like the actors to have their proscenium and see what they’re doing; see the arena they’re in. It’s partly that. To do that blue screen thing and say, ‘the monster’s coming down the corridor!’ It’s really boring.”
“The scale meant we could do a nice, big exploration scene in there,” explains Max. “We’ve got a 250ft network of tunnelling in there, 150ft of chambers and 25ft high doors.”
For Michael Fassbender, Scott’s attention to detail in the set design of the planet surface was second to none. “Have you gone into 007-Stage yet?” he exclaims with disbelief. “You have to see the space colon, as I call it!”
The practicality of the set makes his job easier as an actor, he explains. “What’s great is Ridley will do something on a piece of fishing line if it works, and stick a bit of green screen up in the corner. He knows technology but what’s great about him is he’s very primal. Even the technology in the film, you’re like, ‘That’s totally feasible.’”
Arthur Max says he and Ridley Scott have learnt, over many years of working together on films like GLADIATOR, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, and BLACK HAWK DOWN, that sometimes it’s better to achieve something practically than with CGI. “I think balance is the key in how much you build,” he says. “You have to get a convincing base, and when you speak to the visual effects department, they’ll tell you that they want enough reference material to work from. It’s especially tough on this, because almost every shot has a visual component and everything has to be constructed from scratch. You can’t go to a back lot and you can’t go to a prop house.”
The centerpiece of the alien set at Pinewood was a 32ft tall monolithic head, which can be glimpsed in posters for the film. This was built practically by Arthur Max’s team. “The idea there is that it’s part of the culture of the Engineers,” says Max of the race of aliens at the heart of the story. “This race of interplanetary visitors who have given us upgrades – mentally and physically – over the millennium.”
Max summarizes the key challenge of envisioning the alien environment: “The people who inhabit this planet, called the Engineers, and their technology, is beyond anything we’re able to know or understand, but it has to be visually interesting. That’s, I think, the hardest challenge, too, because we have to compete with the most iconic science fiction creature ever. Trying to come up with something that’s going to rival that is the real trick.”
“Prometheus 3D” lands very soon on June 7 in theaters nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
Columbia Pictures wanted a fresh take for its new action-comedy 21 Jump Street, so an intense search was held for a director that could make the new vision pop on the screen. They got two for the price of one: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, who had previously helmed the acclaimed animated hit “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”
Could the directors of a family friendly animated film possibly be the right choice for this R-rated live-action action-comedy? “We felt like we wanted to do something that was the exact opposite of what we had just done – although, to be fair, `Cloudy’ is an action comedy, just geared to a different audience. Still, we had a lot to prove,” Miller explains. “So we made a whole presentation that showed what we would do. We knew we had to do a little razzle-dazzle.”
Whatever skepticism the producers may have had was washed away by the meeting. “When they came in, they were incredibly prepared,” says producer Tania Landau. “They had a PowerPoint presentation. They had created a book with every point of the movie and how it should look. I was blown away. The guys were so creative and enthusiastic – we were all in sync.”
One of the reasons that Lord and Miller were so excited by the material was that they wouldn’t just be directing the movie – they would be living out the themes of the story. “When I was growing up, I watched ‘Jump Street’ because the cute girls in my high school were watching it – I wanted to be up on the storylines. So, this project is like coming full circle – I become a cool person by making this movie,” says Lord.
In “21 Jump Street,” Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) were enemies in high school who became unlikely friends in Police Academy. While they may not be the best cops on the beat, they have a chance to turn it around when they join the police department’s secret Jump Street unit, run by Captain Dickson (Ice Cube). They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks and use their youthful appearances to go undercover.
With Hill’s comic sense under Lord and Miller’s direction, combined with producer Neal H. Moritz’ action chops, the project had the perfect mix of talent. “You have Neal Moritz’s `Fast and Furious’ action side, and Jonah Hill style comedy,” says Miller. “Those things combine, explode, and recombine their atoms to make the perfectly formed movie.”
“Neal has produced lots of great and successful action movies,” says Hill. “So I felt that he would be a great partner in making this because I have made a lot of comedies and he has made a lot of action movies and together we could hopefully make a great action comedy.”
“Every time I do an action movie, I feel like we have to top the last one,” says Moritz. “But it’s not about bigger explosions or bigger car crashes – that doesn’t work. The action has to be character-based, it has to be something you haven’t seen before. For `21 Jump Street,’ because it’s an action comedy, we tried to have the action be clever and humorous, to really come out of the characters and their relationships.”
Opening across the Philippines in May, “21 Jump Street” will be distributed in the Philippines by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.com.ph for trailers, exclusive content and free downloads. Like us at www.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH and join our fan contests.
Miss Bikini 2012 was held last night April 27, 2012 at the PICC Plenary Hall.
And the winners are:
Miss BikiniPhilippines 2012 title holder Abbygale Monderin represents the Philippines in Miss Bikini International World Final, now in its 37th year, and it will be held in China on August 28th 2012.
Miss Bikini Philippines 2012 will be shown on TV on May 17 at 10:30pm on Studio 23.
What makes Angel Locsin’s 27th birthday this year extra special is the celebration of her 10th year as one the country’s most sought after stars.
In Angel’s “salubong” birthday party held recently, the actress thanked all the people who stood by her from the beginning of her showbiz career. The actress’ closest friends were there to party.
Angel was also touched in the tribute video shown at the party that highlights her milestones in the course of her 10 years in the business.
Contributing to the actress’ fulfillment that night was the song number given by her special someone Phil Younghusband. In return, Angel also sang and danced for the guests.
One of the birthday gifts Angel cherishes is TODA Max’s success as it remains to be the no. 1 sitcom.
According to the data from Kantar Media last Saturday (April 21), “TODA Max” got 21.1% TV rating compared to the competitors’ 12.8% and 4.9%.
Meanwhile, this Saturday on “TODA Max,” Justin’s (Vhong) effort to reach out to Isabel’s father will finally pay off. Will the couple end up marrying?
Catch “TODA Max,” after “Maalaala Mo Kaya” on ABS-CBN. For more updates, like “TODA Max” on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Todamax
“Eat Bulaga” and “Walang Hanggan” is the number one n Daytime and Primetime!
Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime programs from April 23 to 26, 2012 among Mega Manila households (People Ratings):
April 23, Monday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 24, Tuesday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 25, Wednesday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 26, Thursday
Daytime:
Primetime:
Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime programs from April 23 to 26, 2012 among Mega Manila households (Household Ratings):
April 23, Monday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 24, Tuesday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 25, Wednesday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 26, Thursday
Daytime:
Primetime:
Source: AGB Nielsen Phils.
“Walang Hanggan” still undisputed in Primetime!
Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime programs April 23 to 26, 2012 among National households:
April 23, Monday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 24, Tuesday
Daytime:
Primetime:
April 25, Wednesday (No available data)
April 26, Thursday
Daytime:
Primetime:
Source: Kantar Media/TNS
Solenn Heussaff shows off her sexy fit body on the cover Women’s Health Philippines May 2012 issue.
Julia Montes is stunningly beautiful on the cover of Meg Magazine’s May 2012 issue!
Julia’s cover photo was photographed by Paolo Pineda, with styling by Rain P. Dagala and make-up byDenise Go-Ochoa.
Meg Magazine is now available at your favorite Bookstores, Newsstands and Supermarkets Nationwide!
Grab a copy now!
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