Senin, 31 Oktober 2011

ORLANDO BLOOM, CLIVE OWEN & KIRSTEN DUNST IN "CITIES"! JAMES MANGOLD TO DIRECT ANNE FORTIER'S "JULIET"! "AMERICAN HORROR STORY" & "ONCE UPON A TIME" GETTING NEW SEASONS?

It seems that Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom will work together again after ELIZABETHTOWN. According to "MovieWeb"
they will join Clive Owen in CITIES. The international thriller, to be shoot in New York, Mumbai and London, is a cautionary tale about greed and ambition that takes place in the exuberant months leading up to the Dow Jones all-time stock market high. Fortunes, both big and small are put at risk as people around the globe gamble that the financial market’s meteoric rise will continue. In New York, a hedge fund manager (Owen) has everything he wants – money, sex and power, but he wants more. In London, a young couple just want to buy their first home, but it seems impossibly out of reach. In Mumbai, a cop fights against corruption between property speculators and his villainous colleague.

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As "Deadline" reports, Paramount will make a science fiction thriller ABDUCTION in which the story centers around an alien abduction of a group of average Americans who decide to take on
the aliens and battle their way off the extrarerrestrial craft. The story will be written by the screenwriter of CLASH OF THE TITANS and EAGLE EYE. And in TV news, FX has decided to order the 2nd season of their brand new hit show AMERICAN HORROR STORY with Dylan McDermott which quickly became the highest-rated first season of any series ever on FX, and the same thing might happen soon to ABC's new fantasy show ONCE UPON A TIME, which also has amazing ratings and has become the breakout broadcast drama hit this fall. Speaking of ABC they have just picked up a new untitled sitcom which will follow a normal family who moves into a condominium complex to find out that everyone else living there are aliens.

I wrote about this one almost two years ago, but it seems the things are moving on now finally: according to "Deadline" James Mangold will direct the movie adaptation of super popular and
widely beloved novel JULIET by Anne Fortier. After he directs WOLVERINE 2, Mangold will shoot this one for Paramount with a story  about a twenty something woman who learns she is a descendant of one of the feuding families made infamous in "Romeo and Juliet". She travels to Italy and discovers that the 600-year-old curse is still in effect and her fate is tied to literature’s greatest lovers. The book has had a huge number of readers so far, and I can confirm that my previous (very beautiful) post on this project is still one of the most visited ones (it is also one of the top items in Google's image search).
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Minggu, 30 Oktober 2011

NICOLE KIDMAN IN "THE FAMILY FANG". "THE SCORPIO RACES" GETS A FILM! GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S "WILD CARDS" SHOW ON SYFY! JOEL KINNAMAN IS THE KNIGHT IN "ARTHUR & LANCELOT" EPIC!

 Although she hasn't had a hit for a long time (or maybe even never), Nicole Kidman is still active: according to "Deadline", her
new project will be THE FAMILY FANG, based on the book by Kevin Wilson. The book is about a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events. When the full grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents, who are hellbent on achieving the act of a lifetime. Their kids harbor more than a little resentment and blame the performance art for how badly their own lives have turned out.
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Here's another young adult fantasy novel which will get a movie adaptation: THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater. According to "TheHollywood Reporter"
the book involves mythological flesh-eating horses from Celtic lore, a scraggy island that hosts an annual race, a young horse trainer and a young woman (the first female to enter the competition) who eventually fall for each other. Another adaptation will be for WILD CARDS, George. R. R. Martin's superhero anthology. Coming from the author of GAME OF THRONES, and to be aired on SyFy, it is set in New York hit by an alien virus. The survivors are split into two new classes of human beings: The Jokers, mutated and disfigured from the fallout, and The Aces, who have been endowed with super powers because of this tragedy.

A few days ago I've mentioned the casting rumors for David Dobkin's ARTHUR & LANCELOT, and now it has been officially confirmed that Joel Kinnaman from AMC's THE KILLING will be
Lancelot as we suspected. The race for the role of Arthur continues (Kit Harington from GAME OF THRONES was mentioned earlier alongiside Sam Claflin, Dominic Cooper and Liam Hemsworth), in this $90 million epic tale for Warner Bros. New Line Cinema is preparing CATEGORY SIX, a film about the worst tornado in US history, as survived by a group of high school students. Most of the action seen in the movie will be captured via cell phones, smart books, and other recording devices and the narration will be through a first-person POV as "MovieWeb" reports.
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Sabtu, 29 Oktober 2011

HOLLYWOOD SPY'S SPOTLIGHT ON "IMMORTALS" EPIC FILM OF THE YEAR WITH HENRY CAVILL, LUKE EVANS, FREIDA PINTO, KELLAN LUTZ, STEPHEN DORFF, JOHN HURT AND MICKEY ROURKE!

Are you ready for the biggest movie of the year, the feast of the cinematic season? Mindblowing Greek epic with artsy touch IMMORTALS is ready to premiere November 11th. Produced by people standing behind famous Spartan epic 300, and directed by visual master genius Tarsem Singh (the director of two of the visually most creative films in history THE FALL and THE CELL), this wonderful epic stars our new Superman Henry Cavill as the brave Theseus, our favourite Welshman Luke Evans as Zeus, John Hurt as Old Zeus,  smoking hot
Kellan Lutz as Poseidon, divinely gorgeous Isabel Lucas as Athena, Mickey Rourke as evil Hyperion, Freida Pinto as a priestess, Stephen Dorff as a wise slave,  and Daniel Sharman
as Ares.  The cast also includes a bunch of other gorgeous young people in the roles of glorious Gods and mythical heroes: Corey Sevier as Apollo, Joseph Morgan as Lysander, Greg Bryk as Nycomedes, Steve Byers as Heracles, Peter Stebbing as Hellios, Romano Orzari as Icarus, Robert Maillet as Minotaur ...
THE IMMORTAL STORY
This thrilling adventure will be set in the time after the Gods had won their mythic struggle against theTitans. But there's a new danger: Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of
soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares.
Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But
ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion…until a peasant named Theseus (Henry Cavill) comes forth as their only hope.
Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his hordes. Rallying a band of fellow outsiders,
including visionary priestess Phaedra (Freida Pinto) and cunning slave Stavros (Stephen Dorff), one hero will lead the uprising, or watch his homeland fall into ruin and his Gods vanish into legend.

IMMORTAL TIDBITS
Costume design is done by amazing Eiko Ishioka whom we remember by stunning and absolutely gorgeous costumes from
THE CELL, THE FALL, DRACULA and from Tarsem's upcoming film SNOW WHITE. The budget of the film was around $115 million. The first reviews from the ones who saw the film, praise the epic as having amazing story, marvelous direction, narrative depth, visionary and artsy approach to the visual look of the movie. First reviews also praise Henry Cavill's appealing portrayal of the lead character and especially Luke Evans' mature portrayal of Zeus since, although very young, he brings a very authoritative and commanding portrayal of Zeus, the king of
all Gods. The cinematography is praised as magnificent, battle scenes as legendary and impressive. The film also doesn't have cheesy lines which epics often have, and the story is said to have perfect pacing!
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Jumat, 28 Oktober 2011

REESE WITHERSPOON'S & JASON SEGAL'S "SEX TAPE"! 1ST TRAILER FOR "PARANORMAN"! DAVE FRANCO & HAILEE STEINFELD IN "ROSALINE"! "RIDERS ON THE STORM" THRILLER

According to "Variety" three young stars Dave Franco (James' gay brother), Hailee Steinfeld (from TRUE GRIT) and Deborah Ann Woll (TRUE BLOOD) have been offered roles in ROSALINE,
a period movie adaptation of Rebecca Serle's debut novel "When You Were Mine". In Shakespeare's famous "Romeo and Juliet," Rosaline was the woman Romeo first claimed to have loved from afar before he became  enamored with Juliet. The story in ROSALINE finds Romeo's jilted ex-girlfriend telling her side of the story. Franco and Hailee would play Romeo and Juliet, which is a bit strange since Hailee is already playing Juliet in Julian Fellowe's adaptation of the famous play beside Douglas Boot. The film will be directed by Michael Sucsy whose touching drama THE VOW with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams is coming out next February.
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Well, this one sounds interesting, as "Deadline" reports, Reese Witherspoon and Jason Segal are ready to take the lead roles in
Sony's comedy SEX TAPE. The studio has paid a seven figure sum for the screenplay about a married couple who take a night off from their kids, decide to get adventurous and spice things up by making a private sex tape. When they wake up, the tape is gone and they go on a desperate search to find it. MovieWeb reports that 20th Century Fox has picked up RIDERS ON THE STORM, an unusual and original adventurous thriller in which the story revolves around a group of thieves who use severe weather conditions to their advantage. It could turn into a potential franchise.

Well, it was only a few days ago that I mentioned new stop motion animated flick PARANORMAN which should hit cinemas next year, and now the first trailer has already been released.  Check it out bellow. As you recall, the story of the film is  set in a small
town which comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits. I hated the idea with the music in the trailer.
 And don't forget to visit Scottie's FRONT ROOM CINEMA because he's giving away four movie DVD's. Pop over and say hello :)
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Kamis, 27 Oktober 2011

1ST CHARACTER POSTERS FOR "THE HUNGER GAMES"! 1ST TRAILER FOR "THE LORAX"! KATE BECKINSALE COULD JOIN TOM CRUISE IN "HORIZONS"! ANNE HATHAWAY IN "PUZZLER" THRILLER

 A number of character posters has been revealed today around the net for next year's fantasy movie THE HUNGER GAMES. As
you know the highly anticipated film is the adaptation of popular Young Adult series of novels by Suzanne Collins. The story is set in a dystopian Capitol which requires its twelve subjugated districts to pay tribute in the form of a teenage boy and girl who are forced to participate in the annual HUNGER GAMES, a fight to the death on live TV. When Katniss Everdeen's little sister is chosen in the lottery, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Although persevering through hardship is commonplace for Katniss, she must start making choices that weigh survival against
humanity and life against love in order to win the games and return home. Absolutely not my cup of tea, but I know many of you liked the books, so I'm sure you will enjoy these posters too showing Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne in the
lead roles alongside Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, Amandla Stenberg as Rue, Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, and Alexander Ludwig as Cato.

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As you remember, Tom Cruise will star in sf epic HORIZONS, set on Earth which has become toxic for humans and is inhabited by drones. Cruise plays one of the last men
on Earth, a drone mechanic who discovers the wreckage of a female pilot down on Earth and goes on a journey of discovery with the woman. Well, according to latest rumors Kate Beckinsale, Hayley Atwell and Diane Kruger are currently main candidates for the female role. After a bunch of romantic and comedy roles, it seems that Anne Hathaway is moving to a darker  genre. Beside trying to look like Catwoman in that horrid film, she will now star in PUZZLER too. According to "Deadline" it will be a female driven thriller in the vein of THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR. Anne will also produce the film.

And your trailer for today is for Universal's THE LORAX,  animated movie premiering next March. The 3D movie is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic tale of a forest creature who shares
the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature
who fights to protect his world. A rather stellar voice cast includes Danny De Vito, Betty White, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift... Check out the trailer bellow.
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Rabu, 26 Oktober 2011

KARL URBAN IN "OVERDRIVE". SPOOKY "GRIM NIGHT" & APOCALYPTIC "THE END"! "GRACE OF MONACO" BIOPIC! "HOMELAND", "THE WALKING DEAD", "FALLING SKIES" GET NEW SEASONS!

 Our favourite Karl Urban has signed on for the lead role in OVERDRIVE, in which he and Ben Barnes star as a pair of car-thief brothers, who venture to the south of France to find more
work, and end up getting in over their heads. You probably remember that the first choices for the duo were Alex Pettyfer and Matthew Goode. MovieWeb has a report today on GRACE OF MONACO, a biopic of famous Grace Kelly, a Hollywood star whose life changed drastically after marrying Prince Rainer of Monaco. The film will be similar to THE KING'S SPEECH, since it will tell her personal tale against the political backdrop of the 1960s, when Monaco was embroiled in a heated dispute with France and Grace's diplomatic maneuvering brought the conflict to an end.

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When it comes to TV news, TNT has started shooting the 2nd season of this summer's hit alien invasion show FALLING SKIES with Noah Wyle, AMC has ordered the 3rd season of THE WALKING DEAD zombie show which opened its second season
with record breaking numbers, and Showtime has renewed HOMELAND with Damian Lewis and Claire Danes for the 2nd season. Deadline reports that Universal has grabbed thriller GRIM NIGHT after seeing the exciting teaser trailer for the spec script which describes a night that happens once a year globally, where people lock themselves at home and fend off the senseless and random attacks by Grims. Warner Bros. has picked up THE END, a science fiction story with three interconnected storylines in which different people are trying to reconcile with the fact that the world is going to end in just six hours due to some interstellar event.  

And speaking of zombies, check out the first poster for PARANORMAN an interesting new animated flick which should hit cinemas next August with the story set in a small town which
comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
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Well Singapore is actually not boring but loads of activities cost money and we are not known to be particularly generous when it comes to parting with our cash!!

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Gotta love DEAL.com.sg coz they give such crazy good discounts!! I think I will never ever book holidays/facials/you-name-it-services any other way again.

One of the best things about the site is when you are surfing it, even if you don't spend any money, just looking at the deals gives you so many ideas on what you can do with your free time.

For example...


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Bored of how your cat looks? Why not shave him into a lion?


LOL!!



Anyway from DEAL.com.sg I bought a deal for a spa treatment at Eden Spa with my mom.

Here's what my deal says:


87% off 100 Minutes Clarins Slimming and Contouring Treatment + HerbalDetox Footbath + Lymphatic Drainage Head and Face Detox Massage @ Eden Spa at Purvis. Only $48 instead of $360

$48 is so worth it!! :D


On the cab on the way there. Eden Spa is at Purvis street, super convenient.


Just being in the clean, relaxed atmosphere of the spa made me happy already!



All sorts of aromatic scents



Mummy and I


Momo happily choosing her preferred treatment. She gets to choose between:

  • Triplex BodySculpt: 3-in-1 therapy that uses slimming massage techniques on the waist, hip and thigh; Stress-relieving and pampering massage on the rest of the body.
  • Waist-Shaper + Hip and Thigh Lift Combi: Best selling intensive treatments that target the waist, tummy, hip and thigh; Releases excess fats, & reduces stubborn cellulite.
  • Swedish Destress Massage: Improves blood circulation, increase flexibility, reduces muscle tension and aches; Deeply relaxing and pampering experience.

I chose the Swedish destressing massage and she chose the waist-shaper!


And check this out:



Soooooooooo many Clarins products!

The reason why I like Eden Spa is because they are the first and only spa in Singapore to exclusively use Clarins products in their massages and therapies!

Clarins products are quite expensive so it's super worth the $48 especially when I got my body oiled in Clarins' natural plant goodness. :D


As promised my spa treatment started with a relaxing footbath. Had a fun time doing this next to my mom as we gossiped away. :)

After this was the actual massage which was fantastic although I have no pictures of it...

My favourite part of the massage was when I had the 20 minute Lymphatic Drainage Head and Face Detox Massage - OMG I LOVE HEAD MASSAGES!!

So freaking awesome!!


After the massage I took a nice shower at their pretty toilet.

So happy I could spend time with Momo and also treat her to something she really enjoyed. :D


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Have fun!
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Selasa, 25 Oktober 2011

Perfect teeth!

I've been home these few days but I haven't been blogging coz for the past few days my arm have been painful with what I presume to be carpal tunnel from excessive mouse use? (Thank god I'm not a man or I will be accused of excessive masturbation right now)

I've been trying to avoid using photoshop. :( I have salon-pas on my wrist and lower arm now. I've never had carpal tunnel pains that lasted for more than a day so I'm a little worried!

Nonetheless I thought it was time to show off my perfect smile now because FINALLY, my dental journey is DONE!!

As I mentioned before I've gotten Invisalign and about 1 month back it was finally finished!

Watch the Guide to Life on Invisalign:




("What is invisalign? I don't want to watch that video." Well then click here for my first blog entry on it)

Well actually it was finished about say, 4 months back. I started somewhere in October '10 after about 6 months, I was DONE!

I had perfectly straight teeth.

(Please see part 2 of my invisalign journey HERE where I straightened out my bottom row after a remarkable 3 months.)

Now if I were presented with that set of teeth at the beginning of my treatment the past me would have said HELL YEAH THAT'S AWESOME but at the end of my invisalign treatment my dentist asked me if I was 100% happy because Invisalign clients were allowed FREE REFINEMENT!!

That means that if you are not happy with what Invisalign did for you, they can further rectify whatever you need done.

At that point I had tasted glory and I wanted MORE!! Why stop at perfectly straight teeth? I told my dentist I wanted my mouth area to be pushed in even more (it's jutting out kinda like a horse I suppose) so he said ok and Invisalign sent me another 10 aligners!

So those 10 aligners took another 3 months.

My aligners at the beginning of invisalign and after:


Top row. Note how much the teeth got pushed inwards! :D


Bottom row. Crooked no more!


And at the end of it I had super gorgeous teeth but for ONE thing:


I have a very gummy smile and very small, short teeth!! When I smile a lot of gum can be seen.

So my dentists from Orchard Scotts Dental said I could do GUM RECONTOURING SURGERY!!

Well it sounds very scary with the word surgery and all but it's actually a very simple procedure!!

My dentist used this amazing laser machine that somehow just burns off excess gum. Dude... It's not even painful. I actually fell asleep. And it took only about 1 hour plus!

Surprisingly enough when I posted on twitter that I did this gum surgery I got a lot of hate for it. o_o

Wow seriously? It's GUM surgery yo. How intolerant can people get? What others do to their bodies, be it plastic surgery, tattoos or excessive makeup, that's THEIR business and none of yours. As long as they not not hurting others, let them be!

I better not go off on a tangent here. Anyway, I am really, really impressed and happy with the gum reduction!! The difference is DRASTIC. The recovery was about 1 day of mildly sore gums. And it's not even that expensive at about $1,000 to $2,000++! If I knew I would have done this LONG ago.

Watch the surgery done here:



So yes now that my gummy smile is gone, the last step is... Teeth whitening!!

The process itself was not that bad but man, I realllllllllly hated the feeling after the whitening when my teeth got all sensitive! That uncomfortable feeling lasted for 1 day. :(

However, after the whitening my dentists all came into the room to look at the results and they all smiled at me and said my teeth were SUPERRR white and the results were even better than they expected!

The colour match was off the charts for normal teeth and went into veneer white. :D

My F4 Hair dentist even said my teeth were whiter than his now LOL... So it's all worth it!

Ready to see?


Awesome right? NO PHOTOSHOP!!



I am so loving my smile now!

Awwww would you look at that?? I can see 10 teeth now when I smile! I used to be able to see only 6! ♥

I'd also like to end this blog entry by saying how much I LOVE my dentists from Orchard Scotts Dental, Dr Ronnie Yap and Dr Jerry Lim!! They are both such nice guys (and cute too wtf) and very patient and professional!!

And they are always smiling so much. Now that I think about it I think it's because they are showing off their awesome teeth. It's a walking ad for them correct or not? LOL

I've looked forward to every dental visit with them and I'm even a bit sad now that it all ended. I introduced Cheesie to them too so she is also getting invisalign with Orchard Scotts Dental! :D

And a few other personal friends are also getting invisalign there! :D


If you want to improve your smile, be it straightening or gum recontouring or whitening or even just a simple cleaning, you can call go to their website HERE or call them at +6567329939.

Please don't direct your questions at me. I'm not a dentist afterall so I'm not qualified to answer. And I don't know the costs, please just call them!
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