Let's Do The News! (February 5, 2014)

Things we learned today...

- Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg since the 4th of February, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts with the help of Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Moskovitz, among many others. 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of this social network and as of now, there are 1.23 billion worldwide users of Facebook. All the relationships, scandals, conspiracies, and other stuff occurred here and so are the social games. So, with the ever-changing times, will this famed social network survive for another decade in the midst of the heated competition?

- Study shows that Filipinos are 3rd among the world's heaviest drinkers, behind South Korea and Russia. Filipinos drink an average of 5.4 shots of alcoholic drinks of any kinds. It seems odd that we never got this dirty reputation since we ranked 15th in the world's top pron-watchers.

- SPECIAL SURPRISE! Forza Motorsport 5 featured a FREE Honda Legends Car Pack and for this free DLC sponsored from Honda, anyone with the X1 and the FM5 game in it will drive three new Hondas such as the latest version of the Honda Civic Si Coupe, the Honda CRX Mugen, and the fourth-generation Honda Prelude.

- Tom Hiddleston, the actor feared and respected for being Thor's evil brother, Loki, is the next actor to take on the Reasonably Priced Car on Episode 2 of Top Gear Season 21.

- Thanks to you and me, Cartoon Hangover's web short titled Bee and PuppyCat is critically-acclaimed for having the most successful Kickstarter campaign since last year. I know we did but as a thank you present for those who propelled Natasha Allegri's web short into greater heights, the folks at Boom! Comics will be releasing Volume 1 of the brand new Bee and PuppyCat comic this May 2014. Here's the preview:





- In an exclusive report from Hollywood Reporter, the boffins from Disney are pondering a live-action feature to one of Disney's memorable characters, CHIP 'N DALE.

- The final two DLC packs for THE iDOLM@STER SHINY TV game via PS3's iM@S Channel were finally announced as well as the addition of the final G4U Volume 9. Mini Album 11 "Future" featuring Ami and Mami Futami are now available while the final Mini Album 12 "Refresh" featuring Makoto Kikuchi will be available on the PlayStation Store this 19th of February, each costing 1,500 Yen.

TTFN!!!

THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE Kagayaki no Mukougawa e! Original Soundtrack

At long last, THE iDOLM@STER franchise, started from video games to the anime franchise, now spawned its much awaited film under the title of THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE 輝きの向こう側へ!

In this brand new movie based on the hit video game franchise, the idols of 765 Productions continue their quest for fame and friendship as they take on their first arena concert. The producer of the 765 Productions happy to announce the girls that there will be some new ones joining the ranks as back-up dancers and in a amusing-but-mind-shattering kind of way, the girls as seen from the Million Live social game such as Minako Satake (voiced by Eri Ōzeki), Kana Yabuki (Ibuki Kido), Yuriko Nanao (Miku Itō), Seriko Hakozaki (Momo Asakura), Anna Mochizuki (Shiina Natsukawa), Shiho Kitazawa (Sora Amamiya), and Nao Yokoyama (Yui Watanabe) were the ones showed up as special guests of the film itself.

The movie is quite interesting but it didn't have the "aha" factor that most iM@S fans wanted since the anime series but hey, thanks to the film, the hit franchise from NAMCO just keeps on growing.

The original soundtrack of the film is now here what you hear in this CD are 36 BGMs as heard from the movie. The music was scored again by Ryuichi Takada.

There's also a two-disc limited edition where for the first time it features a BLU-RAY DISC AUDIO containing 48 tracks and what's this? It's a blu-ray disc recorded with main sound and it's 30 times more capacity than a normal audio CD so we're not kinda sure about this.

TRACK LISTING:

01 泡沫の夢
02 桜の下に眠るもの
03 光に向かって
04 青い風
05 憧れ
06 私たちはずっと...でしょう? (BGM VERSION)
07 輝きの向こう側へ
08 輝き
09 テンションUP!
10 ステージの影で
11 バトルシーン
12 765プロの毎日
13 アイドルを育てる為に!
14 アイドルたちに...
15 新たな絆
16 広がりゆく夢
17 竜宮小町結成!
18 READY!! (BGM VERSION)
19 パニック&ハイテンション
20 黒い影
21 ピンチ!
22 陰謀と策略に
23 はなれゆく想いに
24 さみしさ
25 揺れ動く心
26 春香の葛藤 (LONG VERSION)
27 つながる想い
28 仲間とライバル
29 穏やかな日々の中で
30 CHANGE!!!! (BGM VERSION)
31 まっすぐ (BGM VERSION)
32 Fate of the World (MOVIE VERSION)
33 ラムネ色 青春 (MOVIE VERSION)
34 GO MY WAY!! (SHORT VERSION)
35 M@STERPIECE (SHORT VERSION)
36 虹色ミラクル (SHORT VERSION)

For Blu-Ray Audio disc on the Limited Edition:

01 泡沫の夢
02 桜の下に眠るもの
03 今日も元気!
04 少女たち
05 広がりゆく夢
06 友情
07 光に向かって
08 真剣なまなざし
09 まっすぐ (BGM VERSION)
10 優艶? 一生懸命?
11 新たな絆
12 気乗りしない...
13 なかよし
14 青い風
15 心情
16 レッスン
17 一生懸命
18 想い
19 仲間とライバル
20 憧れ
21 つながる想い
22 うれしい気持ち
23 蒼い鳥 (Piano Instrumental Version)
24 さみしさ
25 みんなとの...　～Piano version～
26 Colorful Days (BGM VERSION)
27 激励
28 アイドルたちに...
29 はなれゆく想いに
30 Jupiterのテーマ その2
31 THE IDOLM@STER (BGM Version)
32 揺れ動く心
33 春香の葛藤 (LONG VERSION)
34 i (Piano Instrumental Version)
35 いつもの空
36 relations (BGM VERSION)
37 READY!! (BGM VERSION)
38 輝き
39 ピンチ!
40 夢見るアイドル
41 私たちはずっと...でしょう? (BGM VERSION)
42 プロデューサー、走る!
43 輝きの向こう側へ
44 Fate of the World(MOVIE VERSION)
45 ラムネ色 青春(MOVIE VERSION)
46 GO MY WAY!! (SHORT VERSION)
47 M@STERPIECE(SHORT VERSION)
48 虹色ミラクル(SHORT VERSION)

Let's Do The News! (February 4, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- Come tomorrow, Forza Motorsport 5 keeps on going with the release of February's Smoking Tire Car Pack. This month's DLC pack mostly feature most of the returning favorites with the addition of one new-to-Forza car. Here are the list:

2013 Abarth Punto Supersport

2000 BMW Z8

1994 Nissan Fairlady Z Version S Twin Turbo

2002 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Ram Air

2011 Ferrari FF

1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

1966 Chevrolet Nova SS

2004 Maserati MC12

1992 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185

1995 Audi RS 2 Avant

Details: http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/fm5_smoking_tire_car_pack

- The Initial D manga may be over but there's still more what's in store for our favorite street-racing anime featuring the AE86. The folks at avex announced that their new Initial D project is the first of their new animated trilogy of films. Time to get our eurobeat on...

Report: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-03/new-initial-d-car-racing-anime-teaser-reveals-film-trilogy

- The LTO placed a rather bizarre advisory on the status of new license plates. They said that vehicle license plates for private motor vehicles registered as of 12/31/13 had already been distributed to their district offices nationwide.

Report: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/lto-publishes-intriguing-advisory-on-status-of-new-license-plates

- Continuing on the Vhong Navarro mauling case, the PNP imposed a 5,000 Php fine on the security agency in charge of the condo, where the Showtime presenter got beaten by men that claimed to be from businessman Cedric Lee, for not reporting the incident to the cops.

Report: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/573570/condo-security-fined-for-not-reporting-vhong-navarros-mauling

- After the launch of the reform project of the Bureau of Customs, a dozen of big traders continue to receive the "special treatment" at the agency, where their misdeclared and undervalued imported goods cost the government billions of pesos in lost revenue every year. A newly appointed BOC official said that smugglers and corrupt personnel are the main causes of the bureau's failure to meet its targets.

Report: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/572994/list-of-big-suspected-smugglers-disclosed

- Sherlock lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch will soon be guesting on the longest-running educational show, Sesame Street!

Report: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/02/last-benedict-cumberbatch-met-match/

- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: All week long on Disney Channel, there's a brand new Gravity Falls short starring our favorite goofball, Mabel Pines in a brand new "Mabel's Guide To Life" shorts. In the first of the five shorts, Mabel's Guide To Dating! Well, you've probably seen that short now but as told, those new shorts will be here all week long on Disney Channel. Check your local listings.

TTFN!!!

Top Gear S21E01

Top Gear S21E01

BBC Top Gear returns for the 21st Series and for the first episode of the new series, 1980's hot hatches were the opening salvo as the boys bought 80's used hot hatches for series of challenges. Jeremy Clarkson opts for the Mk2 VW Golf, while James May goes for the Ford Fiesta XR2i and Richard Hammond opts in for the Vauxhall Nova SRi. The Stig's teenage cousin was introduced in the later parts of the challenge.

Madness ensues in every parts of challenge and nothing's more demented as the police part of the challenge. The one where hot hatches take on Top Gear's long arm of the law in the form of industrial machinery, remote bombs, drones, and military vehicles!

In the end, despite mishaps, the Fiesta won the supermarket challenge while the Golf won the police chase and the Nova won the hill climb. Everybody's the winners...sort of.

Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville is the STAR IN A REASONABLY PRICED CAR and he posted a lap time of 1:50.1 in wet conditions.

Six Nations 2014 - Round 1

Six Nations 2014 kicks off with the match between last year's champion Wales (WRU) vs. Italy (FIR) at Wales Millennium Stadium at Cardiff, Wales. With tries from Wales' Alex Cuthbert and Scott Williams, Wales kicked off this year's Six Nations at the score of 23-15 against Italy, nabbing their first win of the match.

Highlights:

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Full report here.

Aside from Wales winning the first round, France's FFR took down England Rugby at their home turf of Stade de France at the score of 26-24 in favor of the French and the late surge from their youngest player from the FFR, Gael Fickou. Check out the video highlights:



Full report here.

And lastly, there's the match between Ireland's IRFU vs. Scotland held at the Aviva Stadium and with the score of 28-6, the Irish easily beats the Scottish rugby team.



Full report here.

The Welsh, the French, and the Irish were one all after their first round winnings. The next round will be held this February 8 to 9, with IRFU vs. WRU first, while next match is Scotland vs. England Rugby, and Round 2 concludes with FFR vs FIR.

What's in our Car Town garage today? (February 4, 2014)

What's in our Car Town garage today?

2014 Jaguar F-Type Convertible

Following the footsteps of the classic E-Type, the new Jaguar F-Type represents the pinnacle of the Jaguar range, marking the return of a lightweight rear-wheel drive sportscar enthusiasts have been longing for. Although it maybe focused on performance, agility, and driver involvement, the F-Type features a well-tailored interior that every Jaguar always had in most models. It's available with the supercharged 3.0L V6 engine or the supercharged 5.0L V8 engine from the XKR but the V6 model is the most exciting model in the range because not only it feels lighter but the exhaust note sounds off the hook.

2014 Jaguar F-Type Convertible

2009 Toyota Corolla XRS

The Toyota Corolla is heralded as the world's best-selling car of all time and for this 10th generation model, well, it continues the tradition of being a major global player for the world market. The performance-oriented XRS model features a 2.4L DOHC engine with Toyota's legendary VVT-i delivers 158HP of power and an estimated EPA fuel economy of 30MPG highway.

2009 Toyota Corolla XRS

2010 Honda Accord

The eighth-generation Honda Accord introduced a new generation Variable Cylinder Management for V6 models, which operates six cylinders for power and 3 or 4 cylinders for fuel economy. It's no wonder why it's common to see the eighth-generation Accords roaming around in the streets of America these days...

2010 Honda Accord

2008 Ram 1500

Debuted in 2002, the third-generation Ram truck features a new frame, new suspension, new powertrains, new interiors, and a new sheet metal. It's more than enough to keep one of America's pioneering trucks fresh and ready for its work day. For a quick DYK, its Cummins ISB Diesel engine became one of Ward's 10 Best Engines of 2004.

2008 Ram 1500

2007 Chevrolet Silverado

Hard-working Americans prefer the Chevrolet Silverado more than any other pickup on the market because of its best-in-class performance, best-in-class fuel economy, and its legendary reliability that keeps this pickup strong through the ages. For the 2007 model, the Silverado features a brand-new platform for enhanced driving characteristics while armed with the most powerful Gen IV small-block V8 engines on the market.

2007 Chevrolet Silverado

Let's Do The News! (February 3, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- BMW revealed the newest addition to the 4-Series lineup and this one confused us because it's the 5-door version of the 2-door version of the 4-door car. This is the BMW 4-Series Gran Coupe, you get the same specs from the coupe version, only this time with added doors.



- The folks at Rooster Teeth were happy to announced that Volume 2 of the web series, RWBY, is underway for production and should be ready by the Summer of 2014. It will premiere at the RTX2014 in Austin, Texas, this July.



- Oscar winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman, aged 46, was found dead in Greenwich Village because of drug overdose. This actor was notable for his performance in the 2005 film, Capote.



- Nissan's entry to the 2014 Le Mans will be the first to run a lap via electric power before the car's petrol engine gets on. To be powered on the ZEOD RC, their newly-developed 1.5L DIG-T R engine develops 400HP of power and 380Nm of torque and because the ZEOD RC's lighter, it has a better power-to-weight ration than today's F1 cars.

TTFN!!!