Let's Do The News! (March 9, 2014)

Things we learned today...

- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange talks about last year's NSA scandal and warns at more leaks that could endanger national or global security.

- Last year, NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon pulled a "Test Drive" prank for the Pepsi Max commercial and over a million YouTube views was scored. However, Jalponik editor Travis Okulski posted an article that did Jeff Gordon pulled that prank or is it fake. Disgraced by Okulski's article that last year's prank as alleged to be fake, it's time for some serious payback as Jeff pulled the prank to Okulski himself to show it's the real deal. Check out the video;

 

- Japan's video game accessory brand HORI revealed three new "corded" iDOLM@STER PS3 Controllers; come in Haruka, Chihaya, and Miki versions. Might be handy just before the PS3-exclusive iM@S One For All hits this May.

- Check out the new trailer for the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction movie, hitting theaters this June!



- The budget-friendly Citroen C4 Cactus compact crossover will be the first to incorporate Europe's pay-per-use leasing scheme.

- Production of the Jaguar XK sports coupe will end this Summer 2014 after 8 years and 54,000 sales.



- Don't miss part one of the Top Gear Burma Special this Sunday at 08:00PM (British Time) on BBC Two and BBC Two HD! The first of the two-parter sees Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May explore the wonders of Myanmar in trucks.

- ICYMI: Construction for a racetrack at San Jose, Tarlac, is underway. This new track will be about 1.5km long and 12m wide and the other parts of the circuit 10m wide. It costs almost 2.6 million dollars to construct it and because this track's so wide that even with big tractors around, cars might race in this new track aside from go-karts and motorbikes.

- Manny Pacquiao flew to the US for some more training in preparation for the rematch against Timothy Bradley.

- The Gutierrez family (from Richard Gutierrez, Ruffa Gutierrez, Raymond Gutierrez, Eddie Gutierrez, and Annabelle Rama) will star in the first ever Asian reality show titled It Takes Gutz to be a Gutierrez. Think of it like...the show with the Kardashians on it but ahem...this show is all about the Gutierrez family and it will be shown at E Networks across Asia. The daily lives of the Gutierrez family were highlighted soon.

- It's just two years away before the 2016 elections but a report from TV5 highlighted potential successors to P-Noy. Check out that clip.