Video Beat SUPER MAX - THE PINOY DREAM ACADEMY'S PERSECUTION OF LAARNI - Part 5

James Loving - National Radio Text Service

IT'S ON!!! - Dreamgirls is a film that brought together a mega star cast of Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Husdon, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx. The stage musical contains several allusions to the lives and careers of Motown Records act The Supremes. Dreamgirls won three awards at the 64th Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 2007, including Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, and won two Oscars at the 79th Academy Awards - LAARNI LOSALA EXEMPLIFIES ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE - After being singled out again Laarni bounced back and for the first time was selected as being the top scholar for week nine and an appearance on ASAP - Recommended TV Listings

Friday August 29, 2008

IT'S ON HBO - DREAMGIRLS

It's the movie that has been talked about, and about and about. It's the film that brought former American Idol castoff Jennifer Hudson gained the respect she deserves after she won an Academy Award for her performance. It's a film that brought together a mega star cast of Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx.

Dreamgirls won three awards at the 64th Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 2007, including Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, and won two Oscars at the 79th Academy Awards. Hudson, won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Effie White.

The film is a period piece set in the 1960s and 1970s with a primarily African-American cast; Dreamgirls is adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name. The musical was based on the history and evolution of American R&B music during the eras of doo-wop, soul, the Motown Sound, funk, and disco. In addition, the stage musical contains several allusions to the lives and careers of Motown Records act The Supremes, a connection the film version expands upon.

The Supremes with Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson came to prominence in the mid sixties. In preparation for their first big nightclub appearance at the then famed Copacabana nightclub in New York City they broke their act in at the Riptide Club in Wildwood, New Jersey which was a town loaded with nightclubs that resonated with music. Since I was working with my group at another club I saw their act and met the Supremes. Their performance was magnificent and you could see they were going places and make it big time.

Throughout the Dreamgirls film, a number of other musical acts depicted as allusions to or analogues of real-life R&B performers appear, among them Little Albert & the Tru-Tones (Little Anthony & the Imperials), Tiny Joe Dixon (B.B. King), The Family Funk (Sly & the Family Stone), and The Campbell Connection (The Jackson 5). Given the great Motown music and one of the highlights of music history this film is a must watch.

Dreamgirls debuts of HBO Sunday August 31, 9 PM Hong Kong/Singapore and 8 PM Thailand/Cambodia. The film will repeat throughout the week through September 7. Check your local listings for the time in your area.

THE PERSECUTION OF LAARNI - Part 5 - LAARNI LOSALA EXEMPLIFIES ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

If the Pinoy Dream Academy were the Olympics many of the contestants, judges and mentors would be eliminated for dishonesty and lack of fair play. Doping would also be a factor as some of the 18-year-old faction poisoned the minds of other contestants with negative backstabbing statements with Laarni Losala being their primary target.

Laarni was singled out to be the prey for blood thirsty predators with lesser talent. Odd enough they were from comfortable privileged backgrounds while she came from a very poor abusive upbringing. They had the means and money to afford the latest stylish fashions and cosmetics while she was in a position of having to scrape enough money together TO EAT.

She tried to change all of that by leaving home in Sultan Kudarat at the age of 15 and head for the big city of Manila and work her way through college and sing with the hope of making something of her life so she could earn enough money and return to her home and help her poor family financially to rise from the depths of poverty. She may have intended to leave the abuse behind but abuse was to be a part of her life again and again and again on the Pinoy Dream Academy.

From the beginning of the Dream Academy program she was singled out as being problem and indifferent thus labeled the Independent Woman. It was as if she was to take the verbal abuse heaped on her and the contestant's avoidance of her. It was as if she was expected to eat $#!t and DIE.

Head games came about when the programs resident psychoanalyst came on the show and singled out Laarni and her problem with Inaki her chief tormentor. The psychoanalyst tried to impress upon Laarni that what she thought about Inaki was her PERCEPTION of him. It was as though she was wrong about her thoughts though it was a result of her experience. The method was more of deflection rather than reflection. Her thoughts were justified since his action was televised on INTERNATIONAL television for the world to see.

In my experience of working with, interviewing, critiquing and reviewing performance and recordings of some of the biggest legends in music, entertainment and sports I have NEVER witnessed such mistreatment of an individual. That experience includes 10 years as a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA).

Unfair treatment surfaced when during week seven and eight Laarni was in the bottom four again making her a resident of the bottom four 50% of the time she was in the competition. The strange thing about her bottom four selections in week seven was her score was 8.0 higher than Chris 7.17, Sen 7.33 and Inaki 7.87 yet she was placed in the bottom four and they weren't. That week seven she wasn't saved by the mentors or fellow scholars and she was left to the mercy of viewer voting if she would be eliminated from the program.

She was up against two 18-year-olds Miguel and Apple one of her tormentors. Much to the shock of the mentors Laarni received 72.74% of the viewer voting to remain on the show. Miguel received 13.96% and Apple 13.30%. It was at this point of being the viewer's choice that the mentor's attitude towards her changed drastically. She took the mentors mental beat downs but the viewing audience respected her talent though her mentors downplayed her skills and made life difficult for her.

In week eight the mentor's favoritism towards Liezel and Bugoy became more evident. The mentors chose the songs they were to sing that week. When the top student Liezel who was selected the best for the first four consecutive shows met with the mentors she was told that they were going to give her a song that she could relax and have fun with and enjoy. They gave her Best of My Love by The Emotions a song that compliments her voice and shows her commercial side.

With Laarni the said they wanted to challenge her (translation - put her in a tough spot to force her out of the competition). They assigned her Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen which is one of the most difficult songs anyone could sing. Freddie Mercury and American Idol's Michael Johns are the only singers I've ever herd do justice to the song. It's a song that is so difficult that if you had the choice you would pass. Laarni didn't have that choice. John's is on the American Idol 50 city tour and Mercury is dead. It appeared as if the mentors wanted to put Laarni in Mercury's position. Once again as Gloria Gaynor sang… Laarni survived by being saved by the mentors..

The mentors have given their pride and joys Liezel and Bugoy commercial songs that enhance the commercial side of their talent while they assign Laarni songs that are more about challenging her and trying to expose her weakness rather than display her strengths and strong commercial talent. Her rendition of Natural Woman is exactly they type of song that show her true commercial strength, songs that the viewing audience can relate to.

After being singled out again Laarni bounced back and for the first time was selected as being the top scholar for week nine. She was ecstatic. The strange thing is her performance was nowhere near as strong as her performance of Natural Woman.

In being selected the weeks Top Scholar Laarni performed this past Sunday August 24 on ASAP an ABS-CBN variety show featuring all of their top talent including Sarah Geronimo the true example of a young star with talent, dignity and class. Liezel and Bugoy being the mentors only other top scholar selections are the only other Dream Academy contestants who have appeared on ASAP.

On ASAP Laarni sang with Philippine singing legend Za Za Padillia. Together they rendered a strong performance. Both have strong voices but Laarni though lacking top notch experience was up to the task and did herself proud.

On week nine's performance show August 16, another Philippine singing legend Lani Misalucha judged Laarni and gave her one of the few compliments Laarni has received this year. "You are a great singer there's no doubt about that," Misalucha said.

Laarni is finally receiving the respect and praise that she deserves and she has qualified for the Top Six contestants who are eligible to win the grand prize that includes a house and 1 million pesos (US $ 22,727). Laarni Losala's talent is obvious to those who are intelligent and have no agenda of manipulating results…. and that is one of the biggest problems with the Pinoy Dream Academy program. The public will vote to decide the winning order of the Top Six and who will win the various prizes.

NOTE

Inaki's performance is buffoonery and reminiscent of a trained circus seal and nothing more. His voice is horrible. Laarni has talent and a big voice that other contestants often fear and admit it. A point of fact is American Idol judge Simon Cowell often remarks to a contestant 'You're performance is not memorable." This is a statement he could never make to Laarni after she sang 'Natural Woman.' It by far was the best performance of anyone on the show this season but was sternly graded and finished 3rd in the ratings for the night.

Her rendition can be seen and heard on You Tube.

Go to Google and type in Pinoy Dream Academy. After that come up add Laarni. The Link to the Natural Woman video will appear on the first page.

Listen and you will see and hear the injustice heaped on her. Her song is memorable.

Conversely Inaki is on You Tube and is accused of lying. There is also a video of him during tryouts for the show where he sings Seals & Croft's 'Summer Breeze' which he never attributed to them and says it was his arrangement. The video includes the Seals & Croft's version as well as another performer and Inaki's.

Go to Google and type in Pinoy Dream Academy. After that come up add Inaki. The Link to the Inaki Lied video will appear on the first page. The following is the heading on the Google page.

http://getitfromboy.net/pinoy-dream-academy-inaki-scandal/

A reader emailed me a tip saying that Inaki of Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 has a scandal but not the kind of scandal that you think, lol, but the sort where Inaki lied to his teeth when he auditioned for Pinoy Dream Academy 2. The tipster sent me to a link in YouTube where Inaki, without batting an eyelash said he originally arranged his audition piece “Summer Breeze” to the amazement of the clueless judges. Just check this video below to see Inaki scandalously lying. (Note: the spelling is really Iñaki, but most keyboards nowadays don’t have “ñ” hence the change to “n”).

After you see that and Laarni singing Natural Woman you can plainly see something is wrong with this show and Inaki is undeservedly involved. Why…favoritism, family connections with the network is not clear? That remains to be revealed. For an enterprising Philippine journalist or blogger that is where the real story is.

PREVIOUS DREAM ACADEMY 2008 STORIES

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX - THE PINOY DREAM ACADEMY'S PERSECUTION OF LAARNI - Part 4 - August, 2008
Laarni Losala had to deal with isolation and verbal abuse while trying to study and prepare for a weekly performance show that would determine her fate if she would receive enough praise and recognition to continue on the program as each week one contestant is eliminated. Footage from a daily show of Dream Academy featured Laarni much of the time constantly being berated by many of her fellow contestants and she was depicted as the bad seed on the show BUT... THERE WAS A TURNING POINT . . - Recommended TV Listings .... Entertainment - TV

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - THE PINOY DREAM ACADEMY'S PERSECUTION OF LAARNI - Part 3 - August, 2008
LAARNI'S MENTOR DISSENTERS After being insulted and isolated from the other scholars Pinoy Dream Academy contestant Laarni had no choice but to deal with it and in the process went into herself and focused on her singing. The problem was her talents weren't respected nor appreciated by those who chose her to be in the contest…. the mentors.... --- APOCALYPTO - Directed by actor Mel Gibson. The film builds to a pinnacle of intensity when the tribe is taken as prisoners to the Mayan Temple for sacrifice. These scenes will have you on the edge of your seat and your eyes glued to the screen. . - Recommended TV Listings .... Entertainment - TV

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - THE PINOY DREAM ACADEMY'S PERSECUTION OF LAARNI - Part 2 - August, 2008
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TV - VIDEO BEAT - THE PINOY DREAM ACADEMY'S PERSECUTION OF LAARNI - August, 2008
The plot thickens as the Pinoy Dream (Nightmare) Academy mentors continue to persecute Laarni the abused girl from a very poor background who is trying to make her way through life as a singer in hopes of becoming someone who is recognized for her talent so she can earn enough money to return to her home and help her family - BBC THE FOOL? The catch for me was the setup when the BBC indicated that after the Beatles Boutique closed in July 1968 the FOOL disappeared and didn't surface until the BBC did its report 40 years later. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT - IT'S ON!!! GLORY ROAD - THE COMMITMENTS - HE GOT GAME - Recommended TV Listings .... Entertainment - TV

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 2 - CHRISTIAN ALVEAR CUT FROM DREAM ACADEMY - July, 2008
INAKI KNOCKS OFF ANOTHER STUDENT. The Small Boy Wonder was expelled from the Pinoy Dream Academy after losing by SMS vote 43.99% to Inaki 56.01%. Inaki is a person who has connections and much less talent and quality of voice than Christian. - Recommended TV Listings .... Entertainment - TV

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - PART 4 - SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE PINOY DREAM (NIGHTMARE) ACADEMY - LAARNI'S DILEMMA - July, 2008
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TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - PART 2 - SOMETHING IS WRONG - THE SETUP OF LAARNI - July, 2008
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"It's about chaos and loving it," he said. Is that Dream Academy's and the Networks problem? It begs the question does the Philippine culture enjoy sadistic treatment and chaos? That's exactly what the Pinoy Dream (Nightmare) Academy is all about. Who is he? Read on. - Dream Academy's BEST SINGERS list .. - The Bloom Fell Off The Freshie Rose - Recommended TV Listings .... Entertainment - TV

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DONALD TRUMP & THE APPRENTICE RETURNS - If you've never seen anything self distruct then take a look at this repulsive show called Pinoy Dream Academy. More appropriately it should be named Pinoy NIGHTMARE Academy because that's just what it's turned out to be since now three of its members have left the show due to stress within the first three weeks of the program - The Bloom Fell Off The Rose - Recommended TV Listings .... More NBA.- More Football/Soccer - More Sports.

TV - VIDEO BEAT - DREAM ACADEMY CRASH & BURNS - July , 2008
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TV - VIDEO BEAT SUPER MAX - PINOY DREAM ACADEMY DISASTER - June , 2008
USA OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM TV SPECIAL - The Pinoy Dream Academy judges have this mightier than thou attitude whereupon they talk down and humiliate the contestants rather than critique them - The Bloom Fell Off The Rose - Recommended TV Listings .... More NBA.- More Football/Soccer - More Sports.

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TV SCHEDULE

Note: The shows listed are for the Cambodia - Thailand time zone. Check your local listings for time and date in your area.

MONDAY

4:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

10:30 PM - CLICK (Internet Technology program) - BBC

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

4:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

10:00 PM - THE APPRENTICE - Star World

12 NOON - THE APPRENTICE - Star World

4:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

FRIDAY

4:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

4:30 PM - CLICK (Internet Technology program) - BBC

SATURDAY

1:30 PM - CLICK (Internet Technology program) - BBC

3:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

4:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

7:30 PM - HI NET WORTH - (financial magazine show) - CNBC

9:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

10:00 PM - TRIBE - DISCOVERY CHANNEL

3:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

4:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

8:30 PM - HI NET WORTH - (financial magazine show) - CNBC

9:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

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