Entertainment: 2008

BLEACH - part 1

Monday, September 15, 2008

Ichigo Kurosaki, 15 years old high school student, had special ability. He could see ghosts, even can touch and speak with them. He lived normal life as a high school student and as oldest son, until he met a Shinigami (Death God) named Kuchiki Rukia and he must fight a monster called Hallow which attacking his family. Rukia trying to protect them, but she fatally wound and the only way to save Ichigo and his family is Ichigo must become substitude Shinigami and from now on, the long battle begin.

Characters

Ichigo Kurosaki - He had biggest Reiatsu (spirit power) in his family. He lived with his father and two sisters, Karin and Yuzu. Karin has big Reiatsu but she didn't believe in ghosts, so she think as they're not exist. Ichigo's father always did ridiculous things, but who knows he had big secret.

Kuchiki Rukia - She work as Shinigami. Shinigami jobs are to send 'plus' spirits, known as ghosts to Soul Society and slay Hollow. Slaying Hollow means clean its sin and send it to Soul Society. Rukia had step brother named Kuchiki Byakuya.

Inoue Orihime - Ichigo's classmate. She loved Ichigo, but he didn't notice that. Someday she will help Ichigo in battlefield.

Tatsuki Arisawa - Ichigo's classmate and childhood friend. She's tomboy, and always protect Inoue because she had karate ability (Dan 2nd).

Yasutora Sado (Chad) - He had giant power, but he use his power to protect other peoples. His first met with Ichigo was when he beaten because he is too strict Ichigo felt the same way because his hair so he help Sado and call him Chad. Since that, Chad very loyal to Ichigo and sure to help him anythings.

Former Enemies

Kon (Kaizou Konpaku - Modified Soul) - He is the only one who survived from Soul Society. At the begining, Soul Society make a research to modify soul to fight hollow. This soul was prepared with special ability. But then, Soul Society ordered to destroy all of modified soul. Because of luck, he survived after exchanged with other pills. He can't let others die because of his experience. He loved girls, because he is Ecchi, but he always kicked because of his Gigai ^_^ .

Ishida Uryuu - He is the last Quincy clan. He hate all of Shinigami, but that's not because the old story from the clan. It is because his teacher both his grandfather died of hollow attack, and Shinigami too late to help. He still doesn't like Shinigami, but he sure to help Ichigo when he needs help.

to be continued ...

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Hinokio

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Intergalatic Love In A Hi-Tech Fairy Tale

Genre : Drama / Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by : Takahiko Akiyama
Cast : Kanata Hongo, Masatoshi Nakamura, Mikako Tabe, Maki Horikita, Ryoko Kobayashi, Yuta Murakami
Company : Golden Village, Shochiku Films
Release Date : September 15th, 2005

Whose say robots has no feeling? Well... at least, this robot have that, because it is a super robot which controled by a boy for exchange it socialization in a touchful drama directed by Takahiko Akiyama. Saturo (Hongo) is a elementary school student who had a difficult fate in his young age. In a car accident, he lost his mother where that happen. And his father, Kaoru (Nakamura) and he survived although he get fatally broken and must be sit on a tire-chair. Since that happen, he like to be alone and won't go came out from his room. Also for his school and his playing. All days belong in his room. His relation to his father geting worst because he still blame his father for the accident. The caused, he never communicate again like usually father and son.

Sad seeing his son, the father who scientic then created a super robot that can controled by Satoru for replacing he to go to school and playing, because Satoru can ordering that robot everything only from a set of computer integrated in his room without go away from his room.

"what is it to be alive?"

The super robot that looks like Honda's Asimo named Hinokio, based by the name Pinokio, the connection between Satoru and the outside environment. So send Hinokio to school as Satoru's stunt man. For the begining, the come of the robot for study very strange and pay attentions. So make naughty kids at the Satoru/Hinokio's school often disturbing and make play it. Also rarely do a phisical attack to that robot. But Satoru/Hinokio faced that calm, more because he interested in one of that kids named Jun (Tabe), who looking sweety, first time Satoru unsure is Jun is a boy or a girl because the phisically before he order Hinokio see Jun's underware.

From that, the deep relation made between Satoru/Hinokio and Jun. As a weird couple, they spent the time together. Fishing, see the stars in the sky, also talking about everything like life; death; and love. By Hinokio eyes, all seem really real for Satoru.

When Satoru feel everything gone to be perfect, although only enjoy from monitor and sensor, Jun leave the town and exchange school without saying good bye. Once again, Satoru feel the world unfair to him. Plus the relation with his father more worst, Satoru then send Hinokio for suicide mission. By the way, that is have a incredible sensitive sensor connected to his brain taht can caused fatal to Satoru body if Hinokio really do "harakiri".

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Dakota Fanning Brings Animated 'Coraline' To Life

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Child actress who released the film, Dreamer : Inspired By A True Story, Dakota Fanning had been sign a contract to be dubbing of a film animation by Laika Entertainment production that based in Oregon, Coraline.
Coraline (Fanning) is a young girl who found another version of life after walking by a secret door in her house. This paralel world look same with normal life, but just everything gone to be better.

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Anne Hathaway - Becoming Princess

Thursday, August 28, 2008

With long haired, rounded eyes and expressive, also great talent, Anne Hathaway be gossip since her first debut acting in Fox television drama series, Get Real (1999-2000). Looking her beauty and sweet, you maybe surprize knowing that the daughter from couple lawyer and actress, she was a tomboy girl and because of that she often get broken bone.

Born in Brooklyn at November 12nd, 1982 and raised in New Jersey, Anne developing her acting talent as a child actress on theater shows. Such as, in her shows Gigi and Jane Eyre at Paper Mill Playhouse which very famous. Anne called as first and the only teenage (until now) who accepted in acting class The Barrow Group in Manhattan.

Although often she tried to play in Broadway, but body and age always be the problems. Because of that, she macthing for television and film until then goes to Get Real and get positive respon from criticuss. With the matery she got, soon Anne goes to wide screen and play in independent film based from true story, The Other Side Of Heaven (2001).

"Quite frankly I didn't become an actor to become a movie star, I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work."

Many people know her newly when she act as Mia, a teenager from San Francisco who learn to be princess from imperial in comedy The Princess Diaries (2001). Because of her nice act and funny, that Anne more raised and the movie sold, so made the sequel in year 2004, The Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement. That looks like the carier of student from New York University still have a long story just like her hairs. Just this year, there 5 movie she cast in, such Devil Wears Prada together with Meryl Streep also alongside two handsome people Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in a touchful drama, Brokeback Mountain.

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Turn-based Strategic MMORPG, ‘Atlantica’ is about to be revealed in July

Friday, July 25, 2008

NDOORS Corporation plans to gather users’ feedback and test stability in July with respect to its piece of work, ‘Atlantica’ which is a MMORPG game that will give worldwide services.

“MMORPG Atlantica was created by Producer Kim, Taegon who wanted a change from the original MMORPG.”

Producer Kim, Taegon who has 15 years of game producing experience have produced ‘Atlantica’ to grow out of original MMORPG. That is why Atlantica has a very unique style: Turn-base method and business management like strategy. We aimed to attract 20 plus male adults and let users to be more accessible to the game. That brought us to a conclusion that hunting games have many limits.

“Turn-base method is the basis of Atlantica’s battle strategy.”

Turn-base method is the basis of Atlantica’s battles. A user takes charge of a troop that is composed of a hero and a number of soldiers to fight with monsters. A user can have 8 soldiers maximum and have to decide how to assault in 30 seconds. It is interesting to see that outcome of a battle is often determined by stationing 9 characters including the hero in a 3x3 box.

As to stationing different kinds of soldiers at the front and back, users should take the attribution of a monster into account. A monster that likes to attack within a short distance usually attacks the soldiers at front line. In that case, users should place the strongest soldiers at the front.

There are many kinds of mercenary corresponding to that fact that they play an important role in the game. They mature along 3 steps: A feeder that brings animals and soldiers who carry weapons back, an inventor who collects machines and weapons, and lastly a princess who invalidates adversary’s magic.

Producer Kim, Taegon explained why they introduced the turn-base method, “The most important elements of a game would be repetitive battles and strategic battle. MMORPG these days are played by speedy actions. It is very crucial that who plays with more complicated mind and which strategy is used. We decided to use turn-base method because we wanted to improve the speed and control. We thought one-on-one fights would be not good.”

“Special feature of online PC games would be PVP and community.”

Atlantica is MMORPG which not only has a typical monster hunt but also has PVP(3 teams on each side) that enables players to talk to other players. It also has online game features such as a party hunting and PK that are different from SRPG’s console games. One of the strong points of online games is that they have communities. Atlantica has a political system that runs a nation. A nation is built by guild confederate. PK can be applied among nations that have declared a war against each other. People can even raise children which is pretty realistic.

Turn-base method is familiar to most users but they are found in console games and are not common in general online PC games. Users in North America and Europe who are very much used to console games can enjoy Atlantica’s PVP and communities because features are not many.

In the meantime, Atlantica will be updated on July 10 in Korea that is called ‘Atlantica 2.0.’ In Atlantica 2.0 will announce to the public regarding the New World, North America and main scenario through gamengame.com

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GNGWC 2008, online preliminary round soon begins

The third Game&Game World Championship 2008(GNGWC) online preliminary round will soon begin.

KT and Korea Software Promotion Agency sponsor this worldwide gamers' festival 'GNGWC 2008.' Online preliminary begins at the end of July in Europe( Germany ) and other six countries.

Four games are chosen for the preliminary round: ShotOnline (OnNet, www.shotonline.gamescampus.com), Atlantica (Ndoors, http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com), Silk Road Online (Joy Max, www.silkroadonline.net) and Navyfield (SD Enternet, www.navyfield.com.) Gamers abroad access through servers in each nation or companies' global servers to participate in the online preliminary.

Ndoors's (President Cho Sungwon) 'Atlantica' has been chosen as an official game for GNGWC for the first time this year. Atlantica has existing matches within the game. Gamers will have to do the matches divided by regions until the last day of the preliminary. Top 16 gamers will be admitted to the next round in their regions.

SD Enternet's 'Navy Field' will have 4 top teams with 20 members from each region for the next round. Online preliminary has only one match to win. Top 2 teams from regional league shall be admitted to the final round that will take place in Korea .

OnNet's 3D golf game, 'Shot Online' gives 8 times of individual play at the highest level, Cadeiger, during the preliminary. Gamers can submit 4 best score cards and total 12 gamers shall be entitled to participate in the regional final round.

Joy Max's 'Silk Road Online' will have 30 gamers who will receive one account each. Gamers should create a new character at a designated level and have a time for preparation for 10 minutes. Then a staff will give a sign to start this PvP style game. 16 gamers shall be selected during the preliminary.

Preliminary in Europe( Germany ) will start from July 28 to August 14. Regional finals will be held in GC exhibition center in Leipzig .

Director Kwon Taekmin from SW Promotion Agency's Digital Contents department said, "This year's GNGWC will begin with regional preliminary in Germany . I wish that gamers who love Korean online games from different countries would be able to communicate and build friendship through GNGWC."

	Regions	Regional Preliminary (On-line)	Regional Preliminary (Off-line)
	Regions	Regional Preliminary (On-line)	Date	Etc.
Regional Match	Germany	July 28(Monday) ~Aug. 14(Thursday)	Aug. 21 (Thursday)	Leipzig (GC Exhibition)
	Singapore	Sept. 8(Monday) ~Oct. 2(Thursday)	Sept. 6 (Saturday)	Singapore Polytechnic
	USA	Aug.18(Monday) ~Sept. 10(Wednesday)	Sept. 20 (Saturday)	LA (Internet PC Café)
	Korea	Sept. 1(Monday) ~Sept. 17(Wednesday)	Sept. 28 (Sunday)	YongIn ( YongIn Training Center for Teenagers)
	Brazil	Aug. 25(Monday) ~Sept. 17(Wednesday)	Oct. 4 (Saturday)	Sao Paulo (Event Hall)
	Japan	Sept. 15(Monday) ~Oct. 9(Thursday)	Oct. 25 (Saturday)	Tokyo (Quest Hall Event Hall)

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Dreamer : Inspired By a True Story

Monday, July 14, 2008

All It Takes is One Big Horse

Genre : Drama / Family
Cast : Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Elisabeth Shue, Oded Fehr, Kris Kristofferson, David Morse
Directed by : John Gatins
Rating : PG for brief mild language.
Release Date : October 21st, 2005(wide)
Distribution : Dreamworks SKG

Dreamer : Inspired By A True Story is a drama family that storied love feeling a father to his daughter and a girl to her beloved horse. Cast by Kurt Russel here act as Ben Crane, a horse trainer and farm owner Lexington which had a bad condition in the carrier. The horses it usually trained now took hand by someone else. But, a horse named Sonador/Sonya, in Spanish mean Dreamer, that had broken leg caused by accident still belong to him.

He will end it life rather than it suffer, but after his daughter, Cale (Fanning) wish for let Sonya life, so he decided to cancel his want. The opposite, for make her daughter happy and to revenge to his bos, he try to cure Sonya's leg and train it from the begining.

Looking Sonya get better, Cale surely Sonya can back to raceand decided to get Sonya in to famous horse race Breeders' Cup Classic. For Cale that can be think, but not for the other. Sign fee and other needs $120.000, and Crane's family doesn't had that much.

Don't want to make his daughter disappointed, Ben try hard to make Sonya in. Everybody finally take along give hope to Sonya, so relationship Ben with his father (Kristofferson) and his wife (Shue) geting better because of Sonya.

The words "Inspired by a true story" in the title of this movie refers to a true story a champion horse race in 90-era named Mariah's Strom which get fatally broken leg, but can recovered and winning in horse race arena. The idea that based in this movie actually isn't original, but this movie still interesting to watch, not only for matures but also kids, because pictures and musics shows beautifully.

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Samsung Electronics, PMP with TV recorder/TV-out ‘YM-P1’

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

SEOUL, Korea (AVING Special Report on 'KES 2005') -- Samsung Electronics has presented its new PMP ‘YM-P1’ and announced that it is going to enter PMP market next January.

This model features TV recorder/TV-Out, so you can enjoy watching any TV program in anywhere by using recording function. You can see them with a big TV screen by TV-out.

It has 4-inch TFT-LCD and it plays various file formats: Divx, Xvid, MPEG4, WMV, AVI, MP3, OGG, ASF, WMA, JPEG, BMP.

SDIO slot supports SD, MMC memory card.

Suggesting price is about 400,000(KRW) for 20GB and 500,000(KRW) for 30GB.

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KES 2005, Samsung & LG battling each other

SEOUL, Korea (AVING Special Report on 'KES 2005') --

1. Booths-Samsung booth

Of the companies attending KES 2005, the most notable companies are Samsung and LG, the two giants in Korea as well as in the global electronics market.

Since their booths are facing each other ironically, visitors consciously or unconsciously find themselves comparing two of them, which is quite interesting.

Then, why don’t YOU also look around and find differences? Let’s get started with the appearance first.

(Picture 1~17 : Samsung booth in KES 2005)

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Nadia Vega Worried by Confidence Crisis

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Pretty face, famous, and mostly show on TV actually not guarantee someone free from confidence problem. The truth, there an actress also be singer Nadia Vega. If girl with thin body looked hand her own hand, thats mean she had confidence crisis.

When she ninth years old, Nadia said, she take her first job as presenter 'Pesta Ceria Indosiar' shows. In that time, no problem yet. ”I think i am child at that time. Always passionate with new things,” Nadia said.

But, it must be improved, confidence feeling x lover Aldiansyah Taher more going down. Also, Nadia said will gave up to work as presenter. ”I really have a problem to speak in front of many peoples. Maybe old time i can confidence. But, when growth, i have bad confidence,” she said.

Lucky, time by time, girl who born in Pekanbaru, December 12nd 1987 can fight that negative feeling. Something that make her optimist with her own is her parents, friends, and partners.

”Although i refused, there is more offer as presenter. They make sure i can do that. If somebody else trust on me, why neither i?” said presenter Class on Music and MU Premiere League shows in ANTV.

Beside that, the source of Nadia's confidence is from her mother. When meet after fill shows in Al Azhar Indonesia University, South Jakarta, Nadia not accompany by her Mom. She think, in that moment, her confidence crisis shows.

”My Mother can't come with me. Feel i like getting smaller. Want to go faster from this place. Want to suddenly disappear from peoples see,” think 'sinetron' star 'Inikah Rasanya Cinta'.

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Messi hopes Ronaldinho will stay at Barca

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Barcelona's Argentine striker Lionel Messi(R) said Thursday he hopes Ronaldinho(L), who is being courted by AC Milan, will remain at the club next year.

Barcelona's Argentine striker Lionel Messi said Thursday he hopes Ronaldinho, who is being courted by AC Milan, will remain at the club next year.

"At Barca, we want everyone to remain at the club. If he goes, I will be sad," he said.

"He has helped me a lot to integrate into the team. Any team would like to have him. I still hope that he will stay."

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said on Sunday that the reigning European champions have come to an agreement with Ronaldinho over a possible summer transfer.

Former twice world player of the year Ronaldinho has fallen out with Barcelona this season as a dip in form and frequent off-field indiscretions have seen the love affair between club and player come to a bitter end after five years.

He is currently sidelined with a leg injury that could keep him out of Barcelona's run-in, where they are chasing La Liga and Champions League glory.

Messi had been sidelined since tearing a muscle in his left leg on March 5 but returned to action on Saturday in a 2-2 draw with Recreativo Huelva, coming on as substitute on 64 minutes.

The Argentine said he hoped to spend longer on the pitch on Saturday against Espanyol, in order to be fit to face Manchester United in the Champions League semi-final next Wednesday.

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Parry's reign at Liverpool 'a disaster' claims Hicks

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks stepped up his attack on Rick Parry on Thursday, the Texan tycoon branding the chief executive's reign at Anfield as "a disaster."

Hicks also took a fresh swipe at George Gillett, warning his co-owner that the stalemate over the club's future will continue until he agrees to sell his stake.

But in a statement issued later Thursday, Gillett, a supporter of Parry, said: "Tom needs to understand that I will not sell my shares to him and that we need to find a way forward that is properly funded and truly in the best interests of Liverpool Football Club."

As Americans Gillett and Hicks each own 50 percent of the club, the present stand-off looks like continuing for sometime yet.

"I am saddened at this latest outburst from Tom Hicks," Gillett said. "If Tom wanted a serious discussion on the issues to help the club move forward, he should bring his views to the board and not to Sky Sports.

"Here we are, a few days away from a vital Champions League semi-final match and Tom has once again created turmoil with his public comments.

The Liverpool football club emblem on a gate at the Anfield ground in Liverpool. Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks stepped up his attack on Rick Parry on Thursday, the Texan tycoon branding the chief executive's reign at Anfield as "a disaster."

"Tom should stop. He knows that Rick Parry has my support and that airing his comments in this way will not change my position."

Hicks, who has insisted he was not behind the approach to Jurgen Klinsmann that unsettled Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, revealed he had plans to rid the club of all debt by heading up a group of financial backers willing to invest in the club.

Hicks blamed Parry for Liverpool's failure to compete commercially with their Premier League rivals.

"Look at what's happened under Rick's leadership. It has been a disaster," claimed Hicks.

"We have fallen so far behind the other leading clubs. We should have the stadium built three or four years ago. We have two or three major sponsors when we should have 12 or 15.

"We are not doing anything in Asia, the way that Manchester United and Barcelona are, and we have a tremendous number of fans in Asia.

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks stepped up his attack on Rick Parry, seen here in 2007,, the Texan tycoon branding the chief executive's reign at Anfield as "a disaster."

"Rick needs to resign from Liverpool FC. He has put his heart into it but it is time for a change. You have to be able to work with the manager and Rick has proved he can't do that.

"At the first meeting we had with Rafa he talked of the number of players he had missed out on because he (Parry) was too slow."

But Parry, in an interview with BBC Radio Four, insisted he had no plans to leave Anfield. "It's for the board to ask me to resign - and they haven't."

Hicks and Gillett took over the club in February 2007 but Hicks admitted their relationship has now completely broken down.

"At this point it is unworkable," he stated.

"We started this as friends but 50-50 is a difficult business proposition because you cannot do anything without your partner's approval."

The stand-off between the two Americans has led Dubai Investment Capital, agroup bankrolled by the ruling royal family of the United Arab Emirates to put on hold its interest in buying a stake in the club.

On the infamous meeting in New York last year about Klinsmann becoming manager Hicks added: "George became good friends with him (Klinsmann) a year ago.

"He and Rick set up the meeting in New York. I did go to the meeting along with my son Tom.

"Rick Parry had already met with Jurgen alone for a couple of hours when we arrived. We all then spoke to him for another four hours."

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