Backstage

Hari ni the day they decided on sapa layak Anugerah Juara Lagu 25 lepas the final semifinal. Aku separuh akhir ni, layan persembahan semua dari belakang pentas, nak amik feel camna debaran semua.

And also sebab dapat gosip dan lepak ketika show, borak-borak ngan semua kengkawan.

And here's your peek at what happens backstage.

Propkesayangan ramai ni. Kaki ala ala Upin dan Ipin ni da kena basuh la berkali bebudak pakai. Heh! Si Black dan Hafiz dan macam kembar Siam melekat kat badan da.

Sempat snappy si Tomok dan Black bersama... sebelum Tomok dihalau untuk tugasan dia... iaitu...

Tuh dia. Tugas Tomok? Nak jadi aerial bagi satu-satunya TV yang hado kat belakang pentas ni, yang bergantung live feed. Reception lak hado, so azab la semua kena harap reception ok. Ni si Tomok kena dera sebab dia berdiri sebelah TV tetiba baru ada gambar dan sound. Merasalah dia dipaksa jadik aerial demi kepuasan semua menonton backstage.

Comel tak kak Dibah pose dok rileks je. Si Ana dan Yuna pon ada, sempat snappy pic ni just before meka panggil semua onstage.

Belakang pentas lak ramai berkumpul. Ni snap pic API - Angkatan Pemuda Indie, three members at least ngan Din (Estranged), Loque (now known as monoLoque dan AJ (Popshuvit) sekali ngan Sam dari Bunkface.

And some others in Lan, Stacy, Adira, Ana dan Shahir.

And then - the announcement. Well, not yet. Ni masa semua tunggu ketika nak umum. Sempat agik tuh main-main atas pentas. I like this year sebab all the performers (most of them anyway) can get along and mesra, performing for the fun of it - and rileks je. Takde feel competition sangat sebab semua tak tekankan soal bersaing.

And finally - ni semua yang layak.

And ni full list semua yang layak. Especially pada anak-anak muda yang singer-songwriters yang represent the future of the music scene. You guys rock!

Sofea Jane - Black / Shah Kamikaze & Iswandy / Farril

Pelita - A.P.I / Loque / Loque

Cinta Sempurna - Yuna / Yuna / Yuna

Tolong Ingatkan Aku - Ana Rafali / Ana Rafali / Ana Rafali

Ku Ada Kamu - Adira / Edry Abdul Halim / Edry Abdul Halim

Hanyut - Faizal Tahir / Audi Mok / Faizal Tahir

Jahat - Stacy / Edry Abdul Halim / Edry Abdul Halim

Kebahagian Dalam Perpisahan - Shahir / Edry Abdul Halim / Edry Abdul Halim

Mencari Konklusi - Hujan / Noh Hujan / Noh Hujan

Selamat Malam - Faizal Tahir / Audi Mok / Faizal Tahir

Drama King - Meet Uncle Hussain & Black / Taja / Tun Teja

Extravaganza - Bunkface / Sam Bunkface/ Bunkface

Noktah Cinta - Hafiz / Ajai/ Shah Qalam

Berlari - Tomok / Audi Mok & Shahzee Ishak / Tomok

And yes, aku malas nak komen apa-apa lebih about what happened. Biarkan. Orang lain dapat nilai. Diam tak bererti mengalah, sama seperti mengkritik bukan bererti dengki atau menuduh. Cuma kadang-kadang ada pihak yang menjadi penyampai tak bertauliah - but que sera sera.

Still - it was a happy night, save for Aizat takde which cam lacking lak with the whole gang. It's going to be a great AJL - here's hoping for the best jury to make the right choices when the show is on next year (cam lama sangat padahal sebulan lebih je)

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Raya!!! Raya!!! Raya!!!

Iyolah ko pepandai je nak headline entry raya katanya. Posa pon lom sparuh jalan feeling nak raya. Maksud aku raya... semalam ke rakaman Melodi Raya wat kat PWTC.

Jap... arituh da skodeng kasut Gucci Mawi, ari ni kita wat sesi skodeng kasut Gucci artis agik.

Sapa leh teka sapa. Jawapan ujung entry ni as always.

Masuk je Dewan Tun Hussein Onn, amik ko... decor ala kampung. Teringat 'Kampung Nikmat', perkampungan yang diwujudkan tuk wedding Ning Baizura. Cuma Melodi Raya ni takde kambing dan ayam hidup je.

Yang pentingnya...dalam dewan... selamat datang ke Melaka!!!

Matilah aku allergic tengok lampu lip lap. Teringat Melaka je. Anyway, ni some pics kengkawan aku snap. Enjoy the pics!

Hah! Cukup tak aku snappy. Banyak tuh! By the way jangan terkejut ada kumpulan Nico. Meka wat reunion performance masa Melodi Raya.

And by the way... pic awal kasut Gucci. Da dapat jawapan? Kasut tu adalah milik....
Yer... Fizz Fairuz!

Seronok gak Melodi Raya kengkawan ramai. Cuma sesak sangat sebab ramai yang tak perlu dan tak dijemput sibuk menyelit.

Pas abih Melodi Raya, gi Yok Sahur Murai kedua sama gak. Sesak... yang tak dijemput pun wat kemunculan. Tu takpe lagik...

Yang artis sendu nan hado pon sibuk bak enam orang perhal?

Macam-macam lah... penganjur beradab tak sampai hati nak refuse entry, tapi kesian penganjur kedua majlis kena layan orang tak reti malu semua nih. Konon pose sana pose sini gila glam nak makan free bagai.

Oh well... busuk la nama sendiri.

Apapon, to the TV3 family as well as Murai - you guys did good. Happy sangat malam ni.. it was fun indeed.

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Magika and the secret of Avatar

Tadik gi preview for filem Magika, the star studded musical from KRU Studios.

Pas finished my errands and all (and sempat wat shopping - Dolce & Gabbana be thy name), popped by Cineleisure to check out the much hyped movie.

And the verdict?

Honestly, it's going to be hard since a lot of comparisons will made against Alice In Wonderland, which is coming out in 3D and will have Johnny Depp.

Magika, not very imaginatively named, has Mawi.

Erm... but kena puji because of several reasons. So sebelom sesi carotan, mai aku bagi pujian dulu what I liked about the film which I think will help sell it.

Obviously first thing is the whole line-up of big names involved. Mawi, Ziana Zain, Ning Baizura, Sharifah Amani, Sharifah Aleya, Vanida Imran, Nabil, Diana Danielle, Adibah Noor, Aznil Nawawi, Datuk Jalaludin Hassan, Marsha Milan Londoh... so many. Pening nak namakan sorang-sorang.

Tarikan Magika gak will be because of the local references. Vee jadik Mahsuri, Marsha jadik Puteri Santubong, Mawi as Badang... you get the idea. So it's our own Alice In Wonderland where many of the characters are popular names in our own local folklore.

And Edry in the director's chair, aku kena puji.

After the horror of Cicakman 2 : Planet Hitam (bosan), Jin Nott (muntah darah)... aku tak tengok My Spy so takleh komen - it's nice to see finally that Kru are back on track with Magika.

It's wholesome family entertainment, and quite enjoyable.

Now the bad parts. The script walaopon holds promise wasn't executed to its full potential. The songs were mostly forgettable (I only seriously loved M. Nasir sebagai Naga Tasik Cini) and the lyrics were patchy, repetitive and tangkap muat.

Camera angles were dodgy and acting overall was not up to par.

And I know this is going to sound silly, but as much as I like Diana Danielle, she needed to wax her upper lip in the movie. Da berkumis da... to the point in the romantic scene with Mawi, aku rasa cam tengok Brokeback Mountain da.

Tapi kan, having said that, I would actually recommend people to watch Magika sebab it's worth the RM10 or so you're going to pay to watch.

No regrets, pasti.

Especially kalao ko nak bak anak ke anak buah ke anak sedara. Pacing of the film tak macam Jin Notti yang you wonder when the hell it's going to end.

Final verdict - Magika, a good watch and one of those few movies yang cater to a lot of people. It's not quite musical contoh, but it is a very good start for me to come up with more along the genre.

Kudos to KRU for it (susah aku nak cakap nih.. dan mesti ada yang tak caya)

Anyway... ni some pics from tadik of some of the cast members yang sempat aku snap. Susah nak amik banyak pic sebab asik dok borak ngan Vee, Shidi, Nani and Gavin (oops! - borak ngan Nani usik Gavin je adalah).

So for those of you who want to get a feel of what the movie is like, here's the trailer.

Now enjoy the pics...

Nani and Gavin - so sweet (matilah Nani carot aku pasnih!)

Marsha - sexxxxaaaaaaaay!

Vee and Shidi - the coolest couple I know

Pak Nil - happy and bubbly as always

Ning flashing those pearly whites

Kak Vee pon nak camwhore ngan Mawi - heh!

On his own - tak nampak Ekin in sight

Kesian Ziana - tangan luka dua belah (and peha as well as perot sikit) sebab kena air panas masa bancuh air bagi minum pagi anak-anak katanya...

Divaaaaaaa!!!! Me love Adibah Noor!

Nak banyakkan pics lagik but malas. Anyway... the title of this entry mentions the secret of Avatar. You wanna know what it is?

Here's what I saw in Cineleisure. Some of you who have gone there may have seen this....

But did you take a closer look?

Matilah!!!!!!! Upskirting gituh! Gelak cam babun jap. Aduh... lawak bodoh. Had an informal meeting after it was all over, which ended VERY late. Ni baru sampai umah nih.

Nampaknya for 2010, ramai kawan da bukak company sendiri. Semua dapat gabung networking. I like! Nak pose Adam dan Stacy la... bergabungggggg malaaatopppppppp!!!!

Eh nak tido la... berat da mata.

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Happy birthday Vee

Can you believe it. At this hour, I am in my second meeting and pas nih one more to go before I call it a day.

In between sempat selit nak gi usha rehearsal Cuci The Musical. Merasalah. Damn, I am so tired. Tapi sebab hidup aku takde orang sponsor, kena lah usaha carik makan sendiri. Hah! Actually, bukan sebab cari makan... sometimes it's not only about the money...

Anyways, am so happy today.

Jap! Before I go on, ni saja nak share pics of the main cast of Cuci The Musical. Ni time meka semua posing sakan cam whore feeling bagai.. heh.. hamming it up for the camera.

Cake tuk sapa ni? Baca bawah


The stars of Cuci The Musical - Harith, Adibah, Reefa, AC, Afdlin, Zahim, Hans, Vee and Awie


Dengar oiiiii... yes you!


Aku da cakapppp... dengarrrrr!!!


Band apa lak ni?


Trying to make a hit?


Ni lah dia... kumpulan Old Boyz... matilah aku kena carot pasni!


Vee and Awie borak


Sempat pose tuh, si Vee


Oh yes... the cake? Kak Vee nya birthday, so brought a cake for her. Love her to bits. She's so down to earth and humble. And I have to say, pas tengok dia keja set Jalan Lama on location, she is one of those talented sorts yang tak banyak songeh, unlike a lot of names these days.

Dia ngan Shidi memang pala rock gila.. selamba kodok - to borrow Afdlin's phrase of choice.

Anyway, today's meetings was to finalise the details for flash mob project. Not just any flash mob. We're aiming for THE BIGGEST flash mob in the country.

Yes, if you will be in Kuala Lumpur at the end of October, you HAVE to be in on it.

Especially if you are going for the CONCERT OF THE YEAR!

Will start releasing details beginning tomorrow, but if you are interested - again - spread the word and add us on Twitter and get your friends to do it too! Just go to http://www.twitter.com/myjsquared or CLICK HERE and follow us.

All I can say is, if you didn't get my earlier clues - it's got something to do on this event!



Get the picture?

If you don't, then tunggu for 15th of September, where the official announcement will be made, and you'll see and hear about it on TV and radio - also blogs, and online in several major websites. Yes, we're going BIG this time around.

So again - RING THE ALARM, and CHECK ON IT, cause BABY BOY, we're going to mob the NAUGHTY GIRL and the DIVA will definitely have SWEET DREAMS after we're done. So if you're CRAZY IN LOVE with the IRREPLACEABLE one, get your FREAKUM DRESS on - and everyone, not just ALL THE SINGLES LADIES, and LISTEN up for more info coming.

Agent recruitment for the flash mob begin tomorrow! Keep up to speed by adding us on Twitter and join the BIGGEST Malaysian dance flash mob in style.

Heh... promosi abih! But worth it... I'm damn excited about it.

Ok lah... need to check out some party locations (lucky me) tomorrow for a related event. I love it, love it, love it!

Being busy has never been so much fun!

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