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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Insta Scoop: Birthday Greetings to Joseph Luis Manuel Ejercito

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37th Gawad Urian Awards Winner's List

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The Filipino Film Critics (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino) announced the completelist of winners and awardees for the 37th Gawad Urian held on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Dolphy Theater inside the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City.
The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards held since 1977 and are given in several categories. It is also famously known for its curious choices over the hugely popular choices in the Philippine film awards season.

The Gawad Urian is considered the most prestigious film award-giving body in the country, which has shaped cinematic history over the years. This annual ceremony is held in light of a partnership formed between the oldest and most respected film awards institution in the country

Here is the complete list of winners for the 2014 Gawad Urian Awards(updated):

Best Supporting Actress - Angel Aquino, 'Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita'
Best Supporting Actor - Junjun Quintana, 'A Philippino Story'
Best Short Film - 'Missing', directed by Zig Carlo Dulay
Best Documentary - 'Nanay Mameng', directed by Adjani Arumpac
Best Sound - Corinne de San Jose, 'OTJ'
Best Editing - Chuck Gutierrez, 'Riddles of My Homecoming'
Best Music - Emerson Texon, 'Sonata'
Best Production Design - Adolfo Alix Jr., 'P*rno'
Best Cinematography - Lauro Rene Manda, 'Norte Hangganan ng Kasaysayan'
Best Screenplay - Lav Diaz and Rody Vera, 'Norte Hangganan ng Kasaysayan'
Best Director - Hannah Espia, 'Transit'
Best Actor - Joel Torre, 'OTJ
Best Actress - Angeli Bayani, 'Norte Hangganan ng Kasaysayan'
Best Picture - 'Norte Hangganan ng Kasaysayan'

The ceremony also celebrated the works of film director Mike de Leon, who was given the Natatanging Gawad Urian award by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Filipino.

The 37th Gawad Urian awards were hosted by Piolo Pascual, Bianca Gonzalez, and Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino member Butch Francisco, and was aired at Cinema One channel.

Naked Photos of the Croatian World Cup Team

On Thursday, the Croatian team lost to Brazil, 3–1, in the opening match of the World Cup. Like any team, they were very sad and gave one another sad shirtless hugs

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EXCEPT AFTER THE GAME… They went back to the pool at their resort, took off all their clothes, and celebrated their loss by totally swimming naked with one another like beautiful champions anyway.

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD CUP BUTTS:

Here is Croatian player Dejan Lovren casually standing around naked while Luka Modric looks on.

Here is Dejan casually strolling about totally naked, not a care in the world.

Here is Sime Vrsaljko getting ready to nakedly jump in the pool.

And here’s Vedran Corluka casually holding his bits, getting ready to splash right in.

Since the photos came out, the team issued a press boycott and is refusing to talk to World Cup reporters.

“How would you feel if someone took naked pictures of you?” Croatian coach Niko Kovac told reporters Sunday. “They are adamant that they won’t speak to you lot anymore and I don’t know whether the silence will end tomorrow or last until the end of our World Cup campaign.”

So, for good measure, here is Dejan Lovren, fully clothed, looking just as beautiful as he did by the pool:

He also takes literally flawless fully clothed selfies.

And basically like an angel holding this dog while fully covered in a baggy sweatshirt.

Also, here is strong-jawed, long-haired beauty Vedran Corluka looking beautiful fully clothed:

And looking very stoic and determined and sweaty while wearing clothes.

And here is Sime Vrsaljko wearing all of his clothes and looking perfect while chasing a ball.

Here are Dejan and Vedran looking beautiful on a beach while wearing clothes:

Here they all are, fully clothed, just hanging out in bed together like World Cup players do.

Here they are casually sitting around fully clothed in a cafeteria looking beautiful.

And here’s more of the Croatian team who we didn’t see naked.

There’s always next time, I guess.

Deported Because of a Tweet: My Immigration Horror Story

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As I type this I am locked in a cell in an Indonesian detention center. Why you may ask? Surely someone who has been traveling the world for five years is smart enough not to get himself deported. Well, apparently I am not.

However rather than being deported for some heinous act, like smuggling or getting arrested for a sordid deed, the details surrounding my deportation are far more comical. And also a bit disturbing in their implications.

I Am Being Deported Because Of A Tweet

It was a tweet that I knew was wrong and deleted five minutes later, but not before a friend turned psycho stalker had taken a screenshot of it. Now I have become the first person in history to be deported for a tweet.

What Did The Tweet Say?

While I don’t want to repeat myself, let me just put it this way: I used the F word and kantor imigrasi(immigration office) in a sentence and threatened to never return to Indonesia. This was of course an empty threat, as anyone who knows me or reads this blog on a regular basis knows that I love Indonesia more than my own birth nation. However in my aggravated state that day I didn’t think, I just hit ‘tweet’ — and now I am paying the price.

Sam said it!

Only in my beloved INDONESIA, a country which worships Twitter and despises the F word, would such a thing ever be possible. The land that has shown me nothing but love for more than a year now has me in its crosshairs.

While I’m not defending my actions, I still believe that this is he most absurd situation I have ever been in. Especially because other Indonesians have replied to me on Twitter saying “yeah fuck kantor imigrasi!” And while I greatly regret what I said, no amount of apologizing could undo the harm caused.

My Indonesia Visa Situation

I’m in Indonesia on my fifth visa. Despite having started a life here with a wonderful lady, obviously I am a travel writer and frequently on the move. As such I never spend more than two months at a time in this country which I now call home. That’s why a tourist VOA, valid for 30 days but extendable to 60, is perfect for me.

That’s all I need. I don’t make any money in this country so I don’t need a work visa, and a six-month social visa does not allow for multiple entries.

I’ve extended several of my prior visas and truthfully I’m usually late doing this. But that has never been an issue. You go to kantor imigrasi, tell them you need an extension, pay a fine ($20USD/day) if late and voila, you are granted another 30 days. In both Jogja and Jakarta, the two places I most often extend my visas, they never ask to see a departure ticket or anything like that. It’s an easy and painless process.

At least it usually is.

This time I tried to extend my visa at a different location, one that wanted to see a departure ticket. So I bought one to Kuala Lumpur and gave them a copy with my paperwork and passport, intending to return next week after a couple brief trips around the country to retrieve my passport. Unfortunately things did not go as planned.
Tiga orang-orang dari kantor imigrasi cari kamu.

While en route back from Jakarta the following week I start receiving WhatsApp messages: three officials from kantor imigrasi were at my house and my girlfriend’s house searching for me. How they even found out about her or where she lives is still a mystery to us both — our relationship has never been talked about on social media or this blog until now.

Soon after that I received a call from immigration, telling me I needed to return to their office for a hearing. Immediately my heart sank. I knew this was about my deleted tweet. After all, immigration agents don’t comb the city looking for you unless they have a valid reason — or in this case a “big boss” back in Jakarta that was pissed and wanted my head on a platter.

I arrived back in Solo that evening and despite it being after closing time went straight to immigration. There were still a few employees there however after a brief questioning I was instructed to return the next morning at 8:30am for an official hearing.

I Knew Right Then I Was Fucked

(See, I use that word all the time — not directed at people but rather to convey emotion or a horribly shitty situation.)

Knowing that was quite possibly my last night in Indonesia as a free man, I spent it drinking beer with my neighbors and having a laugh while waiting for the missus to get off work. Although I kept telling her not to worry, I myself was already prepared for the worst. And rightfully so.

The next morning I arrived promptly at 8:29am. The first thing the head boss said to me is: “Where are your clothes? Why did you not bring your stuff?” I knew right then I was fucked and sent a text to my wonderful beauty queen telling her so before I turned my phone off.

The Interrogation

From 8:30 – 5:30 (with a brief lunch break from noon to one) I was questioned relentlessly about what I have been doing in Indonesia so many times and, of course, that tweet.

First they held up a picture of me, the one I use for my Twitter image (and every other social media account I have). “Is this you?” “Yes, of course.”

Then they held up a photograph of my tweet. “Do you recognize this? Did you post this?” “Yes, but I deleted it five minutes later because I knew it was wrong.” From that point on nothing I said mattered — I was to be deported and blacklisted from ever returning to Indonesia, the country I most love.

My Incarceration

After having a final dinner of nasi liwet with three gentleman from immigration — good-hearted guys that I am proud to now call friends — I was shown to my cell and at precisely 8:00pm the doors slammed shut and the padlock bolted into place. My freedom, my fun, and my life in Indonesia had suddenly come to a screeching halt.

Lessons (Re-)Learned

You mean besides the obvious one of watch what you say on social media, a lesson that has been learned time and time again by people around the world in a variety of shocking and laughable ways?

There is such a thing as too many followers. I’ve mentioned in a variety of places that there is nothing I won’t say…I’m a blunt son of a bitch, in both my social media and my writing. Some people love this, others I’m sure despise me for it. If I only had 1-2k followers, I could say F this and F that all day and most likely it wouldn’t make a difference. But with over 20,000 there is bound to be someone out there who will take serious offense. The more followers you get, the more you have to conform to a higher moral standard — especially if you use Twitter professionally.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This entire situation started thanks to one friend turned psycho stalker, upset because I wouldn’t sleep with her. I know, crazy right? Usually it’s sleeping with someone that gets you in trouble, not NOT sleeping with them. At first I tried to maintain a friendship with her, however she was hellbent on destroying me to the point where she made herself look like an idiot and a slut on Twitter to do so.

Respect the local culture. I always always ALWAYS respect the locals’ way of life and their culture. However as already mentioned, I also have a tendency to drop the F bomb and I usually don’t think before I say it. I even say it in Bahasa. Of course I forgot that I was warned by friends here never to say it outside of Jakarta, as the word is very taboo. (Many of you may even remember last year when I was taken into an immigration interrogation room and questioned for 45 minutes. That was also for saying fuck, although that time it was verbally done within earshot of an immigration official, not via social media. Unfortunately it would appear that I didn’t learn my lesson back then.)

There is no such thing as bad publicity. For the first four days I was locked up there was quite thetwitwar a-ragin’ online. While the vast majority supported me because they know I am a good guy and love Indonesia, there were also a few who said things like “dasar bule go home” and “get the fuck out of my country.” However in the first day or two that the story broke I gained hundreds and hundreds of new social media followers and traffic to my site skyrocketed even though I hadn’t written any new articles. In fact one day actually broke the record for the most unique traffic in a 24-hour period — and it was a Sunday, notoriously known as one of the lowest traffic days of the week.

Cut stalkers off before they cut you down. Had I just blocked this horrid wretch when she first went crazy, instead of allowing her to continue following me, this whole situation could have been completely avoided. Perhaps the most amusing part is that she is actually gloating about this online. Honey, you may think you’ve won, but in reality you’re just giving your country a black eye. Although I love Indonesia and will continue to praise/promote it, it will now become known as the country that deports people because they don’t like what was said on Twitter. And it’s all Jenny’s fault.

I Know I Screwed Up…But What Is Your Reaction?

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Go Chase the Source!

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Heartthrob Actor HA has been reaping success and given really good projects by his home network. For someone so young, HA has it all: great career, good looks, fame. Girls and gays alike swoon to him like he is the best looking man alive. But we can't blame them. Apart from the above, HA is wholesomeness personified.

It may be easier to say things and label people as you see them upfront. Proving it is another thing. Being part of the adoring public, we are not privy to their lives when they are out of the spotlights. But for the same reason, we can take hints on the nitty gritty that come from people who are associated with them.

It is said that a person is judged by the company he/she keeps, it is self-explanatory. Our friends, colleagues, and the significant people in our lives all play a part in how we carry ourselves and lead our lives. It is how we are perceived by the world at large. You are what you surround yourself with. The mantra couldn’t be any more simple.

It is partly for this reason that some kibitzers find something confusing in HA.

Overheard at a group of showbiz writers that HA's handler HH is into substance pushing. Reportedly, HH is the alleged supplier of some showbiz stars. In fact, the most frequent customer of HH happens to be one of the network's most bankable stars BS.

Knowing how HH works so close with HA, there are some questions constantly and quietly asked: Is HA clueless about the what is happening around him? Is HA tolerating HH? If so, can it be possible that HA is also into the substance? Not a few observers say that judging from HA's recent demeanor and publicized photos, it is not impossible that he may also be into the stuff.

If true, it would be hard to put the blame on HA altogether. Owing to his youth, perhaps the people surrounding HA including his immediate family should be more alert and take the cue – before everything else gets screwed.

" The five people that you spend most of your time with will dictate how far your life and career will go. " ~ Will Smith.

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