Oscar 2014 Highlights

''Welcome to the Academy Award! Here is your host! Ellen Degeneres!'' Oh my Ellen, Ellen, Ellen. Oscar 2014 has been on e of the most highly anticipated even of the year. 2014's nominees are high quality films, featuring big name actors such as Bradly Cooper, Christian Bale, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Matthew Mcconaughay and Leonardo Dicaprio. There are also some new faces such as Lupita N'yongo, Chiewtel Ejofor, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi and Joaquim Pheonix. Here are some highlights from the award show. 

First of all, Ellen Degenres did a fantastic job hosting the show. It was recorded as the most watched TV live event since 2000. There were multiple musical performances during the show for Best Original Song category. Pharrell Williams kicked off the show with his hit song Happy that brought many celebrity on their feet and danced Pharrell himself.

However though, Pharrell's Happy had no chance standing up against Idina Menzel's Let It Go from Frozen. Prior to Idena's performance, she was introduced by John Travolta where he complete mispronounced Idina's name!

John: Please welcome the wickedly talented, the one and only, ADELE DAZIM

Oh no John! 

After about two afters into the show, Ellen decided to ask if anyone wanted Pizza, half an hour later, Ellen arrived on the stage with a pizza guy and started distributing dinner for the biggest celebs in Hollywood! 

After dinner, Ellen pulled out her Smartphone and asked Meryl Streep for selfie wanting to break Twitter's record for the most retweeted picture. Here is the result of the selfie: 

And yes, Ellen did break Twitter's record and became the most retweeted selfie with 3 millions + retweets! 

Overall, Oscars 2014 was hell of an event and it did not disappoint me one bit. It was everything I expected and more from a show hosted by Ellen. It was a very entertaining and satisfying and amusing. Whoever hosts the show has a lot of legacy to live up to! 

Game of Thrones Season 4

April 7, journey back to Westero, where dragons and White Walkers roams the realm. Prepare yourself as the seven noble houses continues their battle for the Iron Throne. Game of Thrones Season 4 is returning in less than 2 weeks.

HBO's original TV series Game of Thrones is coming back for it's fourth season. After nearly 10 months of waiting, the fans are dying to see their favorite TV show making it's way back on screen. Last season, Game of Thrones left off with the aftermath from the devastating Red Wedding. Arya has escaped The Twins with The Hound after witnessing his brother's corpse being paraded around, Bran and his companion encountered  Sam and Gilly in the north, Jon Snow made his way back to The Wall after being pierced with several arrows by Ygritte, Yara was determined to rescue Theon Greyjoy from Ramsey Snow, and Daenerys Targaryan freed all the slaves of Yunkai.

HBO has released several thrilling trailers hinting some big changes that is about to happen in the series. New Characters are introduced such as Oberyn Martell, the first of House Martell to appear in the series. Tyrion Lannister seems to face great dangers in Kings Landing, Arya seems to be lost in Westero with The Hound, while Jon Snow is off to fight the evil spirits beyond The Wall. HBO promises many more heart stopping jaw dropping turns of events for the new season.

Personally, being a huge fan of the Game of Thrones book and TV franchise, I cannot wait to see the series return. Geroge R.R Martin made it clear that season fourth truly stays authentic to the book and he himself could not be more excited to watch the show. HBO has really done a terrific job with Game of Thrones in the past and I have very high hope for season 4!

R.I.P Paul Walker

On November 30, 2013. The star of the franchise Fast and Furious, Paul Walker passed away. Walker died in a tragic car accident along with his friend Roger Rodas. It was reported that Walker and Rodas was leaving a charity even that Walker hosted, the two got in a car and left. From the crime scene it looked like the car was speeding through the streets and went out of control and ran into a light post. Roads appeared to be the one driving the vehicle however, both died on the spot.

Paul Walker was in the middle of shooting the 7th movie of Fast and Furious causing the entire movie to be put on hold. It was later announced that the movie will have to restart thus pushing the initial released back a year. Walker's death was devastating for the fans the franchise and the cast and crews of Fast and Furious. Condolences came from every where on the internet. The most emotional post by far is by Walker's long time friend and partner in the movie: Vin Diesel. Diesel's facebook post on Walker's death:

''When I heard, I immediately flew back to California, and went directly from the plane to his mother's house...
I thought they needed my strength, but realized when I got there and broke down before his family, that it was I who needed theirs. His mother hugged me and said I am so sorry... I said sorry? You're the mother who lost a son?... She said yes, but you lost your other half...''

Paul Walker will forever live on in the Fast and Furious movie. The world shall never forget this man who  dedicated his life making others happy. Rest in peace, Paul Walker.

Top 10 Action Movies of 2014

If you're a fan of action then you won't be disappointed with 2014 because this year is action packed with some of the most exciting actions movies ever! So here is a list of the biggest actions movies coming out this year:

10. Divergent

9. Dawn of the Planet of Apes

8. Pompeii

7. Transformer: Age of Extinction

6. Need For Speed

5. Non Stop

4. Transcendance

3. Robocop

2. Mocking Jay

1. Godzilla

Some of my personal most anticipated movies are Transcendence, Godzilla and Need For Speed. After the horrible box office result of the latest Johny Depp movie The Lone Ranger, I can not help but wonder if Depp is going to 'take a break' from the acting career. When Transcendence was announced I was beyond thrilled to the see Depp's name in the trailer. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul has had a successful year and is at the peak of his acting career. Paul who is someone have never starred in a leading role in a movie before finally get the chance to break out the Jesse Pinkman TV character phase and begin a new career in the film industry. This movie no doubt is going to be one of the most anticipated action movie in 2014. Everyone is just dying to see more of Aaron Paul's performance. Godzilla is my top choice of action movie in 2014. Growing up everyone has heard of Godzillia, however this giant radioactive lizard hasn't appeared in film for more than 15 years. This movie is going to be extraordinary and better than the 1998 version with all the newest animation technology. With casts such as Bryant Cranston, Aaron Taylor Jonson and Emily Olsen, this remake for sure going to be one of the biggest hit of 2014.

Overall, 2014 looks like a promising year jam packed with action goodies! For an action junkie like me, I am for sure going to be visiting the theater multiple times!

Bound 2, Bound 3

Kanye West's newest music video for his hit single 'Bound 2' was released on youtube 2 months ago featuring his newly engaged fiance, Kim Kardashian. This video was popular to earn 1 million hits after one week. Today the video stands at 24 million views thanks to another video released shortly after 'Bound 2', this video was 'Bound 3'. 

Bound 3 is not a sequel of Bound 2. Bound 3 was a parody video of Kanye's Bound 2. Bound 3 was produced by James Franco starring the man himself and his buddy Seth Rogen. While the 2 movies stars were having a little bit of downtime, after seeing Kanye's ridiculous music video (which features multiple pointless scenery shots, Kanye and Kim on a motorcycle, with Kim completely topless and a terrible song) the duo decided to create a spoof of the song; shot by shot. 

In bound 3, James plays Kanye and Seth plays Kim. James wore a similar out to the one Kanye had on in the original and Seth Rogen was no afraid to show off his hairy chest! As much as the video was hilarious enough, there was peak in the video that made it THAT much better than bound 2. In bound 2, Kanye and Kim shared a passionate kiss halfway through the song. And as everyone expected, Franco and Seth had a even hotter make out session than Kimye! 

Bound 3 is what made bound 2 famous. The hilarious duo quickly attracted attention from all over the social media, Kim and Kanye included. Thank god that Kanye actually had a sense of humor and didn't file for a lawsuit or storm out and declare a war on James Franco. Phew! 

Bound 2 has 24 million hits with 271 thousands dislike and 100 thousands likes. Bound 3 THE ORIGINAL VIDEO received 3 millions hits and 500 dislikes and 23 thousand dislikes. However Bound 3 was reposted several times therefore the total view and like/dislike ratio can't be properly determined. 

San Francisco BatKid

The Riddler, the Penguin, they are no match for the Batkid! In San Francisco, a young United States citizen name Miles who is currently 5 years old and battling leukemia had a wish to be Batman for a day and save Gothem from the evil villains.

Miles's wish was granted through Make A Wish Foundation and the with the help of the entire San Francisco foundation. The streets in the city  were lined up for the brave Batkid to the save the day. Thousands of spectators and supporters came to San Francisco to cheer Miles on as he takes down the evil 

Penguin, saves a damsel in distress and stop the Riddler from robbing a bank. Miles was assembled by Batman to go help him save Gothem. They travelled in a black Lamborghini with Batman's symbol on the hood characterizing as the Bat Mobile. The make a wish foundation set up the streets of San Francisco and planted crimes for Miles to fight. Miles's heroic days caught many attention of celebrities around the country. 

President Obama sent Miles a Vine video cheering him on. Encouraging tweets came from Adam West, Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck, Hans Zimmer, New Orleans Saints, Cheryl Burke, Olivia Munn, Anna Kendrick, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, Khloe Kardashian, Zachary Levi, Haley Williams and from Batman himself; Christian Bale. 

''This little kid, oh my God — what a wonderful day for the little fella! It's just fantastic, seeing all those people who were out there to support it."- Christian Bale on Batkid. 

This is no doubt a touching story. It's absolutely amazing to see the community, the country and even the world coming together to support a little kid's wish. Now we know Gothem will be safe thanks to Batkid Miles Scott. It's news headlines like these that restores the lost faith in humanity. Great job Make A Wish Foundation and to you, Batkid! 

NBA at it's lowest - The return part 2

Well well well, NBA had just begun and the 4 biggest star that everyone was waiting for the return have failed the public's expectation. Star point guard Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook and the legendary Kobe Byrant finally made their way back to the league for a fresh start but it turns out it was the only thing they started was The Return Part 2.

After Derrick Rose took the entire 2012- 2013 season off to recover from his ACL injury that occurred in March 2012, he was ready to show the world what the youngest MVP in the history is capable of. Rose was back on the first day of the pre-season and had a tremendous stat sheet. He lead the Chicago Bulls to number 1 standing in the eastern conference. His 2013-2014 career looked very promising. The regular season later started in November and Rose had marvelous scores... before he injured his knee once again! This time, Rose suffered from a tear in his meniscus in his right knee and has to under go a surgery. A day later his announcement of successful surgery, it was announced that Derrick Rose is out for the rest of the season. Yikes! 

As for Russell Westbrook who returned to the league in mid November, only missing a couple of games of the regular season, recorded his eighth triple-double on Dec 25. Two days after the Christmas game, Westbrook had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be out through the All-Star Break. The legendary Kobe Bryant who suffered from torn Achilles in late 2013-14 season, returned to the league as well on Dec 8. After less than 2 weeks of participating in the regular season, Kobe Byrant suffered from  lateral tibial plateau fracture in his left knee and is expected to sit out through the All-Star break as well. 

With all these star returning and leaving, the fans could not help but worry for their team's future. Is Miami Heat going to dominate the championship title again? will anyone else have a chance with all these injured players? Even though NBA may be at it's lowest point right now, the fans never forgets to show love for their favorite players. In the second return of All-Star Ballot. Rose comes in 3rd in eastern conference back court, Russell Westbrook is 6th in Western conference back court and Bryant leads the number 1 spot in the Western back court as always.