Haley Reinhart- Bennie and the Jets

So current. So classy. Fully of style. Rawr at all her performances. Loved her since her God Bless The Child performance, but Bennie and the Jets gave her her defining moment. SHE MUST WIN.

My Dear Acquaintance- Regina Spektor

Happy New Year from the awesome and beautiful Regina Spektor! As always, amazing! 🙂

Paalam Palito

Salamat sa pagpapatawa at sa kasiyahang naihatid mo. Bahagi ka ng aming kabataan. Lagi ka naming maaalala. Maraming salamat Palito. Paalam.

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2009 Most Beautiful Magazine Covers and Cover Girls

Landing a magazine cover nowadays can only mean three things: the celebrity’s a hot property, she is an icon in her field, mostly from the fashion or the showbiz industry, or a young star is simply proclaiming that she just turned into a “woman”. May it be for Mega or Preview, Uno or Rogue, FHM or Maxim, Cosmopolitan or Marie Claire, Metro, Manual, Meg or Candy, and whether dressed or bare, sweet or wild, fashionable or sexy, for art or for “career move”, being a cover girl is something a female celebrity would kill for.

I listed down ten (10) of which I think are the hottest and most beautiful covers and cover girls of 2009.

THE RUNNERS-UP:

10. GEORGINA WILSON- ROGUE (May)

Georgina Wilson never fails to deliver beauty and charm, but this cover proves that she can also be dark and fierce. A little more of the background and Georgina’s body could have made this cover more interesting though.

9. TWEETIE DE LEON, CARMINA VILLAROEL, MEGAN YOUNG- MEGA (July)

Put these three modelesque ladies on one cover and get that classic supermodel vibe. Tweetie De Leon proves that she doesn’t age as she joins younger beauties Carmina Villaroel and Megan Young who are equally stunning and fresh in Mega’s May issue.

8. TISHA SILANG- UNO (April)

Former beauty queen Tisha Silang will put your kitchen on fire as she unleashes her sexy side in UNO’s April issue. This cover shows that with the right model and execution, a not-so-special concept can turn into a classy hot cover!

7. JO-AN BITAGCOL- MEGA (September)

Seeing Pinay supermodel Jo-an Bitagcol on the cover of a fashion magazine is truly a breath of fresh air, especially if you are tired of seeing actresses, dressed and glamorized, trying to look like real working models. Jo-an proves that a real model still looks fab and fierce even without heavy make-up or avant-garde outfit.

6. ISABELLE DAZA- PREVIEW (April)

Surely, you can see Angelina Jolie on this, but Isabelle Daza is still all present in this April issue of Preview as she leaves her sweet image and dares to show her wild side. The guy below adds to the animalistic appeal of this cover.

5. CELINE LOPEZ- UNO (June)

UNO’s power to put socialites on their cover is once again proven as Celine Lopez graces it’s June issue. The minimal use of colors and letters plus Celine and her androgynous appeal make this one of the most classy covers of 2009.

4. ORNUSA CADNESS- UNO (October)

I’m not a fan of Ornusa’s look but in UNO’s October issue, she manages to project strong and sexy even with arrows piercing her body.

3. ANNE CURTIS- PREVIEW (November)

Anne Curtis is probably the most favorite actress of many designers, stylists, and fashion editors. Her amazing bone structure and modelesque features landed her a cover of almost all local magazines. In Preview’s November issue, Anne once again proves that she deserves the admiration she gets because of her beauty and fashion sense. Anne Curtis can just sit down and still get a picture that can be part of high-fashion spreads.

2. KAREN PAMINTUAN- UNO (March)

Filipina model Karen Pamintuan surely makes a big big splash in this March issue of UNO. Karen’s look perfectly fits into the raw and haunting appeal of this crafty cover.

1. SOLENN HEUSSAFF- ROGUE (September)

Model, make-up artist, and Penshoppe’s face Solenn Heussaff lends her beauty as she graces the cover of Rogue’s September issue. Cover girl wannabes should take a 101 lesson with Solenn so they get to learn what classy, sexy, elegant and tasteful modeling is. This cover is just….. POWER!

Paula Abdul quits ‘American Idol’

**Paula quitting AI is sad. Paula is love! Idol will never be the same again. 😦

Source: MSN

US singer Paula Abdul has announced she will not be returning for a ninth season as a judge on the hugely popular television reality show “American Idol.”

Abdul, whose eccentricities while on the judging panel of the most widely viewed talent show in television history became a staple of the program, dropped her bombshell via a Tuesday night “tweet” — a message on the microblogging service Twitter.

“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL,” Abdul wrote.

“I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all… being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon.”

She did not give a reason for her departure, but reading the tea leaves about her future on the show had been a popular pastime in US entertainment circles. Read the full article here,

Paalam Cory

To the country’s mother of democracy, may you rest in peace. You will always be remembered and loved.

*credit to the photo owner.

Paalam Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. Paalam Cory.