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Thursday, June 12, 2014
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These Young China’s Got Talent Contestants Will Make You Cry
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After their performances, the two little contestants were brought to the stage by the judges, where they would select only one of the two to progress to the ‘Great Hall’.
Little Xixi asked: ‘Can’t both of us go to the Great Hall? Only one person can go?’
The judges then asked the young girl whether they should choose her or her rival, Zhang Junhao.
‘If he’s sad then I’ll give him my chance to go. If he’s not sad, then I’ll go.’ Little Xixi said.
The MC then asked Junhao who he wanted to go to the next round if only one person could go through.
“Xixi, because I’m a man.” The 3-year old boy said.
The judges were so surprised and in awe by their responses, that they asked the two young contestants to decide themselves on who should go to the Great Hall.
“What did you say?” Little Xixi asked Junhao.
“You go.” Junhao said.
Little Xixi then told the MC and judges that Junhao should progress to the next round instead of her because she was older.
“I should give him the opportunity because he’s younger.”
However, it was still up to the judges to choose between the two young contestants. Junhao was eventually chosen by two of the judges.
Still Junhao was not happy that his new friend, Little Xixi wasn’t chosen to progress to the next round with him.
“Keep it up, Xixi.” He said to her before he broke into tears.
Little Xixi was given an opportunity to convince judges to use their saves and send her to the next round with Junhao.
“Isn’t Junhao sad? He’s there waiting for me.”
Xixi was immediately saved by the judges and was sent to the Great Hall.
Children have beautiful and pure hearts!
The Metrosexual is Dead. Long Live the 'Spornosexual'
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Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
How quickly your children grow up. Although it seems only yesterday, I first wrote about him in 1994 after attending an exhibition organised by GQ magazine called "It’s a Man’s World". I’d seen the future of masculinity and it was moisturised.
"Metrosexual man, the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (because that’s where all the best shops are) is perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade," I predicted.
Two decades of increasingly out and proud – and highly lucrative – male vanity later, and the metrosexual remains the apple of consumerism’s rapacious eye. In a recent report, HSBC drooled all over his "Yummy"-ness, pointing out how mainstream metrosexuality has become.
This was of course old news to anyone with eyes to see the extremely image-conscious and product-consuming men around them – or in bed with them. Or the way that the glistening pecs and abs of men’s health and fitness magazines have been outselling the "lads' mags" for several years.
Or indeed anyone who saw the news last year that men in the UK now spend more on shoes than women.
From the perspective of today's fragranced, buffed, ripped, groomed, selfie-adoring world, it's hard to believe that the metrosexual had to struggle to be heard in the early 1990s. Most people were in "New-Lad" denial back then about what was happening to men and why they were taking so long in the bathroom.
Metrosexual 2.0: rugby player turned model Thom Evans (Photo: D Hedral)
The end of the 20th century, the abolition of the last laws discriminating against male homosexuality, and arrival of the preening dominance of celebrity culture with its Darwinian struggle to be noticed in a visual, "branded" world finally blew away the remnants of Victorianism.
To illustrate this, I only have to say two words: David Beckham, the working-class England footballer who became more globally famous for his attention-seeking haircuts, unabashed prettiness and rampant desire to be desired than for his footballing skills. Once the sari-wearing midfielder was outed in 2002 (by me again, sorry) as the ultimate metrosexual, everyone suddenly "got it". All that Nineties denial turned into incessant Noughties chatter about metrosexuals and "male grooming". But still people failed to understand what was really going on with men.
In fact, the momentous nature of the masculine revolution that metrosexuality represents has been largely obscured by much of the superficial coverage it got. Metrosexuality is, in a paradox that Wilde would have relished, not skin deep. It’s not about facials and manbags, guyliner and flip flops. It’s not about men becoming "girly" or "gay". It’s about men becoming everything. To themselves. Just as women have been encouraged to do for some time.
This uptake by men of products, practises and pleasures previously ring-fenced for women and gay men is so normal now – even if we still need to be reassured with the word "man" or "guy" emblazoned on the packaging, like a phallic pacifier – that it’s taken for granted by young men today who really have become everything. So much so that it can be too much for the older generation of metrosexuals.
With their painstakingly pumped and chiselled bodies, muscle-enhancing tattoos, piercings, adorable beards and plunging necklines it’s eye-catchingly clear that second-generation metrosexuality is less about clothes than it was for the first. Eagerly self-objectifying, second generation metrosexuality is totally tarty. Their own bodies (more than clobber and product) have become the ultimate accessories, fashioning them at the gym into a hot commodity – one that they share and compare in an online marketplace.
This new wave puts the "sexual" into metrosexuality. In fact, a new term is needed to describe them, these pumped-up offspring of those Ronaldo and Beckham lunch-box ads, where sport got into bed with porn while Mr Armani took pictures.
Let's call them "spornosexuals".
But unlike Beckham's metrosexual ads of old, in which his attributes were possibly artificially enhanced, today’s spornosexuals have photoshopped themselves in real life. Think Towie's Dan Osborne in a pair of glittery Speedos (and then have a lie down.)
Glossy magazines cultivated early metrosexuality. Celebrity culture then sent it into orbit. But for today’s generation, social media, selfies and porn are the major vectors of the male desire to be desired. They want to be wanted for their bodies, not their wardrobe. And certainly not their minds.
I suspect Wilde might have approved.
Blast from the Past: Vhong Navarro, Luis Manzano, Billy Crawford and John Lloyd Cruz
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Hottest of Them All: Enrique Gil, Rayver Cruz and Gerald Anderson
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Enjoying Their Exploits
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But not long after, observers noted that his boyish appeal was slowly fading and a flirty HA is taking over which he seems to enjoy. HA appears to have succumbed to peer pressure and industry influences, slowly shaping him up to be a man his parents will never even dream of.
HA’s millions of fans and admirers would be very disgusted if they learn that HA is no longer the clean and wholesome boy they used to know. Reportedly, HA has not only become a drunkard - but hold your breath - also addicted to carnal desires.
HA’s colleagues alleged that when drunk, HA craves for girls to do ‘it’ with. Initially, his trysts only involved women, but he could have been overflowing with libido that it seemed like girls were just not enough. The latest – HA also loves gays as well. Uh oh...
In one of his shoots, a staff alleged that HA and the Designer/Stylist DS assigned for the brand had one drink too many after the shoot that - yes, you guessed it right – HA and DS had so much ‘fun’ together that night.
The rush of HA’s adrenalin is so active that he can’t be drunk and be without sex. His association with his ‘Special Friends’ SF are complicating his situation further. Reportedly, HA and SF have that one vice in common, habitually doing it with girls and gays alike.
Other friends of theirs were shocked when informed that HA and SF also play around among themselves. Allegedly, in order to protect themselves from the prying eyes of the public and to avoid suspicion from their higher ups, HA and SF resort to doing it themselves in private. Only they know how far their their wild exploits will go.
These young boys behaving like loose cannons ought to realize the dire consequences their adventures will lead them.
“ In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important—and often more profitable—than to be civil or creative or truly original. “ ~ Al Gore
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Deniece Cornejo's Letter to Pres. Noynoy Aquino
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Detained model Deniece Cornejo has written a letter to President Benigno Aquino, according to journalist Tony Calvento.
In a Facebook post on Monday night, Calvento shared Cornejo's letter to the President, wherein she explained the 23rd birthday celebration she held in detention on June 1.
"I'm still an innocent person, even as I have been charged of serious illegal detention, as guaranteed by our Constitution," Cornejo said, according to the letter.
"I feel I'm entitled to marking these important youthful dates of my life with my family, friends, and relatives who came all the way from America and provinces especially that I'm experiencing difficult times," it added.
"With all due respect I didn't asked (sic) for any special treatment or privilege. [A]ll that I wanted was to hold a Sunday worship and thanksgiving since its [sic] Sunday and its (sic) family day," the letter said.
It said that for her birthday in jail, Cornejo invited a pastor of a Christian ministry where she belongs "to spread the Word of God and spiritual enrichment of our lives."
The letter said she had no control over her guest and other well-wishers, who brought birthday balloons and softdrinks to her detention cell at the Anti-Transnational Crime Unit (ATCU) of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
"I'm aware of my limitations and in fact I did not leave the premises of the CIDG," it added.
The undated letter was signed "Deniece Milinette Cornejo."
The Palace has yet to comment on the letter.
Cornejo has been arrested and charged for the serious illegal detention of actor Vhong Navarro.
Cornejo reportedly celebrated her birthday with around 20 guests, including relatives and family members, inside the PNP-CIDG's ATCU office.
Former pageant contestant Roxanne Cabanero, who, like Cornejo, accused Navarro of raping her, was reportedly among those who attended the event.
The celebration had balloons and a poster with the words "We love you Deniece."
A CIDG official told radio MM that the gathering was merely a "fellowship" and not a party, as there was neither singing nor alcoholic beverages.
Asked for a comment on the gathering, ATCU chief Senior Supt. John Guyguyon said he was not aware of it as he was on leave when it happened.
Cornejo, along with her co-accused in the January 22 mauling of Navarro, are currently facing trial for the serious illegal detention charge.
As MTRCB Summons ‘PBB’ Execs, Sen. Pia Says Show ‘Crossed the Line’
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“‘Pinoy Big Brother’ crossed the line,” said Cayetano, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Family Relations and Gender Relations.
“I am dismayed that one of the challenges was for the female housemates to pose nude. This is an assault to the dignity of the women housemates. Asking a woman to consider posing nude in such a situation – where her acceptance to perform the challenge is made in exchange for points or benefits for herself or her housemates – is tantamount to coercion,” she added in her statement.
Cayetano, principal author of the Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act 9710), is the second lady senator to take the show to task after the Philippine Commission on Women issued a protest last Thursday.
Sen. Nancy Binay urged the MTRCB on Monday to look into the matter. The MTRCB responded hours later by saying it was “alarmed over alleged gender insensitivity”. The regulatory body summoned “PBB” executives to a mandatory conference on Wednesday.
Cayetano agreed with the PCW’s position that “there is nothing wrong about women who pose nude for art, as long as the decision is voluntary”.
“Clearly this was not the case with housemate Jayme Jalandoni, who was under pressure to follow the instructions of Kuya in order not to be meted sanctions. To make things worse, the bargaining between Jayme and Kuya happened on national television in full view of the public,” she noted.
“We must take note that aside from Jayme, another female housemate, Michelle Gumabao was also forced into accepting the nude painting challenge. Even if their team eventually backed out, the violation had been done.”
“’PBB’ producers should take note of the Magna Carta of Women (Sec.19, Implementing Rules and Regulations) which encourages the non-derogatory portrayal of women in media. The program’s producers need not wait for the MTRCB to take action. [They] should give a public explanation and apologize for that unwarranted challenge,” Cayetano said.
A group of artists called Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (KARATULA) labeled what Jalandoni suffered a “form of exploitation”.
“This event was not just for the housemates to win in the weekly task, nor it was intended for the painter’s advocacy as well, but Kuya’s exercise authority over the contestant in the name of publicity and ratings,” argued KARATULA spokesperson Menerva Espanta.
“The tears over Jalandoni’s face were evidence how this form of exploitation was pushed against her. This was a clear violation of human rights,” she added.
She also pointed out that “PBB” had also previously featured letting some of the mothers of contestants enter the house secretly to clean the rooms of the housemates.
“The show reinforces how society treats women and their role in society. That they are simply meant for housework and/or sexual entertainment disguised as art. Art should be reflective of society and challenge it. PBB has used art as a justification for treating a woman like a commodity in a show which targets a young audience,” explained Espanta.
She added that “Kuya has effectively branded himself and the show as anti-women and invasive of their human rights. The crumbling culture that it imposes to the youth must not continue like this. It is not entertainment but a manufactured distraction from more pressing concerns.”
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