Friday 30 July 2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

In 740 AD, one of Merlin's (James A. Stephens) apprentices, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), joins forces with the evil sorceress Morgana le Fay (Alice Krige), betraying Merlin. Morgana mortally wounds Merlin before his other apprentices, Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) and Veronica (Monica Bellucci), can stop her. While Balthazar battles Horvath, Morgana prepares to kill Balthazar, but is stopped by Veronica, who absorbs Morgana’s soul into her own body. As Morgana tries to kill Veronica from within, Balthazar stops her by imprisoning Morgana and Veronica in the Grimhold, a prison similar to a nesting doll.

Before dying, Merlin gives his remaining apprentice a dragon ring that will choose the Prime Merlinian, who will become Merlin's successor. Only the Prime Merlinian will be able to defeat Morgana. Throughout history Balthazar imprisons Morganians, sorcerers who try to release Morgana, including Horvath, into successive layers on the Grimhold while he searches for the successor.

In 2000 AD in Manhattan, 10-year-old Dave Stutler (Jake Cherry) encounters Balthazar in an antique store, who is as youthful as when Merlin gave him the ring. Hoping he is the successor, Balthazar gives him the dragon ring, which comes alive and locks onto Dave's finger. Dave accidently opens the Grimhold, releasing Horvath. While battling for possession of the Grimhold, Balthazar and Horvath are imprisoned in a vase with a ten-year lock. Dave is humiliated when he is discovered by his teacher and classmates with his pants wet due to a vase that broke in his lap. There is no trace of the battle, so everyone believes Dave made it up.

Ten years later to the day, Dave (Jay Baruchel) is a physics student at New York University and has made the acquaintance of a childhood friend, Becky (Teresa Palmer). The mystical urn opens, and Horvath escapes first; he throws the urn out the window of an apartment building, but Balthazar escapes the urn just before it hits the ground and shatters. Horvath finds Dave, who is the last person he remembers possessing the Grimhold. Dave threw the Grimhold away after the battle, so he has no idea where it is. When Dave cannot tell him, Horvath unleashes a pack of wolves. Balthazar rescues Dave, and they escape atop a steel eagle.

Dave initially refuses to help Balthazar, wanting only a normal life, but agrees to help as long as Balthazar will leave Dave alone once the Grimhold is found. They track the Grimhold to Chinatown, where Horvath has released the next Morganian, a wizard named Sun Lok (Gregory Woo). Dave defeats Sun Lok, and Balthazar retrieves the Grimhold. Dave finds that he wants to learn to use magic after all, and agrees to become Balthazar's apprentice. He becomes romantically involved with Becky against Balthazar's wishes.

Horvath enlists Drake Stone (Toby Kebbell), a young Morganian-turned-celebrity magician to help him retrieve the Grimhold and defeat Balthazar and Dave, whom Horvath realizes is the Prime Merlinian. They attempt to kill Dave, but Balthazar saves him. Cued by Horvath, Dave demands to know the truth about Balthazar’s quest. Balthazar reveals that Morgana is trapped in the Grimhold, as well as Veronica; if Morgana escapes she will attempt "The Rising", a forbidden spell that will raise long-dead Morganian sorcerers from the dead, and use them to enslave mankind. Dave, as the Prime Merlinian, and heir (albeit distant) to Merlin and his powers, is the only one who can defeat Morgana.

Horvath and Drake steal the Grimhold; once that is done, Horvath uses a spell to steal Drake's energy, killing him, and takes his ring. He releases the witch, Abigail Williams (Nicole Ehinger), from the last layer around the Grimhold and uses her to kidnap Becky. Once Abigail completes that, Horvath steals Abigail's energy and her pendant as well. Horvath threatens to kill Becky, forcing Dave to surrender the Grimhold and his ring. Balthazar goes to defeat Horvath and Morgana, knowing that without the ring Dave will be killed.

Horvath releases Morgana, who still possesses Veronica's body, from the Grimhold. Morgana begins the spell. Horvath animates the Charging Bull sculpture at the north end of Bowling Green park, which attacks Balthazar.

With Becky's help, Dave reaches them in time to defeat Horvath and stop Morgana from completing the Rising. Balthazar takes Morgana's soul from Veronica's body into his own. Morgana’s spirit escapes Balthazar's body, and begins to shoot energy bolts at Veronica, which causes Balthazar to take the damage, killing him. Her ethereal projection is about to incinerate them until Dave stops her, using magic without the ring, proving he is the Prime Merlinian. He battles Morgana, and using the same experiment that he had shown to Becky earlier, he defeats her. Dave then saves Balthazar by jump-starting his heart. Balthazar reunites with Veronica, gifting her with a necklace he bought for her before she sacrificed herself. Dave and Becky fly to France on Balthazar's eagle.

Saturday 24 July 2010

State of the Union


MY LITTLE PHONY - First Sneak Peek

MY LITTLE PHONY hits shelves on August 3, and we’re counting down the days! It’s a given that you’re dying to get your perfectly manicured hands on a copy, so we’re releasing an exclusive sneak-peak! In fact, we’ll be posting new snippet one at a time until the book arrives. So, keep checking back to get your full PHONY fix.

Click here for a first look at MY LITTLE PHONY – and let us know what you think!

Friday 16 July 2010

Confessions of A Shopaholic


Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher), a shopping addict who lives with her best friend Suze (Krysten Ritter), has moved to Manhattan  to get involved in the New York City magazine world. Currently, she is employed as a journalist for a gardening magazine but her dream is to join the fashion magazine Alette. One day, she secures an interview with the magazine. On the way to the interview, she sees a green scarf and decides to buy it. Her credit card is declined and sale items can't be held, so Rebecca races to the nearest hot dog stand, offering to buy all the hot dogs if the seller gives her back change in cash. Rebecca lies, saying it's a gift for her sick aunt. Finally a man offers her $20. When Rebecca gets to the interview she's told that someone has got the position, but by joining another magazine owned by the company, she might make it all the way to Alette. The receptionist tells her there is a position in the magazine "Successful Savings".

When she interviews with Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy), the editor of Successful Savings, she realizes he is the man from who loaned her $20. While he talks on the phone, she hides her scarf in a cubicle outside his office. The interview doesn't go well and when he asks her a question related to the job, she doesn't have a clue what he is talking about and tries to distract him without any success. Luke's assistant comes into the room and tells Rebecca that she dropped her scarf. Rebecca knows her game is up and so leaves the interview.

Frustrated by her lack of success, she and Suze write drunken letters to Alette and Successful Saving, but she sends each to the wrong magazine. Nevertheless, Luke Brandon hires her. Then, rather than completing a work assignment, she goes to a clothing sale where she ends up by buying a lot of costly stuff. While examining some expensive cashmere gloves, she realizes that the gloves are only 5% cashmere and 95% acrylic, and it gives her inspiration for her column, calling herself "the Girl in the Green Scarf." The column is an instant success worldwide and even impresses the owner of the magazine company. Meanwhile, Rebecca tells everyone in the office that her credit collector, Derek Smeath, is actually her stalker when he attempts to reach her throughout the film. Luke invites her to a conference in Miami and an important ball. In the conference in Miami, she impresses a couple of CEOs of major companies who promises to give advertisement contracts to Successful Savings. At a restaurant Alicia (Leslie Bibb), asks Luke to the ball, leaving Rebecca feeling dejected.

Rebecca returns home to confrontations with Derek Smeath, a bill collector, so her roommate Suze makes her join Shopaholics Anonymous. The class leader, Miss Korch (Wendie Malick), forces her to donate all the clothes she just bought, including her maid of honor dress for Suze's wedding and a dress she purchased for a TV show interview for her now famous columns as "The Girl in the Green Scarf". She offers to buy back both dresses from the charity store she was forced to donate to, but can only afford one, and chooses the TV interview dress. During her live TV interview, Rebecca is publicly outed and accused of not paying her debts by Smeath, and consequently loses her job. Suze is also angry when she finds out that Rebecca sold her bridesmaid dress, and so doesn't let her back into the apartment.

Rebecca is then back at her parents house when Alette herself appears to offer her a position at the fashion magazine as a new columnist, writing about bargain sales. While this had been Rebecca's initial plan, she says that she'd be making another mistake by influencing women to keep shopping for high-end clothes. She rejects the offer, and then decides to make things for her right by selling most of her wardrobe in an auction-style format to pay off her debts. Meanwhile, Luke was offered a new magazine by the owner of Dantay-West, but he rejects the offer to open his new company Brandon Communication which he opens by taking a bank loan.

Rebecca sells all her clothes in the sale, but hesitates over the green scarf during the auction. A blond woman and a telephone bidder begin a bidding war over the scarf. The auction is a success, making it possible for her to repay all of her debts. Rebecca then gives her payment to her credit collector Derek Smeath, paying it all in pennies by leaving hundreds of jars in his office. Rebecca then attends Suze's wedding, after reclaiming her bridesmaid dress from the homeless woman who had subsequently gotten it from the charity store. Suze forgives her and lets her be the maid of honor again. Rebecca and Luke meet again, and Luke returns the green scarf after revealing that he was the person behind both bidders at the auction. Rebecca ends up working for Luke's new magazine, writing her first column titled "Confessions of a Shopaholic.", and ends up in a relationship with him.

Sunday 11 July 2010

Falling Out of Fashion

Jill White sejak dulu memimpikan mendirikan majalah untuk wanita yang isinya bukan melulu tentang menurunkan berat badan dan model-model ceking anoreksia. Ini majalah untuk wanita yang cerdas dan nyata. Suatu ketika, Jill pun hadir---dan langsung meraup perhatian di dunia penerbitan. Ketika raksasa kelompok penerbitan Nestrom Media membeli majalah tersebut, para petingginya tak habis-habisnya memanjakan Jill dan Jill.

Tetapi, masa bulan madu itu tak berlangsung lama. Bos-bos baru mulai rewel soal pendapatan iklan dan memperhalus bahasa konten, termasuk menghilangkan kata "P" di sampul depan. Ellen Cutter dan Liz Alexander sepertinya bersekongkol dan bersekutu melawan Jill. "Bayi" Jill yang tadinya bertema perempuan-perempuan seru dan fun, mulai mengalami degradasi menjadi seperti majalah mode biasa.

Tentu saja Jill tidak rela. Tapi apa mau dikata?

Saturday 10 July 2010

"Our Time is Here"

We're done but it's not over
We'll start it again
After the end of the day,
it keeps getting better
Don't be afraid
we'll do it together

Come on, Come on, You know

It's your time to move
It's my time to move
Come on, Come on, Let go
Leave it all behind
Your past and mine

Gone are the days of summer

We couldn't change it if we tried
Why would we want to
Let's go where we got to
Our paths will cross again in time
It's never the same tomorrow
And tomorrow is never clear
So come on, Come on, You know
Our time, Our time is here


We know but we're not certain

How can we be
How can we see what's ahead
The road keeps on turning
And all we can do is travel each day to the next

Come on, Come on, You know

It's your time to move
It's my time to move
Come on, Come on, Let go
Leave it all behind
Your past and mine

Gone are the days of summer

We couldn't change it if we tried
Why would we want to
Let's go where we got to
Our paths will cross again in time
It's never the same tomorrow
And tomorrow is never clear
So come on, Come on, You know
Our time, Our time is here


— Demi Lovato, Meaghan Jette Martin, Alyson Stoner, Anna Maria Perez de TaglĂ©, Jasmine Richards and Aaryn Doyle
Camp Rock Soundtrack; Download here.

Thursday 8 July 2010

Eclipse

Riley Biers is attacked by Victoria, while she's out creating an army of newborns set to destroy Bella Swan. Back in Forks, Edward Cullen and Bella discuss the complications of becoming an immortal vampire. At 18 years old, one year older than the age Edward was when he became a vampire, Bella expresses her aversion to the idea of marrying so young, though Edward refuses to turn her until they're married and she's had various human experiences she would otherwise miss. While Charlie Swan is investigating the disappearance of Riley Biers, Edward suspects his disappearance to be the cause of newborn vampires. Furthering his suspicions is the intrusion of Riley into Bella's room.

Although Edward fears for her safety, Bella insists that Jacob and the rest of the werewolf pack would never harm her, but Edward is still not convinced. Bella goes to La Push to see Jacob, and returns to her home unharmed. During one of her visits, Jacob confesses that he is in love with Bella, and kisses her. Furious, she punches him and sprains her hands, and Edward later threatens to break Jacob's jaw. Bella even revokes the invitations of Jacob and his pack members to her graduation party, but when Jacob apologizes for his behavior, she eventually forgives him.

Meanwhile, Alice has a vision of the newborn army, attacking Forks and led by Riley Biers. Jacob, accompanied by Quil and Embry overhear this, which leads to an alliance between the Cullens and Wolf pack. Later, the Cullens and the wolves agree a meeting place and time to train and discuss strategy. During the training Jasper explains to Bella that he was created by a vampire called Maria to control a newborn army. He hated his original existence and upon meeting Alice, joined the Cullens with her. Bella sees the true bond between a mated vampire pair and begins to understand Jasper better. Despite her reluctance to marry, Bella realizes that spending eternity with Edward is more important to her than anything else and accepts his proposal. Edward and Bella camp up in the mountains to hide Bella from the bloodthirsty newborns. During the night, Bella overhears a conversation between Edward and Jacob, in which they temporarily put aside their hatred towards each other. In the morning, Jacob overhears Edward and Bella discussing their engagement and becomes very upset. Before he can run off to get himself killed in the fight with the newborns, Bella desperately asks him to kiss her, and she realizes that she has fallen in love with him. Edward finds out about the kiss but isn't angry, as Bella says she loves him more than Jacob.

Victoria eventually finds Bella's hiding spot, and Edward kills her while Seth kills her partner Riley. The Cullens and the Quileute wolves, meanwhile, destroy her "army", though Jacob is injured saving Leah Clearwater from a newborn. Several members of the Volturi arrive to deal with the newborn army. They also see that the Cullens are guarding the newborn, Bree Tanner, who had refused to fight and surrendered to Carlisle. Jane tortures Bree to get information, then instructs Felix to kill her, despite the Cullens' efforts spare her. When Jane notes that Caius will find it interesting that Bella is still human, Bella informs her that the date for her transformation has been set. Bella visits Jacob in his home to tell him that even though she loves him, she has chosen to be with Edward. Heartbroken by her choice, Jacob reluctantly agrees to stop trying to come between her and Edward.

Bella and Edward go to their meadow, where she tells him she has decided to do things his way: get married, make love, then be transformed into a vampire. She also explains that she never has been normal and never will be; she's felt out of place her entire life, but when she is in Edward´s world she feels stronger, though she's afraid of being killed. They then decide they need to tell Charlie about their engagement. The film ends with Bella asking for her engagement ring. As Edward puts the ring on, they abruptly hug as we fade away.


State of the Union

Your Summer Uniform

Remember how ah-nnoying it was when Principal Burns tried to create a school dress code in BEST FRIENDS FOR NEVER? What he aw-nestly didn’t realize is that Massie enforces a code all her own. And, this summer, for the Pretty Committee, bright-colored bathing suits and ah-dorable sundresses are pretty much the standard.

When it comes to footwear, the Pretty Committee is ga-ga for gladiator sandals. What are you and your clique wearing on your feet this summer?

Via The Clique.

Fadhil's Blah-g! said:
Me and my clique just wearing something that match with our style today. Like t-shirt, crocs, sneakers, overalls, poncho shirt, with handbag or back pack to go to the mall or times square. And sometimes we or me wearing leg warmer [I know if I wore leg warmer in summer is  something ridiculous], but we not live in a country which have 4 seasons, we live in Indonesia which have 2 seasons only. It that means we not feel the REAL SUMMER. Right???

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's Olsenboye Line

Get schooled in style by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen with their latest line, Olsenboye.

If you're feeling overwhelmed just thinking about juggling your back-to-school agenda, take a lesson from multitaskers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The tireless twins recently added a new line to a budding empire that already includes cult faves The Row and Elizabeth and James. But for Olsenboye--an affordable-cool collection of chiced-up staples and jeans--the designers got a little extra help via a collaboration with JCPenney. "They've been so supportive of our vision," says Mary-Kate, right down to Web videos the duo dreamed up "to bring the clothes to life." The job has its perks, though, thanks to the sisters' far-flung sources of inspiration. "Each season we pick a new city, then travel there for research. For fall, it's London," Ashley says. "We're really influenced by street fashion." So while girls around the globe have long studied the sibling style icons for cues, Mary-Kate and Ashley are now turning the focus around. "Olsenboye isn't about trends so much as how girls mix and match," Mary-Kate says. The duo put their famous layering skills to work at our shoot, creating a look for the first day of class from fall picks like a studded army jacket, heeled clogs, and slouchy gray jeans inspired by vintage-denim shopping trips. "With jeans, it's hard to find that perfect fit," Mary-Kate says. "We modeled ours after great pairs we've hunted down, to make them more available." One less thing for you to have to worry about. Check out some looks from Olsenboye >>

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Tuesday 6 July 2010

Knight and Day


Knight and Day follows the adventures of Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) - whose real surname is Knight - and June Havens (Cameron Diaz). After literally bumping into Miller twice at the airport on the way home from Wichita to pick up car parts, Havens is told she has been bumped to a later flight. Meanwhile, Agent Fitzgerald (Peter Saarsgard), believing Havens is working with Miller, puts her back on the plane. Completely taken with Miller, Havens goes to the restroom; and the remaining passengers all attack Miller. Miller kills them all and props the bodies up in their seats. Havens emerges from the restroom, where she has been freshening up in the hopes of a sexual encounter with Miller. Having heard nothing, she is totally unaware of the attack on him. After a forward moment where Havens kisses Miller, he calmly informs her that everyone on the plane is dead, including the pilots. Believing it a joke, Havens plays along until Miller enters the cockpit and the bodies of the passengers begin to shift around the plane. Crashing into a corn field, Miller delivers Havens home after drugging her and explaining that other agents will visit and that, if they constantly repeat that she is being taken somewhere "safe and secure", they are planning to kill or imprison her.

Waking up at home, Havens struggles through a day fitting a bridesmaids dress for her sister April's (Maggie Grace) wedding, and is shocked to learn her sister would like to sell their father's car, which Havens had planned on finishing as a wedding present. Havens is then picked up by a group of intelligence agents. Miller arrives and, through a long gunfight on the highway, kills several agents and reclaims Havens.

Havens flees at the first opportunity and contacts Rodney (Marc Blucas), a firefighter and former boyfriend. Believing Havens is merely stressed and is playing out a fantasy, Rodney tries to comfort her until Miller arrives and kidnaps Havens, handcuffing her and shooting Rodney in a specific non-vital area ,telling him this will all make him a hero and virtually guarantee his promotion to lieutenant.

Miller explains that Havens is safer with him; and Havens agrees to follow him as they go to pick up Simon Feck (Paul Dano), a genius inventor who created a perpetual energy battery called the Zephyr. Miller arrives at his safe house where he left Feck, only to find him gone, and the two are ambushed by men belonging to Antonio (Jordi MollĂ ), a Spanish arms dealer. After Miller again drugs Havens, she drifts in and out of consciousness between their capture and escape from Antonio's men, and Miller brings her to an island that is off the grid, which Miller uses as a safehouse. Accepting a call from her sister after leaving in frustration, Havens accidentally leads Antonio's group straight to the hideaway. They try to kill Miller and Havens with a remote drone.

Again knocking out Havens, Miller transports them to a train heading through the Alps, which Feck left as a message in code for Miller. Havens, missing a message from Miller, leaves to get dinner and encounters Danny (Rich Manley), a German assassin. Using tricks learned from Miller, Havens manages to survive, and Danny is eventually knocked out of a window by Miller and hit and killed by a train coming from the opposite direction.

Miller, after leaving Havens and Feck in a hotel in Salzburg, heads to a meeting with a mysterious beautiful woman with whom he is apparently willing to make a deal, and is followed by Havens, who is heartbroken to learn that Miller is apparently planning on selling the Zephyr to Antonio. After being picked up by the CIA and meeting the director of counter-intel, she uses a pen transmitter to notify them when Miller returns with the Zephyr, which is showing signs of overheating. After leading the CIA agents on a chase, Miller is apparently shot and falls into a canal.

Returning home, Havens heads to an address she remembered from Miller's iPhone, where she finds his parents and learns that his real name is Matthew Knight. They believe their son, a former Army sergeant and Eagle Scout, is dead; but they are fabulously wealthy from winning lotteries and sweepstakes they don't remember entering. Leaving a message that she has the Zephyr, she is captured by Antonio's men and taken back to Spain. She is drugged with truth serum before being rescued by Miller, who was tracking Fitzgerald, who was delivering Feck to Antonio.

Chasing Fitzgerald, Miller saves Feck from a bullet wound after handing over the Zephyr in a small satchel. Feck comments that the battery is unstable. The battery explodes, killing Fitzgerald; and Miller collapses from a gunshot wound. After waking in the hospital, Miller receives an apology from the director (Viola Davis), who tells him that Havens has returned home and claims that Miller can't be distracted. Miller is later given medication by a nurse, who turns out to be Havens. After Havens breaks Miller out of the hospital, he awakes as she drives away in the rebuilt GTO that belonged to Havens's father. After Miller asking what day it is, Havens kisses him and says it's someday. This is a reference from the start of the movie that they both have things they want to do someday, and Havens begins to drive towards Cape Horn. The last scene shows that Roy's mom was telling her husband that he bought two tickets to Cape Horn even though he did not. She did not know that he did not buy the tickets.This scene inferred that Roy was going to meet his parents in Cape Horn.

State of the Union

In                                                        Out
Knight and Day           Eclipse Movie

You know something? Hohoho, of  course you don't know  about anything!!! 'Cause, even I've not told you about anything happened today. You know? Knight and Day I put in "IN" cause this movie is best movie ever  (exaggerate me)! Action, romance, comedy, all in this movie! And you must be watch this movie! CAMERON DIAZ and TOM CRUISE! Best mix.

And you know what I'm put Eclipse in "OUT"? Not because this movie is bad, but...
Very long queues just to watch this movie! Hohohoho, what that means that movie is good. Right?

Monday 5 July 2010

Round & Round by Selena Gomez & the Scene

"Round & Round" is a song by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The song was written by Gomez with Cash Money's Kevin Rudolf, who also produced the song, and Fefe Dobson The song is an electronica-based dance-pop  song with rock and disco beats. It was released as the lead single from their yet-to-be-titled second album on June 22, 2010.

Download here.

Saturday 3 July 2010

State of the Union

In                                           Out
 STAYING IN          GOING OUT

As Bandung temperatures continue to dip, I love to grab a cup of hot cocoa and cuddle up with my clique. While fancy restaurants and exclusive clubs are pur-fect for special occasions, with ice cream sundaes and Truth or Dare, you can have an absolutely ah-mazing time on your couch (and you’ll get to show off your cuh-yute new PJs!). What are your favorite sleepover activities?

You know what I means?

This year, I move to other sch-ew-l (you know? my dreams come true). Yeah, this year when I'm in 11th grade, I move other sch-ew-l which more have overplus than my sch-ew-l present. Staying in my new sch-ew-l, and going out my old sch-ew-l.

Britney Spears For Candies

If you mentioned a Britney Spears clothing line to us this time last year, we would have pictured hillbilly outfits and umbrella accessorized wife-beaters, but Spears’s new Candie’s line won't make anyone look like extras in her Circus tour. The collection, launching July 1, boasts everything from jackets, jeans, accessories and shoes and is available exclusively at Kohl's.

The singer, who was the face of Candie’s for three years before trying her hand at designing, says she mixed studs and lace because she wanted to make the collection "cool and edgy yet girly."

She recently told instyle, "I met with the Candie’s designers and told them what my favorite styles are. Then, we sketched the items together. I loved it when I saw the samples for the first time."

Spears also offered her own advice when it comes to pairing her pieces together. "I love the black trench coat. You can wear it over your outfit or as a dress. There’s also an amazing studded skirt that’s perfect for going out."

Don't wait until back-to-school shopping for this collection, though. Spears told the mag, "The collection will be exclusively available in Kohl’s starting July 1st. There will be a few more pieces coming in September and October, and that’s it."

Friday 2 July 2010

Starstruck

The film opens with a clip of popstar Christopher Wilde (Sterling Knight)'s performance ("Starstruck"), then we follow Jessica Olson (Danielle Campbell), a down-to-earth girl from Michigan, as she visits her grandmother in Hollywood, California, with her sister Sara (Maggie Castle) and her parents. Obsessed with Christopher Wilde, popstar and celebrity sensation, Sara takes Jessica to "Club under 21" in the hopes of meeting Christopher, forcing Jessica to wait in the car and leaving her for several hours by herself ("Shades"). Finally fed up, Jessica leaves the car and goes to search for Sara in the club, and runs into Christopher (he knocked her over while opening a door) as he tries to leave without being spotted by the paparazzi, as he must remain out of the tabloids in order to prove that he is mature and serious enough about a new movie role.

Christopher is then forced to bring Jessica to the hospital as she is feeling sick after being hit. After finding out that she is fine, he brings her to his house in order to make an appearance for the director ("Hero"). As he brings her home, he realizes that the paparazzi have followed him and hides in Jessica's garage for the night.

The next day, Jessica and Sara head to Malibu beach, where Jessica finds Christopher hiding out, still in the disguise he had put together the previous night.Jessica and Christopher head out towards L.A., where they spend a fun-filled, perfectly "normal" day together ("Something About The Sunshine").

However, this comes to an end when they are tailed by a paparazzi van and are forced to shake it off by going off the main road and eventually into a pile of mud, where Jessica's grandmother's car sinks to the bottom of the mud pool. In a bout of frustration, Jessica calls Christopher's life "not real" and "fake", and by extension calls him fake too. After they both cool off (both figuratively and literally), Christopher confides that just hanging out with Jessica was nice, because she wasn't actually asking for anything from him, and they bond again.

Here, we see Jessica begin to fall for Christopher.They finally get back to the beach, and have a romantic walk. Then, Christopher informs Jessica that "no one can know what happened today", and that this was the end of whatever they had together ("Hero (Reprise)") Jessica leaves, heartbroken, and Christopher is thrown into a rough situation as he is immediately surrounded by fans and paparazzi alike, one of which discovers the connection between Jessica and Christopher, and starts following Jessica around as well.

Later, when Jessica returns to Michigan, she hears Christopher tell a talk-show host that he never met her and denied knowing her. Christopher expresses his feelings for Jessica while playing his song ("Got To Believe"). Angry and fed up with the way the paparazzi have forced Christopher to lie and hide himself from the real world, she confronts the paparazzi camped outside her house, and tells them that she "never met [the Christopher that they were all so obsessed with]."

After his actress-girlfriend Alexis Bender (Chelsea Staub) dumps him, he realizes that he is free to pursue Jessica. His best friend Stubby convinces him that he has to start making his own choices for once. Christopher then proceeds to fire his parents as his managers and turn down the movie role that made him lie and lose himself in the tabloids. Later, when Sara's equally Christopher-obsessed friend A.J. viciously insults Jessica for what she said on TV and Jessica overhears, Sara sends A.J. home in a rage. Then, in a surprisingly kind and somewhat uncharacteristic move, Sara comforts Jessica and offers to take Jessica to the school dance with her. Jessica accepts, and Sara helps her get ready for the dance.

Later at the dance, Christopher makes an appearance and apologizes to Jessica through song. When the paparazzi appear at the dance and film Christopher's apology after the song ends ("What You Mean To Me"), he takes the microphone and tells the paparazzi that he was the one that lied and says he is "crazy" about Jessica and that he will never do that again. She smiles and accepts his apology, as well as an invitation to go on a "real" date (with no pretenses or disguises) with him. Amazingly, the paparazzi immediately leave on Christopher's orders afterwards. The movie ends with them dancing together while Stubby (Brandon Mychal Smith) sings ("Party Up") while the credits roll.

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Friendship Rules

Do Not Be Egoistic and Selfish
Hindari sifat egois atau menang sendiri di dalam kelompok. Pikiran bahwa kepentingan sendiri harus di dahulukan, harus dibuang jauh-jauh. Ingatlah, bagaimana pun kepentingan kelompok adalah yang utama.


"Fashions. Who's better?"
Tolerant
Cobalah untuk lebih toleran terhadap teman-teman satu kelompok. Salah satu caranya, dengan memahami sifat dan pandangan maupun prinsip mereka.

"Do not be repeated anymore, girl."

Want Forgiveness

Kalau ada teman satu kelompok yang berbuat kesalahan, semua anggota kelompok harus mau memaafkannya. Menyimpan dendam, apalagi membalas perbuatannya, hanya akan memperkeruh suasana yang dapat membuat kelompok kita retak.

"Thank You for paying my lunch."

Opened With Each Others

Ciptakanlah keterbukaan di dalam kelompok. Hindari main rahasia-rahasiaan antar anggota kelompok. Misalnya, kalau terjadi pertengkaran anggota kelompok, selesaikanlah secara terbuka dan bahaslah secara bersama-sama dengan tenang, tanpa emosi. Kalau pertengkaran itu disembunyikan, masalah tidak akan selesai. Malah sebaliknya, dapat membuat kelompok kita pecah dan terancam bubar.

"Relax, girl. Your secret's safe with me."

Do Not Be Envious

Jangan pernah kita merasa iri dengan teman satu kelompok, kecuali dalam hal prestasi. Rasa iri akan menyebabkan persaingan di dalam kelompok. Kalu kelompok disibukkan dengan hal-hal sepele, misalnya soal gaya dan penampila, terus kapan kelompok kita bisa kompak? Bukankah untuk kompak, kita harus mendukung sesama anggota?

"Ewww... Your fashion is sooo... yesterday."

Make Our Rules

Segala sesuatu perlu aturan. Buatlah aturan kelompok yang jelas dan di sepakati bersama seluruh anggota. Misalnya, anggota yang ingkar, dia harus minta maaf lalu menepati janjinya. Bila di terus ingkar, beri peringatan sekali, dua kali, sampai tiga kali. Jika masih ingkar juga, terpaksa di 'skors', tidak boleh mengikuti kegiatan kelompok selama sebulan, misalnya. Dengan demikian, setiap anggota jadi disiplin, nertanggung jawab, dan mamiliki kewajiban yang tinggi dalam memelihara kekompakan kelompok.

"Are you break our rules?"

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The Friendship must be like this:

Caring, loyal, and open with each others.

Thursday 1 July 2010

Wild Child


The film starts with Poppy Moore (Emma Roberts), an affluent Californian teenager, with her friends ruining all her father's girlfriend's belongings in a wild prank. When her father angrily arrives, he tells her that he is sending her to boarding school in England. Arriving at the school, called Abbey Mount, Poppy meets the headmistress Mrs. Kingsley (Natasha Richardson), head girl Harriet Bentley (Georgia King), and her 'buddy' Kate (Kimberley Nixon). She is miserable in her new life, as she does not fit in and has no friends.

After getting dirty water on her by Harriet's "maid", Poppy and Kate become semi-friends. Discovering that the girls' dinosaur phones were decoys, Kate lets Poppy use hers to call Ruby. When Ruby sees the message she is disgusted and goes to sleep with Poppy's boyfriend Roddy. After Poppy reveals that her mother died several years ago, her roommates decide to help her get expelled. Together, they carry out several pranks, which gradually brings them closer together. When none of their plans works they decide to seduce the headmistress's son Freddie, who is strictly forbidden to fraternize with any of the girls. After dancing with Freddie at the school dance, Poppy trips and hits her head, which leads Freddie to take the concussed girl outside for air, where he asks her out on a date.

The next day, Poppy discovers her talent for lacrosse and whips the school's team into shape, getting them into the finals. On the date Poppy finds herself falling for Freddie. They kiss before Poppy returns to school, where she finds her roommates reading an email supposedly sent by Poppy stating that she thought all of her new friends were losers. She then finds that Freddie has been given a similar email and is thereafter ignored by her friends. Poppy, with no one else to turn to, sneaks down to the cook's room and rings Ruby, who accidentally reveals how much she dislikes Poppy. Feeling even more alone, Poppy starts playing with her lighter, accidentally setting a curtain alight. Hearing footsteps, she quickly puts out the fire and runs off. A few minutes later, she looks out her window to see a fire, and wakes the school. When they find that Drippy is missing, Poppy runs into the burning school to rescue her. After the fire is put out, Freddie finds her lighter and gives it back to her, refusing to listen to what happened. Just as she realizes that she no longer wants to leave, Poppy goes to the headmistress and confesses.

While Poppy waits for the Honour Court, who will decide if she should be expelled, Freddie finds her crying and becomes convinced that the fire was an accident. During the hearing, Poppy tells her story while her roommates find out that Poppy did not send the emails. Going to the court, they stand up for Poppy and Harriet accidentally confesses to restarting the fire after Poppy had put it out. The movie is left off at the lacrosse finals. Poppy's father comes to the game and is shocked by Poppy's dramatic change in appearance and how much she looks like her mother. Abbey Mount wins the lacrosse finals and Harriet is expelled. Some months later, Poppy and her friends (including Freddie) are in the process of relaxing in Malibu. Poppy ignores Ruby's phone calls, now fully aware that she was not the friend she thought. The film ends as they prepare to jump off the cliff that helped her towards finding herself and making proper friends.