Why Lady Gaga Kissed Mayor Bloomberg??

A possible record crowd of revelers welcomed the New Year in Times Square, bidding farewell to troubled 2011 on a night when the weather was warm and the vibes were surprisingly positive.


Turning up the heat  was hometown hero Lady Gaga, who pranced through renditions of her "Marry the Night" and "Born This Way" in a skin-tight black suit - and gave a big kiss right on Mayor Bloomberg's lips as the ball came down.

"This is my hometown, and my dream!" she stated after emerging in a outrageous octopus-like outfit that initially showed only her face - with a black mask around her eyes.

Mother Monster's appearance capped a daylong street celebration, with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly predicting it might be the biggest turnout ever in the tradition that dates to 1904.

Gaga, later sporting a giant white mask and Versace outfit, wrapped up the night by joining Bloomberg in setting the Times Square ball on its descent at 11:59 p.m. A one-ton cascade of confetti fell on Times Square as Gaga gave way to the sounds of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York."

 

No doubt it was a spectacular night! I wish I'd be there!

What about you?? 

If some of you were there, feel free to share your experience!

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Most Liked Pinoy Primetime Soap Operas of 2011 Winners

A light-drama series, a Filipino adaptation of Mexicanovela and an epic series dominate the final top 3 spots in Pinoybizsurfer’s online poll “Most Liked Pinoy Primetime Soap Operas of 2011”.

And today, Pinoybizsurfer would like to officially declare My Binondo Girl, Maria la del Barrio and Amaya as 2011’s Most Liked Pinoy Primetime TV Series. These three top-rating shows gathered the most number of votes as the poll end last Friday night (December 30). My Binondo Girl starring Kim Chiu with 3,968 votes, Maria la del Barrio topbilled by Erich Gonzales with 2,899 votes and Amaya starring Marian Rivera with 2,805 votes.

Why 3 winners? Pinoybizsurfer wants to give honor not only for one primetime show but we expand it into maximum no. of three winners. Mostly of our respondents (online pinoy users/surfers) seems voted not just for only one show but possibly two, three or more shows.

Here are the final results:

We held the said Poll in our Official Facebook Page and here in our website. Total votes cast: 21,379. Thank you guys for participating! Congrats again to My Binondo Girl, Maria la del Barrio and Amaya! Please continue to support our upcoming polls this 2012! Happy New Year!

To check the last year’s winners, click HERE.

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A Mother's Story Starring Pokwang – Movie Poster, Cast Photos and Trailer Released

Top-Comedienne Pokwang finally lands a solo lead star role in silver screen via “A Mother’s Story”!
 

“A Mother’s Story“ is not a comedy movie but a purely family-drama. Yap! Pokwang takes on a dramatic role for this film! It’s a story of an OFW name Medy (portrayed by Pokwang), an illegal immigrant in the US working and striving to earn money for her children in the Philippines.
 

Also starring in the movie are Rayver Cruz, Xriel Manbat, Beth Tamayo, Daria Ramirez, Nonie Buencamino, Ana Capri, Jaime Fabregas, Aaron Junatas, K Brosas and with special participation of Atty. Michael J. Gurfinkel.
 

Directed by John-D J. Lazatin, produced by The Filipino Channel and distributed by ABS-CBN International and Star Cinema, “A Mother’s Story” opens in theaters nationwide on January 8, 2012.
 

The film has already premiered in several states in US like California and Nevada; London, Milan and other countries around the world for our “Pinoy Kababayans” out there.

Plot/Sypnosis

"Medy (Pokwang), a make-up artist, was given the chance of a lifetime to accompany a concert star to the United States for a performance. She promised her family that she will return after a week. However, while in America, she stumbled upon a former classmate Helen (Beth Tamayo) who convinced her to stay for good in the land of milk and honey. She initially refused, but eventually gave in, when she got a call one night from her husband that they need a big amount of money to bring her youngest daughter to the hospital. America has not been the friendliest to her and our story begins with her coming home to Manila literally with nothing. Medy’s two kids, King (Rayver Cruz) and Queenie (Xyriel Manabat) are now 19 and 7. King struggles with the return of his mother. Animosity, resentment, shame, and anger are issues he has built with Medy. For the young Queenie, it’s getting to know Nanay… who she thought would one day come out of a Balikbayan Box. And as for her husband, Medy discovers something she least expected.

How will Medy put her life and that of her family’s back together, now that she’s back after 7 long years?"

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Happy Old Year! ... Highlights and Lowlights of the Season Past

Tomoko Nakagawa, 1955

Let's give a toast -- and roast a little, too -- to the season about to hit the history books. These informal impressions are drawn from my visits to most of the big tops and to Ringling. They are NOT based upon a careful evaluation of all I've seen.

Randomly speaking ...

Best News: Big Apple Circus is in fine hands, those of new artistic director Guillaume Dufresnoy. He has displayed both a penchant for novelty (porcupine and pig!) and a subtle flair for top-drawer staging. Will this alone turn the corner? Not exactly, but I think BAC has too much going for it to hit the skids. [comments that follow pertain to Dance On!]

Worst News: Continued media-rattling allegations of elephant abuse at Ringling: Mother Jones magazine doing a story on the issue; the show reaching a $270,000 settlement with the USDA, without admitting guilt. Jay Leno making hay of the issue on the Tonight Show. These unwelcome developments, combined with a bill being passed through congress that would curtail performing animals in circuses -- and the mere idea of the Ringling staff being taught how to handle and care for its own animals by USDA outsiders -- may mark the most embarrassing PR setback ever for "The Greatest Show on Earth." Not to mention the negative impact it will have upon public perceptions in general of all circuses. Who is ultimately responsible? Kenneth Feld.

Welcome Return: The aerial ballet, in new diverse forms, as witness wonderful incarnations of it on Cole Bros. Circus of Stars and Ringlings' Fully Charged.

Best act combing acrobatics and comedy: The African tumblers on Circus Vargas. A sly riot.

Most innovative act: The Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe on Uni-wheels at Big Apple Circus

Best old thrill turn cleverly recycled. The human fuse on Ringling's Fully Charged.

Most delightful animal act: (hope I got this one right): Jenny Vidbel's horse-riding goats.

Best ringmaster (kindly keep in mind, I do not see all shows) Kelly Miller's John Moss III.

Worst ringmaster. Shall we count the blowhards? How about Cole, Ringling (Iverson), Vargas, and Carson & Barnes.

Best band: Big Apple Circus

Best taped score: Cole Bros. Circus of Stars

Worst performance setting (no rings,no respect): a tie between Ringling and Cole Bros. Circus of Stars

Best spectacle: The second half segments of Ringling's Fully Charged

Most Offensive spectacle: Unused ring curbs stacked in clusters on Ringling Fully Charged set. Rub your indifference in our eyes, Feld Family!

Warmest atmosphere: Kelly Miller Circus

Best little house act bordering on the amateur: The modestly delightful dogs on Carson & Barnes.

Most impressive contortion display: the solo contortionist on Carson & Barnes.

Most hair-raising thriller: As I recall, on Circus Vargas, the separation between the two halves of the Globe of Death when the thing split open was incredibly wide, giving me a chill I rarely get at circuses these safer days.

Most vexingly uneven show: Carson& Barnes, from world class to world crass.

Most remarkably scored big cage act: Cole Bros. Circus of Stars

Worst prop department: Cole Bros. klutzy forklift operations.

Biggest downer of the year: the thoroughly mean-spirited new film Water for Elephants.

Worst show-disrupting spiel: A tie between Kelly Miller's Peterson Peanut plea and Ted McCray's prolonged snake photo grind on Circus Vargas, bloating the intermission for as long as it takes.

Best performance setting: Big Apple Circus

Biggest disappointment: Cirque du Soleil's Totem. Is the world running out of talent enough to stock the CDS franchise? A thousand dry ice machines, a thousand flashing laser beams will not completely disguise threadbare goods.

Most welcome sight: A full house at Circus Vargas in Hollywood. Me wonders if the terrific CV product placement in Water for Elephants caused a minor stamped onto the lot at Sunset Boulevard -- boffo location!

The last word: To Baraboo's perennial booster, the good Doc Bob Dewel, who, like too many "visitors" to this blog, never deposits a single comment here but charms his way in through my e-mail. Bob's latest report on restoration work underway at his beloved Al Ringling Theatre: "Apparently we are never destined to have a sugar daddy with a million bucks or so, but are slowly restoring on our own, with a qualified artist. Outer lobby gleams, inner lobby is nearly done---we spent $1000 just to verify for certain the original colors (Peach and Gold, light and bright). ... All eleven dressings rooms restored, Ladies lounge partially finished ...Rapp and Rapp would be proud. So would Al. Ringling. Incidentally Al’s magnificent mansion is for sale! "

The last photos: Let's bring on Lory Lagoyda, whose mom and dad worked on Ringling 1955-56. Her mother, Tomoko Nakagawa, came over when she was just 18 with the Uyeno Troupe -- eight young ladies --from Japan, imported by John Ringling North to lend additional beauty and charm to production numbers. Lory's dad worked with the elephants. Here are some pics of Tomoko, and how happy she looks to be in the great Ringling chorus!

Tomoko Nakagawa in the Mexicanorama aerial ballet, 1956

One of the Mama's in the Park, 1955

Say it With Flowers, 1956 spec

And that's a Happy Old Year!

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Beyonce Names Her Baby Girl Tiana- May Carter!!!

Rumors that tend to go viral overnight are usually from overworked social networking Web sites and get buried after creating a whole lot of buzz. It seems the same is going to happen to those rumors surrounding speculation of American singer Beyonce Knowles' pregnancy.


The newest rumor doing the rounds on Twitter suggests that Beyonce is now a mother...!!!

According to unconfirmed reports, the 30-year-old singer gave birth to a baby girl  this week and has named her daughter Tiana-May Carter. The reports, which neither the singer nor her husband - Jay-Z - have confirmed, state the pop diva gave birth to her first child at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York.

Beyonce announced her pregnancy earlier this year, at the MTV Video Music Awards. That announcement was followed by rumors suggesting she was faking her pregnancy by using a prosthetic belly (after her stomach appeared to change shapes and collapse as she sat down during a live television appearance in Australia) and was waiting for a surrogate to give birth to her baby.

 

Meanwhile, according to a MediaTakeOut.com report on Thursday, nurses at St. Luke's were "buzzing" at the news. However, the hospital authorities have made no official statement. The report claims the baby suite apparently reserved by the couple is equipped to deliver three babies and accommodate twelve people.

Just for the record, Beyonce's mother - Tina, sister - Solange, and nephew - Julez were spotted in New York, adding weight to the delivery rumors.

"It is September 23. Right now I'm actually shooting the video for "Countdown" and I'm six months pregnant, pretending my stomach is flat in body suits," the singer was overheard saying, at a public appearance a few months back.

Meanwhile, Twitter has been buzzing all this while, with all the rumors and speculations flying around, logging over 9,000 tweets per second!

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Top 10 Most "Liked" Celebrities!!! Who Is In Number 1???

 Rihanna is officially the Queen of Facebook for 2011!

Not only has she become a major fashion icon, but she has now beaten Bob Marley and many others to the top of the most popular social networking site. RiRi’s page is now Facebook’s most ‘liked’ in 2011. Others who were on  the list were legendary icon, Marley, who came in second on the most-liked list and Avril Lavigne has come in third.

Rihanna has 47,788,147 fans on Facebook: over two million more than Lady Gaga, seven million ahead of the animated TV show, “Family Guy,” and surprisingly – considering he has over 15 million followers on twitter!!! – 10 million more likes than Justin Bieber!!!

Not only is her facebook page the most liked, but also her hit single, “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris was the most listened to song of the year!  She even beat out  Adele! We’ve got to admit that Rihanna is doing her thing! She even managed to rank #5 in Forbes List of Top Ten Earning Women In Music 2011.

Check out the top 10 most Popular Music Facebook Pages in 2011:

1. Rihanna
2. Bob Marley
3. Avril Lavigne
4. David Guetta
5. Enrique Iglesias
6. Usher
7. Lady Gaga
8. Metallica
9. Green Day
10. Black Eyed Peas

What do you think??

 

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Beyonce's Top Ten Songs Of 2011!!!

Beyonce took the time to reveal her Top 10 songs of 2011 !!!

Here they are:

1.Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj, ‘Dance (A$$)’

2.Future, ‘Tony Montana’

3.Jay-Z & Kanye West, ‘N—-s in Paris’

4.Kelly Rowland, ‘Motivation’

5.Adele, ‘Someone Like You’

6.Drake,’The Motto’

7.Rihanna, ‘Man Down’

8.Justin Bieber and Chris Brown, ‘Look At Me Now’

9.James Blake, ‘The Wilhelm Scream’

10.Frank Ocean, ‘Novacane’

What do you  think? Any of your favorites included??

Have you noticed something?? Lady Gaga is not included in her list!!!

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