It's the Oscars, Baby. :bd

Ahhhh, the Academy Awards 2011. Much has changed since the first one in 1929 but still some stuff have remained the same: guys wearing tuxedos; girls in gowns so nice it makes me feel alive but so expensive I die and a red carpet long enough to cover EDSA than my house. Anyway, this year was definitely different from the ones before because the hosts are James Franco and Anne Hathaway who are a breather from the usual comedian or award-winning actor who has slow comedic timing from hosts the AMPAS(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) chooses most of the time.



Seeing the two during the beginning of the show was breathtaking. Two really beautiful people together hosting the Academy Awards? Haaaay. I LOLed at James' grandmother, whom when she was called out from the audience by Franco she said "I saw Marky Mark." Hehehe. The opening montage of the two was funny. Anne Hathaway's brown duck dance to the Black Swan herself Natalie Portman was that LOL moment that still made me go "Uhm...huh?"




One of the categories presented first in the show was the Best Supporting category presented by Kirk Douglas whom I must say was hilarious regardless of his aged speech. I hope he could represent again next year and poke fun at Colin Firth(who won Best Actor later on the show, FYI) for being British. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA


I couldn't find a pic of him that night so instead I put up a pic na lang of him when he was younger and papable-er. :)

Another thing that kept me up(even if the live telecast of the Oscars is at around lunchtime here in the PI) was Anne Hathaway's numerous wardrobe change. I demand to know who was her stylist(100% sure it's Rachel Zoe who should've been on maternity leave) because she looked HOT in every gown(and a tux) she sported.



The Best Picture category was won by The King's Speech. Everyone probably thought it would've been The Social Network and I wished it was Toy Story 3, but we're speaking about the AMPAS and they sometimes come out with the unexpected although this time I'm quite happy with their choice.



Sadly, this entry about the Oscars is kinda short because damn ABS-CBN cut off the telecast right after the Best Picture category to make way for that Wahoo, Wohoo Whatever show(don't care what the real name is)they usually show at noon. Well, Studio 23 will replay the Academy Awards tonight and I don't mind sitting though a great awards show again. :)

Why I Think Shoutout isn't as Loud as it seems

When Shoutout! first premiered on ABS-CBN back in November, I was ecstatic. I mean what teen wouldn't? It's about time ABS-CBN did a teen oriented show. Shows there are either about old people dealing with their kinda lame crises about this and that or about little kids who sometimes lack comedic timing which is okay because they're still kids and they're cute and they can get away with it.

I was even more ecstatic learning that some of the cast members included PBB Teen Clas Winner and It Boy James Reid, theatre singer and actress Tippy Dos Santos and the most handsome Gigger Boy evah Enrique Gil to name a few. But if you know me, it's so not me to watch local shows. The last local show I watched regularly to was PBB Teen Clash of 2010 but the real last one I really got addicted to was Heart Evangelista's now defunct QTV program Fashionistas By Heart.

So anyways, I followed Shoutout!. I liked that it premiers on the afternoon then at mga 5:15 which is usually way after most teen's dismissal time. I watched this show regularly--Monday to Friday--and get pissed if I miss an episode(which I did many times because of other affairs. I even didn't watch Shoutout! for a whole week when it was almost Christmas then).

But something happened last month on Shoutout!. On that said episode, they announced then and there that they only had 4 WEEKS to air and that same time to redeem themselves whether ABS-CBN should continue airing the show or not. This provoked me as very desperate and not at all classy for that program to do. I remember on that episode, there one of their producers read most of the hate comments the show received online.

While I agree with what the haters said(like not all of them seem to take it seriously and it shows), I also still hate the fact that Shoutout! was questioning the cast mates for those comments. Can't the program ever think that no matter how great a show is or not, YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE HATERS?! Haters gonna hate, but it seems that Shoutout! wanted every comment about the show to be positive which is understandable but not at all possible in the real world where there are so many people with different mindsets. Haters did have a point. How many times have I seen someone miss a step in a dance number or not open their mouths during a singing number showcasing that they're only lip syncing?? Many, actually. A damn lot.

I also pursed my lips when they demoted Enrique Gil on national TV from host to teenmate which is quite horrifying if I were in his place. Even the producer read that negative comment about him on TV: about why the hell is he a host if no one doesn't even know him(which, I think, you're losers to say that because he is everywhere!!!). It was awful.

So since then, the show changed. Ironically, the show changed its name to Shoutout! Level Up because I feel that it obviously didn't level up. It became a teen entertainment cum reality show, which I feel made the show not so interesting anymore. The schedule changed, too. It was places na at 4:15 in teh afternoon and the show only aired for 30 minutes instead of the usual 45. They even shuffled the groups of the show so the groups for each day of the week wasn't the same groupings as before. I kinda wondered why they made the teens ''audition'' for a spot number rather than before where all the teens had their chances to shine together. It was pathetic and boring and a very sorry looking attempt to draw viewers besides the fact that the teenmates are polishing their talents a bit more. It's as if viewer favorites such as Bret Jackson, James Reid among some others aren't shining so much anymore on the show which was kinda sad. Don't get me wrong--I liked that the newer crop of talents were the ones impressing the judges but not all the of the new kids were able to get the attention as much as the other guys.

If you guys asked if the teenmates improved....well....maybe some but other need some sprucing up pa rin. Some of the spot numbers I've watched were terrible these past few weeks. TERRIBLE! I remember last week each of the groups(or at least a few people who passed the auditions from each group) where supposed to do a number about an icon they admired. I remember one group chose Elvis Presley and boy, WERE THEY HORRIBLE!!!! I can't stand to watch it or even listen to them singing. Parang Shoutout! Level DOWN na to. :P

But on that same episode, this other group performed to Jennifer Lopez--and they were awesome. Crazy awesome. Super crazy awesome. Emman Vera, who sang, was great. That girl has some pipes! And the others, heck, were all crazy great dancers and had the best choreography to match. Incredible, I tell ya. I've watched other spot numbers on Shout Out! and most I forgot(not unless it's as horrible as that Elvis number I told you earlier), but this was the best so far.

Just when I thought things might get better, Shoutout! had to let go of some of our fave teenmates like Ryan Bang, Pierro Vergara and Katheryn Bernando among others. While the show was just being concerned about the teenamtes' schedule being overbooked, I still think it sucked just when I thought the show might save itself.

It was too bad that Shoutout! ended last Friday just three weeks ever since that controversial announcement on TV. AKALA KO 4 WEEKS SILA MAG-REREDEEM? PUTEK NAMAN. From a reliable source, it ended because it just didn't garner as much audiences as when it first started. Although I have said pretty awful things now about the show, I still felt bad it ended. Sayang lang. I watch that show to see my favorite artistas and now wala na. Even the teenmates were expressing their anger for the cancellation of the show(eh paano I bet they know what the network did to it sucked) on Twitter.

Maybe there was a lesson for the network and ABS-CBN learned it: that no matter how good an idea is, it wouldn't work out if the people won't even try to. The teenmates did try, but ABS-CBN is wasting a ton of money here waiting for improvement and we viewers have something to do with it. There was a lesson too for the teenmates: to take this opportunity seriously because something like this doesn't come to anyone and an opportunity like this doesn't last forever.

My Grammy's Best and Worst Dressed List .

While some events at the Grammy's where a bit questionable(WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T JUSTIN BIEBER WON IN THE BEST NEW ARTIST CATEGORY? LOLJK....I want Drake to win), the fashion was pretty alright this year. Safe even and that disappoints poor old Red here. :( Now shall we round up the best and worst?

BEST

Jennifer Lopez in Emillio Pucci

Hands down, one of the best dressed of the night. She's literally blinding me with her outfit not only because she looked lik a supah chic disco ball, she's too hot for my eyes to handle.

Paz Vega in ????

One of the best looks for me would have to be Paz Vega's. The dress may look like a nightie, but I really dig the vibe of her whole look. It's groovy and trendy while still parking on the understated elegance style. I can't believe I don't know who the designer of this dress is. One word of advice for this girl is to not bend, thank you.

Heidi Klum in

A bit drag-costumey in a way though I think Heidi still rocked it. If only she wore a different pair of shoes but that is forgiven.



Worst

Dianna Agron

The dress looks lousy. Not cool. Her hair looks terrible, too. The only thing I liked in this whole looks is her makeup which I wish she didn't pair with this dark dark look she's wearing.

Jenna Ushkowitz


Love the dress...but not on her. She didn't pull this look off. If only Dianna Agron wore this I will put this dress in the best list

Gretchen Wilson


This is the Grammy's, hon. Please don't look like your clubbing out at the town...and you're 18 years old.

Haaaaay naku. This was the only thing that entertained me though despite the oddness

It's Valentine's Day, Bitches.

Whenever Valentine's Day comes around, I usually feel either indifferent about the occasion or just plain frustrated in a sense na mas worse naman ang situation ko kasi it's even worse than not being attached on the day of hearts: I am broke. :)) WALA AKONG PERAAAAAAA

Funny I say that(even if last Christmas I bought a ton of makeup every time I go to the mall and am a compulsive shopper, much to my wallet's dismay), but what's a single and financially low girl to do on Valentine's?

Simple: Do nothing. A day where I simply do NADA activities whatsoever. But Valentine's Day falls on a Monday and that's usually the busiest day of the week for most people but that can be dealt with. Maybe I can do something. Something stupid.

On Valentine's Day, I plan to make use of all the makeup I bought out of compulsion and pressure from the SA's and make myself up. So what if I won't go out? At least here at home I am sure that sweat and (the occasional) rain won't smear my lovely war paint. And that little black dress I bought for only 50 pesos when it's value is a thousand times more than that? Off from the closet and on to my body. So what if I spill something on my dress when I'm perfectly aware of the dry clean label on the back? Okay lang yan. And those gold heels that are a pain to wear not because of the heel height but because the slingback straps keep falling over? Problem solved: bought those clear gel strips that ensure you that shoe straps stay in, not slip out.

But with the ultra hot weather here in Manila that's a stark contrast to the New York snowy atmosphere that's far from Winter Wonderland, maybe my plans for playing dress up at home on V-Day won't push through(Did I mention that my LBD was 100% Polyester? :D).

But I think it will be fine, nonetheless. Maybe I'm just not meant to celebrate Valentine's Day the way it's meant to be celebrated but come on, is there supposed to be a certain way to celebrate it? I beg to differ. I think there are tons of ways to celebrate it just as there are tons of different people with different love statuses in the world. Maybe Valentine's Day for me--even with all the buzz it usually gets when it's right around the corner--is just another Monday and next year it will just another Tuesday or Wednesday. But maybe I won't think of it that way years from now but that's only a maybe. :)



But for now, I will laugh out loud at this super funny Valentine's Day song appropriately named "Super Funny Valentine's Day Song" :D

La Lohan's Outfit Blunder

So Lindsay Lohan has another run-in with za law. Seriously, WHAT ELSE IS NEW? But the bigger issue here(besides the fact she allegedly stole a 2k dollar necklace) is her courtroom attire. Though I dig this look, is it really appropriate for court?



I mean doing jury duty you have to dress as if you're going to church--ANO PA KAYA IF YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP YOUR ASS FROM GOING TO THE SLAMMERS FOR THE NTH TIME AND IS TRYING TO GET SYMPATHY FROM BOTH THE JUDGE AND THE JURY!?!?! Though she was plead not guilty for stealing(even with her history of allegedly stealing stuff), I see no reason to dress hot when you're not supposed to. But that's something you'd expect from LiLo, right?

Anyways, she does have a past of dressing inappropriately for court but I do have to admit, one of my fave inappropriate court outfits of hers would definitely be this:



I love this outfit...especially the shoes! <3 Ta ta for now. :)

I Miss You, I Love You

Oh Pinky, ba't bigla ka na lang nawala sa piling ko???



I don't know why They stopped selling this. From what I know, it wasn't a hit to people and connoisseurs agree except me. Last time I ate this was when I was a little kid and I wish I get to taste this again because my opinion on food has changed drastically from when I was young and I just want to give my final verdict on my beloved childhood fave.

Anything with caramel, marshmallows and milk chocolate gets my vote. :)

Lea Michele Cover Controversy

These are what the covers of Cosmopolitan magazine typically look like:



So why is this any different from them?



SERIOUSLY, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL COSMO COVER TO ME: Square angle of the cover girl, wind blown hair and the quintessential perky boobs popping out from the cover girl's usually slutty cover outfit.

Apparently, people have been complaining about Lea's outfit on the cover. Kung alam lang nila ang nasa loob.



I think it's hot........but for Moms of 8 year old Gleeks, they find it inappropriate. This isn't the first shoot Lea has been blasted for by Mommies out there. There was that GQ shoot last October and the high fashion shoot for Marie Claire UK



I think there's nothing wrong with Lea's shoots. I liked that she never apologized for them and she shouldn't. She's a grown woman and if parents have problems with their kids trying to follow Lea's provocative outfits, it's the parents' fault and NOT Lea's. Parents are supposed to be the main examples of a child's life, not hot shot Hollywood celebs. Parents should teach kids how to differentiate right from wrong. I mean like me, I love Lindsay Lohan no matter what but of course I know what she does most of the time isn't good.

I don't know if you guys noticed, but doesn't the neckline of Lea's Cosmo cover outfit similar to the neckline of this dress she got great raves from people? :|

One of the Best Super Bowl Commercials EVAAHH.

120 million Americans stayed up last Sunday Night for the Super Bowl XLV. If you think that number isn't staggering enough, an estimated 1 BILLION people watched the Super Bowl worldwide.

Because of this, sponsors pay big bucks(3 Million bucks, that is) for a commercial in the Super Bowl. If you know that someone payed 3 Mil just for 30 seconds during the Super Bowl Commercial break, you oughta expect it to be good. I think the Volkswagen "The Force" commercial was one of the best I've seen so far:





I think this commercial joins in the ranks of those memorable Super Bowl commercials like the Snickers commercial last year with Betty White and the Doritos "House Rules". Seriously, it's awesome and cute and it's a silent commercial yet it just speaks so much.

The kid from "The Force" commercial unmasked his identity recently and what a cute kid he is. :''>. His name is Max Page and he could pass as Meg Ryan's son but at the same time still manages to look freakishly like Luke Skywalker :O



May the force be with him. :)

I also kinda liked Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne for Best Buy commercial. I don't like it as much as ''The Force'' but if a teen heartthrob is poking fun at himself in front of a billion people, what's not to like? The last line was a win for me:



"I don't know. Kinda looks like a girl". That line + Justin Bieber saying it= WIN!!!!

MY DREAM CAR

......este, CAT pala. XDD. Sorry for the mistake, but the letters R and T are beside each other in a keyboard, diba? :P


A PERSIAN CAT.

These little kitty cats are so cute and like a really expensive car that we own in our dreams, they're pretty hard to maintain. Their hair grows pretty long and they need a secure environment in order to feel safe. Da hell. :))

Like pedigreed dogs, these cats are a helluva expensive. I saw some people selling them online for at least 4k dollars just for a kitten.

But unlike an expensive sports car which will still look the same even with all the suds from the car wash, Persian cats are likely to look like this when you give them a bath:


But they're still kinda cute, diba? :''>

Andreas Wijk: Sweden's Taylor Lautner

Well, do you guys want to see what Taylor Lautner would look like BLONDE?



Disturbing....

But there's buzz in the net about this dude named ANDREAS WIJK. I first saw this guy on his Lookbook and not only did I notice that he has a great fashion sense that's anti-heterosexual but he is awfully cute, too. AND HE'S ONLY 17! LITTLE 16 YEAR OLD ME IS JUST TOO HAPPY!



It's funny that even though I don't mind a guy's outfit, I still get attracted to nicely dressed guys sometimes. I mean, forgive me but if you grew up seeing guys dress like in the pic below, who would blame me?



I recall while looking at his photos on his Facebook fanpage, there was this comment on one of his photos where that person said he's a 'Blonde Taylor Lautner'(And that comment got 21 likes!).

Puede na. :D

In Sweden, all the homegrown fashion bloggers(like Elin Kling, Ebba Zingmark and Frida Johnson) get the attention they deserve unlike in other countries where fashion netizens are basically invisible. This guy is no exception. His style is quite influential in Sweden and boy is he known.



And get this; THIS GUY'S ALSO A SINGER! He even joined the Swedish version of Pop Idol from what I've heard. And back in 2005, he was part of a pop trio named Popcorn

cringe. :)) Nice hair, Wijk

Not only is this dude hot and stylish, he's a kick-ass singer and if you guys still aren't convinced on latter, I think you guys should take a listen to this:



TAMUH AKO RIGHT? :)) Nakilig naman ako doon, especially in the last part where he just gives a deep stare at you. :''>

I'm Not in Love

Alex Pettyfer. Lead of of the 2006 film Stormbreaker and star of the upcoming films I Am Number Four and Beastly and is rumored to play Peeta in film version of The Hunger Games. He even appeared alongside Emma Roberts in Wild Child. His 5'11 stature and boyish looks landed him a campaign for Burberry. A little known fact is that he is an accomplished dancer himself, even in ballet.

Seriously, why am I not impressed? :|:|:|


STILL NOT IMPRESSED

Yawn.

WHO DAT GIRL?!?!!?!

WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! DIANNA AGRON'S KISSING MY BOYPREEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FRIEND REQUEST: IGNORED. :(. WHY IT SUCKS BUT THEN...WALA LANG. :))

Me: "Please tell me another good reason why I should add him..."

Friend: "Because he's a nice person and he won't kill you if you add him. Just do it. :)"


Easy peasy. I was doing something that I totally have never done before. Something actually against my will(LOL). I was about to add a person who I'm quite sure won't accept my friend request. Why the negative thinking? Well, it's because I don't know this guy very well and I'm quite sure he was unaware of my existence, too. And oh, I forgot to mention that he was an old crush so no way in hell Imma feel embarrassed when he DOES ignore my friend request. But I hate acting a bit too old fashioned and expect him to add me first which was ridiculous since we don't even know each other and my friend and my sister told me that I'll never get to know him if I act like that. Not taking action.


But I did. I clicked that damn "Add as Friend" button and watched it turn from that to "Friend Request Sent". Well, I could only cross fingers, right? "He rarely goes online" I remember my good friend telling me. I didn't know he would reply my request the next day......and he actually didn't accept it. "OMG. This is what I'm scared of," I thought. I did some stupid risk only for it to fail. I don't blame the bloke; I ignore people all the time on Facebook but God, OUCH!


"What a jerk," my good friend told me. "Maybe he didn't see your request. Maybe it was hidden." But what I heard from another friend was different: "Ate, kung sabi dun ''Friend Requested'' e di ibig sabihin nun na-ignore ka nya." AND IT DID! ARGH! I don't hate the latter for her brutal honesty. I actually appreciated it but I did feel bummed he ignored me. She even offered to send a message to him that said "Fck U!!!!!" but I told her no...cause I wanted to fo it. LOLJK.


All of us have experienced that: Being rejected by your crush on Facebook. And it sucks. I remember having a bad mood and wishing how I just played it safe like I always did by not adding him. I know it's not a big deal but when it just happened you feel like you just wanna die. I remember listening to Loser by The Plasticines just to make me feel better(even though I'm not good at French). I remember how my Mom told me that I will forget about it.


...And I did. I actually did. Looking back, it's so stupid for me to feel awful about it. But then a lot could relate to me anyway. I forgot about it maybe a few days after it happened. My friends agree that it was my prof picture that drove him away so I changed my DP and realized it's kinda liberating to put on a pretty profile pic. But I did it for me and not for my ex-crush since that's so shallow naman to do it for someone else. Who would've known changing your prof pic can boost your ego? Because a lot of my friends liked that pic. I also said to myself that I should be happy he rejected me on Facebook because he (maybe)doesn't actually know me. Cause if he and I knew each other and he rejects me, that when I should feel bad. I was also glad that it was just Facebook because Facebook is nothing compared to one on one interaction. Ignoring your Friend request on FB is nothing compared to someone ignoring you in real life but either way, it shouldn't matter. That's the way it goes sometimes until you get the acceptance you long for from someone else. :)