Firstly, and most importantly, kepada semua yang doa untuk kesihatan abang Bad, I'd like to thank you guys. Yes, he is still in SJMC, tapi visited him petang semalam and thankfully, he was awake, and mampu nak cakap.
Spent some time alone with him, and talked. Mmm...entahlah. All I can say is, money doesn't buy you everything....and yet, so many people bitch so easily about it. At times, likes this, love and relationships count, and that's when people you care
about matter most...and yet so few people appreciate things they deem so unimportant. Lantak lah ko...your time will come when you realise how cold and lonely you are.
To abang Bad, you still have thelove of many, and we're all going to be there for you, praying for you to get better. At the moment, kalao ada yang nak perkembangan terbaru, abang Bad kini dalam Coronary Care Unit (CCU).
After asking what happened and all (dia kena about midnight - ingat dia kena time pagi aku dapat mesej tu)
Spent some time sembang, and then sempat gelak abang Bad punya Get Well card yang Leen bagik. It said something like 'The Doctor Says You'll Be Normal In No Time...' and then belah dalam, '....That'll Be A First'. Matilah sarcastic and funny. So Leen...you rock gurl.
Sempat wak lawak bodoh sat and related to abang Bad some details of what happened the night before about something funny that happened and laughed some more. Then the circus led by the ringmaster came. Matilah statement keji.
Anyways sebab orang ni da break the taboo of photographing in the room, aku pun start...
Fascinating actually sebab abang Bad was hooked up on this huge amount of machinery. Cam sci fi movie sangat. Not to mention he was hooked up all over on these tubes and all. Very the Star Trek (yang 70s version lah)
The one he had on his left hand, was kind of funky, dan abang Bad siap bangga ok, ala ala very the laser pointed, light sabre, , laser pointer kind of combo. Amik ko...dalam  tu lak, bila si Vernon da lead si Rudy, Abie dan Audi Mok masuk, sempat lak ada yang point out how lucky he was to be able to wear the hospital gown yang erm...roomy and comfortable.
Merasalah abang Bad kejap kejap tug at his shoulder area and tummy area kata nak adjust kain dia sebab terlampau seksi. Aiyo!!!
Anyways, it was good to see him ok, and also of course since we had nice grapes from the hamper the circus brought.
So anyway...abang Bad, you get well ok. Hugs to the big teddy bear....
After we went a-viisiting, the circus, and I (minus Audi) went to the gala premiere of Dreamgirls at TVG KLCC.
The movie was bigger and better on the big screen, and memang worth it gila ler. Ada ler dua tiga babak yang leh nitiskan airmata, as expected (which doesn't happen when you watch it on your computer) including (note so you can get the tissues ready) - when Effie belts out And I Am Telling You, and when the reunion takes place in the end (oops...forgot the spoiler warning).
But then again, I think most people just want to see what the pictures from the event...so there. Ramai gak yang hadir.
Mawi tak stay for the movie sebab ada futsal event haper ntah...so stay for the cocktail je....along ada Ning, Nikki dan Yanie (yang perform ala Motown ok), Dayang, Jac, Camelia, Zainal Alam Kadir (uwaaa...former boss aku celeb skang ek), Iwan FO3, Ramli M.S., Ogy Ahmad Daud, Faradhiya, Aznil Nawawi....aiyo...ramai....aku tinggal nama sapa lagik ek...aku tak banyak amik pics sebab masa tu excited nak tengok the film...but this is what I took.

Check out the crowd. About 300 or so invited guests or more.
   Kak Cham, editor bahagian hiburan Berita Harian dan Ramli M.S. pose one for me, and Mawi nak ciao ngan peminat mengejar in the other pic.
  Kak Ogy pose vogue tau khas tuk aku, dan Ning lak feel Deena!
   Jac dan Dayang...the lovely ladies for the night.
  Camelia dan Nikki yang feeling Jennifer Hudson minus the weight problem.
 

Ok ler tuh jer ler aku sempat update...malas nak tulis panjang panjang...a lot of work to be done tomorrow...so there. Have a good weekened guys...and toodles!!! Oh by the way, if you're wondering about the title of this posting, aku tatau apa nak letak headline for this entry, so tengah layan Astro in the background, there was this line from the script of this movie I wasn't paying attention to that caught my attention.

Note : For more pics of the Dreamgirls gala premiere, CLICK HERE.

Baru dapat khabar berita sebentar tadi melalui SMS from Shonny.
Abang Badrul has been admitted to the Subang Jaya Medical Centre CCU after a mild heart attack.
Everyone please pray for him. More updates later....

Aku ari ni tamau wat entry personal.because today is my review of Dreamgirls. Yes, caught it, no not on ciplak punya DVD but on downloaded format. Aku wat review skang because tomorrow, ada gala premiere for the event, aku nak pastikan aku focus on our local stars cause I already know every inch of the Dreamgirls movie.
If that isn't enough, aku siap da tengok the original Broadway staged version thanks to the beauty of technology.
Yer...pada sapa yang tatau, it';s not Beyonce ok who made Dreamgirls big. Dreamgirls was already a big musical prior to it making film.  Now on to one of the most anticipated movies of the year (for me - apart from The Simpsons Movie and Transformers The Movie amongst others)

Synopsis
The story begins with Curtis Taylor Jr (Jamie Foxx) who is a car salesman with a big dream to make it in the music business with his tadical ideas in 1960s Detroit where being black equalled your song not being played on the radio.
He comes across The Dreamettes, comprising of Deena Jones (Beyonce Knowles), Lorrel Robinson (Anika Noni Rose) and lead singer Effie White (Jennifer Hudson) with cheap wigs (siap pakai terbalik ok, that's creativitiy for you) and homemade outfits - that still look better than the outfits you see on Akademi Fantasia, with original songs an choreography courtesy of C.C., Effie's brother (Keith Robinson).
They get their first real break backing up James 'Thunder' Early (Eddie Murphy), before Curtis introduces the trio for their own spot, tapi kali ni nak jual rupa Deena, pushing Effie to the back  The rest is drama and more than enough songs for me to holler to (kesian sapa yang akan dok sebelah aku nak dengau sora katak aku melalak skali pada lagu lagu)

Facts
*It took 25 years for Dreamgirls to be made into a movie. *The script for Dreamgirls began with Big Dreams. The musical then was written by Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger and made public theatre.
*On Dec 20 1981, Dreamgirls began its run at the Imperial Theatre with a cast that included Jennifer Holliday. *In 1982, Dreamgirls received 13 Tony Award nominations (anugerah seni pentas) and won six.
*The success of Dreamgirls also saw the work of David Foster, who was involved in the original caat album of the musical.
*The show has been performed in many countries, which include Malaysia sometime in the 80s, anyone remember that?
*The songs And I Am Telling You and I Am Changing placed Jennifer Holliday among the legendary divas and made them the biggest musical anthems. And I Am Telling You is considered the BEST tune from musicals and is my personal drama tune.The new version has Beyonce to thank for in making One Night Only a crossover pop hit.
*Jennifer Hudson was originally was one of the favourites of the American Idol where she was anticipated to join Latoya London and Fantasia Barrino in the top three for the battle of divas before two of them were eliminated before Fantasia won.
*Dreamgirls received eight 2007 Academy Award nominations, the most of any film for the year,but it didn't get one for  Best Picture, Best Director, or any of the lead acting categories. The film's nominations include Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson), Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing, and three nominations for Best Song (Listen, Love You I Do, and Patience). Dreamgirls is the first live-action film to receive three nominations for Best Song with only Disney animated features Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) having achieved that.
In 2007 Golden Globe Awards, Dreamgirls was nominated in five categories: Best Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical (Beyoncé Knowles), Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson), and Best Original Song (Listen). The film won the awards for Best Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. The film also garnered Screen Actors Guild Awards for Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) and Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), as well as a nomination for its ensemble cast. The film was also nominated by the Producers Guild of America for Best Picture and the Directors Guild of America for Bill Condon's directing. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave the film nominations for Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) and Music (Henry Krieger). Dreamgirls was nominated for eleven 2007 International Press Academy Satellite Awards, and won four, Best Picture - Comedy or Musical, Best Director (Bill Condon) (tied with Clint Eastwood for Flags of Our Fathers), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson), and Best Sound (Mixing & Editing). Dreamgirls also received a record eleven Black Reel Award nominations, among them Best Film, Best Actor (Jamie Foxx), Best Actress (Beyoncé Knowles), Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson). In addition, Dreamgirls received eight NAACP Image Awards nominations, including Best Picture, and was named as one of the American Film Institute's top ten films of 2006.

What did I think of it?
Love it love it love it love it love it!!!!!!!
I'm a freak when it comes to musicals (aku pegi panggung bayar sendiri ok nak tengok The Producers FOUR times - keep it happy, keep it snappy...)
And Dreamgirls is definitely a showcase of amazing acting. The real star of the movie bukan Beyonce ok, but Jennifer Hudson. She carries off where the other Jennifer (Holliday) left off with her big voice.
Vocally, Hudson takde ler standard Hollliday but I think she fared a lot better in the acting department.
Beyonce is just so-so and despite her starring role, I think the folks behind it letak nama Beyonce besau besau because in an ironic move, like the storyline, meka nak jual rupa dan nama Beyonce.
Still...it's all fabulous. Listen to the songs before ko pegi tengok (if you haven't heard the songs, so you can sing along, like what I did when The Bodyguard made the screens here - watched that SIX times in the cinema).
Anyway...definitely worth a watch....
After all...it is one of the best movies of the year. And no, no poster colored painted faces in green biting of toes for this one...

Now I've gotten that out of the way, tomorrow aku akan posting pics from the event sebab the gala premiere malam esok if I am not mistaken is organised by Berita Harian with all the biggest stars in the country attending the event.
The theme, aku dengar for the event is Motown, so aku nak gak tengok how many of our local artises understand what Motown means.
Nanti aku post pics tomorrow...
Meanwhile, I'll leave you guys with clips from the original Dreamgirls, the first taken from the 1982 Tonys and the second a clip from the movie. So you guys can compare...and then enjoy the movie trailer, and erm...a little bonus. Enjoy....and be posting soon...

Note : To learn more about Dreamgirls, CLICK HERE for info on the movie and musical on wikipedia, or CLICK HERE for the Dreamgirls official motion picture website.

Jennifer Hudson doing And I Am Telling You in the Dreamgirls movie (this video is a little skewed but the best I could find)

Jennifer Holliday doing the original And I Am Not Telling you at the 1982 Tony Awards (original musical version which includes It's All Over)

Official Dreamgirls trailer

MadTV - Dreamgirls trailer (parody ok...not real)

First of all, to the important stuff. I know ramai yang tertanya pasal pic Siti kat Grammys kan?
I got the email from Star World (terima kasih teramat Nini, Naomi and the Star World and the Channel [V] family) semalam, tapi pikir nak simpan posting tuk ari ni je.
Yerlah kan...paper kena print dulu baru leh kuarkan...kalau tak, namanya conflict of interest....yes, some of us have something called ethics.
Anyways, aku da agak most papers would not run all the pictures given, most run dua je tak silap aku....I got about five.
So ni nak kongsi pics tuh. Enjoy!!!

       

Gambar ni semua aku da kecikkan, but didn't make to make them too small sebab kang semua bising lak kan kata tak nampak sebab pics cinonet sangat. So korang kena sabar jer la loading time camtuh because if you use a dial-up lama sikit ler nak bukak pics.....silap silap tak muncui kena refresh terus.
Honestly the only thing I like about these pictures is Datuk Bernard Chandran's dress. I think it makes Siti look old and frumpy.
Dalam nak nampakkan Siti pinggang kicik, he went and made her whole upper body look extremely bulky!
Material dia lak mula mula aku nampak ok sebab it does look like tweed, tapi bila on close up, lor, those miniscule sequins lak.
Keji tau...dah menjadi identiti negara kita ke ngan kewajipan labuci kena ada kat baju artis kita ni. I mean...we surely can do better than that kan?
At the end of the day, creations like this prove yang nama cam Bernard Chandran ni setakat makan nama je cause hasil tak seberapa.
Anyways, moving on...nak ucap Happy Valentine's Day to all...my own Valentine ni jauh sangat...but takpe...it's the thought that counts.
To my new found sweetheart...here's hoping things will be as wonderful tomorrow as they were yesterday and as they are today.
Eh...lupa lak nak wish pada Siti dan Datuk K yang spending their Valentine's kat LA and then cuti seminggu to a secret location.
Siti...jangan lupa bak ole ole balik yang dijanjikan!!!
Eh..nak sambung keja sat.

PS - Tolong kreditkan Star World dan Channel [V] untuk gambar ni kalao nak tempek memana ok.

Yer...saksikan la internet cafe bergerak ini, Jangan tatau..citer nya aku sebenarnya tengah siap keja. Masa tu tengah online, so sambil tuh parking ler nick online.
Si Boy Kerol lak pot pet ngan aku. Aku pun haven't spent time ngan dia da...dulu penah rapat giler ngan dia.
And then small misunderstanding (and I mean small and petty, not some backstabbing bullshit, or selfish act of bitchiness like some cases I've encountered), nyebabkan kami lama tak bertegur. Tapi kami tak pun berperang.
Anyways kebelakangan ni kami selalu terserempak....so kebetulan aku parking online tu, si Boy ajak ler jumpa. Dia mai to my office in Bangsar, and then masa tu sebab keja pun da complete dan send in da, kami gerak ke KLCC.
Sambil melantak kat Dome, memasing bukak laptop.
In about an hour, si Ted lak join. Penoh satu meja. Makan minom semua letak lak kat bench. Keji kan...
Makan minum second importance katanya...
Anyway masa tu memang lantak ler orang cakap apa...Internet cafe bergerak pun jadilah. Siap webcam tuh...aku ngan boy sempat videoconferencing sat (matilah berangan...tapi janji ada).
From there, we gerak ke izzi, which was in Bukit Bintang, and then sambung kat gerai kak Ara. Saja je..seronok lak...kalau biasa technology meminggirkan kami dari what happens in real life, this was one example where technology brought us all together.
Sapa nak join lain kali...kita leh wat gathering...heh!
Ok...nak sambung bab entry....will post some nice pics tomorrow...nak tau pasal apa?
Korang mesti suka punya lah...aku esok ada banyak sikit keja nak abihkan, so I'll post early. Tunggu!!!