Archive for March, 2008

Trade Roundup: Post-Megastardom Tom Cruise Keeping Busy

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

· Remember that Tom Cruise guy? Black Book’s Carice Van Houten will be starring opposite him in Valkyrie, Cruise’s big Hitler-hunting comeback picture. [THR]
· A big day in Cruise news: Daniel Snyder, who famously hooked up Cruise with some rent money and a theme-park greeter job when the actor was down on his luck after his dumping by Paramount, has bought Dick Clark Productions, producers of the Golden Globes. Ownership of Dick Clark himself was not transferred in the deal. [Variety]
· Jack Black and director Todd Phillips are partnering for the Warner Bros. comedy Man-Witch, whose entire concept is encapsulated in those incredibly efficient hyphenated words. Also mistakenly purchased before the magic-related project were the rights to Manwich, the story of a average schlub’s love of Sloppy Joe-style sandwiches, when the Warner Bros. development executive yelped “We’re buying it if Jack Black is in it!” before allowing the writers to complete their pitch. [Variety]
· NBC scores with their Dateline interview of Princes William and Harry, but our new favorite summer show, Kittens Vs. Cougars: The Battle To Bone Mark Philippoussis, premiered unimpressively for the network. [THR]
· Disney signs Wild Hogs auteur Walt Becker to a first-look deal, where he will direct and produce a variety of John Travolta-starring comedy projects. [Variety]

Archdiocese of Manila establishes dress code

Friday, March 28th, 2008

From Domus Dei
Male Catholics should wear “long-sleeved polo shirts, collared shirts, or t-shirts paired with either slacks or jeans”, the circular directed, advising against wearing caps, basketball jerseys, tank tops, and shorts to church.

Women were told to stick to dresses, long gowns, or collared blouses as against spaghetti-strap tops, tank tops, short skirts, skimpy shorts and sleeveless shirts with plunging necklines, the MLA stipulated.
It’s sad this even needs to be established., especially since this isn’t exactly a tough code. Some say “Jesus doesn’t care what you wear”, which is just such an awful argument. In every other situation in life, people tend to dress appropriately. It’s a matter of taste, tact and respect. Now, dress is in general not as formal as it used to be, which I welcome - I hate ties and am allergic to wool, so I need cotton. I own 1 suit and 1 tuxedo. For reasons of simplicity and taste, I only buy Ralph Lauren - I know what size, it’s classic, good quality, I got the same shirt, polo etc. in five or so colors. And, at Marshalls or similar stores, it’s cheap, too. I actually dressed more casually in the beginning - a parish right at the beach. I’m still not very formal - during “winter”, I wear a sports coat, now I usually wear dark blue or off-white/khaki chinos and a Polo-polo shirt or a button-down shirt - personal favorite: the “Blake” shirt (Ralph Lauren), I have 7 or 8 of them. For Southern California, that’s pretty “dressy”.

Here some of my church clothes. I’ll stop before I give tips on haircare :D

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

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