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Review – High School Musical 3 – Senior Year

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are out front once again as cooing lovebirds Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez. They sing. They dance. And they smooch a little. But not too much. After all, this is a G-rated Disney extravaganza. Continue reading

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“High School Musical 3 – Senior Year” Movie Review

To be totally honest, I probably have no business reviewing High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Because they were made-for-TV movies, I didn’t see the first two installments, although I sure heard a lot about them from the various children in my life (and even a few parents). I have also found myself unable to escape images of the series’ stars, who seem to beam out from T-shirts, CDs, DVDs, games, and anything else I might conceivably see whenever I set foot in Wal-Mart or Target. This is saying nothing of the coverage HSM has received in the entertainment magazines I read or even the news programming I view. The damn thing has gotten so enormously popular that I started to feel out of the loop, and that in turn made me feel prematurely old. Continue reading

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Review – Sex and the City – The Movie

A top rated television series is just that. Top rated and not anything can take away from that fact. However, trying to reinvent the same series on the big screen does not work as well. Continue reading

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Naftali Temu – Kenya’s First Golden Olympian

The runner Naftali Nabiba Temu who competed with his older legendary friend, idol, nemesis and fellow countryman Hezekiah Kipchoge Keino, is most significantly renowned for being the first ever Kenyan Olympic gold medalist. During the 1968 Olympic Games that were held in Mexico City, Naftali Temu not only won this gold medal in the 10000 meter run, but was cemented in history as the very first athlete to be crowned with a gold medal at these Olympics. Continue reading

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Interesting Facts About the Philippines – From History to Sports

Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, who was one of the world’s most popular religious leaders, had been nominated for the Nobel Prize several times in the past century. It was not a surprise to the people who had followed his professional life in the Philippines. Like Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Mahatma Gandhi, Sin was an advocate of human development and democracy. Continue reading

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