Saturday, February 14, 2009

Desperate Housewives season 5 episode 15 (5.15): Desperate ...

The dramedy continues this week with Desperate Housewives season 5 episode 15 / Desperate Housewives 5.15 as the women of Wisteria Lane continue to deals with their lives and loves. In an episode entitled "In a World Where the Kings are Employers", Lynette decides to sell the pizzeria in the wake of dwindling sales due to the economic crisis. But will Tom agree? Meanwhile, Susan decides to get a job to give MJ the best. But when Mike temporarily lets Katherine take care of MJ, Susan gets jealous. Will her new job be in peril as a result? These and more will be revealed when Desperate Housewives season 5 episode 15 airs this weekend. More drama will be revealed

so don't miss it.

A short summary of this week's Desperate Housewives episode is posted below followed by a slew of preview videos released earlier. More videos of Desperate Housewives 5.15 / Desperate Housewives s05e15 will come out soon. Please check back for it.

Susan starts a new job in order to give son MJ the best, but when Mike leaves their son in Katherine's care, anger and jealousy pervade. As Scavo's Pizzeria continues to take a hit in the current economy, Lynette tells Tom they have to sell. Carlos receives a generous bonus when Gaby discovers his boss' dirty little secret. Orson confronts Bree when he learns she's given Andrew a raise. Meanwhile, Dave grows weary the neighbors are beginning to suspect he's up to no good.

Promo: "In a World Where the Kings are Employers"



Preview Video: Desperate Housewives 5 15 / Desperate Housewives 5.15



Video Clip: Desperate Housewives s05e15



Sneak Peek: "In a World Where the Kings are Employers" / Desperate Housewives season 5 episode 15






Gundam 00 season 2 episode 19: Gundam 00 s2 ep 19 (s02e19)

Another exciting episode comes to us this week in Gundam 00 season 2 episode 19 / Gundam 00 s2 ep 19. Has it been a week already since we saw the Celestial Being and their minions struggle and endure attacks from the A-Laws? Yes, it is and we should be ready for another installment full of action from the Gundams as the Ptolemy crew gets ready to take back Veda. This was what we witnessed at the end of the previous episode. For this week's installment entitled "Shadow of the Innovators" (Inobeitā no Kage (イノベイターの影)), no preview summary has been released as always. However, unlike other episodes in the past weeks, a preview video clip of Gundam 00 s2 ep 19 / Gundam 00 season episode 19 turned up at YouTube. I have posted a copy of it below. It is a short but one that we have to be content with for now.

The full episode video stream Gundam 00 season 2 episode will be available right after the airing of the episode this weekend. At first, a raw or Japanese version will be out. However, after a couple of days of translation, the Gundam 00 s2 ep 19 English sub will be out. Watch out for it.

Preview: Gundam 00 s2 ep 19 / Gundam 00 season 2 episode 19
"Shadow of the Innovators" Inobeitā no Kage (イノベイターの影)



While waiting for the airing of this week's Gundam 00 episode on television, here is a recap of what happened in last week's episode.

Episode Recap: Gundam 00 season 2 episode 18 / Gundam 00 s2 ep 18


Four months after the destruction of the orbital elevator in Africa, the world is a different place. The AEU's orbital elevator is rebuilt; Katharon has lost most of its fighting strength and its members are systematically hunted down; the Federation grants A-Laws complete control over the entire military. Despite their success in destroying the second Memento Mori, Celestial Being endures wave after wave of A-Laws attacks, thanks to an oblivious Anew Returner's networking with the Innovators. Tieria suggests to the Ptolemy crew that the time is right for them to carry out a mission to take back Veda. For that purpose, Sumeragi designs a plan centered around capturing an Innovator and the plan begins as A-Laws attacks yet again. Meanwhile, Regene gives Wang Liu Mei the coordinates to Veda's core.

One Piece 389: One Piece episode 389/One Piece 389 English

Another week has passed and it's time for One Piece 389 / One Piece Episode 389 which will air this weekend. If you think last week's episode is exciting, I'm sure this week's installment will, at least, be at par with that one, if not be even better. This week's episode is entitled "Explosion! The Sunny's Super Secret Weapon: Gaon Cannon" (Sakuretsu! Sanī-gō no Chōhimitsu Heiki Gaon Hō (炸裂!サニー号の超秘密兵器ガオン砲)) and it continues where it left off last week - more adventures of our hero, Monkey D. Luffy, and his gang of misfits called the Straw Hats. What will they face in this week's episode? How will they cope? There's only one way to find out and that's by watching One

Piece episode 389 / One Piece 289 when it airs this weekend.

As always, there is no episode summary available for this week's episode. However, there are preview videos available on YouTube which I have posted below. The first one if the raw (Japanese) version of One Piece 389 I found earlier and the second the English subbed One Piece episode 389. The full versions will be available online after the episode airs. Watch out for it.

Preview: One Piece Episode 389 (Raw Version)



Preview: One Piece 389 / One Piece Episode 389 English sub


Friday, February 13, 2009

Valentine's Day


Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The day was originally a pagan festival that was renamed after two Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend in average twice as much money as women.

Nicollette Sheridan leaving Desperate Housewives this year

Edie Britt will no longer be with us next season as Nicollette Sheridan is leaving Desperate Housewives this year. After the announcement that Katherine Heigl and TR Knight will leave Grey's Anatomy comes this piece of similar news. ABC made the announcement recently.

Sheridan, who has been with Desperate Housewives since the series debuted five seasons ago plays sexy vamp Edie Britt in the show, often a source of trouble and scandal. But sadly, it looks like the creators of the dramedy are set to inject something new for next season and this is the reason why Edie Britt

will be leaving. They did the same thing with the five-year jump in the show's story last season. However, it is not clear how Edie Britt will go. Nothing in the statement made by creator Marc Cherry in an interview earlier this year mentioned the reason why, although he had already made hints as early as then that Nicollette Sheridan will be leaving, saying that her actions "will have devastating consequences for her and lead to a shocking conclusion to her time on Wisteria Lane."

There are reports of an accident Edie will face towards the end of the season. It is rumored that Edie will find out that her husband has plans to kill her. As she hurriedly makes her escape, she hits an electric pole and dies. What a way to go for Edie if this "leak" is true. This will reportedly happen towards the end of the season. For now, let's just wait and see what happens, and watch the preview of their next episode, Desperate Housewives season 5 episode 15: 'In a World Where the Kings Are Employers'.

Desperate Housewives 5.15: In a World Where the Kings Are Employers


Chris Brown speaks: Chris Brown's new Facebook message

Chris Brown has finally "spoken" through a message on his Facebook page. Yes, he has a Facebook account, using his complete name Christopher Maurice Brown as opposed to the "Chris Brown" pages his fans have set up. After almost a week of silence from both camps, with no confirmation nor denial about the assault issue, at least one side is now talking.

Chris Brown has been taking a beating in the press - online, in print and broadcast media - regarding the alleged beating Rihanna suffered in his hands. But now, some of the details (at least according to him) are starting to come out. In his private Facebook

page, he posted this brief (very brief!) message: "You'll begin to see her true colors. Believe it!" Not only that. He has also confirmed his split with Rihanna by changing his status to "Single".

According to reports, one more noticeable feature of his private Facebook page is the new profile photo it is now sporting. Chris Brown can be seen smiling and hugging a brunette. Who is this brunette? Is this the girl Rihanna was jealous about? Is she the cause of the fight which led to the alleged beating? No one knows. But one of these days we'll surely find out.

According rumors, Rihanna has been suspecting that Chris Brown was cheating on her. One article I read even reported that the "Umbrella" hitmaker hired a PI to follow Chris whenever she could be with him on concert tours. Rumors also point to this jealousy as the trigger of the fight that led to the alleged assault. Chris Brown allegedly received a text message from a woman that night he and Rihanna were together and that sparked the fight.

Will Rihanna make a reply via her Facebook or MySpace page? Let's wait and see.

Dollhouse premiere: Ghost, Dollhouse episode 1 w/ Eliza Dushku

After a long wait, Joss Whedon's Dollhouse premieres this week with episode 1 of what promises to be another great series from the brains behind "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "Angel". Eliza Dushku, who also worked with Whedon in the two aforementioned series, stars as Echo, one of a group of individuals known as "Actives" or "Dolls". In this American science fiction television program, these Actives are programmable persons whose memories can wiped out clean and reprogrammed according to the task that is assigned to them. They are hired for every particular job imaginable - good deeds, crimes and even fantasies. These Dolls are then monitored carefully until an

assigned job is done after which they are again cleaned out ready for another undertaking. In between jobs, they are kept in a futuristic "dormitory" called a Dollhouse.

Echo (Eliza Dushku) is one of these Dolls. The story will also follow the lives of several other Dolls as well as their handlers. Dollhouse premieres this Friday. Posted below is a description of the show courtesy of Wikipedia, followed by a short summary of the premiere episode entitled "Ghost". Several sneak peek videos are also posted for a glimpse of the the new Joss Whedon masterpiece, Dollhouse.

In Dollhouse, Eliza Dushku plays a young woman called Echo, a member of a group of people known as "Actives" or "Dolls." The Dolls have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas, including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language, for different assignments. They're then hired out for particular jobs, crimes, fantasies, and occasional good deeds. On missions, Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. In between tasks, they are mind-wiped into a child-like state and live in a futuristic dormitory/laboratory, a hidden facility nicknamed "The Dollhouse". The story follows Echo, who begins, in her mind-wiped state, to become self-aware.

Beyond Dushku's character, the show will also revolve around the people who run the mysterious "Dollhouse" and two other "Dolls", Victor and Sierra, who are friendly with Echo (the names are simply letters in the phonetic alphabet). Although the Actives are ostensibly volunteers, the operation is highly illegal and under constant threat on one end from Paul Ballard, a determined federal agent who has heard a rumor about the Dolls, and an insane rogue Active on the other.


Ghost, Dollhouse premiere / Dollhouse episode 1 synopsis

Echo is one of the "Actives" in the elite and illegal Dollhouse. Through different personality downloads, she plays the role of a lovestruck girl on a romantic weekend, and then a ruthlessly efficient kidnapping negotiator. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Paul Ballard is struggling with his assignment to uncover information on the Dollhouse. The chase has destroyed his marriage and is wrecking his career, and it doesn't seem that he'll stop until he uncovers the truth.

Preview: Dollhouse premiere / Dollhouse pilot episode



Video Clip: Dollhouse season 1 episode 1 / Dollhouse Ghost



Preview video: Dollhouse 1.01 / Dollhouse s01e01



Promo: Dollhouse episode 1: Ghost