Posted on January 30, 2009 by Johny Ho
During my vacation I helped my sister translate a few things for the HosStuffWork things from Discovery and included a piece about the IMAX cinemas.
Never been in a IMAX screening myself, until very recently there were no IMAX screens in Brazil. Which opened for business exactly on the day I returned from that said vacation. [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2008 by Johny Ho
According to Variety report last month, Disney Media Networks Latin America and Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic are to produce a local version of long running reality show “The Amazing Race” for the entire region.
I’m a latecomer into really appreciating what a great show The Amazing Race is. I have to admit I used to [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2008 by Johny Ho
via 67 Countries Vying for 2008 Foreign Language Oscar – ComingSoon.net
It depresses me that we’re getting another gritty reality type of movie as the Brazil nominee.
For every more hopeful movie like we had with “O Ano em que meus pais saíram de Férias” (the almost auto-biographycal movie from Cao Haburger), we get a dozen of [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Johny Ho
Found this video while reading “Blog do Tas”.
The following video called “Reciprocity”, and was created by Paulo Hartmann and was shown in the 1st HTTPVideo, organized by Instituto Sérgio Motta. In it, we find the Brazilian national athen, recited by one of those automated eletronical voices.
It’s a very amazing, and somewhat disturbing feat.
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Posted on September 9, 2008 by Johny Ho
Journeyman producer pilot gets order from Fox, to be based on telenovela Lalola
Journeyman creator Kevin Falls just got a green light from Fox to produce a new pilot based on the Argentinian telenovela, “Lalola”, following ABC’s steps, with the sucess of Ugly Betty, which was based on Colombian telenovela “Yo so Betty, la fea”.
Never watched [...]
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