Been a while, I know. Work happens. Life, too. Sorry.
But I loved this piece of press room session with Tina Fey and the cast of 30 Rock.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Ruff
It's one of those weeks where the only thing that got a laugh out of me was this lovely piece of television.
Yeah, one of those weeks.
Yeah, one of those weeks.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Lego & The Dick
I guess there are more productive ways to spend 1,500 hours, but this is pretty.
And the dick in question is Malaysian Minister of Information, Communication & Culture, Rais Yatim. Watch this clip of him being a mega dickasaurus at a press conference in KL. Malaysian politics is screwed up beyond belief, and when clowns like these are given the office of government, you've got to wonder how broken the system is. And it makes me sad for the good people in Malaysia.
For more background on Malaysia and race politics, read this interesting op-ed piece. Sad.
And the dick in question is Malaysian Minister of Information, Communication & Culture, Rais Yatim. Watch this clip of him being a mega dickasaurus at a press conference in KL. Malaysian politics is screwed up beyond belief, and when clowns like these are given the office of government, you've got to wonder how broken the system is. And it makes me sad for the good people in Malaysia.
For more background on Malaysia and race politics, read this interesting op-ed piece. Sad.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Eye Candy Alert
I just came across this video of Miles Fisher, who some of you might apparently know from Gossip Girl, who bears an altogether uncanny resemblance to Christian Bale.
And he puts this to good use in the video for his cover of David Byrne's "This Must Be The Place".
Clever way to get noticed, cheeky fella.
And he puts this to good use in the video for his cover of David Byrne's "This Must Be The Place".
Clever way to get noticed, cheeky fella.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
New TV Guilty Pleasure
No matter where your tastes in entertainment lie, the new series Spartacus will have something for everyone.
You'll have to wait 'til 2010 for the series...what a tease, I know!
You'll have to wait 'til 2010 for the series...what a tease, I know!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
A Brighter Shade of Yasmin
It's funny how people that you hardly know can sometimes move you to feel and act in a way that defies words.
A few days ago, Malaysian film director Yasmin Ahmad suffered a stroke and died without regaining consciousness. She had been in a meeting when she collapsed and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Her death at 51 shocked many in KL and beyond.
When I was living in KL and was working at Channel [V], Yasmin Ahmad used to be one of the few public figures that I respected and admired. I used to chase the production team that I worked with to get interviews with her, to hear her point of view, to commit her opinion to tape. I had a feeling that her voice was an important one.
She was eloquent and her creative works, though sometimes 'controversial' in the eyes of some, had an almost subversiveness in their simplicity and honesty. And I liked that we were able to give our regional audience an insight into Yasmin's thinking and point of view.
Perhaps it is my mixed-race background that was drawn to Yasmin's message of how we are all the same at the end of the day. Or maybe it was the grace and humility that she displayed when faced with challenges to her religious views, her artistic vision and her 'Malaysian-ness' that gave her voice a relevance that very few public figures could command in Malaysia.
For these reasons and more, Yasmin Ahmad's death has been profoundly sad for me and to fans of her work. Here are some examples of what she did so well.
And here's an interview she did a few years ago that gives you a glimpse behind the person who was Yasmin Ahmad.
I have to stop watching her interviews if I'm going to get any work done at all. Rest in peace, Yasmin.
A few days ago, Malaysian film director Yasmin Ahmad suffered a stroke and died without regaining consciousness. She had been in a meeting when she collapsed and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Her death at 51 shocked many in KL and beyond.
When I was living in KL and was working at Channel [V], Yasmin Ahmad used to be one of the few public figures that I respected and admired. I used to chase the production team that I worked with to get interviews with her, to hear her point of view, to commit her opinion to tape. I had a feeling that her voice was an important one.
She was eloquent and her creative works, though sometimes 'controversial' in the eyes of some, had an almost subversiveness in their simplicity and honesty. And I liked that we were able to give our regional audience an insight into Yasmin's thinking and point of view.
Perhaps it is my mixed-race background that was drawn to Yasmin's message of how we are all the same at the end of the day. Or maybe it was the grace and humility that she displayed when faced with challenges to her religious views, her artistic vision and her 'Malaysian-ness' that gave her voice a relevance that very few public figures could command in Malaysia.
For these reasons and more, Yasmin Ahmad's death has been profoundly sad for me and to fans of her work. Here are some examples of what she did so well.
And here's an interview she did a few years ago that gives you a glimpse behind the person who was Yasmin Ahmad.
I have to stop watching her interviews if I'm going to get any work done at all. Rest in peace, Yasmin.
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