Yoon will be among the 8TV hosts who will be performing at the 8TV Chinese Carnival 2008 Mini Concert, airing live on 8TV tomorrow at 5pm.

THE 8TV Chinese Carnival 2008 Mini Concert will be aired live from Berjaya Times Square Boulevard, Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow at 5pm. Join your favourite Chinese celebrities and 8TV hosts in the hour-long concert as they celebrate the Mooncake Festival.

Among them are John, Henley, Danny Wan, Orange, Wu Jia Hui, Jet Yi, popular 8TV hosts Gary Yap (8 E-News), Natalie (8 E-News & Go Travel), Ping Ping & Jeffrey (8 Style), Dylan (Double, Triple or Nothing), Rickman, MeiSim, Ken, Orange (Go-Go-Go!), Yoon & Phirence (Ho Chak!) and Desmond (Unveil The Truth). Madonna Hard Candy TV Special (8TV, tomorrow, 10.30am) will feature snippets of interviews with and video clips of the popular diva. Sports fans can catch the delayed telecast of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix race over RTM2 on Sunday at 12.30am. A new programme on parenting - Headstart - debuts tomorrow over ntv7 at 2pm. Those who didn’t have the chance to watch Ramadan special cookshow The 30-Minute Chef and also Hell’s Kitchen Served Raw can watch the programmes over ntv7 on Sunday at 4.30pm and 10.45pm respectively. Local teen movie Kami, will hit the cinemas nationwide on the first day of Hari Raya. Catch The Making of … Kami on Sunday over ntv7 (1.35pm) for a look behind-the-scenes. Full of retro songs by some of the nation’s talented indie bands, the film features Syarul Ezany and Liyana Jasmay as the main cast.

TOMORROW

Bollygood Time On 2 (RTM2, 12.30pm) - Speed

Sanjay, an undercover MI5 agent, receives a CD which contains the recording of his kidnapped wife, Urmila, and is asked to follow instructions to ensure his wife’s safety. He realises that he is being used as a weapon to assassinate the Prime Minister of India who is visiting London. Starring Zayed Khan, Urmila Matondkar and Aashish Chaudhary.

Saturday Nite Special (RTM2, 9pm) - Die Hard 2

In their bid to rescue a drug lord, a team of terrorists have seized control of an airport. They have jammed all electrical equipment even the runway lights. The only one who can solve this is in the airport. John McClane, has to act fast as the planes are running low on fuel. Starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia and William Atherton.

Panggung Sabtu (TV3, 2pm) - Eklavaya

For nine generations, Eklavaya’s family has protected Devigarh, a centuries-old citadel in Rajasthan. But there’s unrest as peasants are coming under attack because of the king’s brother. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff.

TV3 Cinema (TV3, 12.30am) - The Rocketeer

Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic and mentor, Peevee, he attempts to save his girlfriend and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer. Straight from the pages of a pulp comic, this film recreates Hollywood in the 1930s, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies at the height of the Age of Aviation. Starring Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton and Paul Sorvino.

Hong Movie Saturday (ntv7, 11.50pm) - Sad Movie

Ha-Seok has been unemployed for three years and his girlfriend wants to break off with him. To win her back, Ha-Seok sets up a “separation agency”. Can he save his own relationship by advising other people on how to prevent break-ups? Starring Tae Hyun Cha and Woo Sung Jung.

Chinese Movie (8TV, 8.30pm) - The Lion Roars

The story, set in the Sung Dynasty, is about Liu, a skilled, strong-willed woman and her chance encounter with Chen, a smart and handsome poet. Liu and Chen fall in love but they encounter many obstacles. Starring Cecilia Cheung and Louis Koo.

SUNDAY

Sunday Day Time Special (RTM2, 3pm) - Baltic Storm

A journalist with a leading German television magazine in Berlin is trying to get a scoop on a military black market arms deal. Starring Greta Scacchi, Jurgen Prochnow and Donald Sutherland.

New Straits Times

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in Singh is Kinng.

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SINGH IS KINNG (Hindi)

Directed by Anees Bazmee

Starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Kirron Kher, Om Puri, Sonu Sood, Neha Dhupia, Javeed Jaffrey, Kamal Chopra, Yashpal Sharma

THIS movie has somehow rattled the sensitivities of some Punjabis in India.

India must be among the few countries where frequent demonstrations are held over what is shown or not shown in movies.

It suppose this shows how influential cinema is on the populace.

As for the protests, some Sikhs are upset over the “improper” use of the turban in the movie. But more of that later.
Singh is Kinng is a fun movie with no sensitive elements. At times, it reminds you of Munnabai MBBS in which a hood (Sanjay Dutt) starts doing good things.

The “king” of the movie is, of course, Akshay Kumar.

He plays the role of a honest-to-goodness but bungling villager Happy Singh. Wherever he goes, disaster follows. Soon the villagers hatch a plot to get rid of him so he would not cause any more mischief.

They collect enough money to send him to Australia to bring back a villager-turned-gangster called Lucky Singh (Sonu Sood). They hope Happy will stay away for good.

However, when Happy arrives in Australia (after an eventful detour to Egypt), he begins to change the attitude of the criminals surrounding Lucky. This leads to hilarious situations.

Katrina Kaif plays Sonia, the girl of his dreams who turns up with a boyfriend (Ranvir Shorey) in tow.

There are some illogical twists and turns in the story but essentially this movie is aimed at tickling your funny bone.

In that, the director Anees Bazmee, with the help of Akshay and Javeed Jaffrey (who plays a dumb and blind hoodlum), succeeds.

Incidentally, Bazmee’s two previous movies, No Entry and Welcome, were also big hits.

The producers roped in American rapper Snoop Dogg for a repeat of the title song at the end of the movie when the titles are rolling.

Snoop Dogg and Britain’s popular bhangra band RDB reworked the song.

Some Sikhs were upset as Snoop is shown wearing a turban but others feel this will make Sikhs famous internationally because the song is popular over YouTube.

The other songs, composed by Pritam Chakraborty, are also very listenable.

Katrina (a former model of British-Kashmiri stock) has never looked this good on the screen.

Her infectious smile, especially in the scenes taken in Egypt, will make you fall in love with her.

Katrina (whose affair with Salman Khan is rumoured to be on the rocks) starred with Akshay in two of last year’s biggest hits - Namastey London and Welcome.

Singh is Kinng was extensively shot in India, Eygpt and Australia. It boasts brilliant camerawork.

New Straits Times

KATRINA

MUMBAI - Aktres jelita Katrina Kaif menjadi pelakon wanita termahal di Bollywood apabila beliau dikatakan menerima AS$0.3 juta (RM950,000) untuk bergelek dalam filem terbarunya, Blue, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Selain beliau, aktor Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar dan aktres Lara Dutta turut merupakan teraju utama filem arahan Shree Ashtavinayak itu.

Sumber dalaman industri Bollywood mendedahkan Katrina dianggap sebagai pembawa tuah selepas semua filem yang dibintanginya meraih sambutan memberangsangkan.

Menurutnya, keistimewaan tersebut membolehkan aktres berkenaan tidak menghadapi sebarang masalah untuk menuntut bayaran tinggi bagi sesebuah filem.

Sumber sama menyatakan Katrina pada mulanya menolak untuk melakonkan adegan tarian itu kerana tidak mahu dilabelkan sebagai murahan tetapi mengubah fikiran selepas ditawarkan bayaran yang amat lumayan.

Aktres yang popular dengan filem Boom itu sudah menandatangani kontrak untuk berlakon dalam filem berkenaan pada minggu lalu.

“Saya akan melakukan sesuatu yang istimewa dalam filem Blue. Saya akan mula berlakon pada bulan Mei ini selama 10 hari.

“Saya diberikan tujuh hari untuk melakukan adegan tarian dan nyanyian untuk lagu tersebut. Tiga hari lagi akan digunakan bagi melakonkan babak lain,” katanya. - Agensi

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