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Mad Men won its third Outstanding Drama Series accolade at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. I've been meaning to watch it - mostly out of curiosity - but couldn't find the time. My personal choice for the award is still ABC's Grey's Anatomy or Brothers & Sisters, despite the fact that they were both snubbed once again and were robbed of a nomination.

Crowd favorite Glee won several awards but it doesn't include the Outstanding Comedy Series award that everyone is expecting them to get. The award deservingly went to Modern Family. Gleek Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester) won the Supporting Actress plum but fellow cast mate Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) failed to get the top actress honors.

As usual, here are my personal red carpet observations, likes and dislikes. There were so many bombs (compared to their movie star counterparts at the Oscar's) but there were also a few notable ones. The most popular and recurring theme of the night was "Goddess White". Black is still the safe choice for some but I've never seen so many white in the red carpet until last night. Special mention to Julie Benz and Kim Kardashian for glamorously pulling it off.



Kim Kardashian, Julie Benz, Brooke Burke, Rose Bryne

Here are my favorites and not-so favorites on TV's biggest night. I categorized it to likes, so-so and dislikes. Enjoy! (Warning: This post is fully-loaded with images.)

American Idol 8 was the last AI season I was able to watch fully. I am a true Kris Allen fan but I believe that Adam Lambert was the better performer and singer. I also think that he is one of the best (if not THE best) American Idol contestants in the 9 year history of the show. I knew he had it in him ever since I saw his American Idol audition in San Diego. I will never forget his memorable American Idol covers of "The Track of My Tears", "Mad World" and "Feeling Good".

I saw at Chuvaness' blog the other day that the Glambert will finally be in Manila in October as part of the Adam Lambert Glam Nation Tour. The concert will be held at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds on October 10, 2010 at 8:00 pm. He will perform "Strut," "Fever", his current single, "If I Had You", and his biggest hit, "Whataya Want From Me."




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General Admission PHP 550

Get them at TicketWorld (891-9999) or SM Ticket Outlets (470-2222).
For VVIP limited seats, call 750-0791 or 0917-587-4462.

Check out http://www.AdamOfficial.com for more information.

When I started monetizing my blogs, one of the blogs I went to for tips and tricks is the blog of Michelle. I was able to learn a lot of techniques and money-making sites through her features and posts. As a way of gratitude, I am posting this as my support to her blog contest entry for Sulit.com.ph. Please support and vote for her!


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I stopped watching Miss Universe (or any other beauty pageants for that matter) years ago. It's just like the Olympics, we send the best we have but we still go home without a medal or a crown no matter how much we try.

This year's competition is quite different. It sparked a lot of interest because Philippines' bet, Venus Raj, was dethroned as the country's representative only to be reinstated again after weeks of appeal, Internet uproar, negotiations and controversies.

The quest for the crown and Venus' fight was all worth it because she finished Fourth Runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant among 83 beauties from all over the world. This is the Philippines' best ever finish since Miriam Quiambao's First Runner-up placement in 1999. This is also the first time in 11 years that Philippines placed in the final and semi-final rounds.




The winner of this year's Miss Universe is Jimena Navarette of Guadalajara, Mexico. I really like her beauty and was also rooting for her to win. She's beautiful, charming and witty. My friend, Charu, says she looks a tiny, tiny bit like Tina Fey.



Congratulations, Venus & Jimena! You made your countries proud in a 'major, major' way!

UPDATE: This is how much the Filipinos loved and cheered for Venus Raj. Check out the video: http://youtu.be/-HePTmrV-og

I like 3M products. I absolutely adore those colorful 3M Post-its, the cool magic Scotch tapes, and even those dependable and trusty 3M car tints. But, apparently, these things are only the tip of the iceberg of 3M's long line of products. They own and manufacture a whole slew of technological breakthroughs which they distribute to both consumers and other businesses. I learned all of these  (and more) when they invited me and several bloggers to the The 3M Experience: Innovation Tour two Wednesdays ago at the 3M Technical Center in Makati City.

We were treated to a tour - similar to an educational field trip in school - featuring 10  unique methods rooms that showcase 3M's practical solutions at home, in the market place and on-the-go. We were grouped into three and began the tour after a very delicious and sumptuous feast by Conti's :).

Our guide, the ever cheerful Ros Grapa of 3M's Automotive Aftermarket Division, led us first to the very fun Consumer and Office Methods Room.  This is probably the favorite stop of the bloggers because we are very familiar with the products that were featured; and we were treated to a shopping spree on 3M's office brands like Post-it and Scotch, home care products like Scotch Brite and Command, and consumer health product, Nexcare. 3M truly has so many home and office products which makes our home and office life easier and more convenient.



The 3M Shopping Experience was a dream come true to Post-it lovers like me!
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I've been busy in the last week thus the lack of post. I'm drafting some entries and will hopefully get to post them in the coming days. For the meantime, here's some movie update.

My high school friends and I decided to form a movie critique club where we will discuss and rate various movies of our choice based on themes through Twitter (courtesy of Twitlonger). The idea of the club was conceptualized because of our many discussions, theories, and hunches about Inception (arguably the best movie of the year). We will be starting with the first movie this week with the "All-Time Favorites" theme. I was tasked to go first so I chose The American President. I really really love that Annette Benning and Michael Douglas starer from 1995. It's a story about a sitting US President, a widower, who fell in love with a lobbyist. It's a very good romantic comedy so try to catch it if you haven't seen it yet.

One of the movies I suggested (for the Septemeber round) is an upcoming one starring Katie Holmes (post-Suri), called The Romantics. Showing of the movie is on September 10 in the US. According to IMDb, the story is about seven close friends who were reunited for the wedding of two of their friends. Problems arises because the bride and the maid of honor have had a long rivalry over the groom. Katie plays the Maid of Honor and Anna Paquin plays the bride. The guy in the middle is Josh Duhamel.

Here's the trailer:



It was actually Witt24 who suggested this movie to me. :) Can't wait to watch it!

Former US first daughter, Chelsea Clinton, got married in an interfaith ceremony yesterday, July 31, to longtime boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. The wedding was a very grand but private affair held at the historical Astor Courts in Rhinebeck, New York.

Chelsea wore a gorgeous Vera Wang bridal gown in swirling silk organza ball skirt accented by an embellished belt. It's definitely one of the prettiest bridal gowns I've ever seen. Chelsea looked very radiant on it. Mom Hillary wore a magenta pink gown by her favorite designer, Oscar Dela Renta.

Here are the first official photos of the joyous event. It was shot by Barbara Kinney Photography and lifted from CNN.



President Bill Clinton walks her only daughter down the aisle