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I have landed my hands on some sneak details on the movie line-up for 2008 from Golden Village through Cyrene. I am a regular movie viewer though not as nuts as one of my other cousins who watches movie week in week out. Since it is already halfway through January, I will start from mid-January instead. The dates given are subjected to changes so don’t flame me if it’s incorrect.

MR AVERAGE – 17 JAN 2008
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Chris Franklin, Michael Bishop, Margie Bainbridge, Eric Mueck, Brett Swain
Synopsis: A builder’s laborer from a working-class suburb gets some unwanted attention from a local mobster to whom he owes money after he becomes an overnight celebrity on television.

3:10 TO YUMA – 17 JAN 2008
Genre: Western
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Dallas Roberts
Synopsis: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

AUGUST RUSH – 17 JAN 2008
Genre: Drama
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams
Synopsis: Tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York’s Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams), August (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.

THE SAVAGES – 17 JAN 2008
Genre: Drama
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Synopsis: A sister (Linney) and brother (Hoffman) face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

SHARKWATER – 17 JAN 2008
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Rob Stewart, Patrick Moore, Paul Watson
Synopsis: What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a life-long fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world’s shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth’s history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart’s remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world’s sharks, into a
fight for his life, and that of humankind.

AWAKE – 17 Jan 2008
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Christopher McDonald
Synopsis: In “Awake,” a psychological thriller that tells the story of a man (Christensen) undergoing heart surgery while experiencing a phenomenon called “anesthetic awareness,” which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife (Alba) must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

P2 – 17 Jan 2008
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Cast: Wes Bentley, Rachel Nichols, Simon Reynolds, Grace Lynn Kung
Synopsis: A corporate climber gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.

CLOVERFIED – 17 JAN 2008
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast: Mike Vogel, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas
Synopsis: Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. Produced by JJ Abrams (TV’s Alias, Lost).

27 DRESSES – 24 JAN 2008
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cast: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman
Synopsis: A woman who has made a career out of being a bridesmaid – but never a bride – faces her worst nightmare when her sister becomes engaged to the man of her dreams. Luckily, the wedding brings around the man who may change her bridesmaid status for good.

ASSASSINATION OFJESSE JAMES – 24 Jan 2008
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Renner, Paul Schneider, Sam Rockwell
Synopsis: An action western surrounding the private life and public exploits of America’s most notorious outlaw, Jesse James. As the charismatic and unpredictable outlaw plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money–and the glory–that is riding on his capture. However, the greatest threat to Jesse’s life may ultimately come from those he trusts the most.

ATONEMENT – 24 JAN 2008
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy
Synopsis: Wrongfully accused of rape, a young man enlists in the armed forces to avoid jail time and must survive WWII in order to return home to his one true love. Directed by Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice).

JOHN RAMBO – 25 JAN 2008
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz
Synopsis: In Thailand, John Rambo (Stallone) assembles a group of mercenaries and leads them up the Salween River to a Burmese village where a group of Christian aid workers allegedly went missing.

CROWS ZERO – 24 JAN 2008
Genre: Action
Cast: Takayuki Yamada, Kyôsuke Yab
Synopsis: The story takes place before the events of the manga Crows (Takahashi Hishori) about fueding high-school gangs, hence the title “Crows Zero”.Takitani, a transfer student attempts to take over Suzuran Boys High School and is mentored by old boy yakuza Katagiri as he faces off against his rival Serizawa.

THE MIST – 24 JAN 2008
Genre: Horror
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Alexa Davalos
Synopsis: After a violent storm attacks a town in Maine, an approaching cloud of mist appears the next morning. As the mist quickly envelops the area, a group of people get trapped in a local grocery store -among them, artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son. The people soon discover that within the mist lives numerous species of horrific, unworldly creatures that entered through an inter-dimensional rift, which may or may not have been caused by a nearby military base. As the world around them manifests into a literal hell-on-earth, the horrified citizens try desperately to survive this apocalyptic disaster.

GONE BABY GONE – 31 JAN 2008
Genre: Drama, Romance
Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck
Synopsis: Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. It’s a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a four-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don’t want the case. But after pleas from the child’s aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything – their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives – to find a little girl lost.

KITE RUNNER – 31 JAN 2008
Genre: Drama
Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Shuan Toub
Synopsis: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan,
whose son is in trouble. Based on the novel with the same name by Khaled Hosseini. Directed by Marc Forster
(Stranger Than Fiction, Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball).

THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE – 31 JAN 2008
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Cast: Mike Vogel, Christina Cole, Jaime Murray, Bill Nash, Michael Ed Feast
Synopsis: On an otherwise ordinary night, the young Ian Stone encounters a mysterious creature and is forced into the path of an oncoming train. Rather than facing certain death, Ian finds himself reborn into a new life that feels strangely familiar. After his second death, it becomes apparent that Ian is being hunted by an evil presence, and will be forced to die every day until he can solve the mystery of his own life.

Have you ever bought a really nice dress and was preparing to wear it for an event, only to discover at the very last minute that the dress is so much more low-cut than that time you first tried it on? Happens to me all the time! Well, I have learnt to be smart, and now’s your turn.

I present you:

Hollywood Fashion Tape is no-fuss clear adhesive tape, which is really so much more convenient and useful compared to safety pins. Don’t even get me started on my experience with safety pins – They just spoil the appearance of my outfit and the outfit itself. I have encountered enough embarrassing situations about wardrobe malfunction (there’s no Nipplegate incident, fortunately) such as having my friend nudging my friend (who was sitting beside me), who whispered to me that my scotch-tape was showing. Yeah, go on and laugh. I have attempted to put safety pins, scotch-tape (folded so that the tape stick both ways) and even having those thick green double sided tape taped onto my skin. Ouch!

Those days are over!

Each strip of Hollywood Fashion Tape has a removable backing on each side. All you have to do is to peel off one side of the tape, press the tape onto the area you want to secure, remove the other backing and stick it onto the other surface. The tape’s adhesive is hypo-allergenic so no worries on getting rashes, but do be slow and steady when removing the tape as the adhesive is really sticky. I gave some strips (from my second pack) to my girlfriend to secure her tube, and she immediately exclaimed, “So secure! Why didn’t you give me earlier?” after sticking it on.

What are you waiting for? Put an end to all the embarrassing moments!

Read part 1.

5) Kenny Sia – He’s Malaysia’s top blogger for a reason. Enough said.

6) Dawn Yang – Gorgeous, gorgeous and gorgeous! I have an obsession to read about pretty people. I don’t know why. Maybe because such a life is so far away? Haha.

7) Peggy Chang – The female winner of the Hey! Gorgeous show hosted by Fiona Xie and Ben Yeo. I love her zest for life and she’s gorgeous. She’d be the kind of girl I’d go for if I’m a guy. Personally, I find that she looks like Charlene Choi, Joanne Peh and Ella Chen (of S.H.E) at some angles. And she suits both long and short hairstyles, which I find to be a rarity (Angela also suits!) and she does look so different once her hairstyle is changed, even for different kinds of short hairstyles! Respect manz!

8) I came to know of Sheylara on Nuffnang Singapore when she was featured as the Featured Blogger for December. My first thought was, “Isn’t she the ‘carrefer’ on TV?” Sorry, I’m not really sure how to spell the term. Haha. And I wonder if that term’s a dialect. I was surprised to find that Sheylara seems to be so young, although her dressing might be the reason? This is my favourite entry of hers.

9) Truth be told, I only came across this Joke Diary site a couple of days ago but I love jokes, especially cheeky and dirty ones so I spent quite some time on this site, being pretty impressed by the joke collection. Majority of it I hadn’t read about yet. I don’t know why, but I just like tongue-in-cheek humour.

10) Cheeserland – More girly stuffs, more travelling, more pictures!

In no particular order, and in short and sweet sentences, I present to you my list of the 10 blogs I read everyday. They are in no particular ranking because I can’t make up my mind because the satisfaction I get from reading each of them is on different levels. Sorry for the lack of shopping sites, because I am too overwhelmed by the pictures I have to edit for my company’s Product Exhibition next week.

1) Xiaxue – I know, I know. Why am I reading her blog, you ask. Well, I find that the shopping tyrant in me wants to know what she buys, which country she goes and WHICH OF HER ACCESSORY IS BEING ADORNED WITH CRYSTALS (again)! I am still amazed at her patience in sticking her gadgets with crystals, decorating her room and most important of all, I like her personality and her responses to questions- she doesn’t mind poking fun at herself and situations.

2) Pink Is The New Blog is an entertainment gossip blog by Trent Vanegas. I’m sure you can get all the details of what he writes about when you click on his name.

3) Angela, aka Mrs Tat, is my secondary school girlfriend. And the lady who I mentioned briefly before that has loads of make-up, clothes and bags. I still think that her collection of new bags (as in not used) is at least twice the number of my used bags. Haha. She is a true blog shopaholic and I love reading about her buys! Everytime my mum threatened me on my shopping hauls, I keep thinking of Angela. Kidding!

4) Shaun rules on The Butterfly Tales! If there was any blogger who could capture the essentials of a situation, that would be him. You just can’t help but laugh along with him. He claims to have a short attention span  (of one month) for commitments, and he catagorizes his girls into months (I find that Miss September and Miss December seems to have more focus) after the concept in the Sweet November movie. Except his cause was not as honourable? Haha. I have not met him but had added him in my MSN list. One fine day, I couldn’t help but couldn’t help MSN-ing him after seeing his nick:

Cyrene says, “Never ask the Turtles?”

Butterfly: Finding Miss April says, “Oh.”

I really hope you get the lame joke. Oh ya, his blog is of NC-16 material – not for the early teens. If you are one, you are still going to go ahead and read his blog anyway, right?

5) Sharon Au, aka 欧菁仙, who is one of Singapore’s best comperes. I absoutely love her in the chinese sitcome 播音人 (Right Frequency) as “Chen Mei Guang Guang Guang Guang Guang*. Read this entry of hers about her hosting gig at the the recent Star Awards 2007, so memory lane.

Sorry for the really long wait due to yours truly’s lengendary bout of laziness..Haha. To read on the previous parts, here are Part 1 and Part 2.

Here are the rest of the pictures, and I do mean pictures, because I am too lazy to recall and type out the details. All I want to say is that, I am kind of disappointed that Ah Xing didnt sing the more popular duet “Ming Ming Hen Ai Ni” with Liang Jing Ru. It would have been a really fun song for them. Anyway, I really prefer Ah Xing to shout out his songs rather than singing his songs like a normal singer. That’s his groove, baby! Jing Ru re-appreared for her encore (expected it to happen. The lights were off. Duh! Who off the lights when the concert is supposedly to be over? Her encore session is really so much more fun than the beginning portion, with more banter and teasing and singing other singers’ songs, such as 伤痕 (林忆莲’s song from eons ago).

P/S: Sorry for thinking this way, but I still find that the cheerleaders have the word, “EXTRA” tattooed over their foreheads… Waving the fire sticks thingy is like so years ago.