MTV Music Awards Rumors.

preliminary line up of performers will include:

Taylor Swift

Pink

Lady GaGa

Jay-Z

and for their first television appearance...

MUSE!

better get their supermassive black holes ready for the awards!

... and of course a few that i really want to play (which will convince me to download the HD version of the awards)

1. the all-new Panic! at the Disco (starring Brendon and Spencer)

2. Blink-182 (with a Travis Barker solo in honor of his friend DJAM)


3. Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester (with Good Girls Go Bad, of course)



4. 3OH!3



5. Katy Perry and Travis McCoy



looking forward to these!

RIP DJ A.M.

according to perezhilton.com, Adam Goldstein aka DJ AM, passed away.

his body was found by the NY police at his apartment, together with drug paraphernalia. so the cause could be a drug overdose.

Modern Warfare 2: What To Expect

From Facebook.com - Rumoured list of details:

Vehicles will be in MW2

M16 will return, using stopping power will only be OHK at head, neck, and torso (abdomen, limbs, and hands/feet will not)

Ak47 and M4 will return, unknown if there are any changes

M40 will return, ACOG damage boost will be fixed

Scorpion, P90, M21, R700, G3, G360 will not return

There are more unknown weapons that will not return

New sniper rifle: SR25M (United states forces)

New Assault rifle: Diemeco C8 (Canadian forces M4 equivelant)

New Assault rifle: L85A2 (United Kingdom forces)

Total weapons in multiplayer are said to be around 35

Favourite Modern warfare 1 maps will return

Helicopters, air strikes, UAV will return

Red dot sightings will come in different shapes for multiplayer (circular, square, original)

Snipers will have special grass camouflage (As seen in Modern warfare 1's campaign)

All perks will return from MW except eavesdrop and others will be altered

All gametypes will return from MW and all will have hardcore versions

New gametype: Secure (Call of duty version of capture the flag, however you capture the enemy's Intel)

New gametype unconfirmed name, similar to search and destroy, however instead of trying to plant a bomb, you try to kill a specified enemy

Solider customization for each class (and each country)

Sniper with silencers will NOT be in multiplayer

There are NO bots in local multiplayer

Similar version to Nazi Zombies, however details are unknown

NO guest players online, 1 player per console

Killcam save feature

There is blood and gore

Offline/Online Co-op

Story takes place in the Middle East

Role as US marines return

Ken Lally voice work in campaign

Release is set for sometime in November

New army tags will be available to add different elements in campaign (similar to halo skulls)

Campaign-only weapons

Celebrity Misidentity

seen from afar, it seems that in here is my chemical romance frontman gerard way.

... but it turned out to be kristen stewart.

could she be the lost third of the way brotherhood?

On St. John Marie Vianney and Contemporary Priesthood

In celebrating the feast of St. John Marie Vianney and the international year of priests a week ago, allow me to clear the name of the beloved patron of parish priests that has become the root of flawed reasoning with regard to seminary formation. Some seminarians (and even priests, mind you) think of St. John Vianney as a priest who is not really bright, doing poorly in his theological studies. However, as they say, he made up for this through his spiritual discipline. They wrongly conclude that anything besides this spirituality are just mere "decorations" of seminary formation, with little importance to contribute.

But is this really so? I believe that if one would read an account of St. John Vianney's life, no detail would account for this. All that has been shown was that because he took a break from seminary life due to the war, he had difficulty in his Latin, being too old to be very efficient in it. Nowhere does it say that he really had a very poor academic performance. After all, would a rich spiritual life well-described in his writings be possible for a priest who hasn't studied much?

In clarifying these matters, it is but inevitable to remind us of the call of the Church for us seminarians to strive to become better priests. It is our personal, as well as a communal, response to the Church's call of the day to provide authentic guidance and direction for the faithful who seem to be lost in the floating world of postmodernity and commercialism.

As of now, the clergy faces two challenges: the call to become integral persons on one hand, and the avoidance of rationalization on the other hand.

Some parish priests today face difficulties in handling the faithful and managing the parishes. Homilies not well-articulated and expressed, a lack of knowledge of people and interaction with them, and poor critical thinking regarding certain matters serve as signs for these. On a lay person's perspective, it seems that these are the reasons why the parish priests of today are unappreciated, undervalued, and, at times, not taken seriously and highly regarded. They seem to have something that should have been developed in the course of seminary formation, but was not done because of several factors, including the quality of formation as well as of the individual response to it.

Meanwhile, the Church faces what postmodern critical theory calls "rationalization." In a way, ministries have been strictly compartmentalized. Some priests are only good at teaching and education, or at liturgy and social action. It is indeed good that priests focus on their passions, but the problem is, some of the aspects have been left out. There are those who are knowledgeable in various disciples, but lack that which concerns practical matters and public. There are also those who know about parish management but fail to provide some theoretical and explanatory grounds for their actions as priests. In short, this systematization of the Church finds its roots and leads to a lack of the integral personhood of the priests.

With these challenges of integrity and strict systematization in mind, we can then show what it means by the Church needing better priests. A better priest is someone who have both the heads and the hearts set to serve the Lord and lead the people to Him. What we need now are priests who have enough understanding and wisdom to read the signs of the times, who know how to interact and relate with people. We need priests who know how to cater various kinds of people from all backgrounds and all classes, most especially to the poor and the oppressed. We need priests who really find God in all things and can relate with different passions, endeavors, and ministries. In short, the Church needs true priests, priests who serve as the Church's helping hand to the faithful.

Yes, it seems that the demand is great, but this is the very challenge that we seminarians face today. Now that seminaries, through the guidance of the Updated Philippine Program for Priestly Formation, become more open to "formation outside the confines of the seminary itself," we are fortunate enough to be offered the best quality of integral formation, consisting of a spiritual formation allowing us to go both inside and outside ourselves, an academic formation that is integral, a community life which respects individual responsible freedom, and an apostolic formation with complete immersion and oneness with the other as its center. With all these, what we are just called to be completely open and responsive towards formation. We just have to bring out the best in us, to show who we really are, strengths and weaknesses both included, that we may be fully molded as the best priests that there can be for the Lord.

The call to be a St. John Vianney demands a response now, and what is asked of us is to let ourselves be formed as we look forward to being the priests that the Church needs right now.

John Hughes, Jr. (1950-2009)

hats off to this great director. may he rest in peace.

from wikipedia:

Writer

Delta House (1979) (TV Series) National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982) At Ease (1983) (TV Series) Mr. Mom (1983) National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Nate and Hayes (1983) (with David Odell) Sixteen Candles (1984) The Breakfast Club (1985) Weird Science (1985) Pretty in Pink (1986) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) She's Having a Baby (1988) The Great Outdoors (1988) Uncle Buck (1989) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Home Alone (1990) Career Opportunities (1991) Dutch (1991) Curly Sue (1991) Beethoven (1992) (as Edmond Dantes) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Dennis the Menace (1993) Baby's Day Out (1994) Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 101 Dalmatians (1996) Flubber (1997) Home Alone 3 (1997) Reach The Rock (1998) Just Visiting (2001) (with Jean-Marie Poire & Christian Clavier) Maid in Manhattan (2002; story) (originally titled The Chambermaid) (as Edmond Dantes) Drillbit Taylor (2008; story) (as Edmond Dantes)

Director

Sixteen Candles (1984) The Breakfast Club (1985) Weird Science (1985) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) She's Having a Baby (1988) Uncle Buck (1989) Curly Sue (1991)

Producer

The Breakfast Club (1985) Pretty in Pink (1986; executive producer) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) She's Having a Baby (1988) The Great Outdoors (1988; executive producer) Uncle Buck (1989) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) Home Alone (1990) Career Opportunities (1991) Only the Lonely (1991)

Dutch (1991) Curly Sue (1991) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Dennis the Menace (1993) Baby's Day Out (1994) Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 101 Dalmatians (1996) Flubber (1997) Home Alone 3 (1997) Reach the Rock (1998) New Port South (2001; executive producer)

Unproduced screenplays

• The History of Ohio From The Beginning Of Time To The End Of The Universe (with P.J. O'Rourke)
• Jaws 3: People 0 – a parody sequel to the popular series.^[10]
• Bartholomew Vs. Neff – Sylvester Stallone and John Candy are pitted against each other as feuding neighbors.^[11]
• The Bee – a feature length Disney film.^[12]
• The Grisbeys – a wealthy family suddenly becomes destitute, forcing them to move to the other side of the tracks during Christmas.^[13]

Books

• The National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody (1978) (with P.J. O'Rourke)

2009 MTV Video Awards: Cast Your Vote Now!

The 2009 MTV Video Music Award Nominees Are...

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Lady Gaga: Poker Face
Eminem: We Made You
Kanye West: Love Lockdown
Britney Spears: Womanizer

BEST NEW ARTIST
3OH!3
Lady Gaga
Kid Cudi
Drake
Asher Roth

BEST MALE VIDEO
Eminem: "We Made You"
Kanye West: "Love Lockdown"
Jay-Z: "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)"
T.I. featuring Rihanna: "Live Your Life"
Ne-Yo: "Miss Independent"

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Lady Gaga: "Poker Face"
Taylor Swift: "You Belong With Me"
Kelly Clarkson" "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Katy Perry: "Hot 'N Cold"
Pink: "So What"

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Eminem: "We Made You"
Kanye West: "Love Lockdown"
Flo Rida: "Right Round"
Asher Roth: "I Love College"
Jay-Z: "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)"

BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears: "Womanizer"
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester: "Good Girls Go Bad"
Lady Gaga: "Poker Face"
Wisin y Yandel: "Abusadora"

BEST ROCK VIDEO
Coldplay: "Viva La Vida"
Kings Of Leon: "Use Somebody"
Green Day: "21 Guns"
Fall Out Boy: "I Don't Care"
Paramore: "Decode"

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears: "Circus"
Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake: "Love Sex Magic"
AR Rahman & Pussy Cat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger: "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
Kristina DeBarge: "Goodbye"

BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Lady Gaga: "Paparazzi"
Green Day: "21 Guns"
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester: "Good Girls Go Bad"
Britney Spears: "Circus"

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears: "Circus"
Miley Cyrus: "7 Things"
Coldplay: "Viva La Vida"
Lady Gaga: "Paparazzi"

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Gnarls Barkley: "Who’s Gonna Save My Soul"
Lady Gaga: "Paparazzi"
Eminem: "We Made You"
Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson: "Paranoid"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Coldplay: "Viva La Vida"
Green Day: "21 Guns"
Britney Spears: "Circus"
Lady Gaga: "Paparazzi"

BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Britney Spears: "Circus"
Lady Gaga: "Paparazzi"
Gnarls Barkley: "Who’s Gonna Save My Soul"
Coldplay: "Viva La Vida"

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
Death Cab For Cutie: "Grapevine Fires"
Gnarls Barkley: "Who’s Gonna Save My Soul"
Anjulie: "Boom"
Cold War Kids: "I've Seen Enough"
Chairlift: "Evident Utensil"
Bat For Lashes: "Daniel
Major Lazer: "Hold The Line"
Passion Pit: "The Reeling"
Matt & Kim: "Lessons Learned"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Heads Will Roll"

BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN)
U2: "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Dr Dre: "Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang"
Beastie Boys: "Sabotage"
Bjork: "Human Behavior"
Radiohead: "Karma Police"
George Michael: "Freedom"
Foo Fighters: "Everlong"
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: "Into The Great Wide Open"
OK Go: "Here It Goes Again"
David Lee Roth: "California Girls"

vote now!