The King and I Elephant at the Resort World Piazza

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This adorable elephant walking around the piazza of the resort world is part of the promotion of the “The king and I” that will be shown at the resort world theater. You can also have a photo taken with the elephant at their promotion booth also at the piazza.

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Niki Minaj at the Arena

Starships were meant to fly…..boom boroom Bom Bom got me superbase! Yes, after sarah g’s concert on july 7- 24/SG, Niki Minaj will take her turn, and the big night will be on June 11.

A review from the Melbourne concert by take40 blogger stated that- “As the light dimmed across the stadium, the sound of screaming fans and their heavy stomping vibrated and shook the ground beneath me. In their view stood Nicki Minaj’s dancers, all cloaked in black, with the lady of the night standing upon the podium. She too was cloaked with her back facing to the crowd. The sight of her bleached-blonde weave had the fans going crazy, and even more so, when she turned around, pulled off her cloak to reveal her outrageous badonkadonk and kicked the night off with “Roman Holiday”.”

Looking forward to experience this….I’m sure starships will bring the house down.

Nicki Minaj live in Manila

http://liveconcertmanila.blogspot.com/2012/05/nicki-minaj-live-in-manila.html

http://www.take40.com/news/31465/review:-nicki-minaj-melbourne-concert—hisense-arena,-friday-may-18th

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Madame Butterfly at the Cultural Center of the Philippines

I’m too curios about Madame butterfly by Giacomo Puccini and the many staging it had from different productions in the past, unfortunately i haven’t had the chance to watch any. This time im not suppose to miss this- With Gerald Salonga on the orchestra baton it is a plus on this production and of course with Anton Juan directing this is going to be perfect. Produced by Music Artes Inc, the production will be staged for two nights only. Music Artes inc. is a proud Filipino production based in Makati Philippines.

Music Artes Inc. Office address:
5/f SJG Centre, 8463 Kalayan Ave. cor. Don Pedro St., Brgy. Bel Air, Makati City
NCR, Philippines
Contact numbers:
02-8958098 / 0918-9085088
Email address:
musicartes.manila@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.musicartesinc.com

Visit the CCP website for more info:
http://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/page.php?page_id=575

From CCP website: A re-staging of Puccini’s immortal opera. To be directed by Anton Juan, this opera will feature the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gerard Salonga; Mako Nishimoto, Japanese lyric soprano; Dante Alcala, Mexican tenor; acclaimed Filipina soprano, Camille Lopez Molina and international baritone, Andrew Fernando. It is presented by the CCP in cooperation with Music Artes.

Date & Time: 22 – 23 June at 8:00PM
Venue: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Tickets: P3000, 2500, 1500, 1000, 500

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Brilliante Mendozas Captive at the French Film Festival

Brilliante Mendoza gained popularity and awards at the european film festivals from Berlin to Cannes with his film works like “Kinatay” and this very recent film “Captive”. Inspired by the captivity of the Burnham couple at the Dos Palmas in Palawan, watch this film at The French Film Festival which will be held at the Cineplex of the Shangri la Mall from June 7 to 17.

You can view some of the captive film clips at the links below.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/berlin-review-captive-brillante-mendozas-awful-kidnapping-movie-makes-the-case-for-a-dumber-version-of-itself

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/berlin-2012-watch-three-clips-from-brillante-mendozas-captive.php

From twitch film review:
A group of armed and masked men belonging to the Muslim Abu Sayyaf group burst into a hotel on an island resort and kidnap twelve foreign guests. The attack was intended to target employees of the World Bank, but they have already left the resort. The abductees are tourists and Christian missionaries who are now forced on a gruelling foot march through the Philippine jungle. Together, the hostages and the kidnappers find themselves having to cope with the trials of nature; gradually, the climate of fear, prejudice and hatred evolves into a strange, symbiotic relationship. The contours begin to blur, certainties are called into question. Nothing seems to be the same any more …

As in his earlier work, Brillante Mendoza once again invites the viewer of CAPTIVE to enter the extremely ambivalent inner world of a huis clos. Taking the viewer hostage as it were, the film creates a sensibility for a series of existential threats posed by humans and nature alike and also explores with eerie magic real and spiritual ways out of the crisis. Based on historical events that occurred in 2001, the film was shot in real locations with a cast of nonprofessionals and actors.

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