Charice had a sexy look during the national anthem. Her sexy look was first revealed at Shang Rila Plaza Mall entitled: ‘Women of Allure 2011 Photo Exhibit’.

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Jude Bautista

Arguably, there was a bigger showdown between the anthems than the main event. Charice Pempengco of Glee fame sang the Philippine national anthem (Lupang Hinirang) while Tyrese Gibson of the Fast and the Furious 5 sang the ‘Star Spangled Banner’. Mosley was not able to back up his claim knocking out Manny Pacquiao, far from it. Pacquiao outscored him every single round and even knocked him down on the 3^rd round. Sports fans yearned for more action than Sugar was willing to engage in.

The sexiness or maturity of Charice the teen star was first revealed at Shang Rila Plaza Mall entitled: ‘Women of Allure 2011 Photo Exhibit’. The exhibit was organized by Phil. Star and sponsored by SMART Gold

The vocalists in the pre fight ceremonies were an interesting sidelight. Charice had a sexier look with long straight hair and dress. The sexiness or maturity of the teen star was first revealed at Shang Rila Plaza Mall entitled: ‘Women of Allure 2011 Photo Exhibit’. The exhibit was organized by Phil. Star and sponsored by SMART Gold. It also featured other Filipina celebs such as: Kris Aquino, Grace Poe Llamanzares, Jasmine Maierhofer and many more. Charice has an upcoming movie project with Nicole Richie and has a hit single written by Bruno Mars entitled ‘Before it Explodes’.

Tyrese Gibson had a freer rein starting off slowly and low with a more emotional almost bluesy ending.

In spite of Charice ‘new look’, the Americans may have gotten the best of us Filipinos with the addition of Jamie Foxx singing ‘Americathe Beautiful’. Her rendition of the anthem was the most accurate based on the rules often harped by the National Historical Institute. It made Charice’ normally sparkling and powerful voice sound like she was interpreting it for a marching band.  While Tyrese Gibson had a freer rein starting off slowly and low with a more emotional almost bluesy ending. He gave a touching greeting, “God bless our troops for keepingAmericasafe.” Jamie Foxx also had a jazzy and emotional interpretation of his song accompanied by a lone bugle and snare drum.

Jamie Foxx also had a jazzy and emotional interpretation of “America the Beautiful”

The National Historical Institute has always been known for criticizing the best Filipino singers’ interpretations of our national anthem. Martin Nievera and even Arnel Pineda who sang the anthem in previous Pacquiao bouts were assailed by historians who wanted an exact replica of the beat and rhythm of the anthem. Safeguarding the faithfulness is understandable. At the same time the composition is a hundred years old or more. Making very slight changes especially ones that adapt to the voice and style of the singer, for me is acceptable. As long as it’s done with respect and dignity, the way Tyrese gave his own touch can yield better results.

Comedienne Rose Anne Barr, farting and burping her version of theU.S.national anthem (for an MLB game) was deplorable and disgusting. She received a lot of much deserved criticism for it. But the voices of Martin Nievera and Arnel Pineda which they gave to the best of their abilities makes Filipinos appreciate the anthem even more. The NHI restrained what could’ve been a very memorable performance for Charice.

LL’s rapped his hit ‘Mama Said Kock You Out’ which has become popular with fight fans across the world.

The walk ins by the fighters also had their own mini battle. LL Cool J rapped live in front of Sugar Shane as he walked in. LL’s rapped his hit ‘Mama Said Kock You Out’ which has become popular with fight fans across the world. Few people know that LL was part of Run DMC’s entourage before he became a successful rapper himself. Today LL is more known for his role as special Agent Sam Hana in NCIS: Los Angeles.

The strong guitar rifts in “Eye of the Tiger” signaled the entry of Pacquiao. Jimi Jamison, lead singer for the band Survivor who performed the hit for the film Rocky III rocked out for the walk in. This was one of the most spectacular walk ins and anthems done in any sporting event.

MP's lovely wife Jinkee, his Mommy D stayed home confident that her son would win 'even without me'

Jimi Jamison in an interview with Elie Sekbach for ES News said, “The song is no.1 inGermanyright now which blew my mind.” Jamison related that he received an email invite to perform for Pacquaio. “I said Hell yeah! I’m a huge Manny fan and never met him before, but we’re pretty good buddies now. That guy was the most challenging boxer I’ve seen. I’ve been watching boxing since Cassius Clay. I’ve seen Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler all those guys. They were all great but nobody has shown me the total package as Manny has. I’m not just saying that because we’re friends. I’m a friend of a lot of boxers.” On a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. he thinks the outcome is clear. “Floyd will lose his cool in the middle of the fight and Manny will rip his head off! I really do, I think Manny’s gonna tear him up.”

Seeing the adulation of the populace for Adolf Hitler was chilling in this picture from one of the actual footages of that era.

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Jude Thaddeus L. Bautista

A trembling Asian child is covered in ash, her face and whole body is shaking uncontrollably. Everything around her is rubble and smoke. A G.I. lets her drink from a canteen. It only lasts a few seconds but is so moving because what you’re looking at isn’t a simulation or some huge big budget Hollywood film. It’s the real thing alive and in color, the implications are incredible. It could possibly be from the Hiroshima bombing or one of the many Asian cities destroyed during the Second World War.

This is one miniseries where audiences have to heed the clear warning: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.  The suffering, death, destruction and ravages of war are difficult to digest. Everything that you will see in History channels’ “World War II: Lost films” is real. The series will premiere on May 10 with 2 back to back episodes each day until May 14^th. And will be shown every Tuesday and Wed starting from May 18.

Producers scoured the world for 2 years searching for films from World War II and collated them. They narrowed down their search to 16 mm color and still ended up with 3,000 hours worth of raw footage. None of the actual films were colorized. They are intact from archives of different countries and nearly every continent on earth. Some are better preserved than others. But all of them are digitized and each frame of 16 mm has more than enough data for the HD format.

Louis Boswell, General Manager of AAA Networks said, “Apart from the footages we researched diaries, letters from soldiers and a lot of different people who went through the war. The main goal of the series is that it should serve as a lesson that nobody should have to go through war again.”

More than a random collection of visuals, researchers also looked for a wide range of real live subjects who were interviewed and shared their experiences during the war. This gave the documentary a very personal and touching side to it. For us Filipinos history only becomes real when it is personal, when someone we know went through it. Dr. Ricky Ricardo Jose a historian, who has studied in both the U.S and Japan, said that having that direct link to the past is important. “Look for old people who lived through that time and ask them what it was like. In this way history isn’t something that is abstract and alien. It becomes alive through the eyes of a loved one who was there.” On May 25 an episode on Philippine Resistance will be aired also on History.

The violence and death seen in the footages are all real, viewer discretion is advised.

In Episode 1 of “Lost films”, Jack Werner is a Jewish Austrian who had ambitions of joining Hollywood as an actor. He escaped the cruelty of the Nazis just in time to get to the U.S. and volunteer as a soldier. From the actual present day interview, his words, his voice dissolved into the voice of Justin Bartha. As the visuals become the old World War II footage so does the voice become younger and takes us to that era. Bartha is a competent actor who is famous for his role as the groom to be in “The Hangover”. Although the voice is taken over by Bartha, the words are still based on the interview and accounts of the real Jack Werner. Special attention was given to the visuals interaction with how viewers will hear the sounds and voices. It is quite effective.

Shelby Westbrook is one of the early African American fighter pilots. His younger voice and words are performed by LL Cool J who has evolved from a rapper to an actor with roles from “SWAT” to “Charlie’s Angels”. No less than Gary Sinise of CSI fame and lead roles in “Apollo 11” and “Forrest Gump”, is the main narrator. These are only a few of the many famous names who lent their voices to the project. Boswell admitted that having big names such as these attract audiences. Perhaps it is also their skills as actors that add to the richness and realism of the documentary.

The power of real images, real interviews in showing and interpreting history as we know it touches not only the mind but affects emotions very easily. Seeing the adulation that the Germans showered on the Furher, Adolf Hitler was chilling. Seeing his private moments shaking the hand of the child in his Berghof retreat didn’t humanize him, knowing and seeing what transpired next. Just as we witness the depths of human cruelty we are also moved by the triumphs of mankind’s will to overcome evil. The series includes the inspiring clarity of Winston Churchill’s speech: “ …We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, … we shall never surrender..”