“翻新”新加坡：流连忘返的理由  Singapore Tour

“翻新”新加坡

新加坡，许多人出境旅行从这里开始。这个精致干净的南洋小国Mix了中国、马来、印度文化，加上其世界金融中心之一的定位，这里的面貌多元又现代。

虽然它是个老目的地，但多年来新加坡一直在变化，不断带给人新鲜刺激。新开业的四家特色商场和即将开业的两大世界一流的娱乐中心是今年的最大新惊喜，再加上夜间动物园、圣淘沙、娘惹等新加坡经典元素，绝对能让你对新加坡的旅行概念全面“翻新”。现在就来一起“翻新”新加坡吧。

“翻新”工程 新添诱惑

现在来到新加坡，会发现这个“花园之城”仍在繁忙地新建摩天酒店、主题公园，在为了让“新加坡，3天还不够”这个旅行理念牢牢地扎根在人们心中，并与“左邻右舍”——泰国、马来西亚抢占游客的眼球，新加坡正开足马力、新添旅行诱惑，为我们呈现崭新的多面风采。

有N个理由，足够说服你重返新加坡，发现它的崭新魅力！

其次是ION Orchard。这里有335个品牌，20多家世界品牌旗舰店，全亚洲最大的LV旗舰店也落户于此，这里不仅货品齐全，还有很多新加坡限量款服饰、鞋履、太阳眼镜、腕表及皮具系列，而且仅限于ION Orchard 的LV新店独家发售。这里的服务也很到位，连洗手间都有VIP客人专属的。另外，ION Orchard与地铁相连，所以也有不少适合年轻人的平价品牌，四层的有机食品超市很有趣。

另外，乌节路的改造还在进行中，到年底之前，还会有两家商场重装上阵。

LOS ANGELES - Another thriller is developing in the complex afterlife of Michael Jackson
His sister LaToya has taken possession of computer hard drives that contain a trove of unreleased songs he recorded with A-list singers such as Ne-Yo, Akon, and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, according to Rolling Stone magazine.

The drives were in the “Thriller” singer’s rented Holmby Hills, Calif., mansion when he died suddenly in June. Hours afterward, the family descended on the house to claim all its contents, and LaToya grabbed the drives, Rolling Stone said, quoting the late singer’s manager, Frank DiLeo.

“They backed up trucks, removing everything,” DiLeo was quoted as telling the magazine in its issue that hits newsstands on Friday. “They thought Michael owned it all, so they took even the rented furniture. That’s who’s going to run his estate?”

Jackson’s will gave 40 percent of his estate to his 79-year-old mother, Katherine, who wants more control and has raised doubts about the pair of high-powered executors currently overseeing his business affairs.

In a follow-up interview with Reuters, DiLeo said he was “pretty sure” the hard drives were at the family’s Hayvenhurst compound in Encino, Calif.

“The estate lawyers will send out letters” to recover the drives so that the contents can be logged, DiLeo added.

An email sent to a representative for LaToya Jackson was not answered, and a family spokesman was not immediately available.

A spokeswoman for will.i.am said the singer did not have duplicates of his work with Jackson. Representatives for Akon and Ne-Yo either could not be reached or had no information.

DiLeo told Rolling Stone that there were at least 100 songs — including many recorded at Jackson’s 1980s peak — that were never released, including a few “sensational” tracks that were left off “Bad,” the 1987 follow-up to his blockbuster “Thriller.”

JK Wedding Entrance Dance

Jill and Kevin met when Kevin’s childhood friend, Jeff, married Jill’s college friend, Ann, in 2005. They were both in the wedding party. Jill could not resist Kevin’s wit and charm. Kevin could not resist Jill’s intellect, nor her remarkable dance moves.

It’s big, entertaining, and the only game in town. Red Cliff is  Chinese summer blockbuster of choice, whether you like it or not - after all, there really isn’t much else in Chinese cinemas this summer. John Woo’s adaptation of the classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms - which is available in novel, TV drama, video game, and unlicensed collectible variations - isn’t as compelling as it is merely large. Woo slants the source material towards his pet themes, front-loads the production with big stars and big names, and assembles a spectacle that’s respectable, involving, and absolutely worth a look. What the film doesn’t provide is the compelling emotion that has punctuated many a Woo production, and the film’s climax doesn’t serve up the “wow” factor that one expects of a film of this scale. But any disappointment could be premature; Red Cliff is only the first of two films, and Woo could be saving the best for last. One would hope, anyway

Movie Review: ‘Hangover’

After all, who hasn’t woken up in a trashed Las Vegas hotel suite with a missing tooth, a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet and little or no memory of what happened the night before?

Director Todd Phillips and screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore take this familiar “What happens in Vegas … ” idea to bold new heights — or depths, depending on your perspective — with a comedy that stays weird and wild for the first two-thirds, only to disappoint in the final act.

Structurally, though, it’s based on a clever concept: Three guys take their buddy Doug (Justin Bartha) to Vegas for a bachelor party right before his wedding. When they wake up the morning after their bacchanal, they realize the groom is missing — and that’s only the beginning of their trouble.

As they nurse their pounding heads and retrace their steps, they stumble down an increasingly absurd, and surprisingly dark, path. And because it all turns out to be so unpredictable, we feel like we’re solving a mystery right along with them. The wordless sequence alone in which we survey the full damage of their Caesars Palace hotel suite will probably require a second viewing; there’s no way to take it all in at once. (It must have been fun to be the production designer that day.)

As in Phillips’ “Old School” — by far the best movie he’s ever made — the casting of these motley pals goes a long way toward making such crazy situations even vaguely acceptable. Bradley Cooper (”He’s Just Not That Into You”) once again plays it breezy and arrogant as de facto leader Phil, a school teacher who steals from his students and hates his life (a fact that will miraculously reverse itself by the movie’s end).

Ed Helms co-stars as Stu, a sweet but insecure dentist who lives under the tyrannical reign of his insulting, smothering girlfriend (Helms’ fellow former “Daily Show” correspondent Rachael Harris in a grating one-note role). “The Hangover” does give Helms a chance to show some unexpected dramatic chops and singing skills, though.

And although he’s there to tag along, Zach Galifianakis steals many a moment as Doug’s soon-to-be brother-in-law Alan. As a loner with a sketchy past who clearly yearns to be accepted by the other guys, his performance is a fascinating balance of creepy and endearing; it’s risky but it works.

But Ken Jeong, veteran of several Judd Apatow productions as well as “Role Models,” is stuck here in a role that’s a distasteful (and unfunny) stereotype of both Asians and gays. As a vengeful gangster, he’s part of a third act that ends up being a huge letdown compared to the inspired antics that preceded it. We won’t say where Doug was the whole time — we can’t even say much about Doug himself, because he’s barely there — but the answer is sadly mundane.

Maybe that’s the point, the final gag: that the joke’s on Phil, Stu and Alan and, by association, us. But that makes for one hell of a rude awakening.

“The Hangover,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release, is rated R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity and some drug material. Running time: 99 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

 When it comes to cuteness, Ice Age 3 wins for sure. The scene in which one of the characters give birth to a baby mammoth is surprisingly funny, cute and touching at the same time. However the overall feeling of the movie as a whole is pretty messy. Often the movie focuses more into its humor and not on its plot line. Once again, the character that doesn’t have anything to do with the story, Scrat, becomes the highlight of the movie as he always makes unrelated slapstick jokes.

Pop legend Michael Jackson has died of a heart attack after he was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles.

The entertainment TMZ website reports Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him.

Watch a special programme on Channel Seven at 11am (Eastern Time), followed by a one hour news special at 1pm

Earlier, a fire department official told the Los Angeles Times that Michael Jackson had been rushed to the hospital.

However those concerts — billed as the “final curtain” — had been thrown into doubt after Jackson pushed back the opening dates last month.

Organisers of the concerts had stressed the delay was not linked to Jackson’s health.

Promoters and producers AEG Live said the rescheduling was done because of the “sheer magnitude” of the show and the desire for fans attending the opening nights to get the same experience planned for all 50 shows.

In a press conference from the United States broadcast over the Internet, AEG Live president Randy Phillips was asked about Jackson’s health and said: “I would trade my body for his tomorrow. He’s in fantastic shape.”

While Jackson reigned as the King of Pop in the 1980s, his once-stellar career had been overshadowed by his colourful public behavior, his startling physical transformation and multiple allegations of child abuse.

Jackson lived as a virtual recluse following his 2005 acquittal on charges including child molestation and plotting to kidnap his young accuser.

Despite his acquittal, the trial was a body blow from which the pop music superstar struggled to recover.

Four years later, Jackson is still worshipped by fans for revolutionising music, dance and music videos at the peak of his success.

Steve Ruda told the newspaper on Thursday that Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30pm.

The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the paper.

Legend 太王四神记节目名称 太王四神记
Title The Legend

演员 / 主持人 裴勇俊 , 李智雅 , 文素利
Cast / Host Bae Yong Jun , Lee Ji Ah , Moon So Ri

集数 16
No. of Episodes

剧情

韩剧「太王四神记」叙述的是太王高句丽，与朱雀、玄武、青龙、白虎诸四神，共同开疆辟土的神话故事，间中更牵引出高句丽太王，和帮助他成就丰功伟业的两位红颜知己－琦荷和秀芝妮－之间的一段缠绵悱恻, 赚人热泪的感人爱情。

Synopsis

“The Legend” depicts the story of Damdeok, the 19th King of Goguryeo. Descended from Heaven, Damdeok is to make this world a better place to live in. With the help of four other deities, he slowly develops and builds the State of Goguryeo. Featured also in the story are the romantic relationships between him and two beautiful ladies, Qihe and Xiu Zhini.

It Took me about 2 days to finish Bae Yoon Jun’s comeback Korean drama serial ‘太王四神记 (Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi)’. I was pretty interested to continue watching as the storyline at the start attracted me. The story starts off with a legend 2000 years ago, that there was this Jiusin King who was sent from Heaven to Earth to establish a Jiusin world where there is eternal peace and comfort for all human beings. He brought along with him 3 gods - white tiger, green dragon, black turtle.However, Ka-jin, a member of the savage Tiger Tribe tried to attack the Jiusin world as she was entrusted with the 4th god - phoenix (fire). Eventually, the guardian was take away from her by the Jiusin King and the Jiusin King fell in love with Saeoh, giving her the phoenix. Driven with jealousy, Ka-jin attacked Saeoh and threw her baby off a cliff. Saeoh became overwhelmed with anger and became black phoenix which submerge the earth with fire.The Jiusin King killed his beloved to stop her and ordered for mass rain to stop the fire (thats the reason they gave for having seas and rivers on earth now..). The Jiusin King then took the 4 gods in the form of ‘treasures’ and distributed them to all parts of the world, prophesizing that another Jiusin King will appear 2000 years later to complete what he did not manage to do.I like the storyline at the start of the show… and also the parts where they sought to obtain the 4 treasures and finding the 4 guardians for the treasures. There were quite a few characters that played a substantial part in this drama and they made the drama more enjoyable.

However, I feel that there are certain parts of the show that are too akin to the other Korean drama - ‘zhu meng’. Both shows talk about this destined person trying to fight with the evil people for the throne and hence commit themselves to countless battles. There were quite a lot of battle and blood sputtering scenes.

Great Twist ending… and Im quite happy with it but that it did not turn out the way i like.. I was abit disappointed with the ending though.. didnt really expected that to happen.. hmmm…..really expected something good to happen in the end.

All in all, I think it is a drama serial worth watching. Think the plot is pretty good, and it gets really exciting at times.. 2I truely enjoy the show.

姓名：李智雅 　　　　　英文名：E Ji Ah
生日：1981年2月2日　 　血型：A型
身高：168CM　　　　　　体重：48KG
毕业：美国巴沙狄那艺术中心设计学院
所属公司：BOF(KeyEast) 出道时间：2007年

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Recently we brought you a list of free & legal music downloads, but we understand that not everyone wants to eat up space on their hard drive or MP3 player.  So we’ve compiled a list of 30+ awesome streaming music sites we know you’ll enjoy.

Whether you’re interested in general streaming music, mixtapes, music discovery, or more, the Internet offers a plethora of streaming music services. Tell us which are your favorites.

General Streaming

AH.fm - Streaming techno and dance music, as well as a forum for you to discuss with other fans.

AmazingTunes.com - Search for artists you want to hear or choose from a list of stations. Has a pop out player so you can listen as you browse other sites on the Web.

AOL Radio - Powered by CBS Radio, AOL Radio brings you talk, streaming music and actual radio stations.

Deezer.com - Part social network, all music.  The site allows you to listen to free streaming music, build your own playlists, share them with friends and even embed music on other sites.
DI.fm - Digitally Imported specializes in streaming electronic and dance music from all around the globe.  Also offers premium upgrades for higher bit rates.

Free.Napster.com - Free streaming music from Napster that includes full albums.

Grooveshark.com - Build your own playlist, as you go along, save it, and you can listen to it again in the future.  Also suggests similar songs and more.

iLike.com - Features a mixture of full songs and samples that you can listen to. An extremely popular app on many social networks.

iTunes - While not a Web application, the vast majority of us have it already installed on our systems.  Just click on the “Radio” link and listen to different Internet radio stations from all over the world.

Last.fm - Last.fm follows what you listen to and then makes suggestions of what else you may like, or you can also just dive right in, listening to whatever you feel like.

Live365.com - A mixture of free stations and ones only available to VIP subscribers, it covers just about every genre of music you can think of.

Magnatune.com - A home for independent artists where you can either stream their albums, or buy them by naming your price, starting at $5.00.

MikesRadioWorld.com - A guide to over 5,000 streaming radio stations from the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Europe.

MP3.com - Stream the music, or download it free.  Lets you jump around choosing the tunes you want to hear.

MusicMesh.net - Start with one album, listen to it in its entirety or just one track, and then check out other artists and albums that are of a similar vein.

RadioTime.com - Collects streams from radio stations from all over, putting them in one easy to use directory.

Real Player - Download Real Player and then play free music via their Rhapsody service.

SHOUTcast.com - Using a program such as Winamp, choose the radio station of your choice from around the world, and “Tune In”.

Slacker.com - Listen to their pre-built stations, or start building one of your own.

Streampad.com - Search for music to listen to, or point it directly to a page you want to listen to, including podcasts.

TheSixtyOne.com - Streams music and then allows you to purchase the tracks via Amazon.com’s MP3 store.  Site also has social aspects allowing users to “bump” songs up playlists as well as make leaderboards by building their own playlists.

Yahoo Music - Only works with Internet Explorer (still), but streams music from artists or by station.

Mix Tapes

MeeMix.com - Start exploring your favorite music and similar artists, create your own station and then share it with your friends.

Mixwit.com - Like Muxtape, you can create and listen to “mix tapes” and then share them with friends.

Muxtape.com - Not your typical streaming site as users make up their own “mix tapes” of up to 12 songs, and then share them with anyone.

Spinjay.com - Create playlists and have people vote on them to make you a popular “DJ”, or simply browse through the existing ones and listen.

Music Discovery

Blip.fm -A “Twitter” for music that lets you tell others what you are listening to and embeds the music in your post, making an ever growing playlist by following the main timeline of the site.  Check out the Mashable Conversations interview with Gavin Hayes, lead singer of Dredg, we did a while back about the site.

Finetune.com - As you find music you like, you can add it to a playlist which you can then embed in your site.

Musicovery.com - Name your “mood” and Musicovery starts playing music based on that.  It then follows a progression based on your votes for the song, or you can jump around on the other suggestions on the screen.

Pandora.com - Many people were depressed when Pandora had to shut down its non-U.S. streams, but the site lives on.  Enter the name of a song or artist you like, the site analyzes it, and builds a channel on that style of music.

Soundpedia.com - Similar to Pandora in that you start with artist and then it builds a station based on that style/genre of music.

Music Search

webdivx.com - Search for  music, video ,image,file,wallpaper and more.

Dizzler.com - Search for streaming music, radio stations, video and more.

Jiwa.fm - Search for music you like and Jiwa will search for streams of it.

SeeqPod.com - Even though its legality has been called into question, Seeqpod allows you to search the Internet for publicly available MP3s for you to listen to.

Skreemr.com - Like SeeqPod, Skreemr allows you to search for all of those allusive tracks you’d rather just listen to then admit you have them on your iPod.

Remember Muxtape, that painfully simple yet really effective way of creating online mixtapes, err…muxtapes? I thought it would only appeal for us melancholy types who still can’t get over the wonderful era of cassette tapes, but it caught on; there are many thousands of muxtapes available right now, and a couple of interesting applications grew from the concept.

One of these is Muxtape Stumbler, which allows you to find muxtapes according to artist or track. The former, unlike the latter, will yield results which don’t necessary contain the artist you’ve searched for. It doesn’t seem like much, but try it out: I swear it’s the best way to discover new music right now.

Besides the search function, Muxtape Stumber also maintains a list of top artists, top tracks and top artist searches featured on the service. It’s fun; the only problem, unfortunately, is that RIAA will probably eventually find out about it.

For alternative ways to search Muxtape see MuxFind, a straightforward but also effective search engine.

MeeMix, internet radio site somewhat similar to Pandora, lets you quickly find new music you like. It goes one step further than Pandora, though, and lets you create custom stations which can be shared with other users within the MeeMix network. Also, unlike Pandora, it currently works outside of the US, which might turn out to be a killer feature as many Pandora fans have been left high and dry because of licensing issues.

MeeMix will also start giving artists a chance to customize their personal MeeMix page. They will be able upload their music to the site themselves, create their own profile as well as widgets (which will work on social networking sites such as MySpace) with various stats on their music. In turn, they get notified of new fans and comments, as well as new stations based on their music; they also get statistics about their fanbase.

Obviously, these features are aimed at upcoming artists that’ll probably welcome the possibility to customize their own profile pages and get stats about their listeners.

Here’s how all this sounds in marketingese, courtesy of CEO Gilad Shlang: “We offer a unique opportunity for musicians to connect more broadly with their fan base. Since discovery is a great part of the MeeMix experience, we want artists to reach brand new audiences based on their musical style and sound. Let the music come to potential fans rather than having fans search for music.”

*Update: the artist registration just went live and can be accessed here.

Disney, the media and theme park giant responsible for franchising all manner of things real and animated, announced today an expansion of its media offerings on its Xtreme Digital (XD) online network. In conjunction with its 2008 summer movie broadcast schedule for its ABC television network, Disney has introduced a staged rollout of full-length movie streams to Web viewers following their original showing on the Wonderful World of Disney on Saturday nights.

The company is currently displaying “Finding Nemo,” with “Monsters Inc.,” “Haunted Mansion,” “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen,” “Princess Diaries 2,” “Freaky Friday,” and “Peter Pan” to follow on successive weeks. While ABC networks are said to only show movies on Saturday nights, visitors to the XD website will be given the opportunity to view the abovementioned weekly picks on demand the full week after they’re aired, Monday through Friday.

Disney XD, part of the Disney Online division, has, since its debut last May, been conditioned rather well to provide a sizable amount of entertainment for its users. It hosts everything from video clips to games to kid-friendly networking. And this week’s debut of free film streams will likely only add to its allure for the increasingly Web-connected Disney fan club.(The company is also well invested in Club Penguin, a child-oriented virtual networking environment which it purchased in 2007 to the tune of $700 million.)

With young children up to teen age spending more and more time online, building digital characters, playing virtual house, and spending a good amount of parental dollars, there’s definite reason to build greater value into its website. And with movies making up a substantial segment of Disney’s annual revenue stream, it seems only sensible that the company introduce its catalogue to Web viewers, particularly in an environment which packs so many additional functions and services as XD. Movies are just one more piece of the puzzle to get and maintain hold of visitors’ attention.

Of course, Disney isn’t making available with one-click access all of its DVD lineup. It’s only presenting a single movie per week, which is replaced by another as each Monday of the season-specific Wonderful World of Disney event rolls around. But the company’s attempt to fix its release of content to the Web to a schedule may allow XD to maintain a sort of consistency throughout the summer that it can keep long past the departure of WWD broadcasts.

Tom Cruise has launched a Web site devoted to himself: http://www.TomCruise.com.

Many stars have their own sites for fans, but Cruise’s belated entry to the Internet is of particular interest.

Few stars have seen themselves pilloried more on the Web than Cruise, who has watched numerous embarrassing moments ricochet around the Internet at warp speed. Who can forget watching the clips of Cruise appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” way back in June 2005, in the early days of Web 2.0?

The event _ the beginning of Cruise’s publicity crisis _ is alluded to on the new site, which links to his recent interview with Winfrey. Sitting at his Telluride, Colo., home, the talk show host refers to it as “the sofa incident.”

More than that, though, videos of Cruise speaking passionately about Scientology became viral hits earlier this year, prompting many parodies, including one by actor Jerry O’Connell.

So it makes sense that Cruise might want to protect his brand a little bit by using the great powers of the Internet. The site is in many ways standard for a celebrity. Among the features are a “message from Tom,” a glowing biography and handsome photographs.

The actor explains: “I created this site as a thank you, to you, for sharing the journey with me and to invite you to continue to explore what the future will bring.”

The occasion for his reflection is the 25th anniversary of “Risky Business,” his first starring role and the one that immediately made him a star. Posted for streaming is a video edited by the Museum of the Moving Image looking back on Cruise’s career.

“My hope with this site is to bring you in and share with you the fun I experience every day during the filmmaking process, from working with the script, to the making of the film through to what we finally see when we settle in our seats and the lights go down,” writes Cruise.

If Cruise really does this _ if he uses his Web site like a filmmaking journal _ it could be a delightful and illuminating perspective on what it’s like for a true megastar to make a movie. More likely, though, is infrequent postings and a less intimate perspective.

After all, even Cruise himself says he’s now more guarded after so much criticism over his religion and personal beliefs.

“When I’m dealing with my humanitarian issues, I’ll talk about my humanitarian issues,” Cruise told Winfrey. “And when I’m promoting a film, I’m just going to promote the film. And that’s just the way it’s going to be.”

His next starring role is as a World War II German officer in “Valkyrie.” Its release was recently pushed back four months until Feb. 13, 2009, which many read as a bad sign for the film. The buzz has been much better for a cameo he makes in the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy “Tropic Thunder.”

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