The magical night of Pesta Perdana 11 is over and with results that are mostly satisfying. The juries involved did a good job in selecting the winners in this eleventh edition of a prestigious Singapore Malay entertainment awards show.

The two-hour awards show was hosted by Suhaimi Yusof, Najip Ali and Nurul Aini who have won Best Host award in Pesta Perdana. These three multi-talented artistes did a good job on the night as well.

Though this time the award show lacked performances but it didn’t lack the support for the winners of this special night.

Congratulations to all PESTA PERDANA 11 winners & nominees!

Best Lead Actor: Rafaat Hamzah (Kalimah Terakhir)
Best Lead Actress: Sharon Ismail (Ayah Kat Rumah)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sani Hussin (Pinggiran Ramadan)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rosita Hussin (Pinggiran Ramadan)
Best Actor/Actress in a Comedy Role: Suhaimi Yusof (Camy & Dee)
Most Promising Actor/Actress: Azzah Fariha (Timang)
Best Host: Rilla Melati (Jus Sr 1)
Best Young Star: Nazrul Fathmi (Kelas 6C, 1985)
Best Drama Series: Gerimis Di Hati (MediaCorp Eaglevision)
Best Drama Special: Timang (DV Studio)
Best Variety Series: Anugerah 2009 (MediaCorp Eaglevision)
Best Variety Special: Project Hope 2009 (MediaCorp Eaglevision)
Best Info-ed Programme: Jalan Sr 3 (Oak 3 Films)
Best Children’s Programme: Kelas 6C, 1985 (Shortman Films)
Best Directing Drama: Ayah Kat Rumah (Sanif Olek)
Best Directing – Variety: Project Hope 2009 (Neng Hayati & Johari Aziz)
Best Videography – Drama: Timang (Ikhram Daeng)
Best Writing – Drama: Gerimis Di Hati Sr 1 (Amanah Mustafi)
Best Writing – Variety/Info-ed: Jalan Sr 3 (Idzwan Othman)
Best Editing – Drama: Delicatessen (Fa’in Syah Bahar)
Best Opening Title Design: Jalan Sr 3 (Idzwan Othman)
Best Image & Styling: Suria Elektra (Azni Samdin & Fatimah Mohsin)
Best Theme Song: Singapura Syok (SleeQ)
Most Popular Programme: Sinar Lebaran 2009 (MediaCorp Eaglevision)
Most Popular Male Personality: Fauzie Laily
Most Popular Female Personality: Nurul Aini
Anugerah Perdana Emas (Lifetime Achievement Award): S. Shamsudin

Official site: Pesta Perdana 11

You know you are watching a movie when the sexy, sassy, smart, smoking hot redhead is complaining that no one pays attention to her. That redhead would be Emma Stone, the only woman who might be able to steal my heart from Blake Lively.

Stone stars as Olive, the girl who doesn’t get any attention. However, all of that changes when she fibs to her best pal, Rhiannon (Aly “Go Hellcats!” Mischalka). Instead of admitting she had a boring weekend doing nothing, Olive makes up a story that she had a date with a college dude, and they went all the way.
(more…)

Of all of the movies in 3D these days, 20th Century Fox couldn’t find a way to make the runaway trains screaming down the tracks to their inevitable, explosive doom jump off the screen in 3D?!!

Who cares about seeing the Smurfs of Avatar in 3D? This would have been a perfect use of it.
(more…)

If you want to see an enthralling movie about business in the 21st century, forget about that stinker Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (I have been trying to since I saw the movie). Oliver Stone should have been paying attention to The Social Network to see how to deliver sizzle, intrigue and drama.
(more…)

With 2007′s Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck showed great promise as a director. With The Town, he solidifies his status as a filmmaker worth following. Once again returning to the streets of his native Boston, Affleck has fashioned another gritty, compelling crime thriller that offers equal parts excitement and substance.

Except for the tacked-on ending (which compromises about 60 seconds out of a 124-minute feature), he also shows a willingness to go against traditional Hollywood formula, to go where the story demands rather than to where the audience feels safest. That’s the mark of ambition, and also what makes The Town so totally engrossing.
(more…)