THE DRUMS

the threesome new york city indie-pop rockers were in town last month thanks to the same people who brought in the Laneway Festival upon our shores this year.

The Drums as they call themselves comprises of Jonathan Pierce on vocals, Jacob Graham on guitar/keyboards and Connor Hanwick on drums/guitars played at Powerhouse for a one-night only gig.

The Drums LIVE in Singapore
Photo: Aloysius Lim

The Drums LIVE in Singapore
Photo: Aloysius Lim

though we did not meet them band while they were in town, Chugg Entertainment Asia (@ChuggEntAsia) organized a 'Twitter-view' with the fans and they were literally replying to questions for the band on their twitter account on @thedrumsforever and i did ask them a couple of questions and here are the replies heh heh

well, judging from the replies of the guys to all of their questions, i think Connor is 'THE' dumbest most hilarious/cute one of the group. when someone asked how to have a question answered, Jacob/Jonny replied 'add #askthedrums to your tweet' and Connor went 'What's #askthedrums?' HA! it seems like he was not even sure what he was doing at that point in time ehh ha ha

anyhow, thought i'd share, and thank you to Chugg Entertainment Asia for making that happen! it's fun, fun, fun heh

DIPLO

Diplo, 03 June 2011

One-half of Major Lazer, Diplo, was in town for a DJ gig at Zirca earlier this month and thanks to HMV Singapore, I scored passes to the show! :D

Diplo was here as part of his SE Asian Tour 2011 which took him to China, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

Though I have to say that I wish he did not speak too much into that microphone and continue to play 'non-stop' music through his 2 hour long set that Friday night. I like how he played everything from Major Lazer (DUH!) to Top 40s. One thing I did not like too much was when he played 'Run The World (Girls)' (by Beyonce)! It was apparent that the crowd did not enjoy themselves that much and Diplo had to switch that song to another of a similar beat, Pon De Floor (DUH!!), and the crowd went wild almost instantly! HA!

So after his set, and after the multiple Jagerbombs and mixers, when we decided to leave, we saw Diplo taking pictures some girls and was probably signing autographs at where the counter was selling some Mad Decent (a record label owned by Diplo) merchandises, and that was how I got a photo opportunity with him! And the guy behind us, was his cheeky assistant heh heh

All in all, it was a really good night! CHEERS!!


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MTV Movie Awards 2011

So, earlier today I was over at the Starhub office for the live screening of the 20th edition of the MTV Movie Awards, put together for bloggers from the Philippines and Singapore by the lovely souls at MTVasia, and when I say lovely, I do mean they are VERY nice.

After the breakfast and smoothies, the transmission began all the way from the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California, with host Jason Sudeikis, performers Lupe Fiasco, Trey Songz and Foo Fighters and presenters Emma Watson, Ashton Kutcher, Chelsea Handler, Ryan Gosling, Mila Kunis, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Emma Stone, Patrick Dempsey, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, and the list go on and on and on to everyone waiting in the Convergent room all armed with various devices to be able to TWEET with! 

The opening skit by Sudeikis, Chelsea Handler, Eve Mendes and Taylor 'Werewolf' Lautner was really hilarious and as MTV's awards' tradition, they totally kicked things off with a major bang and especially the girl-on-girl (Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis) scene off Black Swan! HA HA! The other funny one was when Handler's phone went off, her ringtone was.. Rebecca Black's Friday! HA!

In Sudeikis' words, 'the MTV Movie Awards coming to you LIVE from.. Lady Gaga's bedroom'! HA!

The show also featured an exclusive sneak peek into JJ Abrams' upcoming movie, Super 8 (out in Singapore 09 June 2011) which was presented by Abrams himself along with the cast.

Also being packed into the two-hour long show were the trailers of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 as well as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.

And the award goes to..

Best Male Performance

Best Male Performance - Robert Pattinson
(The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Best Villain

Best Villain - Tom Felton
(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1)

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment
I'm sorry guys, but I have no idea how jaw-dropping Biebs' Never Say Never was cause obviously I wouldn't waste a single cent on his music nor movie, personally, watching him appear on stage out of nowhere and receiving this particular award was really jaw-dropping and it made me remind myself that this award was VOTED for and not my the professionals in the industry - HALLELUJAH!

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment - Justin Bieber
(Never Say Never)

Best Fight

Best Fight - Robert Pattinson, Xavier Samuel & Bryce Dallas Howard
(The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Best Kiss
This was a really exciting one! So instead of the these two kissed on stage after having to have won the Best Kiss award, Pattinson decided to jump offstage and head straight to co-star Taylor Lautner and pursed his lips on Lautner! HA! talk about controversies! Give it to them Brits'!

Best Kiss - Robert Pattinson & Kristin Stewart
(The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Best Female Performance

Best Female Performance - Kristin Stewart
(The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)

Best Comedic Performance

Best Comedic Performance - Emma Stone
(Easy A)

And in this year's presentation of the Movie Awards, MTV have added a new category -
Best Line from a Movie

Best Line of a Movie - Alexys Nycole Sanchez
(Grown Ups) 'I want to get chocolate wasted.'

Best Movie

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

ALSO
MTV Generation AwardSeriously, who knew that Reese Witherspoon's could be so funny! In her acceptance speech, she made reference to last year's winner Sandra Bullock when she collected her award and kissed Scarlett Johansson, and Witherspoon said 'Who knew where her (presenter Chelsea handler) mouth's been!' HA HA! and then she went on 'I just wanna say to all the girls out there that… it's possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show. Thank to everybody at MTV… and all my fans.' GOD, I love this mama!

Generation Award - Reese Witherspoon

And due to an apparent 'overrun', there were three awards that were not given out but I got the latest updates!


Best Scared-As-S**t Performance
Ellen Page (Inception)

Biggest Badass Star
Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass)

Best Breakout Star
Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass)

Till next timee.. 

Here's a quick shout-out to Dawn, Andrew and Leonard, lovely to have met you and Cammie, see you soon and thank you for the plushie! SO ADORABLE! 

Photos from this entry were taken from MTV and no copyright infringement intended.

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 11 May 2011

the name could ring a bell or two cause once upon a time, not that long ago actually, her hits were filling up on our radio stations. and the face, she is the very gorgeous English lass who's got crazy fair skin, in short, stunningly gorgeous. this is her when she arrived here without the slightest make-up on agreed to pose for pictures with us.

she visited Singapore a good 10 years when back in 2001 for a wee concert at the then Centro (where our Butter Factory is at currently) at One Fullerton and obviously we were all underaged!

so, finally, we got to meet Sophie in person as she was in town as part of this year's Audi Fashion Festival. Apparently, as soon as she arrived, she had to go on tele and then press, then get ready for her show later that evening! Crazy hectic, if you ask me heh especially when she just got off the plane directly from London! 'Spaced-out' was how she described herself to be ha ha

she's promised to not let us all wait another ten years before coming back to our shores and do a proper gig! she's also releasing her new album, 4th under her belt, Make A Scene later this month and i tell you, it's damn good!

here are my signed stuff from Sophie!

shame, her husband, Richard Jones, who plays bass for one of my favourite Brit band, The Feeling, was not spotted! BOO!


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