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Monday, January 31, 2011
green hornet like!
i finally got to watch green hornet last saturday with my bro and sis-in-law. despite the inane plot, too talkative seth, too old cameron, some draggy parts, i still liked the movie because it was funny. and jay chou as Kato is probably the coolest part of the movie! loved his gadgets, his martial arts, i did cringe at his English on the first few minutes, but i'm still so happy because finally if i do get to meet him in person, we can now communicate (haha, im such a dreamer!!). he also looks fat in the movie-- i think i read somewhere he was asked to gain a bit weight. oh and i wished he did a better piano piece to show off his mad piano skills. and his hair looks weird. i hope he will have more hollywood movies to come!!! :)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
jay chou speaks engrish
i never thought i'd see the day that jay chou will actually learn to speak english (even if it's engrish) so i'm really really happy for him!
hope he will have more hollywood projects!!!
hope he will have more hollywood projects!!!
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou dish on new 'Green Hornet' | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou dish on new 'Green Hornet'
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou dish on new 'Green Hornet'
Reuters
Posted at 01/13/2011 8:03 AM Updated as of 01/13/2011 8:03 AM
LOS ANGELES – Comedian Seth Rogen, whose movies include "Knocked Up" and "Superbad," stars in new 3D, action comedy "The Green Hornet," based on characters that appeared in a 1930s radio serial, a 1960s TV show and a comic book series.
Rogen, who co-wrote the movie that debuts in theaters on Friday, stars as Britt Reid, a slacker son of a media magnate who dies mysteriously. Britt befriends his dad's employee, Kato, and the duo reinvent themselves as crime fighters with Britt becoming The Green Hornet and Kato his sidekick. At the same time, they both have eyes for their new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz).
Taiwanese singer Chou is a superstar across Asia, and he makes his English-language acting debut in "Green Hornet." He and Rogen sat down with Reuters to discuss teaming up for the movie, Chou's command of English and Rogen's singing voice.
Q: How did you two meet?
Rogen: "We met over Skype, like most people do these days. In looking for a Kato, we got a hold of Jay and set up a time to read one of the scenes over Skype. He was in Taiwan and I was in Los Angeles. We read the scene where we're arguing with each other in my guest house."
Q: Jay, you had an English tutor on the set because you didn't know the language. How was that?
Chou: "My English dialogue teacher was very scary."
Rogen: Yeah, she was the real bad guy on set.
Chou: She was like my mom. 'Hey Jay..."
Rogen: "...are you studying?" (both laugh)
Q: Did you know any English when you began shooting?
Chou: "Just 'What the hell?' and some bad words."
Rogen: "It was amazing how much he learned. But he understood it for the most part. We went through each scene and made sure he understood what was happening."
Chou: "Seth is very smart. Because he wrote the script, he could change anything. My English is not so good and sometimes (my lines) were difficult to say. Seth would say, 'Okay, let's change it.'"
Q: You two are together throughout most of the film. What were some of the biggest challenges you endured?
Rogen: "There's a big car chase at the end and we shot a lot of that in front of blue screen. That was difficult because for a week straight, it was just us sitting in a car and people yelling, 'Explosion on the left side!' or 'You're turning right!' And we're leaning all over the place."
Q: Jay does most of the driving in the film. Is that because your driving skills are poor?
Rogen: "I did one day of stunt driving training and I must have not done very well because I didn't get to drive a car again after that. But Jay was a great driver. There were lots of scenes where he was driving with a camera mounted on the hood. They would just send us off to drive around like that. We got some weird looks from people."
Jay: "For me, the challenge was fighting with Seth. To me, he's like my brother and because of that, fighting with him was very strange. I didn't want to kick him, but I had to."
Q: What did you do during your downtime on the set?
Chou: "I'd do some magic tricks."
Rogen: "He does a lot of magic tricks. That's how he'd entertain us. Jay found basketball very quickly in America. He'd go to Venice beach and play there all the time..."
Chou: "...and Rodeo Drive for shopping."
Q: If there's a sequel, what would you like to see in it?
Chou: "Cameron Diaz. More romance for Kato."
Q: Ah yes, Kato has that one scene where he tries to get close to Lenore. She appears to like him a bit.
Chou: "It's my favorite scene in the movie!"
Q: What did you take away or learn from each other that you wouldn't have otherwise?
Chou: "Seth is exactly like what he is on the screen, except he's not dumb."
Rogen: "Good answer! I've been listening to a lot of his music. There's a song of his at the end of the movie and it's awesome."
Jay: "Music is very important in my life. After this movie, I'm going to back to my music and will make a new album."
Q: Has your time in the United States influenced what you put on that album?
Chou: "I will put some English in my new album. Maybe I'll sing in English."
Q: Any duets with Seth?
Rogen: "That would not be a good idea."
Chou: "He's a good rapper, but not a good singer."
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou dish on new 'Green Hornet'
Reuters
Posted at 01/13/2011 8:03 AM Updated as of 01/13/2011 8:03 AM
LOS ANGELES – Comedian Seth Rogen, whose movies include "Knocked Up" and "Superbad," stars in new 3D, action comedy "The Green Hornet," based on characters that appeared in a 1930s radio serial, a 1960s TV show and a comic book series.
Rogen, who co-wrote the movie that debuts in theaters on Friday, stars as Britt Reid, a slacker son of a media magnate who dies mysteriously. Britt befriends his dad's employee, Kato, and the duo reinvent themselves as crime fighters with Britt becoming The Green Hornet and Kato his sidekick. At the same time, they both have eyes for their new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz).
Taiwanese singer Chou is a superstar across Asia, and he makes his English-language acting debut in "Green Hornet." He and Rogen sat down with Reuters to discuss teaming up for the movie, Chou's command of English and Rogen's singing voice.
Q: How did you two meet?
Rogen: "We met over Skype, like most people do these days. In looking for a Kato, we got a hold of Jay and set up a time to read one of the scenes over Skype. He was in Taiwan and I was in Los Angeles. We read the scene where we're arguing with each other in my guest house."
Q: Jay, you had an English tutor on the set because you didn't know the language. How was that?
Chou: "My English dialogue teacher was very scary."
Rogen: Yeah, she was the real bad guy on set.
Chou: She was like my mom. 'Hey Jay..."
Rogen: "...are you studying?" (both laugh)
Q: Did you know any English when you began shooting?
Chou: "Just 'What the hell?' and some bad words."
Rogen: "It was amazing how much he learned. But he understood it for the most part. We went through each scene and made sure he understood what was happening."
Chou: "Seth is very smart. Because he wrote the script, he could change anything. My English is not so good and sometimes (my lines) were difficult to say. Seth would say, 'Okay, let's change it.'"
Q: You two are together throughout most of the film. What were some of the biggest challenges you endured?
Rogen: "There's a big car chase at the end and we shot a lot of that in front of blue screen. That was difficult because for a week straight, it was just us sitting in a car and people yelling, 'Explosion on the left side!' or 'You're turning right!' And we're leaning all over the place."
Q: Jay does most of the driving in the film. Is that because your driving skills are poor?
Rogen: "I did one day of stunt driving training and I must have not done very well because I didn't get to drive a car again after that. But Jay was a great driver. There were lots of scenes where he was driving with a camera mounted on the hood. They would just send us off to drive around like that. We got some weird looks from people."
Jay: "For me, the challenge was fighting with Seth. To me, he's like my brother and because of that, fighting with him was very strange. I didn't want to kick him, but I had to."
Q: What did you do during your downtime on the set?
Chou: "I'd do some magic tricks."
Rogen: "He does a lot of magic tricks. That's how he'd entertain us. Jay found basketball very quickly in America. He'd go to Venice beach and play there all the time..."
Chou: "...and Rodeo Drive for shopping."
Q: If there's a sequel, what would you like to see in it?
Chou: "Cameron Diaz. More romance for Kato."
Q: Ah yes, Kato has that one scene where he tries to get close to Lenore. She appears to like him a bit.
Chou: "It's my favorite scene in the movie!"
Q: What did you take away or learn from each other that you wouldn't have otherwise?
Chou: "Seth is exactly like what he is on the screen, except he's not dumb."
Rogen: "Good answer! I've been listening to a lot of his music. There's a song of his at the end of the movie and it's awesome."
Jay: "Music is very important in my life. After this movie, I'm going to back to my music and will make a new album."
Q: Has your time in the United States influenced what you put on that album?
Chou: "I will put some English in my new album. Maybe I'll sing in English."
Q: Any duets with Seth?
Rogen: "That would not be a good idea."
Chou: "He's a good rapper, but not a good singer."
Thursday, January 6, 2011
If you like R&B, you'll love One Way!
One Way is a hot and suave R&B / Hiphop group from South Korea consisting of Chance, Peter and Young Sky. I love almost all of their songs from their two mini-albums, One Way Street and the newly released Rainy Days. So nice to listen to their songs while I'm driving home from work.
Officially released music videos and singles:
One Way
Magic
Forever
Rainy Days
Other songs from their new album: New Drag, Can't Stop, Coffee and the list goes on.. Take a listen and get your copy of this amazing trio!
One Way
Magic
Forever
Rainy Days
Other songs from their new album: New Drag, Can't Stop, Coffee and the list goes on.. Take a listen and get your copy of this amazing trio!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
dec book challenge
HURRAH! I MADE MY GOAL! *CHEERS FOR MYSELF*
I was pretty confident when December rolled in because i only needed 8 more books to achieve my goal. However, since I had a lot of work to complete and lots of xmas parties and dinners to attend and shopping to do, I thought i would miss my target. Another reason is that the books i've started reading didn't interest me, i think i started about 4 or 5 books and could barely make it through 1/4 of the stories. I guess i was in a holiday mood and not into much seriousness. So I decided to choose light but great reads to cap off a great year!
93. Catherine Mann - The Rich Man's Fake Fiancee
4 stars. just an average TN romance. what i did like about this is that this kickstarted my monthly reading habit. for the first 2 weeks of the month, ive been reading uninteresting (or maybe im not in the mood) novels but after reading this, i suddenly started bringing and reading my kindle everywhere again.
94. Elizabeth Chandler - I Do
4 1/2 stars. ever since i got my kindle, i've stopped reading paperback and hardbound books (my bookshelf has been feeling neglected!) but a few days ago, i couldn't sleep and wanted a feel good romance and so i remembered this old Love Stories novel (i've been searching for this for years and when i found it in sulit.com.ph, i bought it immediately). beautiful story! high school romances are really something worth remembering no?
95. Kate Brian - Fake Boyfriend
4 stars. great teen romance. i finished this in one seating. the only reason i did not give this a 4 1/2 stars is because i thought the romance felt too fast and too rushed. i thought giving them more chances to show how the feelings developed would have given this more heart. also, the plot was a bit ridiculous. if i was the friend, i would be hurt if they set me up with a fake boyfriend even with good intentions. and actually getting a guy that's basically a stranger to play a boyfriend? kinda scary in reality. but then sometimes that's how love works.
96. Jen Calonita - Sleepaway Girls
4 1/2 stars. sometimes i miss those days when i used to be a girl scout. it would have been fun to go camping again (though in high school, camping was pretty nerve wracking and had a little bit of peer pressure). and unfortunately, there really are no hot guys at camp, just a bunch of nerdy goody goody girls and boy scouts with a little power tripping and lots of kissing ass with the teachers.
97. Elizabeth Chandler - Love at First Click
4 1/2 stars. i can't help it. she is really just one of my fave YA authors! this is one of her newer novels. ive been wanting to read this but the version i got was in .lrf format and when i tried to convert it to doc or text, it totally sucked. finally i found the pdf version and i love it!!! another great story. though the ending is a bit "bitin" and hoped there was an epilogue with the sisters talking about jared / flynn. it is kinda icky when you think of sisters swapping boyfriends.. it's like gossip girl or 90210.
98. Catherine Clark - Picture Perfect
3 stars. the plot is what made me want to read this book but was disappointed that it wasn't really what i expected the book to be. spencer was so arrogant and annoying, i couldn't understand how she liked him! i and adam was so underrated i wasn't sure why he was in the story - but i liked his personality and i would have preferred him over spencer. the story dragged and i didn't really see much character development all throughout the story. and i didn't feel a single romantic vibe coming from spencer the whole time so i was surprised when at the last chapter, he suddenly confessed to liking the girl too.
99. Lisa Kleypas - Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
4 1/2 stars. This book did not seem like a typical Lisa Kleypas novel but i love it all the same. i think this was meant to be a holiday novel. i'm eager to read the stories of Alex and Sean.
100. Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall
4 1/2 stars. Whoa! Great great novel! at first i thought it was a bit like Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy but it was more like a cross between Gemma Doyle and Melissa Dela Cruz's Blue Bloods novel, except that there were only 2 vampires and the heroine is a witch / demon. i just love Sophie and Archer -- starcrossed lovers like Jack and Schuyler. I never did get to finish Libba Bray's trilogy (book 1 was kinda creepy and too complex that i didn't bother finishing books 2-3). Cant wait for Book 2!! side note: these types of novels should be made into a tv series or movie and not crappy stories like the Twilight Saga (though i still heart Edward Cullen)
Looking forward to a fantastic year of book reading in 2011!
I was pretty confident when December rolled in because i only needed 8 more books to achieve my goal. However, since I had a lot of work to complete and lots of xmas parties and dinners to attend and shopping to do, I thought i would miss my target. Another reason is that the books i've started reading didn't interest me, i think i started about 4 or 5 books and could barely make it through 1/4 of the stories. I guess i was in a holiday mood and not into much seriousness. So I decided to choose light but great reads to cap off a great year!
93. Catherine Mann - The Rich Man's Fake Fiancee
4 stars. just an average TN romance. what i did like about this is that this kickstarted my monthly reading habit. for the first 2 weeks of the month, ive been reading uninteresting (or maybe im not in the mood) novels but after reading this, i suddenly started bringing and reading my kindle everywhere again.
94. Elizabeth Chandler - I Do
4 1/2 stars. ever since i got my kindle, i've stopped reading paperback and hardbound books (my bookshelf has been feeling neglected!) but a few days ago, i couldn't sleep and wanted a feel good romance and so i remembered this old Love Stories novel (i've been searching for this for years and when i found it in sulit.com.ph, i bought it immediately). beautiful story! high school romances are really something worth remembering no?
95. Kate Brian - Fake Boyfriend
4 stars. great teen romance. i finished this in one seating. the only reason i did not give this a 4 1/2 stars is because i thought the romance felt too fast and too rushed. i thought giving them more chances to show how the feelings developed would have given this more heart. also, the plot was a bit ridiculous. if i was the friend, i would be hurt if they set me up with a fake boyfriend even with good intentions. and actually getting a guy that's basically a stranger to play a boyfriend? kinda scary in reality. but then sometimes that's how love works.
4 1/2 stars. sometimes i miss those days when i used to be a girl scout. it would have been fun to go camping again (though in high school, camping was pretty nerve wracking and had a little bit of peer pressure). and unfortunately, there really are no hot guys at camp, just a bunch of nerdy goody goody girls and boy scouts with a little power tripping and lots of kissing ass with the teachers.
97. Elizabeth Chandler - Love at First Click
4 1/2 stars. i can't help it. she is really just one of my fave YA authors! this is one of her newer novels. ive been wanting to read this but the version i got was in .lrf format and when i tried to convert it to doc or text, it totally sucked. finally i found the pdf version and i love it!!! another great story. though the ending is a bit "bitin" and hoped there was an epilogue with the sisters talking about jared / flynn. it is kinda icky when you think of sisters swapping boyfriends.. it's like gossip girl or 90210.
98. Catherine Clark - Picture Perfect
3 stars. the plot is what made me want to read this book but was disappointed that it wasn't really what i expected the book to be. spencer was so arrogant and annoying, i couldn't understand how she liked him! i and adam was so underrated i wasn't sure why he was in the story - but i liked his personality and i would have preferred him over spencer. the story dragged and i didn't really see much character development all throughout the story. and i didn't feel a single romantic vibe coming from spencer the whole time so i was surprised when at the last chapter, he suddenly confessed to liking the girl too.
4 1/2 stars. This book did not seem like a typical Lisa Kleypas novel but i love it all the same. i think this was meant to be a holiday novel. i'm eager to read the stories of Alex and Sean.
100. Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall
4 1/2 stars. Whoa! Great great novel! at first i thought it was a bit like Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy but it was more like a cross between Gemma Doyle and Melissa Dela Cruz's Blue Bloods novel, except that there were only 2 vampires and the heroine is a witch / demon. i just love Sophie and Archer -- starcrossed lovers like Jack and Schuyler. I never did get to finish Libba Bray's trilogy (book 1 was kinda creepy and too complex that i didn't bother finishing books 2-3). Cant wait for Book 2!! side note: these types of novels should be made into a tv series or movie and not crappy stories like the Twilight Saga (though i still heart Edward Cullen)
Looking forward to a fantastic year of book reading in 2011!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
xmas in hk
the last time my family and i ever had an overseas vacation together was when i was in 6th grade. we went to hk with my cousins and aunts. i can't even remember the things we did then. i've been going back to hk practically every year since i moved to D Bank but mostly for just 1 or 2 days training so never really had the chance to explore hk as an adult. so im really excited that for xmas my family will all be spending our holidays in hk and macau.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
year of movies
4 interests that keep me up all and all night: music, movies, tv and books. for the past few months i've been blogging about my itunes list, my 100 book challenge and tv review.. so this time i thought i'd take a little time to blog about movies. i love movies. drama, foreign language, horror, romance, comedy, science fiction, classics, practically anything that sounds interesting. last year, i think i got to watch every single big movie released because i had my movie buddy L with me but ever since she moved to SG to study, my movie habits have reduced to 1 or 2 movies a month. for older movies, i catch up via my xtreamer filled with HD movies. and for classic movies, i turn on TCM on tv.
here's a rundown of the movies i've watched this year (as far as i can recall) and in no certain order:
1. leap year - watched this in the airplane, i love amy adams
2. tooth fairy - watched this in the airplane, i'll watch anything by the rock
3. when in rome - watched this in the airplane, stupid story but josh duhamel's so hot!
4. dear john - the book was better but the ending of the movie is what i wanted!
5. percy jackson and the lightning thief - percy is so cute! like a cross between chase crawford / zac efron
6. valentine's day - watched this in the airplane, nice all star cast movie. but hate that mcdreamy is mc-cheater!
7. shutter island - love love love!
8. alice in wonderland - in 3D
9. the bounty hunter - i dont really like gerard butler
10. diary of a wimpy kid - so cute, i read all of the rest of the books!
11. clash of the titans - serious version of percy jackson
12. date night - i like mark wahlberg!
13. the joneses - interesting movie! kinda like the truman show
14. iron man 2 - i dont know why people love this but it sucked. all flash no substance. now i know why i did not watch iron man.
15. sex and the city 2 - the only reason to watch this is to be with my girl friends! i wish we will all be together even when we're old!
16. the karate kid - surprisingly, jaden smith is a pretty good actor!
17. knight and day - dont care what people say about tom cruise, he's still the man!
18. twilight saga eclipse: yawn yawn yawn
19. despicable me - watched in the plane.. so cute!!
20. inception - whoa! amazing thrilling and confusing movie!
21. dinner for schmucks - watched in the plane. i love paul rudd.
22. vampires suck - makes fun in twilight in a cheesy but still funny way
23. going the distance - cute romcom but lacked a little something
24. the town - gritty movie! love it!
25. life as we know it - nice and realistic movie. josh duhamel's hot!
26. harry potter and the deathly hollows - nice, better than last year's half blood prince
27. unstoppable - cool nonstop action
28. borat - it's so shockingly gross that i couldnt help but watch it
29. princess and the frog - its been a long time since disney came out with a nice fairy tale. love the songs!
30. bandslam - nice high school flick
31. mirrors - scary movie!!!
32. i live my life - movie starring joan crawford.. she was sooo good!
here's a rundown of the movies i've watched this year (as far as i can recall) and in no certain order:
1. leap year - watched this in the airplane, i love amy adams
2. tooth fairy - watched this in the airplane, i'll watch anything by the rock
3. when in rome - watched this in the airplane, stupid story but josh duhamel's so hot!
4. dear john - the book was better but the ending of the movie is what i wanted!
5. percy jackson and the lightning thief - percy is so cute! like a cross between chase crawford / zac efron
6. valentine's day - watched this in the airplane, nice all star cast movie. but hate that mcdreamy is mc-cheater!
7. shutter island - love love love!
8. alice in wonderland - in 3D
9. the bounty hunter - i dont really like gerard butler
10. diary of a wimpy kid - so cute, i read all of the rest of the books!
11. clash of the titans - serious version of percy jackson
12. date night - i like mark wahlberg!
13. the joneses - interesting movie! kinda like the truman show
14. iron man 2 - i dont know why people love this but it sucked. all flash no substance. now i know why i did not watch iron man.
15. sex and the city 2 - the only reason to watch this is to be with my girl friends! i wish we will all be together even when we're old!
16. the karate kid - surprisingly, jaden smith is a pretty good actor!
17. knight and day - dont care what people say about tom cruise, he's still the man!
18. twilight saga eclipse: yawn yawn yawn
19. despicable me - watched in the plane.. so cute!!
20. inception - whoa! amazing thrilling and confusing movie!
21. dinner for schmucks - watched in the plane. i love paul rudd.
22. vampires suck - makes fun in twilight in a cheesy but still funny way
23. going the distance - cute romcom but lacked a little something
24. the town - gritty movie! love it!
25. life as we know it - nice and realistic movie. josh duhamel's hot!
26. harry potter and the deathly hollows - nice, better than last year's half blood prince
27. unstoppable - cool nonstop action
28. borat - it's so shockingly gross that i couldnt help but watch it
29. princess and the frog - its been a long time since disney came out with a nice fairy tale. love the songs!
30. bandslam - nice high school flick
31. mirrors - scary movie!!!
32. i live my life - movie starring joan crawford.. she was sooo good!
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