Negara Kehilangan Permata Berharga - Yasmin Ahmad

AL-FATIHAH

Yasmin Ahmad 1958 - 2009

Name : Yasmin Ahmad
Her parents are Ahmad Hashim and Inom Yon
Occupation: Leo Burnett creative director / scripwriter / director / producer
Place of birth: Bukit Treh, Muar, Johor
Date of birth: July 1,1958
Husband: Abdullah Tan Yew Leong (married January 2003)
Education and career
• A graduate in arts, majoring in politics and psychology from Newcastle University.
• Worked as a trainee banker in 1982 for just two weeks.
• Worked for IBM as a marketing representative while moonlighting as a blues singer and pianist by night.
• Began advertising career as copywriter for Ogilvy & Mather.
• Joined Leo Burnett in 1993 as joint creative director with Ali Mohammed and eventually promoted to executive
creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur.

Her Films (Also my all time favourite)
Rabun, Sepet, Gubra, Mukhsin, Muallaf, Talentime
• Also responsible for numerous Petronas ads and Singaporean commercials

Other info about my favourite director Yasmin Ahmad

Early academic : Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar, Johor Bahru
Profesion:* Penulis, Ogilvy & Mather* Pengarah Eksekutif Kreatif, Leo Burnett
Iklan:* Suratkhabar Lama* Makan Bola (sempena Bolasepak Piala Dunia)* Forgiving iklan terbitan Petronas)
Berlakon Dalam Drama Min2006 Tai yang yue (Rain Dogs)pada tahun 2003
dan menerbitkan Raining Amber pada tahun 2005
Biasiswa, Kementerian Pendidikan* Juara, Talentime Ested Fodd, Wales

Her best Achievement

1975 Naib Johan, Bintang RTM ‘75
2003 Filem ASEAN Terbaik (Rabun), Anugerah Video Malaysia ke-8, Kuala Lumpur
2004 Filem Reka Bentuk Terbaik ASEAN (Sepet), Anugerah Video Malaysia ke-9
2005 Filem Terbaik (Sepet), Festival Filem Wanita Antarabangsa Creteil, Perancis
2005 Cerita Asal Terbaik (Sepet), Festival Filem Malaysia ke-18 (FFM18)
2005 Filem Terbaik (Sepet), Festival Filem Malaysia ke-18 (FFM18)
2005 Poster Terbaik, Festival Filem Malaysia ke-18 (FFM)
2005 Filem Asia Terbaik (Sepet), Festival Filem Antarabangsa Tokyo
2005 Filem Terbaik (Sepet), Global Chinese Golden Arts, Genting Highlands
2006 Filem Terbaik (Gubra), Festival Filem Malaysia ke-19 (FFM19)
2006 Pelakon Wanita Terbaik (Gubra),Festival Filem Malaysia ke-19 (FFM19)
2006 Lakon Layar Terbaik (Gubra), Festival Filem Malaysia ke-19 (FFM19)
2006 Poster Terbaik (Gubra), Festival Filem Malaysia ke-19 (FFM19)
2007 Pingat perak (Mukhsin), Netpac Festival, Jojagkarta
2007 Anugerah Filem Terbaik Kategori Generasi Baru (Mukhsin), Festival FilemAntarabangsa Berlin ke-57
2007 Tempat kedua Anugerah Juri Kanak-Kanak (Mukhsin), Festival FilemAntarabangsa Berlin ke-57
2007 Filem Cereka Terbaik Asia Tenggara (Mukhsin), Festival FilemAntarabangsa Cinemanila, Filipina

PENERBITAN

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Filem yang ditayangkan dan menyertai Festival Filem Antarabangsa

2003 Rabun, Festival Filem Antarabangsa, Singapura
2003 Rabun, Festival Filem Asia Cinemaya, New Delhi
2003 Rabun, Festival Filem Torino, Itali
2005 Sepet, Festival Filem San Francisco
2005 Sepet, Festival Filem Asia, Barcelona
2005 Sepet, Festival Filem Wanita Antarabangsa Creteil, Perancis
2007 Mukhsin, Festival Filem Antarabangsa Berlin ke-57
2006 Ahli panel Debat Budaya 1 bertajuk Filem Melayu, Filem Malaysia… Ke Arah Mana Sinema Malaysia
2006 Juri, Pertandingan Filem Pendek BMW (BMW Shortie’s)
2007 Juri, Festival Filem Thessaloniki ke-48, Greece

Also mention in detail...

“Rabun” (2002)

* In Competition, Turin International Film Festival, 2003
* Best ASEAN Film, 8th Malaysian Video Awards, 2003

“Sepet” (2004)

* Best Asian Film, 18th Tokyo International Film Festival
* Grand Jury Prize, 27th Creteil International Festival of Women’s Films
* Best Film, Malaysian Film Festival, 2005
* Best Original Story, Malaysian Film Festival, 2005
* Official Selection, 48th San Francisco International Film Festival
* Best ASEAN Film, 9th Malaysian Video Awards

“Gubra” (2005)

* In Competition, 49th San Francisco International Film Festival
* Official Selection, 36th Rotterdam International Film Festival
* Official Selection, 19th Tokyo International Film Festival Best Film, Malaysian Film Festival, 2006
* Best Original Screenplay, Malaysian Film Festival, 2006
* Nominated for the Norwegian Peace Film Prize, 2007

“Voices at the bottom of the pyramid” (2005 – Documentary)

“Mukhsin” (2006)

* Grand Prize of the International Jury, Generation section, 57th
* Berlin International Film Festival
* Special Mention, Crystal Bear, 57th Berlin International Film Festival
* Silver Hanoman, 2nd Prize, 2007 NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Jogjakarta
* Best ASEAN Feature Film, CINEMANILA International Film Festival, 2007
* Special Mention, Castellinaria International Youth Film Festival
* Nominated for ‘Best Asian Film’, 19th Tokyo International Film Festival

“Muallaf” (2007)

* Official Selection, 61st Locarno International Film Festival, 2008
* Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Special Mention, 22nd Tokyo
* International Film Festival, 2008
* Official Selection, Pusan International Film Festival, 2008

“Talentime” (2008)

* Nomination, Signis Award, Hong Kong Film Festival, 2009

She has been a Member of the Jury a number of International Festivals

* Fajr International Film Festival, Iran 2006
* Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece 2007
* 58th Berlin International Film Festival (Generation section), 2008

2008 Juri, Festival Filem Antarabangsa Berlin (Berlinate) ke-58

We miss you and love you Yasmin Ahmad... May GOD Bless you always... Rest in Peace... Amin...

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I hope it's not too late to CONGRATS 2 all of d winners..

Shout! Award which has been held on 17th July '09 was
succesfully organised by 8TV.. Round of applaused...
The awards have been given out...

The Ultimate Shout Awards - Bunkface
Rockstar Awards - Bunkface
Fresh TV Series - Ghost
Favorite Radio Show - FLY FM Pagi Show (Ben, Nadia and Phat Fabes)
Breakthrough Film Award - KAMI

Popstar Award - Stacy
Favorite TV Program - Field Trip! USA
Coolest Radio Announcer - JJ
Hot Chick Award - Marion
Best On Screen Chemistry Award - Upin & Ipin
Stylo Award - Dynas Mokhtar
Hot Guy Award - Faizal Tahir
Favorite TV Host Award - Naz
Power Vocal Award - Jaclyn Victor
Break Out Award - Bunkface
Flava Award - Joe Flizzow

Congratz for those who won!!!

Here are some of the collections of Harry Potter after 6 movies since 2001. Hope you all will like it...

Collection of Harry Potter in 6 movies

Harry Potter and Half-blood prince

Harry Potter continues to work box-office alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight blockbuster.

The sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," took in $79.5 million domestically over opening weekend and $159.7 million since debuting last Wednesday, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros. on Sunday.

The movie also took in $237 million overseas since Wednesday in 54 countries, bringing its worldwide total to $396.7 million.

With some of the best reviews of any "Harry Potter" movie, "Half-Blood Prince" was off to the fastest overall start in franchise history.

The sixth movie about the young wizard came in $20 million ahead of the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which grossed $139.7 million domestically in its first five days two years ago.

The new film had the second-highest start ever for a movie premiering on Wednesday, trailing the $200 million five-day opening for last month's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

"Half-Blood Prince" already has surpassed the $157.3 million "Order of the Phoenix" pulled in during its entire first week in 4,325 theaters. By the end of its seventh day Tuesday, "Half-Blood Prince" will be in the $180 million range on its way to becoming the franchise's first $300 million domestic smash since the original movie, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," said Dan Fellman, Warner head of distribution.

The audience was a bit older for the new movie, with more elder teens turning out to see Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and pals Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) as they deal with adult concerns such as heartache, jealousy and romantic triangles.

Fans have grown up with the franchise, from young readers whose parents had to debate whether the early movies might be too intense for their children to see.

"When the first movie came out, they fought to go. The mother was like, well, should I take them, should I not take them?" Fellman said. "Now they're driving themselves to this and going to the midnight show."

While "Harry Potter" had a healthy start, the overall box office plunged compared to the same weekend last year, when the Batman juggernaut "The Dark Knight" had its record opening weekend of $158.4 million.

The top-12 movies this weekend combined for less than that, taking in $153.9 million, down 39 percent from a year ago.

"We got kind of slaughtered even with the 'Potter' movie, but we knew that was going to happen," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "When one movie last year makes more than what the top-12 movies did this year, you're going to have a down weekend."


Fox Searchlight's romantic comedy "500 Days of Summer," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, got off to a big start in limited release with $837,588 in 27 theaters. That amounted to an average of $31,022 a cinema, compared to $18,376 in for "Half-Blood Prince."

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Anugerah Planet Muzik 2009

Full Result

By syahinoue on Jul 19, 2009

APM was held last night at Pusat Konvensyen Jakarta, Senayan, Jakarta. And what was intesting there is that the no. 1 Malaysia singer, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza is still the best in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore region. This is proven when she outshine other candidates in the Artis Serantau Paling Popular Category. This is her 9th title consecutively. Sekalung TAHNIAH buat ucapkan to Datuk Hajjah Siti. YOU ARE ALWAYS THE BEST. She also won the Artis Malaysia Paling Popular Anugerah Kosmo! which voting is via sms.

Another Malaysian celebrity who makes us proud in Jakarta is Aizat. He won Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Dalam Lagu (Artis Baru Lelaki) & Lagu Paling Popular (Malaysia) based on downloaded through the song Hanya Kau Yang Mampu.

Here are the full list of Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM) 2009's winner.

* Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Dalam Lagu (Artis Baru Lelaki)- Aizat (Hanya Kau Yang Mampu)
* Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Dalam Lagu (Artis Baru Wanita)- Ayu (Hanya Di Mercu
* Persembahan Vokal Terbaik Dalam Lagu (Duo/ Kumpulan Baru Terbaik)-Kotak (Masih Cinta)
* Kolaborasi Terbaik Dalam Lagu- Lagu Be Te oleh artis, Dewiq feat Ipank, penulis lagu: Pay & Yudi, dan penulis lirik: Dewiq
* Artis Lelaki Terbaik- Afgan (Confession No. 1)
* Artis Wanita Terbaik- Bunga Citra Lestari (Tentang Kamu )
* Duo/ Kumpulan Terbaik- Yovie & Nuno (The Special One)
* Lagu Terbaik- Laskar Pelangi (Album: OST Laskar Pelangi, artis: Nidji, penggubah lagu: Nidji dan penulis lirik: Giring)
* Album Terbaik- Confession No. 1 oleh artis, Afgan dan produser: Tessy DJ & Fajar PJ Maringka
* Artis Singapura Paling Popular (berdasarkan SMS)- Taufik Batisah
* Artis Malaysia Paling Popular Anugerah Kosmo! (berdasarkan SMS)- Datuk Siti Nurhaliza
* Artis Indonesia Paling Popular (berdasarkan SMS)- Yovie & Nuno
* Artis Serantau Paling Popular (berdasarkan SMS)- Datuk Siti Nurhaliza
* Lagu Paling Popular (Singapura) (berdasarkan undian sms)- Impianku (Didicazli)
* Lagu Paling Popular (Malaysia) (berdasarkan jumlah muat turun)- Hanya Kau Yang Mampu (Aizat)
* Lagu Paling Popular (Indonesia) (berdasarkan jumlah muat turun)- Kuil Cinta (Slank)
* Anugerah Cinta Planet Muzik- Dik Doank
* Anugerah Khas Planet Muzik- Band Gigi