Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.
All I can say is: what took you so long, Twitter?
In news that’s sure to be welcomed by celebrities who’ve discovered to their chagrin that someone else is already using their name on Twitter–for instance, the real Lea Salonga is @bigsis222, not the one using the Lea Salonga account–Twitter has said it will introduce a verification system.
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Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.
Unfortunately, the Katrina Halili-Hayden Kho sex video scandal, which has launched thousands of pirated DVDs and generated even more online views, is still the talk of the town in the Philippines.
And with the twists and turns this sordid tale has taken, you might find yourself wondering if you’re watching a B-movie–not to make light, though, of the real-life pain that Halili is enduring. Oh yeah, and Kho apparently thinks he’s also a victim in all this.
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Here’s an excerpt from my CNET Asia blog post.
OK, first off, I’m not a fan of Alec Baldwin who has just apologized to the Filipino nation via his blog on The Huffington Post for his “Filipino mail-order bride” comment when he guested on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Still, while I think Baldwin’s remark was stupid (then again, it was a joke), I also find it stupid for some Philippine government officials to blow this all out of proportion. I mean, we actually have action star-turned-senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. (yup, the same senator I blogged about in my post on the Katrina Halili-Hayden Kho sex video scandal) issuing a formal reaction that warns Baldwin of mayhem if he ever visits the Philippines. Not that Baldwin could, since our Bureau of Immigration has banned him from entering the country as an undesirable alien.
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