Just watched the first video promo of Glee's second season with the song "Empire State of Mind" in the background. I am excited to see how the Nationals will take place in, you guessed it, New York City!
Watch the video.
Most of you know that I love a good TV series and I never miss a single episode of several of my favorite series. Fall season starts in three weeks and here are the shows I am looking forward to watching.
I also have a new show that I am watching out for: My Generation (September 23)
I love the availability of these shows online while I am here in the United States. My spending on iTunes get reduced a whole lot. We also have a DVR at home so I can watch it at my own convenience.
Filipino singer Charice made her third (?) appearance on Oprah yesterday. Watching her blossom into the confident, bubbly pop star that she is today makes me so proud.
Here are some scenes from yesterday's show.
Here are some thoughts from yesterday's Oprah episode.
Justin Bieber was the first guest. I consider myself in touch with pop culture. I've been seeing the trending topics on Twitter. But I never really knew the magnitude of Justin Bieber's popularity until yesterday.
However, I still think Joey McIntyre is way cuter than him.
Justin's mop-style hair does not move! He dances and moves all over the stage and yet his hair stays in place. I wanna know what product he is using.
Charice's new song "Pyramid" sounds so fresh, well-produced and catchy. It's about time she sang an age-appropriate song. While I appreciated the range of her vocals in the Whitneys, Celines and Mariahs -- this youthful pop song was just what she needed.
I started crying seeing music producer David Foster get choked up like a proud daddy. Charice grew up without a father. I was so happy to see a male figure in her life who really believes in her.
I bought her album on iTunes out love and support for her. I am so glad for the exposure she got on Oprah and for being on the starting page of the iTunes Store. I hope this will help her album sales.
To my fellow Filipinos, if you want to listen to her music, please BUY her album. Please don't download and try to cheat your right into listen to something she worked so hard for.
Her CD should be out in the record stores. You can also buy it directly from iTunes.
If you want to see her live performance on Oprah, please click here. You will be proud of her!
She got through the first round of eliminations on this year's American Idol but didn't quite make it past Hollywood round. I could see why she got cut. She has a lot of potential but at the age of 16, she looked very nervous on stage and her voice cracked in the process.
However, her back story is worth re-telling. View this video to know why.
With Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters and Glee not consistently releasing new episodes weekly, I found myself yearning for a new television series to follow on iTunes. I wanted the plot to be timely and relevant.
Here is what the CBS website says about its series "The Good Wife":
THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and public humiliation caused by her husband, Peter, Alicia Florrick starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney.
As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner, who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart, offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit.
Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary, a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but is competitive to the core. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda, the firm's tough in-house investigator.
Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician's scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach and 13-year-old Grace. For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the "good wife" and takes charge of her own destiny.
If you like a family melodrama layered with crime and suspense, this series is for you. I doubt that this series will have the mass appeal of Grey's Anatomy (too many telegenic stars in that show), but it will definitely have its loyal niche. I love crime documentaries. Now I find myself glued to the fictional version as well.
