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(CNN) -- Leslie Nielsen, whose longtime career as a square-jawed dramatic actor took a sudden turn into comedy with gut-busting spoofs like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," has died at age 84, his family said Sunday.
The Canadian-born Nielsen's career reached back into the early days of television, when he made frequent appearances on live drama series like "Goodyear Playhouse."
He played the earnest starship captain in the 1956 science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and made regular appearances on a wide range of TV dramas into the 1970s, including "Hawaii Five-O."
He also played the captain of an overturned ocean liner in the 1972 disaster movie, "The Poseidon Adventure."
Much of that changed in 1980, when he was cast as a doctor aboard an endangered jetliner in the gag-a-minute disaster-movie parody "Airplane!"
Nielsen's deadpan response to the question "Surely, you can't be serious?" with "I am serious -- and don't call me Shirley" helped launch a second career.
The film's producers went on to cast him in their short-lived television series "Police Squad!"
He reprised that show's bumbling lead character, Lt. Frank Drebin, a decade later in three "Naked Gun" movies, in which he shared the screen with O.J. Simpson and Priscilla Presley.
Nielsen appeared in several similar but less-acclaimed spoofs following those films.
Nielsen was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003. The medal is awarded to "Canadian citizens for outstanding achievement and service to the country or to humanity at large."
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Nielsen died of complications of pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, surrounded by family and friends, a family statement said.
Doug Nielsen called his uncle's death a "great loss."
"He was extremely funny," the younger Nielsen said in an interview with CNN affiliate Global Network News in Vancouver.
"At all of our family get-togethers, he was always the life of the party and a great-natured guy," Nielsen said. "He was a very good friend to me."
BABAYLAN Book Philippine Launch
BABAYLAN : FILIPINOS AND THE CALL OF THE INDIGENOUS will have its Philippine launch at the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista in Quiapo on November 29, 2010, at 1 pm.
It was first made available to the public during the First International Babaylan Conference held last April 17 – 18, 2010 at the Sonoma State University in the United States. This book has been years in the making and is the first of its kind to integrate research about prima...ry Babaylans in the Philippines; research about Kapwa psychology and the babaylan tradition; and narratives of decolonization and indigenization by Filipinos in the diaspora.
Conceived and edited by Prof. Elenita Mendoza Strobel, this book includes many voices who have been researching and writing about the Babaylan tradition like Sister Mary John Mananzan, Katrin de Guia, Agnes Miclat Cacayan, Girlie Villariba and Teresita Obusan from the Philippines. Among the writers from the diaspora are Ceres Pioquinto, Tera Maxwell, Venus Herbito, Eileen Tabios, Michelle Bautista, Maiana Minahal, Karen Villanueva, Trisha Agbulos Cabeje, Marjorie Light and Charito Basa.
This Babaylan book is described as an offering of insight and wisdom gleaned from the writers’ engagement with the Babaylan tradition. It is a meditation on the question of how to heal from the psychic and epistemic violence of colonial encounters through the embodiment of the spirit of the Babaylan. It celebrates the many spaces where Filipinos are creating works of Beauty inspired by their reconnection to their indigenous roots. It is a container for transnational conversations that have been going on for decades between Filipinos in the homeland and the diaspora; the common theme of the conversations has always been about our need to feel whole (Kabuuan ng Loob) and the need to strengthen and deepen our indigenous roots as Filipinos. (It is interesting to note that the venue, Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, was host to a lecture series entitled In the Tradition of the Babaylan in February of 1999.)
BABAYLAN : FILIPINOS AND THE CALL OF THE INDIGENOUS is beautifully designed by Babaylan-inspired artist Perla Paredes Daly. The Babaylan mandala on the cover represents the artists’ vision of the Filipinos’ “inner gold”. Perla is also co-creator of the Center for Babaylan Studies, a non-profit organization based in the US dedicated to the dissemination of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP). Visit the website at www.babaylan.net.
Ateneo de Davao University Research and Publications Office is the publisher of the Babaylan book. To purchase the book contact:
Melotte de Castro
Mobile No. 0928 2539 445
Email: melotte25@gmail.com /melotte23@yahoo.com
For details on the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista book launch contact:
Tessie Obusan
Landline: 704 8955
Email: tesobusan@yahoo.com
Reimon Cosare
Mobile: 0927 5633 376
Email: reimoncos@yahoo.com
Minifred Gavino
Mobile: 0928 5545 824
Email: babaylan_pi@yahoo.com
Batibot :They're back!
If you have Hi -5 , Dora or Sponge Bob, we used to watch Batibot and Pen pen de Sarapen. It's like Sesame Street but I guess better because it's ours-Pinoy!
Catch them this Saturday, 830 am, on ABC 5.
Catch them this Saturday, 830 am, on ABC 5.
KG Grand Alumni Homecoming
BALIK-BANIG:
paghahabi ng 21 taong pagpapausbong ng musika't kulturang Pilipino
November 27, Saturday · 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Bali Hai Garden Restaurant
37 Visayas Ave.,Brgy. Vasra, Quezon City
(from Quezon Memorial Circle, left side of Visayas Ave., after Mcdonalds and next to Bioessence)
350.00php/per person
dinner ticket price + souvenir
attire: favorite costume ng KG o kahit-anong KG-inspired na kasuotan
(kung saan po kayo kumportable, para po makapaglaro kayo sa mga simple games na hinanda namin!)
Please confirm your attendance on or before November 20 J
TO ALL BATCHES (Tour batches 1997, 1999A, 19999B, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010 and recital/year batches):
Hinihiling po ni Sir Edru na maghanda ang kada-batch ng isang espesyal na presentasyon, na kahit ano! ^_^ (performance, video tribute, lechon atbp pagkain, cake, etc...KUNG WALA KAYONG MAISIP PUWEDE NANG MAGDONEYT NG PERA) para sa reunion na ito.
Para sa mga katanungan, karagdang impormasyon, o opisyal na pagkumpirma ng attendance, magtext lang po sa akin:
Claire ( +09209460306 ).
paghahabi ng 21 taong pagpapausbong ng musika't kulturang Pilipino
November 27, Saturday · 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Bali Hai Garden Restaurant
37 Visayas Ave.,Brgy. Vasra, Quezon City
(from Quezon Memorial Circle, left side of Visayas Ave., after Mcdonalds and next to Bioessence)
350.00php/per person
dinner ticket price + souvenir
attire: favorite costume ng KG o kahit-anong KG-inspired na kasuotan
(kung saan po kayo kumportable, para po makapaglaro kayo sa mga simple games na hinanda namin!)
Please confirm your attendance on or before November 20 J
TO ALL BATCHES (Tour batches 1997, 1999A, 19999B, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010 and recital/year batches):
Hinihiling po ni Sir Edru na maghanda ang kada-batch ng isang espesyal na presentasyon, na kahit ano! ^_^ (performance, video tribute, lechon atbp pagkain, cake, etc...KUNG WALA KAYONG MAISIP PUWEDE NANG MAGDONEYT NG PERA) para sa reunion na ito.
Para sa mga katanungan, karagdang impormasyon, o opisyal na pagkumpirma ng attendance, magtext lang po sa akin:
Claire ( +09209460306 ).
Meet and Greet with LAUREN KATE
Meet and Greet with the Author of Fallen Lauren Kate (Exclusive for Facebook Fans) on November 28, 2010 @ 4PM at Powerbooks Greenbelt
Calling all Powerbooks Facebook Fans!
Here's your chance to meet the New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate and have your FALLEN and TORMENT books signed.
Drop by Powerbooks Greenbelt, Megamall, Trinoma and Alabang Town Center to get your exclusive invites!
How to join:
1. Must be a Powerbooks Facebook fan.
2. Fans must claim the exclusive Lauren Kate invites at Powerbooks Greenbelt, Megamall, Trinoma and Alabang Town Center beginning Nov. 15 at the customer service counter.
3. Fans can choose between:
a. Blue Invite - Free. This will entitle the fan to a 10% discount on November 28.Not a signing pass.
b. Yellow Invite - Get this for a minimum purchase of P500 at Powerbooks Greenbelt, Megamall, Trinoma and Alabang Town Center from Nov. 15 until supplies last. This will entitle the fan to a 20% discount on November 28 and will serve as a signing pass for a chance to have 2 books signed by Lauren Kate. Limited invites only.
Registration guidelines for fans with Yellow Invite:
- Powerbooks will be issuing NUMBERED STUBS that will be given out on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis on November 28.Registration opens at 3PM
- Each fan is allowed only One (1) Numbered Stub.
- One Yellow invite = One Numbered Stub = maximum of 2 Lauren Kate books to be signed.
Leonard Co
Do you know who Leonard Co is?
One good article about the botanist can be read at:
http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/opinion/32374-leonard-co-naming-the-plants-planting-the-seeds
Reposting: New schedule to accommodate arrival of Leonard (Co’s) sister: Wake at Funeraria Paz Araneta until Friday evening. Transfer to U.P. on Saturday morning. Tribute on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at U.P. Cremation on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.
One good article about the botanist can be read at:
http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/opinion/32374-leonard-co-naming-the-plants-planting-the-seeds
Reposting: New schedule to accommodate arrival of Leonard (Co’s) sister: Wake at Funeraria Paz Araneta until Friday evening. Transfer to U.P. on Saturday morning. Tribute on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at U.P. Cremation on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.
Completing The Past: The Seven Stages Of Letting Go
In time for my friend's need, here is what they say...
Stage One: OVERCOME DENIAL
Admit that the relationship is or was bad. You'll need to be honest with yourself before you do anything else.
Stage Two: TURN LONELINESS INTO ALONENESS
Being alone does not mean that you have to be lonely. If you're feeling lonely, it could be that you're closing yourself up. Instead, look outward; look around you. There's beauty everywhere - in the patterns of sunlight and shadow playing on the ground, the feeling of sun against your body. Let new experiences in and learn ways to enjoy your time with yourself.
Stage Three: GRIEF (Big Boys And Girls Do Cry!)
Write a goodbye letter in which you say goodbye to the hopes and future pictures you held of that relationship. This will be a sad process. When you've finished saying goodbye to what might have been, write a P.S. about all the negatives you'll be avoiding by letting go of the relationship.
Stage Four: ANGER (Time To Get Some Distance)
Write a letter that really lets them have it! Get all of your anger out. Rage about the unfairness, vent the bitterness you feel. You deserve better.
Stage Five: RE-ENTRY, REBUILDING
Re-enter the world by rebuilding a friendship or developing a support system of friendship. Let your friend be the tree you lean on when you're tired.
Stage Six: HOUSE CLEANING
Now turn your attention to the future. See your vision of the kind of relationship you want to have. Get as clear and firm a picture in your mind as possible - the clearer you are on what you want, the more likely you'll find it. Why? Because you will draw to you that which you most persistently think about.
Stage Seven: PREPARATION
Learn about ways to increase your self-esteem and feel good about yourself. You can't love another person more than you love yourself, so if you want a loving relationship, believe in yourself, and that you're worthy and deserving of a happy, loving relationship.
source:http://www.computerbob.com/dv/seven_stages_of_letting_go.php
Stage One: OVERCOME DENIAL
Admit that the relationship is or was bad. You'll need to be honest with yourself before you do anything else.
Stage Two: TURN LONELINESS INTO ALONENESS
Being alone does not mean that you have to be lonely. If you're feeling lonely, it could be that you're closing yourself up. Instead, look outward; look around you. There's beauty everywhere - in the patterns of sunlight and shadow playing on the ground, the feeling of sun against your body. Let new experiences in and learn ways to enjoy your time with yourself.
Stage Three: GRIEF (Big Boys And Girls Do Cry!)
Write a goodbye letter in which you say goodbye to the hopes and future pictures you held of that relationship. This will be a sad process. When you've finished saying goodbye to what might have been, write a P.S. about all the negatives you'll be avoiding by letting go of the relationship.
Stage Four: ANGER (Time To Get Some Distance)
Write a letter that really lets them have it! Get all of your anger out. Rage about the unfairness, vent the bitterness you feel. You deserve better.
Stage Five: RE-ENTRY, REBUILDING
Re-enter the world by rebuilding a friendship or developing a support system of friendship. Let your friend be the tree you lean on when you're tired.
Stage Six: HOUSE CLEANING
Now turn your attention to the future. See your vision of the kind of relationship you want to have. Get as clear and firm a picture in your mind as possible - the clearer you are on what you want, the more likely you'll find it. Why? Because you will draw to you that which you most persistently think about.
Stage Seven: PREPARATION
Learn about ways to increase your self-esteem and feel good about yourself. You can't love another person more than you love yourself, so if you want a loving relationship, believe in yourself, and that you're worthy and deserving of a happy, loving relationship.
source:http://www.computerbob.com/dv/seven_stages_of_letting_go.php
FESTIVAL OPENING performance by TUJIKO NORIKO (Japan/France)
reposting...
9.00PM: “SONIC KITCHEN” by Malek Lopez and guests
An audio-visual performance involving a chef, a mobile kitchen set, and a sound designer culminating into a climax of exquisite culinary and sonic delights.
10.00PM: Un Escargot Vide?
A creation of Sebastien Szczyrk, the festival’s resident artist, will present an experimental performance using field recordings, and present these sounds absorbed by our earlaps as image-like frames t...o audience’s cerbral cortex. A real “cinema for the ear” treat!
11:00PM: TUJIKO NORIKO
Paris-based singer, Tujiko Noriko is steadily rising in becoming one of Japan’s most popular avant-pop acts. Tujiko Noriko's introduction to the world at large was one of the most astonishing of the last years. She has been participating at some of the biggest international festivals such as Transmediale, Sonar and Mutek; and has established herself as one of the foremost songwriters in the realm of experimental electronica.
PLUS!!
"Plaka pasta by vinyl archeologist Pasta Groove inbetween sets, plus a special performance by Kate Torralba during intermission"
TICKET PRICE
250 / Pre-sale 200
Festival Pass (all access to all events, VIP) = 800 / Pre-sale 700
Contact: sabawmediahub@gmail.com or 09206045559
9.00PM: “SONIC KITCHEN” by Malek Lopez and guests
An audio-visual performance involving a chef, a mobile kitchen set, and a sound designer culminating into a climax of exquisite culinary and sonic delights.
10.00PM: Un Escargot Vide?
A creation of Sebastien Szczyrk, the festival’s resident artist, will present an experimental performance using field recordings, and present these sounds absorbed by our earlaps as image-like frames t...o audience’s cerbral cortex. A real “cinema for the ear” treat!
11:00PM: TUJIKO NORIKO
Paris-based singer, Tujiko Noriko is steadily rising in becoming one of Japan’s most popular avant-pop acts. Tujiko Noriko's introduction to the world at large was one of the most astonishing of the last years. She has been participating at some of the biggest international festivals such as Transmediale, Sonar and Mutek; and has established herself as one of the foremost songwriters in the realm of experimental electronica.
PLUS!!
"Plaka pasta by vinyl archeologist Pasta Groove inbetween sets, plus a special performance by Kate Torralba during intermission"
TICKET PRICE
250 / Pre-sale 200
Festival Pass (all access to all events, VIP) = 800 / Pre-sale 700
Contact: sabawmediahub@gmail.com or 09206045559
Gin Blossoms LIVE in Manila- 18 Nov 2010
I was looking forward to the 18th of November since July because from Tampa, they're here now in Manila. Thanks to Magic 89.9 , they had a live interview with the band today. And album signing at the Robinsons Galleria at 1600hr today, 17th of November 2010. Oh how I wish there was still Nu 107 (but that's a different story now. And catch Francis Reyes' U stream with the Nu jocks.)
Anyways, tomorrow, the 18th , catch these guys you've heard Hey Jealousy,Follow you Down, Till I hear it from You and As long as it matters , at the Araneta Coliseum.
See their website too : ginblossoms.net
Gin Blossoms just posted the dates for their shows in the Philippines. They're not just playing in Manila, but also in Cebu City!
(Updated August 2)
November 18, 2010 (Thursday) - Araneta Coliseum
November 20, 2010 (Saturday) - Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Cebu City
Anyways, tomorrow, the 18th , catch these guys you've heard Hey Jealousy,Follow you Down, Till I hear it from You and As long as it matters , at the Araneta Coliseum.
See their website too : ginblossoms.net
Gin Blossoms just posted the dates for their shows in the Philippines. They're not just playing in Manila, but also in Cebu City!
(Updated August 2)
November 18, 2010 (Thursday) - Araneta Coliseum
November 20, 2010 (Saturday) - Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Cebu City
Nu 107 Signing OFF
On November 7 2010 , at midnight , was the last airing of thank yous for NU 107.
Only if you knew NU from Major Tom , Criss Cruz and his briefs,Pontry, Tabitha, Claire, Zach and Joey ,Kiko and Gang, then would you have the right to listen to this.... Nu107 's final hour on air by watchamakalit
Only if you knew NU from Major Tom , Criss Cruz and his briefs,Pontry, Tabitha, Claire, Zach and Joey ,Kiko and Gang, then would you have the right to listen to this.... Nu107 's final hour on air by watchamakalit
Powerbooks Pilipinas Journal Promo
It's just November but I like it when journals, planners and diaries are starting to sprout. When bookstores are starting to display these at their desks. I'm trying not to buy but to scout for the promos on these journals. More to come this 2011.
Question is, will I collect this one or is it too "Philippine-Map" like the "P-noy" associated fad?
Here are their mechanics;
1. For every P2,500 single receipt purchase at any participating Powerbooks branch from November 1, 2010 to January 15, 2011, the customer is entitled to a free Powerbooks' Pilipinas Journal.
2. The free planner may be claimed at any Powerbooks cashier or customer service counter.
3. Receipts will be stamped "claimed" upon receipt of the free item.
4. Promo period is from November 1, 2010 to January 15, 2011.
5. Redemption period is until 60 days from end of promo period.
6. Promo is valid in the following Powerbooks branches: Alabang Town Center, Festival, Glorietta, Greenbelt, Mall of Asia, Megamall, Robinson's Ermita, Shangri-la, Trinoma.
7. Wholesale purchases are not included in this promotion.
8. Offer cannot be combined with other existing promos and discount programs.
9. All employees of Powerbooks, its advertising and PR agencies up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity are disqualified from this promotion.
Question is, will I collect this one or is it too "Philippine-Map" like the "P-noy" associated fad?
Here are their mechanics;
1. For every P2,500 single receipt purchase at any participating Powerbooks branch from November 1, 2010 to January 15, 2011, the customer is entitled to a free Powerbooks' Pilipinas Journal.
2. The free planner may be claimed at any Powerbooks cashier or customer service counter.
3. Receipts will be stamped "claimed" upon receipt of the free item.
4. Promo period is from November 1, 2010 to January 15, 2011.
5. Redemption period is until 60 days from end of promo period.
6. Promo is valid in the following Powerbooks branches: Alabang Town Center, Festival, Glorietta, Greenbelt, Mall of Asia, Megamall, Robinson's Ermita, Shangri-la, Trinoma.
7. Wholesale purchases are not included in this promotion.
8. Offer cannot be combined with other existing promos and discount programs.
9. All employees of Powerbooks, its advertising and PR agencies up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity are disqualified from this promotion.
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