Archive for the 'Infotainment' Category

Hendrix Tops Elvis

Posted on March 19 2010 by Paul Grein Chart Watch

The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Valleys Of Neptune enters The Billboard 200 at #4, putting the rock legend back in the top five nearly 40 years after he died at the tragically young age of 27. No other artist has cracked the top five this long after his death. Elvis Presley is [...]

Oscar Winners – Full of Drama

Posted on March 18 2010 by Gloria Goodale – Staff Writer - Academy Award

Los Angeles – Last night’s Academy Awards ceremony was chock-full of drama as the Oscar winners were announced. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress, beating out acting icon Meryl Streep, who has been nominated a record 16 times. “The Hurt Locker,” a very tiny film that has barely made $21 million
worldwide, won Best Picture [...]

Kontroversi sang Filsuf Agung

Posted on March 13 2010 by Eddy Djaja

AWALNYA banyak pihak meragukan aktor Chow Yun-fat pantas memerankan filsuf agung Confusius. Alasan utamanya adalah, film ini dibuat dalam bahasa Mandarin, sedangkan Chow sendiri adalah penduduk asli yang berbahasa Kanton, Hongkong.
Alasan lain, banyak yang khawatir di tangan Chow Yun-fat, sang filsuf agung menjelma jadi pendekar kung-fu. Mengingat jejak sang aktor yang memang sangat kental dengan [...]

GREEN ZONE, Mengungkap Pemicu Perang Irak

Posted on March 13 2010 by Indonesia Media

Pemicu meledaknya perang Irak adalah keyakinan bahwa di negeri yang dipimpin oleh Saddam Hussein ini tersimpan sejumlah senjata pemusnah masal yang disembunyikan di suatu tempat di negeri ini. Berbekal keyakinan itu, pemerintah Amerika memerintahkan Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) untuk mencari tahu lokasi senjata berbahaya ini.
Informasi lokasi senjata pemusnah masal ini jelas tak [...]

‘The Hurt Locker’ earns best-picture Academy Award

Posted on March 8 2010 by Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers.
“There’s no other way to describe it. It’s [...]

Bazaar Imlek ICAA 2010

Posted on February 25 2010 by Dr Irawan - Indonesia Media

Hacienda Heights , February 20, 2010 ./Indonesia Media – Tiga hari berturut-turut panitia dan para vendors dicekam ketegangan , pasalnya laporan TV selalu menahyangkan ramalan cuaca bakal terjadi hujan badai pada hari Sabtu  tanggal 20 February , justru itu hari disaat mereka adakan Bazaar Imlek yang hanya
setahun sekali.  Banyak orang berdoa dengan khusuk untuk menolak [...]

MISS ASIA USA BRIDGES CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS

Posted on February 25 2010 by Virgelia Productions

In its continuing effort to strengthen cultural relationships amongst many of the various Asian communities in America , the Miss Asia USA organization participates in an exciting variety of cultural celebrations.  Recent collaborative efforts include the following highly attended events.
The National Costume Fashion Show for Saigon TV, produced and aired in celebration of the Vietnamese [...]

MUI Cekal “Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan”

Posted on February 19 2010 by Detik News/DetikHot

JAKARTA — Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) secara tegas menyatakan keberatan atas rencana dirilisnya film “Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan” di bioskop Indonesia pada 4 Februari yang lalu. “Film ini mengandung pornografi yang dapat mengumbar syahwat dan kami sudah melakukan penelitian. Di dalamnya juga memperlihatkan kekerasan,” ucap Amirsyah Tambunan Sekretaris Jendral Pengkajian dan Pengembangan MUI Pusat, dihubungi [...]

Avatar, The Hurt Locker Pimpin Nominasi Oscar 2010

Posted on February 19 2010 by Indonesia Media

Film sains fiksi Avatar dan drama mengenai perang Irak yang dinilai bagus oleh kritikus film, The Hurt Locker berada paling atas dalam nominasi Academy Award ke-82 yang diumumkan hari Selasa di Los Angeles.
Kedua film masing-masing meraih sembilan nominasi dari Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Amerika. Nominasi tersebut termasuk sutradara terbaik James Cameron [...]

Avatar’s Color Controversy

Posted on February 12 2010 by Mike Ryan Yahoo! Movies

The movie studio that produced the mega-blockbuster, “Avatar,” had no problem with the film’s alien race being blue — but it turns out they were initially concerned about the Na’vi being too green.
According to director James Cameron, 20th Century Fox had some initial apprehension that his $2 billion-dollar-baby delivered the wrong kind of message — [...]