July 2012
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My Elvis Mitchell Banter on TWITTER! →
I had alot of fun yesterday and today bantering about Elvis Mitchell’s choice not to be on twitter.
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Manila by Morning...
Amazing what can happen in a year. I’m always surprised in what can happen in a day. Even more profound is what you feel inside can dramatically change your outlook on life permanently.
Sitting by the window in Bacoor, Cavite I feel like one of those Gauguin paintings but set in the warmth of the Philippines. The view from my window looks like a tropical paradise. Why did it take me so...
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May 2012
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Preda Opens Petition to Philippine Senators
Dear friends, Preda has begun a petition campaign to the Senators of the Philippines to reject any amendment to the existing juvenile Justice Welfare bill RA 9344. The proposed amendment that has reached second reading in the lower house would put children as young as 12-years old on trial as criminals. The senate can ignore the matter or vote to leave it as it is and protect children from the...
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CANNES FORTNIGHT OPENER MICHEL GONDRY →
This film has been in progress for a number of years… and if my memory serves me correctly, maybe even before Gondry started work on The Green Hornet. I’m very happy that it was the chosen film to open the FortNight this year. Congrats to Michel and co.
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KANYE CANNES. BY CAITLIN CRONENBERG FOR T... →
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CANNES Cronenberg's COSMOPOLIS produced by Paulo... →
I remember when Paulo Branco showed me the script that Cronenberg wrote swiftly after reading DeLillo’s book with the same name… it was brilliant, precise, and easy to read. This was in 2009. Congrats to Paulo Branco and David Cronenberg… they make such a great team. I hope to see their work together in the future!
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John Hillcoat's Lawless in CANNES (review) →
John Hillcoat & Dany Wolf took me to one of Ted Turner’s restaurants for my birthday in Atlanta in 2011. All I have to say is that John is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met… Congrats to his film in Cannes Official Selection!
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JESSICA SANCHEZ IS STILL A WINNER IN MY EYES! →
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@lesleyarfin @lenadunham Lesley Arfin's racist... →
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NICK STAHL MISSING! PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS RETURN! →
I was just watching the E! channel and they said that Nick Stahl has been missing! I am fearful and I hope they can find him soon. Everyone pray that he’s doing well and that he is found ASAP!
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@Jsanchezai11 VOTE FOR FILIPINA JESSICA SANCHEZ ON... →
VOTE FOR FELLOW FILIPINA JESSICA SANCHEZ @Jsanchezai11
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NOWNESS – DIARY OF CANNES | FEATURING MICHEL... →
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Where is LA's Best Filipino Restaurant?
Where is LA’s best Filipino restaurant? Does anyone know the top 3 Filipino restaurants in Los Angeles?
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Auraeus Solito’s Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy, Act2 Scene 2, Suring at ang Kuk-ok (The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2 Scene 2, Suring & the Kuk-ok)
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The media crucify me like they did Christ/ They wanna find me not breathing like...
– @kanyewest
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You can never reap a dividend when you don’t make an investment.
– Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Hollande defeats Sarkozy in French presidential... →
incase you didn’t know…
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More on Nathaniel (Nathanial) Hornblower aka Adam... →
This is a great article in Rolling Stone about Adam Yauch’s alter ego Nathaniel/Nathanial Hornblower.
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Director Nathanial Hornblower aka Adam Yauch was a... →
Of course one of the things Adam and I had in common was that he was a true cinephile. Check out this write up on KCRW’s blog. CLICK ON LINK TO READ MORE…
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Impeng Negro by Auraeus Solito (his first short about a boy who is Filipino & Black)
an ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro”
Best Short Feature- Gawad CCP 1999
Presented at the Guggenheim Museum, New York Empire & Memory exhibition
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You become who you spend time with.
– Tony Robbins
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You can’t get what you want if you don’t know what you want.
– Oprah & Iyanla Vanzant
April 2012
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It’s not enough to like a movie, you have to like it for the right reasons.
– Pierre Rissient
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We must become the change we want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
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New York
New York has been a blast… my second home.
Watching Ramona Diaz’s film on the 19th was a highlight for me and having dinner with cinema friends later that night was priceless. It was nice to finally meet Sheron Dayoc.
Going to the Embassy of the Philippines for the first time in New York on the evening of the 20th was a great experience…
Today with Iara Celeste, Noel Shaw,...
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Do your best every time and feel the success in that.
– Tiffany Limos
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