LOST 3/30/10: 6.10 “The Package”

You know how much I love and wait for the storyline to be about Sun & Jin…finally this season we have an episode!

• FLASH SIDEWAYS:  So Jin & Sun AREN’T married?!  He’s like her “bodyguard”…interesting.  Boy that scene with Sun undressing…gosh, they showed a lot more than I thought they would!
• Question – In the flash sideways, can Sun speak English?  They never quite made it known for sure whether or not she can’t or she’s hiding it like she did in “real life.”
• So Sun still was pregnant in the flash sideways…unfortunately she got shot before she could even tell Jin!
• Interesting how in “real life,” seems like Sun & Jin ARE meant to be together, whereas in the flash sideways, it’s almost as if they AREN’T meant to be since Sun’s father was going to have Jin killed.
• When Widmore gave Jin the camera…I KNEW it was going to be pictures of his daughter…she’s so cute!  AWW!
• Wonder how much longer Jin & Sun will be separated?  In the preview, seems like they get reunited…just not sure if that’s next week already…or we’ll have to wait ’til the end…

• It’s weird how after Sun hit her head, she “forgot” how to speak English, but yet could still understand it.
• There was A LOT of Korean speaking going on in this episode…that scene where Sun was basically yelling at Richard about how she won’t go with him because she wants to find Jin…that was pretty heated, but yet he had NO IDEA what she was saying. :-p

• So what EXACTLY is going on with Widmore and “Flocke”?  What is Widmore’s plan?

• They kidnapped Jin because they thought he knew about those plans drawn on that blueprint?
• So Desmond’s back?  I totally forgot…where did we last see Desmond?  Was he married to Penny?  So isn’t he Charles’ son-in-law?  Why is he so important to this whole thing?

VIDEO: Carrie on The Early Show 03/30/10

Carrie was on CBS’ The Early Show to talk about her participation with Pedigree, her tour, engagement, etc.

Enjoy!

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GLEE: Gaga Scoop!

Entertainment Weekly revealed a bit more about exactly what Glee plans to do with Lady GaGa’s songs on the show…

According to creator Ryan Murphy, they’ll be performing 2 of Gaga’s songs:

• Bad Romance (it’s like her most current single)
• Poker Face (probably her most famous song) – “…will be tackled by Lea Michele’s Rachel.  Lea does a very stripped-down version of ‘Poker Face.’“  Umm…stripped down version of Poker Face sung by Lea?!  OMG!  Awesome!

Also, can’t go without having the LOOK of Gaga on the show…

“…the glee club actually donning Gaga-esque wardrobe for the performance. “I do know that we’re all different Lady Gagas, and at one point I am the Kermit the Frog Lady Gaga,” says Michele.

If you’re wondering what the “Kermit the Frog Lady Gaga is:

Crazy huh?

“I saw a picture of the Kermit the Frog Lady Gaga with a Post-It on it that said ‘Lea.’ I was like, oh, great. Everyone else has incredible Lady Gaga outfits and I have that one.”

Haha!  How awesome is that?!  Rachel wearing that outfit?!  LOVE IT!  Can’t wait for this!

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AMERICAN IDOL: Top 10 Predictions

Hmm…this is a tough week for predictions…

For the Bottom 3, I”m gonna go and say:

Katie

Tim

Andrew

Tim’s been in the Bottom 3 the past 2 weeks, and this week will be no exception.  That song he sang definitely didn’t win him EXTRA points either.  Katie is running out of time…she always has moments, but just can’t quite get it right.  It was a tough call between Andrew & Didi, and altho Andrew definitely did better than he has in a long time, I think because of that, people will assume he’s safer than Didi’s fans, who will vote MUCH HARDER this week.

My prediction for going home?

I think it’s Tim’s time.  At least last week’s song was FUN.  This week?  Boring and too big for him.  Because Katie was in the B3 last week, I think that placement fueled her fans (and classmates) to vote ridiculously for her this week.

GLEE Promo 3/30/10: 4 Minutes

Another Glee promo commercial aired tonight during American Idol.

You can hear Glee’s version of Madonna’s 4 Minutes is playing in the background!  How exciting!   Only 2 MORE WEEKS!

Enjoy!

DANCING WITH THE STARS: Top 11 Results

Wow!  Talk about a shocker!

Bottom 2:

Pamela & Damian

I guess it’s not THAT surprising that Pam was in the B2…I mean, she’s definitely probably the most FAMOUS of all the celebs this season…and she’s actually NOT that BAD of a dancer, but…how many people actually VOTE for her?!  She’s one of those that you’re definitely INTRUIGED to see dance, but will you actually jump off the couch to vote for her?  Obviously not.

BOOTED:

Shannen & Mark

Altho Shannen’s stuff about her dad is quite sweet and touching…I think her reputation precedes her, so people were already turned off by her, I guess.  Too bad.  Would’ve wanted to see her dance some more actually…

Gosh, but Buzz AND Kate avoided the B2?!  Wow!  Considering how much LOWER their scores were than pretty much everyone…that’s pretty awesome how they were able to get THAT MANY fan votes in order to make up that difference!  I’m impressed!  So if they can do that this week, they could easily do it again next week…

AMERICAN IDOL 3/30/10: Top 10 Performances

R&B night.  As you all know, R&B is NOT my favorite type of music…I’m guessing this won’t be a favorite night of mine…

SIOBHAN Through The Fire: Poor Siobhan…this was definitely her worst week so far.  BUT, the song is pretty difficult vocally.  She seemed to keep missing that ONE note especially.  You could tell that she wasn’t the most comfortable with it.  I think she TOTALLY could pull that song off.  I think she already knew it was gonna be hard for her, so she probably just didn’t have the confidence she normally does.  Simon was too mean to her.  YES it WASN’T good…but EVERYONE is allowed an off week.  That does NOT at ALL lower my opinion of her or make me like her any less…It made her human.  I KNOW she’s an awesome singer and I still love her.  The judges sure spent a lot of time on Siobhan.  She got like TWO critiques.  That was actually one of the most detailed explanation/advice any contestant has every gotten.  Oh, and what was up with the backstage footage after the commercial break?  Sad to see Siobhan “reeling” from her performance…poor thing!  She couldn’t eve look at anyone.

CASEY Hold On I’m Coming: After all these weeks, we have already established that Casey is a good guitar player.  And based on what he said, I guess we’ll be seeing that EVERY WEEK.  To be honest, I felt that his performance was very solid…but it was SO SAFE.  Especially vocally.  I was actually kinda bored halfway through.  I think the judges kinda overrated him, imo.  But he was totally fine…not bad…but not outstanding either.

BIG MIKE Ready for Love: Zzz….zzz…I fell asleep around 10 seconds into the performance.  Seriously.  As soon as he started singing, I was turned off already.  He just has this arrogance about him when he sings…like he’s Usher already or something.  You are NOT an established artist yet.  So don’t act like you are.  Really.  His vocals are always pretty much the same.  I’m pretty much tired of Mike already.  The judges like him, and he’s still “banking” on his whole “I wasn’t there for my baby’s birth ’cause I was at the AI auditions” story, so he’ll be safe for a little while longer.

DIDI What Becomes of A Broken Heart: I thought Didi’s song choice was totally fine.  It’s not a super exciting song, but it matched her…at least as much as an R&B song can match Didi.   There were definite pitchy moments.  This may be the first week I think Didi could really be in trouble.  When Ryan kept asking her afterwards about why she sang that song and why she cried in front of Usher, I really think he was trying to help her.  He wanted to bring up the fact that she sang it for her best friend, who passed away.  That was probably why she gets so emotional when she sings it, thinking of her friend.

TIM Sweet Love:  Oh Tim…that wasn’t a good song choice.  It was such a boring song, but plus vocally it was too big for him.  He was trying a bit too hard also with the performance.  Like Simon said tho…not sure if it really matters what they say.  Tim’s just going to have fun with his performances…after all, that’s ALL he has to go on.  It WAS weird how he kept smiling/laughing when Kara was critiquing him.  He’s still got such a cute face/smile.  Not sure how much longer that alone will keep him afloat tho…

ANDREW Forever: Well, this was the best Andrew’s done in a LONG time…probably since Straight Up.  It was a good arrangement.  I have a hard time with Andrew already…I’m tired of him.  But this week definitely redeemed him a little.  A little.   And WHY is it that Simon brings up that Andrew doesn’t have any personality (which he doesn’t btw), but yet he doesn’t AT ALL about Crystal?  YES, we don’t feel like we know ANYTHING about Andrew…but I don’t feel AT ALL like I know ANYTHING about Crystal either.  At all.  Come on!

KATIE Chain of Fools: Hmm…I didn’t think her performance was as good as the judges said.  I felt that she was a bit off-key for a lot of the performance.  Oh and that OUTFIT…not flattering at all on you!  And the whole “argument” between Kara and Simon…about what kind of artist Katie SHOULD be.  OK, this is WHY it’s an issue.  Kara says pop/r&b, Simon says country.  The reason WHY it’s annoying/an issue is because KATIE doesn’t know what she wants.  If she DID, there wouldn’t be an issue.  I KNOW it’s probably because of her age, but still…she has to figure it out already.

LEE Treat Her Like A Lady: LEE!  Finally!  I felt like this was THE performance he needed!  Something was different about Lee this week…his vocals soared and he had a LOT more GROWL and OOMPH in his performance!  LOVED THAT!  What’s funny tho is that when you look at Lee’s eyes while he’s performing, he still has an “uneasiness” about him.  LIke he’s still not 100% confident in what he’s doing.  But actually…that’s what I like about Lee.  He’s not OVER confident/cocky.  At all.  “This is the moment that your life may have changed forever…” Wow.  Yay Lee!

CRYSTALMidnight Train To Georgia: Wow.  Crystal didn’t play the guitar.  She played the PIANO instead. Ha!  Nah, but at LEAST she got up and stood centerstage with NOTHING but her voice.  I did think she looked a bit awkward standing there tho.  Plus I didn’t realize how frumpy her body was…guess the guitar has always covered it up.  The outfit wasn’t the most flattering…too bunchy and the cut didn’t match her body type.  Her vocals were consistent as usual, altho there was one point where she hit that high note…that was a bit weird for me.  I can totally see what Simon was talking about how the show MAY take away her identity a little bit.  Already this week she dressed up, wore high heels, had so much accompaniment…it was so much more of a PRODUCTION.  In her backstage interview how she said she wanted to show how she was multifaceted…I didn’t really see that.  Still felt like she was the SAME, just with piano & standing instead.  Her arrangements are pretty much THE SAME every week.  No matter what other “tricks” she tried to pull out of her hat.

AARON Ain’t No Sunshine: Umm…totally forgot about Aaron’s performance already.  You can’t compare this performance to the one Kris Allen did last season.  Now THAT one was GOOD.  Aaron’s?  Not so much.  It was just EH.  You guys know how I feel about Aaron already…I never was impressed with him anyway.  Totally not worthy of the pimp spot this week, imo.  I’ll say it again.  EH.

Carrie’s 12th #1 – Temporary Home!

Congratulations to Carrie Underwood!  Her newest single, “Temporary Home,” has hit #1 on the Billboard Country Charts!  This is now Carrie’s 12th #1 hit!  In fact, EVERY single she has released (since her AI single, “Inside Your Heaven”) has hit #1!

Awesome!  Keep it up Carrie!

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PICS: Kids’ Choice Awards – Lea & Cory

I already posted a picture as the pic of the moment, but thought I’d post a few more…

Lea Michele & Cory Monteith presented at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards over the weekend…

They both looked really good!  It’s just so funny how a guy can dress so casually while the girl pretty much always has to dress up!

Lea really has become one of my fashion favorites on the red carpet…I always can’t wait to see what she’ll be wearing, and she practically always does it right!  Very cute and age appropriate for herself!  Plus she knows how to wear the clothes well and show them off.

Unfortunately neither of them was nominated…neither was Glee for that matter.  Good exposure for them and the show tho!  Plus both of them luckily avoided getting slimed (unlike poor Katy Perry)!

DANCING WITH THE STARS 3/29/10: Top 11 – Week 2

Not gonna comment on everyone…just the memorable ones:

SHANNEN & MARK: I thought Shannen did a pretty good job considering it’s the Jive.  It’s a tough dance…a LOT of steps!  This week Shannen seemed to show a BIT of attitude ’cause she was getting frustrated with how many steps there were.  Once again, her Dad…so cute.  Crying up a storm after her performance!  This outfit was DEFINITELY more flattering than last week.   One observation – Did you notice how SKINNY Shannen’s legs are?!  They are FREAKISHLY SKINNY…it’s actually really weird and I had a hard time looking at them, to be honest.  Didn’t notice it last week ’cause she had a long gown on.  If you didn’t notice, try looking next time.  It’s so weird ’cause her upper body isn’t that thin, but her legs REALLY ARE.  Wow.

JAKE & CHELSIE: The Jive!  Chelsie is AWESOME in the Jive!  I’m glad Chelsie didn’t give in/listen to Jake about “dumbing” down their routine.  Jake had a challenging routine…Chelsie definitiely didn’t hold back with him on the difficulty.  Jake did a good job!  The good thing about Jake is he’s pretty fearless, so he really lets go and is good with the facial expressions, etc.  Last week I didn’t think he was very good at all, but this week I’m seeing more potential.  BTW, did you see Kiptyn in the audience? 

EVAN & ANNA: Umm…Evan’s going to be around for A WHILE.  He’s very good and likable!  It was nice to see him doing an upbeat dance like the jive!  He looked so cute (can you say Grease?) in his outfit, and considering he’s so tall, his legs were surprisingly really limber.  It was a great, fun routine!

BUZZ & ASHLY: Aww Buzz…he’s just so cute!  Funny enough tho…he actually looked MORE uncomfortable than last week!  He wasn’t gliding at all, and he really did seem like he was worried about stepping on Ashly’s toes!  Poor thing!  His score was even LESS than last week!  He’s gonna need a lot of fan votes to make up for that low score!  He’s still such a cute man tho…How can you NOT root for him!

NICOLE & DEREK: Wow.  Two 10s in only the 2nd week?!  Impressive!  The Jive was perfect for Nicole…upbeat and showing some style!  Nicole is very likable and so humble.  She’s keeping with her “frontrunner” status.  I would be SO in love with their team if ONLY she WASN’T with Derek!!! :-/  I’m still rooting for her tho…

KATE & TONY: Wow, talk about DRAMA!  No wonder they saved them for last…even a “to be continued…” thrown in there too!  Geez!  As far as their argument, in my opinion Tony got offended and overreacted.  I mean, yes…Kate was questioning him and trying to TELL him that he needs to explain things better to her.  And Tony said that every week it’s like starting from square 1 with Kate, but…HELLO TONY!  It IS like starting all over…it’s a TOTALLY DIFFERENT dance!  Plus, as a teacher, if it’s not working by teaching a certain way, shouldn’t you CHANGE the way your’e teaching?  Like Kate said, he’s only thinking about the way he WANTS to teach, not the way SHE LEARNS.  Tony has always been a bit of a hothead, and this was a perfect example of that.  As for the dance itself…it wasn’t good.  Kate really has to LET GO a little more…it’s reminiscent of Kim Kardashian from a previous season…and that’s NOT GOOD.  Kate’s SO nervous that her movements are so stiff and awkward.  I can tell she’s trying, but she’s really gonna have to, like Len said, give it her all and who CARES if you look silly or fall down…at least you won’t be dancing the “wimpy” way.  I think she can do it…but not sure if she’ll have enough time to get there.  I’m of course still rooting for her…maybe if Tony supported her more and made her more relaxed, rather than overreacting and making her feel all pressured, she would feel less nervous!

This week sure was full of a LOT of drama between the celebs and their partners.  Probably because this was the first week they only had LESS than a week to rehearse compared to over 3 weeks with that first dance!  That’s a HUGE difference and a LOT more pressure!

As for my prediction to go home this week…Altho I don’t want to, I may HAVE to say Buzz.  I don’t know if he can make up enough votes for his low scores.  BUT Tom did make it a point to say that if they had to boot someone last week, it WOULD’VE been an UPSET…so that means it WASN’T Buzz.

So who knows this week…

LOST NEWS: Yunjin Kim Gets Married!

Gosh, this kinda came out of nowhere!  Reports have stated (and her rep confirms) that LOST‘s Yunjin Kim (Sun) got married on Oahu over the weekend!

She married her longtime boyfriend, Jeong Hyeok Park, who she’s known since 2002, and who is now her manager.  Supposedly she wanted to get married after LOST ended, and she was filming her last scenes for the show this past weekend as well.

I didn’t even KNOW she was dating anyone!  Guess she was very good about keeping her personal life private…never read anything about any guy in her life until now…or maybe I just wasn’t reading the right things. :-p

Congrats to her!

*On another note, tomorrow’s episode of LOST will revolved around Sun (finally!) and Jin, and…

“There is a surprise ending that will have fans talking on Wednesday morning. So make sure you don’t miss it.”

Oh man…what could it be?!  I’m excited!

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VIDEO: Katy Perry Gets Slimed (KCAs)

The Kids’ Choice Awards aired on Nickeloden over the weekend.  It’s an awards show voted on solely by KIDS, so the nominees are usually “kid-based” people/shows…a LOT of Disney Channel shows/actors.  A big part of the show is the fact that throughout the show, certain celebrities get SLIMED with this green goop.  I’m QUITE sure the celebs who DO get slimed KNOW about it ahead of time (at least they better!), thus are prepared when it happens.

This year, one of the people who got slimed was singer Katy Perry.  She was dressed pretty outrageously (probably ’cause she KNEW she was going to get slimed) for the occasion, but I wanted to post it because you have to see HOW she gets slimed…she literally gets SHOT with slime…and the force of the shot was SO STRONG, it basically knocked her over.  It was CRAZY!  Kinda mean actually.   She was a great sport about it tho.

It’s actually pretty hilarious…jump to around :50 in the video below:

Crazy, huh?

MODERN FAMILY 3/24/10: 1.18 “Starry Night”

• Poor Mitchell!  It really wasn’t his night was it?  First he got sprayed by a skunk…then he had to wear a dress…
• Kinda sad for him too ’cause the sky watching really was supposed to be him and Jay…but it was also cute when Jay explained why he asked Manny to come along…
• Manny and Mitchell has a nice little “brother moment.”

• Poor Cam…when he explained WHY he was so nervous to go out with Gloria…aww!  I can see why in his story what he said could be taken the wrong way…sure doesn’t seem like Gloria was holding a grudge tho.
• Seriously…did Cam REALLY think he was going to be able to handle that spicy dish?!  Hilarious how he was sweating SO MUCH like that!

• Phil cracked me up when he kept displaying signs of ADD/ADHD when he went to the garage…LOL!  Love Phil!
• Hailey totally thought she had Claire played…glad Claire got her back and made her bake her own cupcakes…
• It was so cute when Luke made his report board all by himself…he did a great job!  People totally underestimate him ’cause of the dopey things he says…

MOVIE REVIEW: Harmony (Hamoni)

There was an article in the Honolulu Advertiser the other week about a Korean movie that would be playing here locally starring LOST‘s Yunjin Kim (Sun).  Most of you probably know that Yunjin is like my favorite on LOST, so after reading about the movie, I really wanted to see it.

I’m SO glad I did!

The movie is called Hamoni (Harmony). Basically the story revolves around a group of prison inmates who, in order to give them something positive to bring them all together/give them joy, form a choir.  The movie also talks about each of their stories (why/how they ended up in prison) and their relationships with each other and their loved ones outside of the prison.  If you want a comparison, I would say it’s kind of like The Joy Luck Club (because of the women’s stories and their friendship) meets Departures…altho the Departures reference is basically because of the touching aspects as well as dealing with death.

• Yunjin Kim is really great in the movie!  It’s so great to be able to see her in a different role from the one she plays on LOST.  Not to mention she’s the star of this movie, so she’s in most of the scenes.  AND you get to see her act silly and funny…plus she sings in the movie as well!

• In the movie, Yunjin’s character, Jeong-hye Hong, was pregnant when she was imprisoned, and actually gives birth in the prison.  She’s able to keep her son with her/raise him in the prison until he’s around 18 months old.  The baby boy they cast as her son was just…ADORABLE!  He was SO GOOD with the facial expressions and movements he needed to do, plus he was just so well-behaved.  Can’t get over just HOW CUTE he was.  You really need to see it to understand, but you WILL fall in love with that baby boy.

• Altho the movie deals with some heavy issues, including murder and the death penalty, what made the movie so good was the balance between that and the comedic side.
• All the scenes between the ladies were pretty hilarious, especially when they were trying to form their choir.  There are a BUNCH of difference characters in the prison…so there’s a lot of personalities to deal with.  VERY FUNNY moments.
• One observation about the whole “prison” aspect…I’m not sure how it REALLY is to be in a female correctional facility in Korea, but…in this movie, I have to say the inmates really seem to HAVE IT GOOD.  The conditions don’t even SEEM like they’re imprisoned really…pretty “comfortable” and “free” actually.  If you see the movie, you’ll know what I mean.  Anyway, not sure how accurate that part of the movie is…

• One of the most touching storylines was that of Mun-ok Kim, who was the “veteran” inmate serving a death sentence…she also was kind of like the “mother” of the group.  She ends up being the conductor of the choir.
• Her story really was very emotional.  The actress who played her, Mun-hee Na, was just great.

It’s hard to really summarize the entire movie in writing, but I really want to recommend this movie…I didn’t know QUITE what to expect from it (after all, I mainly went just because of Yunjin), but I was pleasantly surprised and I really loved it.  Just a couple of things to keep in mind (if you’re planning on seeing it):

• It IS a Korean movie, so the entire movie IS subtitled…so if you’re not up for “reading” the whole movie…it might not be for you.  I personally had no problem with it, and after a while you don’t even realize you’re reading…the storyline is just so interesting that it’s worth it.
• You WILL need Kleenex…I didn’t even THINK about the fact that the movie was going to be emotional, so I barely had anything.  I never heard SO MANY people crying (and even SOBBING) THAT MUCH and THAT LOUDLY in a theater before.   A lot of the crying is due to the fact that it’s TOUCHING…but there are definite tears of sadness as well.

For me, I was so glad I saw this movie…so really give it some consideration if you’re wondering what to go see.  Not sure how long it will be playing (it’s ONLY playing at Ward Theaters right now), as it’s part of their “Spotlight Asia” theme they’re having right now at the theaters…

Go see it if you can!  It’ll be worth it!

FLASHFORWARD 3/25/10: 1.13 “Blowback”

This episode wasn’t nearly as good as last week…but there were still moments:

• Gosh, this whole Jericho situation sure has gotten pretty deep and dirty…
• Does this Jericho stuff have anything to do with the “bigger picture”?  The blackouts?
• Aaron seems to be getting in WAY over his head…I mean to hang that guy outside the Jericho boss’ place…that was very bold.  I mean…now he’s definitely a hunted man.

• Not too much new with Lloyd’s flashforward…except for the formula on the mirror.

• Guess Gabrielle Union (Zoey) is going to have a pretty big part.  She’s practically got her own storyline now…getting involved with mosaic like that.
• WHO took Demetri’s gun?!

Next week looks a bit more interesting.  We get to see Charlie’s (was that Mark/Olivia’s daughter’s name?) flashforward…seems like it’ll be VERY VITAL to their investigation…