Filed Under (entertainment) by willowdan on 02-05-2010
Stunning performance by our very own, Jovit Badovino. This is a continues manifestation of pure talent from a humble and lowly person destined to stardom, comparable to Manny Pacquiao.
Filed Under (entertainment) by willowdan on 05-04-2010
A girl going by the YouTube handle Applegirl002 has performed accurate covers of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable” solo using four iPhones. They set up the phones in her living room, pointed a video camera at the rig, and performed.
For “Irreplaceable,” (currently at 885,920 views) they used two iPhones, but they started the four-phone “Poker Face” video (1,167,000 views) by demonstrating which apps they was using and how they was using them to put together the composition. One iPhone — the one oriented like a microphone — was jogging the I Am T-Pain [iTunes link] Auto-Tune app. One were jogging the BeatMaker [iTunes link] looping app an the other was jogging an unspecified analog synthesizer app.
There’s been other musical iPhone performances historically, often using Smule’s Ocarina app — for example, the Stanford iPhone orchestra. This girl has made herself a YouTube star within a couple weeks, though. Her performances are already among the most popular iPhone music videos. Don’t be surprised if they puts out another one for her fans soon.
Filed Under (entertainment) by willowdan on 22-01-2010
CLEVELAND — Kobe Bryant is taking a pass on the slam dunk contest, no matter what Shaquille O’Neal has in mind.
Bryant nearly burst out laughing Thursday when asked about O’Neal’s idea that the Lakers superstar should appear in next month’s All-Star weekend dunk event with LeBron James and Vince Carter.
O’Neal suggested the star-studded field as a way of luring James, who is skipping the dunkathon after initially saying he was in.
Bryant won the dunking crown when he was a rookie. He says players should not feel a responsibility toward entering the contest as a way of giving back to the league. James has been criticized for backing out. Bryant would like to see the MVP take part.
“Responsibility? No,” Bryant said following the Lakers’ shootaround. “People want to see it, so it’s good to do it at least one time in your career. It’s fun.”
The contest is Feb. 13 in Dallas, and Bryant has been giving tips to Los Angeles teammate Shannon Brown. Does Bryant think James would win?
“I think he would come in a close second behind Shannon Brown,” he said.