You know how they could have saved George Reeves' career?He had starred as Superman on TV. But that ruined him. When he appeared in a movie around that time, members of the test audience saw him and started murmuring, "Superman! It's Superman!" His part was trimmed down to nothing.Here's the way out of the typecasting. They should have put him in a movie where he'd go through the whole thing with his leg in a cast and he could constantly hurt himself. Maybe have him appear in a gun battle. When the other guy runs out of bullets, he could throw the gun at Reeves, hit him in the head and knock him...
Another thing about the cheap camcorders
A fifteen dollar camcorder is the perfect gift. It's cheap. No embarrassing gratitude from the recipient. Potentially fun to mess around with, but I don't think many people would waste fifteen dollars on one for themselves. I didn't. Just bought them as gif...
Announcement of Regular and Special Holidays for 2011
Proclamation 84 by the President of the Philippines states that R.A. 9492 - ALL holidays except those are religiuos in nature will be moved to the nearest Monday unless otherwise modified by law. R.A. 9849 - Eidul Adha is celebrated as a national holiday. Section 1 - The following Regular and special holidays for the year 2011 shall be observed in the country:Regular Holidays:New Year's Day - January 1 (Saturday)Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Saturday)Maundy Thursday - April 21Good Friday - April 22Labor Day - May 1 (Sunday)Independence Day - June 12 (Sunday)National Heroes Day - Last Monday...
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Pilipinas Win Na Win will End on December 31
There have been rumors that ABS-CBN's Pilipinas Win na Win will soon end. Seems like that rumor has come true. ABS-CBN has confirmed that the five month old noontime show will stop by end of this year. The vacant timeslot will be temporarily be filled by the talent-search program Showtime. Pilipinas Win na Win was premiered only last July 31, 2010 as Wowowee's replacement. They were suddenly forced to replace the show because of problems with its host Willie Revillame. The first batch of hosts for Pilipinas Win na Win were Kris Aquino and Robin Padilla with some of Wowowee hosts like Mariel Rodriguez,...
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Megan Fox Slimmer Than Usual
Megan Fox looked very thin while on a beach in Hawaii. Megan's ribcage and hip bones were clear to see as she walked to the beach. Comparing Megan in her movie Transformers, you can see the difference. Camera tricks aside she is slimmer.Megan Fox is the second woman in history to be the FHM's Sexiest Woman Alive crown two years running in 2008-2009. But lost this year to Victoria's Secret model Marissa Miller.UPDATE: Megan Fox Fired from Transformers FranchiseSource: www.dailymail.co...
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Christmas camcorders
Well, it's the Christmas season, and this year, all the young people on my Christmas list are getting camcorders. Cheap ones. There are only a few kids I buy for.Aiptek is selling a couple of refurbished models on its website for $10 or $15 each. So I ordered a few of them.I did a search on You Tube for reviews and examples of video shot with the cameras in question. They seemed okay. For fifteen bucks, they were great. The kids they're for are all teenagers. I don't know if they'll be pleased, or if they'll be frustrated and disappointed when they try using them, or if they already have camcorders...
Community access TV guy in the news
One community access TV guy sort of hit it big. At least he's making a bigger spectacle of himself than usual.A fellow named Barry Sommer had a show on the local cable access channel. He would sit and read anti-Muslim items he apparently got off the internet. For example, one thing he read was a complaint by the British television writer Ben Elton that the BBC cut a Muslim joke from a show but he didn't think they would have cut a similar joke about an Anglican. It didn't seem like much of a comment on Islam, but Sommer seemed to feel it was deeply significant.In addition to his community access...
Philippine Peso Bill's New Design with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas New Logo
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or Philippine Central Bank has unveiled the new designs of the peso bill from P20 to P1,000. BSP says that they would be releasing the new designed bills tomorrow. We can still use the old currency / bills / money for the next 3 years. After that, the notes will become useless. The BSP said the new bills have improved security features, which will make them harder to counterfeit.Here are the changes for the Philippine Money / Currency / Bill20 Pesos: A younger Manuel Quezon is seen in the new P20 bill, with the Banaue rice terraces seen at the back...
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Accessing Multiple Gmail Accounts Now Easier to Manage
Have multiple Gmail Accounts? Well Google announced a new Gmail feature today, called e-mail delegation. The new feature will allow you to easily manage multiple Gmail accounts without signing in and out of Gmail to switch accounts. Originally, e-mail delegation was made primarily for personal assistants and the likes. Now with the latest changes, the feature is useful to any Gmail user with multiple accounts of his or her own.If you want to use this great feature, just sign into your primary Gmail account then grant access to your other Gmail accounts. Click "settings" in the top right...
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Taylor Swift and Her Boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal
Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal was seen holding hands outside a local grocery in New York. Things are likely becoming more serious as Jake introduced Taylor to his movie star sister Maggie Gyllenhaal. Taylor was holding hands with Maggie's four-year-old daughter, Ramona. After grocery they joined Jake's sister Maggie for dinner. Taylor, who turned 21 this week and Jake who is turning 31 on December 19. Despite the age gap they seemed to be happy together. Singer Taylor and actor Jake started dating just this October, a year after his break up with Reese Witherspoon. Source: ww...
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US to Allow Openly Gay Soldiers?
The US democratic-led House of Representatives has voted 250-175 to repeal a ban on openly gay men and women serving in the US military. Backed by President Obama, the bill is now on to the Senate for approval. Democrats who support repeal say that they they are confident and expects to get 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to pass the legislation. The "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which came into force in 1993 which forbids gay soldiers from acknowledging their sexual orientation. The law is "the only law in the country that requires people to be dishonest or be fired if they choose...
Facebook Global Friend Connections
Ever wonder what a graph of Facebook friend connections around the world will look like? A Facebook intern Paul Butler wondered and made the Facebook Social Graph. In the graph you can see the connections and concentration of friendships. Notice the graph, U.S. has the highest concentration of Facebook friendships, and Africa has the lowest concentration. As expected, most of Russia and China has almost no facebook users at all. The rest of the world is easily identifiable. Although looks not that much but this was hard to make. Butler explained in a Facebook note some of the challenges he faced...
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Violence Against Women in Sudan
This horrible video of laughing Sudanese policemen flogging a woman and publicly humiliating her. The video led to 50 women protesting outside the justice ministry in Sudan. The police surrounded them and dozens were arrested. The women said they had tried to get permission for the protest but had been refused. (View Full Article for Video)The video follows 2009 's case of Lubna Hussein, the UN worker and a Sudanese journalist who was arrested with 12 other women for wearing trousers at a party in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The 12 others accepted the punishment of 10 lashes but...
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Hubert Webb and 6 Others in Vizconde Massacre Case Acquitted
In a vote 7-4-4 earlier by the Supreme Court, acquitted Hubert Jeffrey Webb, Antonio Lejano, Michael Gatchalian, Hospicio Fernandez, Miguel Rodriguez, Peter Estrada and Gerardo Biong in the Vizconde massacre case in 1991.A supreme court spokesman and Court Adminisrator Atty. Jose Midas Marquez said that the Court acquitted the seven accused as the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.The Paranaque Regional Trial Court Branch 274 convicted Webb and others for killing three members of the Vizconde family in January of 2000. After five years the Court of Appeals upheld...
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What if Clint Eastwood had starred in The Pawnbroker?
It's amazing the movies people take seriously now.There was a ridiculous movie called Homicide written by David Mamet. A Jewish detective investigates the murder of a Jewish shop owner. It turns out they were involved in some Zionist group which has a secret cache of weapons. The Jewish detective comes to embrace his Jewish identity by blowing up a building if I'm remembering correctly, and this was presented a good thing.It was like if Mickey Spillane tried to write a novel about anti-Semitism. I was amazed that people took it seriously. It got good reviews at the time but has disappeared since...
Call of Duty Cyber Attack Caused by a 17 Year Old Boy
A 17 year old boy was arrested in the Beswick area of Manchester by the Metropolitan Police's central e-crime unit in connection with a cyber attack which put the online Call of Duty game out of service. The attack is aimed for "denial of service" which in other words causes the website unusable. This caused large numbers of users unable to play the game online. Activision contacted police in September this year. "The attack came about via a malicious program called "Phenom Booter", which was also being offered for sale on a web forum which allowed those playing Call of Duty to score more...
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Millions of Twitter Accounts Compromised
A website called Gawker was hacked last Sunday and 1.3 million user account passwords compromised that enabled spammers to break into thousands of Twitter accounts where users had used the same passwords. A file containing those details was then published on a file-sharing site "Bittorrent" by a group "Gnosis". The 500MB file contains data taken from Gawker.Gawker published a statement on its homepage regarding this matter. They say that although the stored passwords were encrypted, simple passwords are very much vulnerable. Source: www.bbc.co...
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Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Break Up
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, one of Hollywood's young couples has broken up. They ended their three year relationship last Monday. They first met on set of the hit movie High School Musical and became close. Zac is now 23 and Vanessa who just turned 22. The couple says that there is no third party involved and that they just grew apart. usmagazine.com: 'They are still talking and still friends. There's no drama. No one cheated. They just grew up.'Source: www.dailymail.co...
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Jet-propelled Flying Squid
Looks fake right? We all heard of the flying fish but a flying squid? These are real photos taken south of Japan by British photographer Graham Ekins, a retired deputy head teacher from Boreham, Essex. About 1,000 kilometres off the Bonin Islands in the north Pacific, just in Japanese waters. One of the most bizarre sights you'll ever see in our world.The flying squid or "Todarodes pacificus" in Latin are eight inch-long blue creatures. The flying squid swim in shoals and leap from the surface of the water which uses jet propulsion to leap out of the sea and fly up to 65feet to avoid predators....
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President Obama in Mythbusters Episode
The President made a guest appearance on the December 8 episode of Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters". More than 2 million people tuned in to show. The December 8 episode of Mythbusters was taped on July 27. The episode is called "Archimedes Solar Ray." President Obama challenged "Mythbusters" hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage "to revisit an ancient and somewhat-controversial myth: Did Greek scientist and polymath Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun?" in short asked the mythbusting duo to solve the legend of Archimedes'...
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Prince William Engagement Pictures with Kate Middleton
The whole world is talking about the royal wedding of Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton. The engagement became even more official with release of a pair of engagement photographs. The engagement photographs are taken by Mario Testino on November 25 at St. James' Palace in London. The engagement pictures was then sent by Prince William's press office and distributed by the Press Association. The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be on April 29, 2011at London's Westminster Abbey. And the wedding day will be a national holiday, said Prime Minister David Cameron....
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Ishmael Reed on Obama and anger
During the presidential campaign, when right-wingers accused Obama of wanting to take away their guns (I don't think he ever mentioned gun control) someone pointed out that a white candidate would have done what John Kerry did---get a rifle and a camera crew and go hunting. But Obama couldn't do that. A black man with a gun would frighten white voters.I hope Democrats in Congress can stop the lousy tax deal Obama made with the Republicans, but, on a similar note, here's from an essay by Ishmael Reed that appeared in the New York Times. There's a link to it below: ...I’ve been thinking recently...
Prince Charles and Royal Car Attacked
The royal car containing Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall has been attacked by angry protesters. The protest is caused by the MP's vote to raise university tuition fees in England. A window was cracked and their car hit by paint, but the couple were unharmed. Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "shocking and regrettable" that protesters had attacked the prince's car.Source: www.bbc.co.uk/n...
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Emma Watson and Harry Potter Co-stars to Re-shoot Final Deathly Hallows Scenes
Emma Watson wanted to set a mark in leaving the role of Hermione in Harry Potter. So she chopped off all her hair. 'I needed a change, and that’s what the haircut is about.' she says. But there's a problem. She and her Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, are called back to re-shoot some scenes for Deathly Hallows: Part 2 over Christmas.After breaking down on the final day of filming, crying and everything it was irritating for them to have to return to Platform 9 and 3/4 to re-shoot the important closing scenes, which take place 19 years in the future. The scene like in the...
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Kate Middleton: Future Princess
Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton is now the fiancée of Prince William of Wales. On 16 November 2010, the office of the Prince of Wales at Clarence House announced their engagement and the marriage would take place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.Kate was born on January 9, 1982 at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire. First daughter of Michael Francis Middleton (a flight dispatcher in 1980 and an airline officer in 1982 for British Airways) and Carole Elizabeth Middleton (flight attendant). In 1987 Michael and Carole Middleton founded Party Pieces, a mail order company that...
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Oprah Winfrey Lesbian?
The rumors of the talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey being a lesbian has been around for years. People have focused on Winfrey's friend Gayle King being her lesbian partner. Winfrey says that relationship is close but in a different way. "She is ... the mother I never had. She is ... the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person. I don't know a better person," Winfrey says while choking up.Winfrey, now 56, stated again and again that she is not alesbian. "I'm not even kind of a lesbian" she tells Barbara Walters in an interview on ABC....
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Stars and Celebrities Without Make Up
Ever wonder how would your favorite star look like in person? Seeing a picture of your favorite star without makeup is the closest thing you can get. Saw this site where they show side by side pictures of celebrities with and without makeup. I do warn you that you may be disappointed if you think they are all perfect. Here are 14 pictures of Hollywood celebrities without makeup. Cameron Diaz-with no makeup Gwyneth Paltrow with no makeup Halle Berry with no makeup Hilary Duff with no makeup Jennifer Garner with no makeup Jennifer Lopez with no makeup Jessica Alba...
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