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NYT SYNDICATE
IPPLES of fear spread across
Hollywood last week after
Pirates of the Caribbean: On
Stranger Tides, which cost
Walt Disney Studios an estimated $400 million to make and market,
did poor 3-D business in North America.
While event movies have typically done
60 percent of their business in 3-D,
Stranger Tides sold just 47 percent in 3D. “The American consumer is rejecting
3-D,” Richard Greenfield, an analyst at
the financial services company BTIG,
wrote of the Stranger Tides results.
One movie does not make a trend, but
the Memorial Day weekend did not give
studio chiefs much comfort in the 3-D
department. Kung Fu Panda 2, a
Paramount Pictures release of a
DreamWorks Animation film, sold $53.8
million in tickets, a soft total, and 3-D was
45 percent of the business, according to
Paramount.
Consumer rebellion over high 3-D ticket prices plays a role, and the novelty of
putting on the funny glasses is wearing
off, analysts say. But there is also a deeper
problem: 3-D has provided an enormous
boost to the strongest films, including
Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, but has
actually undercut middling movies that
are trying to milk the format for extra dollars.
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Muddying the picture is a contrast
between the performance of 3-D movies
in North America and overseas. If results
are troubling domestically, they are the
exact opposite internationally, where the
genre is a far newer phenomenon. Indeed,
3-D screenings powered Stranger Tides
to about $256 million on its first weekend
abroad; Disney trumpeted the figure as
the biggest international debut of all time.
After a disappointing first half of the
year, Hollywood is counting on a parade
of 3-D films to dig itself out of a hole.
From May to September, the typical summer season, studios will unleash 16
movies in the format, more than double
the number last year. Among the most
anticipated releases are Transformers:
Dark of the Moon, due from Paramount
on July 1, and Part 2 of Part 7 of the Harry
Potter series, arriving two weeks later
from Warner Brothers.
The need is urgent. The box-office performance in the first six months of 2011
was soft — revenue fell about 9 percent
compared with last year, while attendance
was down 10 percent — and that comes
amid decay in home-entertainment sales.
In all formats, including paid streaming
and DVDs, home entertainment revenue
fell almost 10 percent, according to the
Digital Entertainment Group.
At the box office, animated films, which
have recently been Hollywood’s most reliable genre, have fallen into a deep trough,
as the category’s top three performers
Jason Statham did nearly all of
his own stunts in The Transporter
(2002), including car chase
sequences, scuba diving
sequences and fight sequences.
Has the 3-D boom
already gone bust?
It’s starting to look
that way even as
Hollywood prepares
to release a glut of
the gimmicky
pictures
combined — Rio, from Fox; Rango, from
Paramount; and Hop, from Universal —
have had fewer ticket buyers than did
Shrek the Third, from DreamWorks
Animation, after its release in mid-May A still from the film Hop.
four years ago.
Kung Fu Panda 2 appears poised to new total of $152.9 million. Bridesmaids
become the biggest animated hit of the (Universal Pictures) was fourth with $16.4
year so far; but it would have to stretch million for a new total of about $85 milwell past its own predecessor to beat lion. Thor (Marvel Studios) rounded out
Shrek Forever After, another May release, the top five with $9.4 million for a new
which took in $238.7 million last year.
total of $160 million.
The Hangover: Part II sold $118 milStudio chiefs acknowledge that the
lion this week, easily enough for No 1. industry needs to sort out its 3-D strategy.
Kung Fu Panda 2 was second. Disney’s Despite the soft results for Kung Fu
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Panda 2, animated releases have continTides was third with $39.3 million for a ued to perform well in the format, over-
(From left) A still from the film Thor; Posters of the films Rio and Transformers: Dark of the Moon; A still from the film Kung Fu Panda 2.
coming early problems with glasses that
didn’t fit little faces. But general-audience
movies like Stranger Tides may be better
off the old-fashioned way.
“With a blockbuster-filled summer
skewing heavily toward 2-D, and 3-D ticket sales dramatically underperforming
relative to screen allocation, major studios
will hopefully begin to rethink their 3-D
rollout plans for the rest of the year and
2012,” Greenfield said.
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It’s as if something
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experimenting today.
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want to put the
needs of others
before your own
today. You’re not
being a martyr.
Instead, you find it
gratifying to benefit others.
GEMINI
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You will enjoy
schmoozing with
others, especially
in group situations
today. People are
friendly, warm
and mutually
sympathetic.
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[jun21 - jul 22]
Even if you are unaware
of it, others are very
impressed with you today.
They see you as caring,
interested and very
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willing to trust you
today because of this.
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of beauty is heightened
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libraries, university
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[aug 23 – sept 22]
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to use shared property or
the wealth and resources
of others to help those who
are in need. You easily
could get a loan today.
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[sept 23 – oct 22]
Relations with partners
and close friends are
cozy and reassuring
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co-worker today,
you will. Vice versa; if you
need help from a
co-worker, he or she will
be willing to help you. Make
the most of this today.
You can relax tomorrow!
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[nov 22 – dec 21]
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in the air today! You
could fall in love! You
also feel sympathetic
to the needs of children
today. Indulge in the
arts if you can. This is
your day! Have fun!!!
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[dec 22 – jan 19]
Family secrets might come
to the surface today. Who
knows? A particular family
member might need the
help and support of others.
This goes with the territory,
because what’s a family
for if not to be supportive?
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[jan 20 – feb 18]
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overdrive today. And yet
you also feel pleasantly
optimistic. Let’s just say
it’s a feel-good day.
Enjoy time with siblings
and relatives. It’s time to
get to know people better.
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Nice, a haven for environmentalists!
Environment
guide
IT IS not only nature that has contributed to Nice becoming one of the healthiest places on Earth, but also its people. Residents of
the city are not only determined to preserve its natural and scenic beauty but also their health. The residents of Nice have shown
enough understanding of environmental issues in making the Nice municipality’s rent bicycles scheme a success. There are over
1750 bicycles that cress crossing Nice roads every day whereby reducing the pressure on hydrocarbon fuels and cutting down on
emission. These bikes can be procured from stations that are no more than 300 meter away from one another. The eco-friendly
scheme was launched in July 2009 under the name Nice Velo Blue Community Bicycle Hire System and in no time caught the
fancy of residents of the scenic city aged 14 years and above. If you wish to use the bikes as hop on and hop off facility, the rent is
just euro one for one hour and euro five for a week. For journeys less than 30 minutes, the service is for free. Velo Blue bikes are
generally well maintained and are equipped with adjustable seats, lights, basket, bell and gears. All you need to have to hire a Velo
Blue bike are mobile phone and credit card. The registration facility is available both in French and chaste British English. For the
record, there already exists over 50 km of bicycle pathway in the city and the proposal is to make it 125 km by 2013.
A tree hugger,
with a twist
HENRY FOUNTAIN
NYT SYNDICATE
S
TEFAN Schnitzer paused
along one of the trails that
crisscross this forested
island in the Panama
Canal waterway. Around
him were trees, their high canopies
muting the light from the tropical
sun, the occasional woody vine, or
liana, climbing up their thick trunks.
But Schnitzer’s attention was
turned to a break in the forest just a
few meters off the trail.
There, in harsher sunlight, a tree
stump was all but obscured by a riot
of lianas, their tangled stems forming
a heavy thicket. Clearly the tree had
come down at some point, which created an opening in the forest canopy
that allowed the vines to run amok.
“This is really typical of lots of tropical forest,” said Schnitzer, a biologist
at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee. ‘Where you get some disturbance, you get this massive influx
of vines. They come down in the disturbance, but they don’t die. They just
start putting out these stems everywhere.
“This is the liana-tree interaction at
its most horrible.”
Schnitzer knows as much about
liana-tree interactions as anyone, and
what he knows is troubling. In a
recent paper in Ecology
Letters, he confirmed
what was first documented nearly a decade
ago: throughout tropical forests in Central
and South America,
vines are slowly taking
over.
“Lianas are increasing in tropical forests,
no doubt about it,” he
said. “But what’s most
important is that they
are increasing relative
to trees.”
Now, through a
series of experiments
here, Schnitzer is trying to determine why
these changes are
taking place.
Understanding why vines are
increasing in dominance is important in part because of their potential
to reduce tropical forests’ capacity to
act as a carbon sink, packing carbon
away in trunks and other woody tissues through photosynthesis. That
has implications for climate change,
since storage helps to regulate the
amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
“Tropical forests store around onethird of the terrestrial carbon on the
planet, so big changes in tropical
forests will mean a huge change to the
global carbon cycle,” Schnitzer said.
Lianas are structural parasites,
using trees to support their thin stems
as they climb to the forest canopy,
where they produce a profusion of
leaves. They are not invasive species
like kudzu, an Asian native that grows
out of control in the southeastern US.
(From top): Pictures of Liana trees.
Thickets like the one that caught
Schnitzer’s eye on a brief hike around
the island are the most obvious examples of the power of lianas to affect
tropical forests. But even in less disturbed areas, studies have shown
increases in their abundance.
Oliver Phillips, a researcher at the
University of Leeds in England, published the first paper documenting the
phenomenon in the journal Nature.
The study was met with some scepticism, with critics saying his sample
was not representative because he
looked only at large-diameter lianas.
Since then, though, the basic thesis
has been borne out by more research
in the Amazon, northern South
America and Central America. On
Barro Colorado, for example, where
some areas have been intensively
studied for decades, a 2007 survey by
Schnitzer and colleagues found that
in some plots, the crowns of about 75
percent of trees with trunks larger
than 20 centimetres in diameter were
infested with lianas, a 57 percent
increase since 1980.
“Almost everywhere he’s looked, or
other people have looked, they’ve
found essentially the same pattern,”
Phillips said.
Lianas do provide some benefits,
most notably to animals. The vines
are often a source of food during the
dry season, because they tend to
flower and fruit in that part of the
year, when many trees do not.
Because lianas tend to snake their
way through the treetops, they also
provide a highway of sorts for animals
that travel through the canopy.
But lianas outcompete trees for soil
nutrients, water and light. That can
stunt trees’ growth and, over time, kill
them.
Trees can also suffer what Phillips
described as “dynamic death,”
becoming so infested that the sheer
weight of the lianas’ stems and leaves
– particularly in the rain and wind –
produces so much mechanical stress
that the trees come down. Any lianas
attached to the tree come down, too,
but they are flexible enough that they
are not damaged, and quickly
resprout. That may be what happened
in the clearing on Barro Colorado.
While lianas store some carbon in
their stems and leaves, they store a lot
less of it than trees, with their woody
trunks. So displacing a lot of trees
with lianas means a net reduction in a
forest’s carbon-storage capacity. Even
if a tree survives an infestation, its
stunted growth means it stores less
carbon than a fully grown one.
Lianas can also reduce carbon storage by affecting forest diversity,
Phillips said. Tree species that can
grow quickly are better able to
“escape” infestations, so forests with
heavy liana growth tend to have more
of these species. But faster-growing
trees have wood of lighter density,
and thus store less carbon. In Peru,
Phillips said, he and his colleagues
figure that infestations are reducing
the carbon-storage capacity by about
10 percent.
No one knows precisely why lianas
are outcompeting
trees,
but
researchers have
some
ideas.
Carbon dioxide itself may
play a role – vines may be better able
to make use of it, which would give
them an advantage with carbon dioxide levels increasing because of
human activity.
Water may also be an important
factor. “We think that lianas are really
good at pulling up water from the
soil,” Schnitzer said. The vascular systems in their small stems have to be
super-efficient, to move an enormous
amount of water up to the leaves in
the canopy. “They’re like straws,” he
said.
Trees are not as efficient in drawing
water, he said, so that means that during the dry season – in Panama,
roughly December through April –
vines tend to thrive. “They’re growing,
when trees are starting to shut down,”
Schnitzer said. “It’s a water-based
competitive advantage.”
That advantage may increase if, as
many scientists say is likely, climate
change results in longer dry seasons.
Testing this and other hypotheses is
difficult, but Schnitzer is starting to
do so.
In one experiment, involving 16 79by-79-meter forest plots on a nearby
peninsula, Schnitzer’s team is cutting
all the lianas from half of them and
will study how the plots change. In
another, the researchers are using
instruments to study the immediate
effects of liana removal on trees,
including their ability to take up
water, to test the hypothesis that
lianas do not affect tree species uniformly.
Schnitzer’s experiments “are going
to be very insightful,” said Phillips,
who is testing many of the same
hypotheses. Rather than studying
small plots, however, Phillips is looking for patterns across a whole forest.
If lianas are better able to use water
during dry seasons, for example, then
he expects to find a change
in liana dominance
across a forest that
becomes progressively drier or wetter from one side
to another. “It’s
a completely
different
approach to
Stefan’s, but
complementary,”
Phillips
said.
Stefan Schnitzer
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Fructose: what is it, and why is it in everything?
Food
guide
WE all know fructose is some type of sweetener, we see it listed on so many food labels: ketchup, soft-drinks, energy drinks, cereals, cookies, breads, crackers,
ice creams, canned soups, and more. And most of us think fructose has something to do with fruits. So in some way it’s okay; it’s just some sweetener thing
derived from natural fruit sugar. But it’s not. Well it’s half true. Fructose is one of the main sugars from fruits, the others being sucrose and glucose, so that’s true.
But the fructose found in processed foods is an entirely different story. Food manufacturers and producers are sweetening our food with high-fructose corn syrup
(HFCS) which does not come from fruits at all. It comes from a highly processed blend derived from corn, which many times can be genetically modified. Too
much HFCS in the diet means extra calories and can lead to unwanted weight gain. In addition to the unwanted pounds, weight gain can lead to health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes. The best way to reduce HFCS and other added sugars in your diet is check the products that you consume and
look out for it on the labels. Added sugars are listed on ingredient labels as HFCS, fructose, sucrose, glucose, corn syrup, fruit juice concentrate, corn sweetener,
honey and dextrose. Limit these as much as possible and try to get your sweet fix from whole fruit instead. Not only are you getting natural sugar this way, you
are also getting much needed fibre and antioxidants. The American Heart Association has specific guidelines for added sugar no more than 100 calories a day
from added sugar for most women and no more than 150 calories a day for most men. That’s about six teaspoons of added sugar for women and nine for men.
Stalking the new dining
places in London
What is new
in London is
always stalked
by what is old
A waiter sets the table at St John Hotel restaurant.
NYT SYNDICATE
T
HE
pretty
things
of
Knightsbridge were capering
around Hyde Park in the sun,
as white-haired old sailors
made their way into the Royal
Thames Yacht Club to nap. It was
midafternoon in Belgravia, time for
lunch.
I was in the city to take the measure of
a few new restaurants from established
names in the British dining scene, restaurants that are helping London make its
mark on the world’s map of places where
it is good to eat.
Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant in the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, just down the
road from Buckingham Palace, was chief
among them. The restaurant, called
Dinner, opened in the end of January to
largely rave reviews in the prickly British
press.
Blumenthal is the bald and aggressively
spectacled chef and proprietor of the Fat
Duck, a restaurant to the west of London.
The Fat Duck is widely considered one of
the world’s finest cathedrals to modernist
cuisine, the sort of restaurant where a
meal could start with nitro-poached aperitifs, finish with “the smell of the Black
Forest” and take four hours in between.
Some of the ingredients you might run
into in the kitchen there include sodium
caseinate and edible blue shimmer,
brown carbonized vegetable powder and
teenage coconuts.
Dinner, in contrast, is a more casual if
still quite expensive venture, closer to the
city’s heart. It is less a cathedral than a
well-appointed prayer chapel.
There are no cloths on the tables. The
ivory-painted walls do not feature paintings but porcelain wall sconces in the
shape of old gelatin molds. A glass-walled
kitchen, towering ceilings and magnificent views of Hyde Park conspire to offer
the restaurant a sense of openness and
accessibility. (They do not always succeed: The restaurant’s heavy chandeliers
were modelled on the rose window of
Westminster Abbey, where Prince
William made Kate Middleton his bride.
A meal called “Rice and Flesh,” at Dinner.
In Britain, class will always loom.)
Reservations at Dinner, which is devoted to modern takes on historical British
recipes, are in any event among the
hottest tickets in town. (A meal for two
costs in the neighbourhood of $200.) The
rush for them rivals the one for orchestra
seats for the new West End production of
Much Ado About Nothing, with a cast led
by the television stars Catherine Tate and
David Tennant, or for a private tour of the
Pioneers of the Downtown Scene show at
the Barbican, which danced to an end
Sunday.
So even after calling for a reservation
more than six weeks ahead, all that was
available for Dinner this day was at 2:30
pm. Still there was a crowd at the door,
and a few minutes’ wait for a table. Many,
many women in Christian Louboutin
shoes could be seen in the dining room,
elegantly drinking Chablis. Dinner is a
hot scene.
The restaurant’s menu has little of the
kid-at-a-science-fair playfulness of the
Fat Duck. Instead it features renditions of
classic British food: a steak with fries
based on an 1826 recipe in The Cook and
Housewife’s Manual, say, or a dish of cod
in cider taken from a 1940 dispatch of the
great British food journalist Ambrose
Heath. There is rosehip jam derived from
a 16th-century recipe and a plate of “rice
and flesh” that sees its roots in a cookbook used by the court of King Richard II.
Suet pudding makes an appearance.
There may be little of the Fat Duck’s
modernist glee, but wit is not entirely
absent from Dinner. Ashley Palmer-Watts,
the chef who opened and runs the restaurant for Blumenthal after years working as
the head chef at the Fat Duck, may have
developed a menu at Dinner that is rooted
in ancient texts. His cooking, though, displays all the excitement and humour of his
mentor, sometimes in spades.
Take as an example the meat fruit, a
dish that should begin every meal (there
is just one menu served, night and day).
According to the menu, its origins are in a
chicken-liver parfait that dates from the
14th century. It is culinary trompe l’oeil.
What you are served appears simply to
be a Mandarin orange on a plain wooden
Pineapples are roasted at Dinner.
board with some grilled toast. Cut
through the dimpled skin of the fruit,
however, and a mousse is revealed: an
interior of whipped chicken liver with a
flavour that is beautifully enhanced by the
taste of its bright orange “skin.” Only the
fruit’s stem, a waiter said, is inedible. It
was incredible.
What followed was somewhat more
straightforward but really no less delicious. There was an 18th-century salamagundi, a classic British dish best described
as stuff on a plate, rendered here as a layered salad with chicken oysters (those
coins of meat from behind the wings),
silken bone marrow and horseradish
cream.
That dish of rice and flesh turned out to
be a kind of buttery risotto Milanese,
heady with saffron and studded here and
there with tiny nuggets of meat taken
from a calf’s tail, a marvellous appetiser.
Even better in that role: a plate of brined
and hay-smoked mackerel, with lemon
salad, a spray of olive oil and a
“Gentleman’s relish” of anchovies with
garlic, milk, bread and lemon juice. (It
will be familiar to all those who treasure
their 1730 editions of The Complete
Practical Cook, by Charles Carter.)
Main dishes included a large-framed
and juicy spiced beef with ale and artichoke hearts derived from a 1777 recipe
from The Ladies’ Assistant and Complete
System of Cookery. This was intense and
serious food that made a strong case for
the inclusion of beef in any list of great
poultry meats.
There was as well a powdered duck.
The name conjured notions of molecular
gastronomy. In fact it derives from a 1672
recipe in Hannah Wolley’s Queene-like
Closet and emerges from the kitchen fat
and glistening: a salt-brined and longcooked popsicle of duck leg, with smoked
fennel and a comically butter-yellow
potato puree of great flavour.
As for the name: “That’s what they call
the process,” said a waitress. It is essentially a British confit. It might be possible
to eat the dish twice a day for two weeks
without causing much disappointment.
But if variety is called for in your diet,
the beef will answer: an immensely juicy
and flavourful black-foot chop, pink at the
centre, served with a sticky brown mustard sauce straight out of Careme and
soft, deeply elegant pointed cabbage. The
cabbage, sweeter than the more common
plain green version we see in markets,
and more finely textured, managed at
once to recall and improve upon dinners
cooked by English grandmothers who
lived through the blitz: home cooking as
successful high fashion.
For dessert, there was a gold-flecked
slab of chocolate with ginger ice cream on
the side to start, and some litchi granite
accompanied by the tart rose-hip jam.
Both paled in comparison to the tipsy
cake (a nod back to 1849) that was a bit
like a cream-filled, monkey bread served
with pineapple that was elaborately
caramelised on a complicated and beautiful spit in the kitchen.
I ate it down to its sticky end, paid the
bill and said goodbye to my friends. A
brisk walk up Piccadilly ended on a chair
in Green Park, where Morpheus claimed
me. Dinner is a very serious lunch.
For a serious new London dinner taken
closer to midnight than noon, there is the
restaurant on the ground floor of the St
John Hotel, Fergus Henderson’s spare
new establishment off Leicester Square,
almost in the midst of London’s tiny and
sporadically prosperous Chinatown.
For the most serious London breakfast
of any vintage, there is the Wolseley, near
the Ritz, where the art dealer Daniel Katz
holds court and the only proper order is a
small egg Benedict, accompanied by The
Financial Times.
Housed in the space that was for many
years a West End theatre hangout called
Manzi’s, the St John Hotel restaurant
suggests what might happen if the New
York restaurateur Joe Allen turned his
Orso over to the chef Andrew Carmellini
of Locanda Verde and the Dutch, or for
that matter to Henderson himself. It
delivers extremely good food to a small
crowd of insiders in a neighbourhood
pulsing with tourists.
So, yes, that is Sir Cameron
Mackintosh, eating house-made bread at
the next table as shouts from street
drunks seep in through the windows to
distract and enliven the proceedings.
And, yes, the food is a marvel, a version of
Henderson’s menu at the original St John
in Smithfield that has been cut tightly for
those on their way to or from the theater
or rehearsal hall.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
BEAUTY
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I cut my hair and I hate it. What do I do now?
Beauty
guide
ONCE a cut is done, however, the only thing that can be done is to deal with the aftermath. Here are some possible options to explore.
1. Buy a wig. If the cut is really bad and can’t be tolerated, then the only option might be to cover it up until the hair begins to grow out.
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much less expensive. Of course human hair can be coloured, cut, and styled while extensions cannot.
3. Look into hairpieces. While wigs and extensions may be somewhat limited in style, hairpieces can come in a wide variety. Whether one
opts for a ponytail, a classic chignon, or a full-length fall, hairpieces can often be molded, pinned, and manipulated into a variety of style
options. Best of all, most of them are inexpensive and can fit into almost any woman’s budget.
Tone up your complexion
this summer
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
Skin darkening,
brown spots and
premature skin
ageing are some of
the harmful effects
of sun exposure and
when it comes to
taking care of your
skin, everything
from your
moisturiser and sun
screen to eating
and sleeping habits
matter
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S the sweltering sun taking a heavy
toll on your skin? Are the harsh
rays forcing you to stay indoors?
Skin darkening, brown spots and
premature skin ageing are some of
the harmful effects of sun exposure. But fret not. We unravel effective
skin secrets to keep your skin looking
fresh, youthful and gorgeous!
Cleanse and moisturise
Cleansing your face helps get rid of the
grime and sweat that the tiny pores in
your skin accumulate through the day. It
helps your skin breathe and leaves it looking luminous and fresh.
Once you have cleansed your skin,
apply a moisturiser to keep your skin
hydrated through the day. Yes, your skin
needs moisturising even in summers,
because it can get dehydrated just like
your body. Try the L’Oreal Paris Youth
Code Rejuvenating Anti-Wrinkle Day
Cream. The light gel-crème texture is
ideal for the weather and it will leave
your skin nourished, smoother and more
radiant than before.
Stay sun-proof
Prolonged exposure to the sun’s UV
rays can cause irreversible skin
damage, including skin cancer!
Therefore, a sunscreen is a
must before you step out. It
blocks the harmful UV rays from
penetrating deep into the skin and
prevents sunburns and sun tans
too. Apply your sunscreen about
half an hour before stepping out
into the sun and reapply it every few
hours for optimum safety. Choose a
sunscreen with SPF value of at least 15
to 20.
If you are wondering what sunscreen to
buy, try the L’Oreal Paris UV Perfect with
SPF 50 & PA +++. It not only gives you
optimal UVA/ UVB Protection but also
acts as a perfect make-up base.
up and apply a night cream like the
L’Oreal Paris Youth Code Night Cream,
before you hit the sack! It is a must in an
air-conditioned environment, where skin
tends to get dehydrated. With the Youth
Code Night Cream, you can wake up to
younger-looking skin that will make you
feel great!
Fight ageing
Eat healthy
A healthy diet plays an important role in
keeping your skin beautiful and young
during summers. Dr Sudhir Shetty says,
“Citrus fruits can do wonders for your
skin. They lessen pigmentation, which is a
common skin problem during summers.”
So instead of applying fruit creams and
packs to your skin, eat those fruits for that
healthy glow! “Vegetables are also a must
for youthful skin,” Shetty adds.
Drinking lots of water during summer
will also keep your skin hydrated and help
fight those early signs of ageing like fine
lines and crow’s feet around the corners of
the eyes.
Sleep enough
As the summer heat saps you of your
energy, you will find that you need more
rest than usual. So make sure you factor in
a good night’s rest into your schedule.
Lack of sleep can accelerate your skin’s
ageing process. About 7 to 8 hours of sleep
is necessary for your skin to recover from
the wear and tear of a long day.
Make sure you remove all your make-
5 nourishing homemade hair packs
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P
AMPER yourself at the spa
once in a while, but for your
regular hair care regimen,
here’re some home made hair packs
for different hair types:
Dry and frizzy
Dry hair can be treated well using a
banana hair pack. Mash a banana
and mix with it one tablespoon
(tbsp) honey and one tbsp lime juice.
Mix everything together till you get a
creamy texture.
Apply the paste on to your hair,
especially focusing on the roots.
Rinse off after an hour and shampoo. Your tresses will be more
manageable.
Also for dry hair, apply the paste of
lentils mixed with half a tablespoon
of curd. It will soften your strands
after you’ve shampooed it off.
Damaged and abused
For hair that are really unhealthy
and been through too many hot
iron pressings, make a pack that
will soothe and cool the scalp.
In a bowl, mix two egg yolks
with one egg white, juice of one
lemon and a few drops of honey.
Make a paste and apply it to on the
hair. Leave it on for half an hour
and rinse it off. Shampoo using a
mild herbal product.
Your mane will be much healthier after a few weeks.
Oily and greasy
Take an egg white and apply evenly to your hair, without mixing it
with anything else. Leave it till it
dries thoroughly and becomes
crusty. Wash it off and use a deep
cleansing shampoo.
Use egg white twice a week. It
will help you control oiliness and
you’ll see a remarkable difference
in two months.
Shiny and silky
Fenugreek does wonders to soften
your tresses and add shine to dull
hair. Soak fenugreek seeds in
water overnight. Once the seeds
become soft, grind them to a
paste. Mix the paste with half its
quantity of curd. Apply the pack to
your hair and leave on till it dries
up and you can feel your scalp
stretch.
Wash it off and shampoo with a
mild milk based shampoo. The
result will be hair you’d love to
keep touching.
Straight and flat
Mix equal proportions of vinegar
and honey in half a cup of warm
water to add volume and bounce
to your luscious locks. Let it stand
for a few minutes and then apply
to the hair. Leave it for another few
minute and wash off with lukewarm
water. Shampoo gently, massaging
the roots. Once dried, your hair will
bounce and look twice as thick.
While the UVA/ UVB rays of
the sun can adversely affect
your skin regardless of the
season, the summers are the
harshest of all, causing hyper
pigmentation,
collagen
breakdown and wrinkles.
Shetty says, “Anti-wrinkle/
Anti-ageing creams help the
skin stay youthful once you
pass your 20s.” But with
plenty of age-fighting creams
available in the market nowadays, Shetty suggests you
choose a reliable brand.
The L’Oreal Paris Youth Code range is
a very good option. You must try the
Youth Booster Serum – a lightweight yet
powerful boost that melts into the skin. It
is 10X more concentrated in Pro-GenTM
Technology, derived from 10 years of
research in gene science. It is designed
to increase the skin’s capacity to recover
and re-establish its natural code for
youthfulness!
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Shah Rukh in economy class!
Prachi may get lead role in Ghayal Returns
SHAH Rukh Khan recently flew economy class after a chartered
flight he was to board from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, was grounded due to technical failure. Most stars prefer to fly business class,
some would even wait for another chartered flight to become
available. But not SRK. And the only reason he did it was so he
could get back in time to meet his kids. Says a source close to
Khan, “SRK left for the first leg of the Ra One inter-city tour with
his security and staff on Wednesday morning. While he had chartered a flight for the entire two-day trip, the aircraft developed
some snags after smoothly taking off from Mumbai, and completing the Chandigarh, Delhi and Ahmedabad run.”
ACTOR Sunny Deol is looking busy these days as he
is in search for a perfect face for the female lead
role for Ghayal Returns. A source said that Prachi
Desai is one of the strongest contenders for the flick.
He also said that the flick’s director Ashwini
Chaudhary was quite impressed with Prachi’s work
in her debut film Rock On! and Once Upon a Time
in Mumbai. He has recommended the Prachi’s
name to the Deols. The source said that sunny was
impressed with her work and conversation is still on
with her about the role.
SHAH RUKH KHAN
Salman regrets
his broken love
life, blames self
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T is not a very easy task to get Salman Khan into the
confession mode and talk about his personal life. And
when questions revolve around his love relationships past and present - expect the Khan to trickily steer away
from them all. However, in a recent interview on a rare
day, Salman Khan decided to open up and answer all the
questions coming his way.
When asked about his love life, the breakups and the
numerous link-ups, Khan said, “All the girls that I have
dated were very good. They not only looked beautiful but
were also beautiful people. The problem lied with me.”
Taking all the blame for the broken love relationships,
Salman said, “I am a very difficult person to handle. I am
to be blamed for all my breakups.” Though Salman confessed that he has learnt from his past, he declared that
getting hooked is not on his agenda for
now.
It seems the hunk is not ready as
yet to let go of his bachelor status!
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“I’m very kicked
about Kick.
There’s
definitely much
more scope for
me in Kick than
Dabangg.”
—SONAKSHI SINHA
Ranveer Singh
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FTER Dabangg Sonakshi’s next
film with Salman, Kick has more
footage for her than she did in
Dabangg.
Says the confident almost-newcomer,
“Kick is a remake of South Indian film. The
girl has lots more to do. It’s a really good
role. I’m very kicked about Kick. There’s
definitely much more scope for me in Kick
than Dabangg. And I am going to make the
best of it. ”
While Sonakshi is also part of Dabangg 2
she’d also be a part of the film that the
Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap makes
although the Dabangg producer Arbaaz
Khan and Abhinav parted bitterly recently.
But Sonakshi’s brother Kush is now
assisting Abhinav.
Reveals Sonakshi, “Kush wants to direct
films. He’s assisting Abhinav in directing
ads.
On the Bhojpuri KBC Sonakshi spoke in
Hindi while her dad hosted the show in
Bhojpuri. “I had never seen him talk in
Bhojpuri. He did it very well. I’m looking
forward to doing a film with my dad. ”
She now starts 3 back-to-back films.
“There’s Kick with Salman Khan,
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Salman Khan
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OW that Sridevi has begun shooting for her comeback movie
English Vinglish, some filmmakers
have been trying to woo Madhuri Dixit for
their projects as well. They are keen to have
a Madhuri film lined up for release around
the same time as Sridevi’s!
They want to rekindle the old
rivalry between the two stars.
Sridevi was the undisputed
queen of B-Town in the 80s’
until Madhuri Dixit did a Ek Do
Teen in Tezaab to topple her
from her position. Mads is currently back home in the US
after finishing her television outing Jhalak
Dikhhla Jaa.
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The race begins
Says a source, “Some
filmmakers are keen to
rope Madhuri for their
projects. They are
exploring the option
casting her and then
pitting her against
Sridevi. Considering
that both the stars
have a huge fan following, it would be
interesting to watch
Rowdy Rathore with Akshay Kumar and
Vishwaroopam with Kamal Haasan. Then
there’s Dabangg 2 coming up. Since
there’s nothing else I’d rather do I am so
glad I’m working throughout the year.
Getting success is easier than sustaining
it.”
For Vishwaroopam, Sonakshi gets to
sport both the Indian and Western look. “I
love to see myself in Sarees. I hope I get to
wear lots. We start shooting in June. ”
Prospective producers will have to wait
for a year. Sonakshi has no time. “I can’t do
any more projects for a year. ”
Including the one with Ranveer Singh
she is so keen on, “He’s quite a bundle of
talent. There’re talks of a project with him.
It’d be a good combination. ”
Sonakshi says she doesn’t feel older but
yes wiser. “I’ve realised many things about
myself. I realised when pushed to the wall I
can fight back. I can handle all the pressure. Yes there were lots of attempts to corner me. But thankfully I could take the
beating on my chin.
More importantly I always thought I was
a very lazy person. But I realised I could
work hard. I do my work and I do it well. As
long as I enjoy my work how does it matter
what people say or try to do? I guess being
talked about is better than being ignored. ”
Magical Madhuri vs sizzling Sridevi
number one status. And, then began the rat
race.
While Madhuri delivered super hit films
like Dil, Tezaab, Khalnaayak, Sridevi
churned average hits like Chandni and
Lamhe.
However, in 1994, with the release of
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, it became clear
that Madhuri had superceded Sri,
who then went out of focus and
disappeared with her last hit
in 1997, Judai. Madhuri
continued to reign for a
while until Karisma
Kapoor subjugated her
In the past
throne
with
Raja
The rivalry between Sridevi and
Hindustani. After her last
Madhuri Dixit dates back to the
hit Dil Toh Pagal Hai in
80s’. At a time when Sridevi was
1997 and Devdas in
2002, she stayed
firmly on the top of Indian
away from B-Town
cinema’s female fatales
due to marriage
with Mr India (1987)
and later motherhitting Bollywood
hood.
highs, Madhuri
However, Sridevi
Dixit came in.
and Madhuri never
And then
let the rivalry affect
began
a
personal life and
tough compublic appearances.
petition between
There was never
the two. Madhuri
any bad-mouthing.
won the Best Actress
But the currents of
for Beta in 1992. Sridevi
their competition
rendered the biggest flop of
always made headher career Roop Ki Rani
Sridevi
lines.
Choron Ka Raja. She lost her
Is Bollywood ready for old
rivalry to play out?
the audience’s reaction and
eagerness to see who outdoes
who all over again.”
Recently, there was a
controversy
about
Madhuri’s inclusion in
the Satte Pe Satte
remake. According to
buzz, the producers
and director Soham
Shah went ahead and
announced that she
would be essaying
Hema Malini’s role.
But co-producer
Sanjay Dutt, who
was to be cast
opposite her,
felt he had not
been consulted
Madhuri Dixit
and appeared
Filmmakers keen to
cast Madhuri to counter
Sridevi’s comeback
miffed by the happenings.
The source adds, Satte Pe Satta has now
been pushed to next year because Dutt is
busy with Agneepath.
As he will be sporting a bald look, it will
take him a while before he grows it back. It
is also not clear that Madhuri will be a part
of Satte Pe Satta. So other filmmakers are
showing interest.”
Madhuri’s spokesperson said, “Yes,
some filmmakers are interested. But we
wouldn’t like to comment on Satte Pe
Satta.”
Sonakshi Sinha
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Diaz, Barrymore adventure buddies!
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Sheen, Mueller reach custody
agreement for twins
CAMERON Diaz and Drew Barrymore who appeared in the Charlie’s
Angels movies together - have a strong friendship, and love to have
crazy adventures together. “She’s like my sister. We go out and have
crazy adventures. I always know that she’s game. Most people don’t
know this, but she’s very edgy,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Barrymore
as saying about Diaz. “That’s been a big part of our friendship,
knowing that she’ll throw down at any time, as well as that sisterly
love that we have,” she added. Diaz, 38, loves her friendship with
Barrymore because she knows she can always depend on her.
“Drew is wise and a solid friend. It’s crucial to have friends who will
have your back, and Drew always has mine,” she said.
ACTOR Charlie Sheen and his estranged wife Brooke
Mueller have reached a new custody agreement for their
twin sons - Bob and Max. An insider said that Sheen, 45,
and Mueller, 33, were satisfied with the new terms but no
further details on the agreement have been disclosed,
reports usmagazine.com. In an earlier custody agreement,
both parents were asked to stay away from drinks and
asked not to photograph themselves with the kids while
with a romantic partner.
CAMERON DIAZ
CHARLIE SHEEN
Reese Witherspoon
Ex-husband
plans to sell
J Lo’s nude
videos
slams young Hollywood over
reality TV & naked photos
“I get it, girls, that it’s cool to be a
bad girl,” Reese, told the crowd as
she accepted the MTV Generation
Award in Los Angeles
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EESE Witherspooon was honoured for her
enduring Hollywood success at the 2011
MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, and the elegant actress took the opportunity to send a
message to her female fans — and colleagues.
“I get it, girls, that it’s cool to be a bad girl,” Reese, 35,
told the crowd as she accepted the MTV Generation
Award in Los Angeles. “But it is possible to make it in
Hollywood without doing a reality show. When I came
up in this business, if you made a sex tape, you were
embarrassed and you hid it under your bed.”
But Reese didn’t stop there.
“And if you took naked pictures of yourself on your cell
phone, you hide your face, people!” Reese continued,
with the reference coming on the heels of the recently
released nude photos allegedly taken by Gossip Girl star
Blake Lively, who has denied the authenticity of the photos. “Hide your face!”
The actress then offered a message — and a plea — to
the “good” girls.
“So, for all the girls out there, it’s totally possible to
be a good girl,” the Water for Elephants star added.
“I’m going to try to make it cool.”
Reese’s positive message struck a chord with another beautiful blond actress, Julianne Hough.
“LOVE Reese Witherspoon!!!!!” Julianne Tweeted
on Sunday evening following Reese’s speech. “Good
Girls do exist and CAN make it in “Hollywood”!
Thanks for being a great idol! And one of mine!
J Lo’s former husband Ojani
Noa’s manager Ed Meyer said
his client could market the
steamy footage because J-Lo
gave him permission to film
her and gave him the tapes
when they split
Jennifer Lopez
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is set to sell to a port site their honeymoon videos
in which J Lo appears naked. Lopez’s lawyers
hope to block the sale by enforcing a permanent injunction the singer took out to stop Ojani Noa from releasing the tapes.
The sun.co.uk reports that Noa, who was married to
Lopez for 11 months in 1997, has found a legal loophole
in his battle to cash in.
Previously, a Los Angeles judge backed his girlfriend
Claudia Vazquez, who bought 27 hours of footage,
including 20 minutes of nudity, for a dollar from Noa.
She claims that Lopez was harming her livelihood by
blocking work on a planned film incorporating the
tapes.
Noa’s manager Ed Meyer said his client could market
the steamy footage because J-Lo gave him permission
to film her and gave him the tapes when they split.
He said bids started “in the hundreds of thousands”
and were expected to rocket.
He added, “If an offer looks good, we’ll definitely take
it.”
Lopez, who is now married to singer Marc Anthony,
plans to appeal against the judge’s ruling.
I’m shy, sensitive and
self-critical: Emma Watson
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personality traits weird, and says
sometimes she feels she is the
worst person in the world. “I’m this very
weird mix. In some senses, I feel as if I’m
100 years old. In others, I still feel incredibly young, very naive and as if I haven’t
seen much of the world at all. I’ve been
incredibly protected, but in other ways
I’ve had to be in situations that nobody
my age would,” contactmusic.com quoted
Watson as saying.
“Sometimes I think I’m the worst person in the world to be in the situation I’m
in. I’m shy, I’m sensitive and I’m self-critical. It’s a terrible combination,” she
added.
The 21-year-old, who shot to fame at
the age of 11 when she first appeared in
Harry Potter film series, also thinks her
notoriety “intimidates” members of the
opposite sex.
“I say to my friends, ‘Why hasn’t X
called me? Why doesn’t anyone ever pursue me?’ They’re like, ‘Probably because
they’re intimidated. It must be the fame
wall. It must be the circus that goes
around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard
to believe I would be intimidating,” she
said.
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Jolina and Mark are engaged
Karylle hopes parents’ annulment can
start their delayed healing process
RIVERMAYA drummer Mark Escueta sprung a surprise on
the audience of Party Pilipinas when he made public his
engagement to his girlfriend of more than two years, Jolina
Magdangal. Jolina also gave an emotional speech. The
singer-actress insinuated that more than her boyfriend, Mark
is her best friend. Jolina’s best friend, Kyla, who’s also altarbound with her basketball boyfriend, shared that she knew
all along the former got engaged. How much they love each
other. May the Lord bless them,” the R&B singer related.
Jolina broke up with her boyfriend of eight years, businessman Bebong Muñoz, in January 2009. A few months later,
she was seen in the company of Mark.
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JOLINA MAGDANGAL (RIGHT) AND MARK ESCUETA
NOW that her parents’ petition for annulment has finally been
granted, singer-actress Karylle is happy that it would mean a new
start for her mom, Zsa Zsa Padilla, and dad, Dr Modesto
Tatlonghari. “I’m happy finally the healing can start now. So, for
me, it’s more of prayers that finally they can close that chapter in
their lives,” Karylle said in an interview with Omg! Philippines.
Karylle, however, isn’t completely overjoyed about the annulment.
“It’s still part of the separation that I experienced when I was
very young. So it’s not completely that I’m overjoyed. I’m happy
it’s done but, I believe we celebrate beginnings.
KARYLLE
Aga rekindles
fire in the belly
Aga Muhlach
It could be the fact that actor
Aga Muhlach is already in his
40s and maturing both as a
person and an artist that has
‘reminded’ him of his true gift
and ‘duty’ as an actor
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OW that Aga Muhlach’s latest
starrer, In the Name of Love,
has effectively and even definitively re-established him as the
best dramatic actor on the local
film scene, some movie buffs have been trying to figure out what gives him the edge
over other and younger male leads like
Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz and Coco
Martin.
First off, what makes Aga’s portrayal in
his latest movie exceptional is the new commitment and “go-for-broke” attack that he
brings to it. For far too long, he’s been the
top male dramatic lead around, but often
too safely and even smugly so.
As a result, his recent performances
have tended to be rather predictable—a
real pity, since Aga has shown in some of
his early portrayals that he’s got it in him
to be an exceptional actor in films.
In the Name of Love is a landmark
movie in his career, because he’s rekindled the “fire in the belly” to again come
up with a memorable and dramatically
insightful portrayal that used to make
him more than just a pretty face in his
youth.
It could be the fact that he’s already in
his 40s and maturing both as a person
and an artist that has “reminded” him of
his true gift and “duty” as an actor.
Whatever the reason, he has clearly
decided to focus, not on his on-screen
image and signature charm, but on the
character he’s playing, period.
Since the character is no spring chicken, Aga has “allowed” his age to show in
certain scenes, and this “confessional”
stance has added immeasurably to his
performance’s truth, pathos and affecting vulnerability.
Since the character has all sorts of
grave personal, psychological and
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ethical problems to contend with, Aga’s
self-effacing honesty makes his daunting
and even tragic conflicts viscerally real,
and that much easier for viewers to
understand, empathise with and learn
from.
The big “test” of the actor’s resolve is the
key and extended scene in which he finally
reveals to Angel Locsin’s character how
deeply hurt and angry he feels about what
he perceives to be her emotional disloyalty
and duplicity.
As Aga launches into the emotionally
challenging scene, we see him reach certain
“landmark” points that, in his previously
“safer” portrayals, he would have stopped
at.
But, so rigorous is the revelatory path that
he and director Olivia Lamasan have charted for themselves that, instead of stopping,
he just keeps going.
One dark moment leads him to an even
darker and more painful level, which then
takes him lower still, until it’s the very soul of
his tormented character that we are gazing
at, and deeply feeling for.
Having bravely descended into the very pit
of “hell,” where good looks and youth are
quite frankly irrelevant and even distracting,
Aga finally emerges at the other side of his
character’s painful journey of confession and
brutally honest self-revelation, triumphant
and transformed.
Now showing
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FAST AND FURIOUS 5 (ACTION): 7 PM, 11 PM
A'ELAT MICKEY (ARABIC): 3 PM, 5 PM
BORN TO RAISE HELL (ACTION): 7 PM, 9 PM
BLITZ (ACTION/THRILLER): 11.30 PM
PRIEST (ACTION/HORROR) (3D): 11 PM
Solenn Heussaff
endorses
Acquabella
Angel Locsin (left) and Aga Muhlach.
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
ENSHOPPE’S new scent collection,
Acquabella I Am, was launched recently with
Kapuso star Solenn Adea Heussaff as endorser. The launch was emceed by actress and TV personality Julia Clarete who welcomed Penshoppe’s
Vice President for Business Development Albert
Ong to introduce the face of Acquabella.
Solenn expressed admiration for the I Am fragrances – Rock Chick, Diva, Sassy, A-List, Sporty,
and Sweetheart – which were formulated specifically for the modern and active young women to
inspire uniqueness and confidence, sophistication
and strength through its citric, floral and sweet
notes.
To cap the day’s event at the Atrium of SM The
Block, a Dating Game with the young actor and
singer-searcher Kyle Amor was witnessed by hundreds of ladies who could only watch with envy the
lucky winner of the game, Christine Velasco.
Christine also won a brand-new iPad2 from
Acquabella by Penshoppe.
Solenn is the perfect scents endorser, with the
many hats she wears – as model, fashion designer,
make-up artist, painter, singer and actress.
P
VILLAGGIO MALL
LANDMARK CINEMA
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (ACTION): 2.15 PM, 4.30 PM, 7 PM, 9.15
PM, 11.30 PM
KUNG FU PANDA (ANIMATION): 5 PM, 7 PM
(3D): 2.30 PM, 4.15 PM
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (COMEDY): 9 PM, 11 PM
FAST AND FURIOUS 5 (ACTION): 2.45 PM
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGE TIDES
(3D)(ACTION/ADVENTURE): 6.15 PM, 8.30 PM, 11 PM
READY (HINDI)
ROYAL PLAZA
KUNG FU PANDA (3D) (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 6.30 PM
THE HANGOVER 2 (COMEDY): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM, 11
PM
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (COMEDY): 7 PM, 11 PM
LIMITLESS (THRILLER): 3 PM, 5 PM, 9 PM
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGE TIDES (ACTION)
(3D): 8.30 PM, 11 PM
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (ACTION): 1 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.30 PM, 9.15
PM, 12 MN
KUNG FU PANDA (ANIMATION):12 NOON, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8
PM, 10 PM, 12 MN
(3D): 10.30 AM, 12.30 PM, 2.30 PM
(IMAX):11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM, 11 PM
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (COMEDY): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30
PM, 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
READY (HINDI): 12.15 PM, 3 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM
THE HANGOVER 2 (COMEDY): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 7
PM, 9.15 PM, 11.30 PM
LIMITLESS (THRILLER): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 7 PM, 9.15
PM, 11.30 PM
A'ELAT MICKEY (ARABIC): 11.30 AM, 1.45 PM, 4 PM, 6.15 PM,
8.30 PM, 10.45 PM
A'ELAT MICKEY (ARABIC)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGE TIDES
(ACTION/ADVENTURE): 11 AM, 2 PM, 3.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 11.45 PM
(3D): 11.45 AM, 2.30 PM, 5.15 PM, 8 PM, 1O.45 PM
BLITZ (ACTION/THRILLER): 11,45 AM, 1.45 PM, 3.45 PM, 5.45 PM ,
7.45 PM, 9.45 PM, 11.45 PM
PRIEST (ACTION/HORROR): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM,
9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
GULF CINEMA
ARTHUR (COMEDY): 2.30 PM, 6.45 PM, 11 PM
KUNG FU PANDA (3D) (ANIMATION): 5 PM, 6.45 PM
READY (HINDI): 2.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM
FAST AND FURIOUS 5 (ACTION): 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45 PM,
11.30 PM
CHINA TOWN (MALAYALAM): 2 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM
THOR (ADVENTURE): 6.45 PM, 9 PM, 11.15 PM
CHINA TOWN (MALAYALAM)
HOP (ANIMATION): 10.45 AM, 12.45 PM, 2.45 PM, 4.45 PM