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                    [ArticleID] => 1355815
                    [Title] => ‘Super-powered’ Scarlett in Lucy
                    [Summary] => 

Portraying strong, unique female characters on the big screen is always a welcome challenge for Scarlett Johansson (photo). So when casting his latest action-thriller Lucy, and writer-director Luc Besson needed to find an actress who could be believable as extremely vulnerable, as well as super-powered, when her exposure to an illicit substance makes her acquire incredible skills, Johansson  came to mind.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1274914 [Title] => Numerology 2014 (2) [Summary] =>

Lucky Directions: south, east, southeast Lucky Colors: blue, grey, white, oran­ge; Avoid: golden, silver, brown, black

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134776 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1105212 [AuthorName] => ABH [SectionName] => Para Malibang [SectionUrl] => para-malibang [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 692663 [Title] => Common sense with uncommon scents [Summary] =>

I can already smell the copious amounts of freshly chopped garlic, herbs and lemon mixed in practically every dish of the Lebanese fare we are about to eat.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136145 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1667372 [AuthorName] => Raya Mananquil [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5183/lif1thumbw.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 671542 [Title] => Branded for life [Summary] =>

L’Oreal concluded the 2011 season of its Brandstorm Competition after selecting Team Extreme, a delegation from De La Salle University, to represent the country in Paris for the world finals.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1486139 [AuthorName] => Manica C. Tiglao [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6026/ystar4thumbw.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576883 [Title] => Belgian national blacklisted sa Immigration [Summary] =>

Dahilan sa pambubugbog sa asawang Pinay, kaya’t pinagbawalang pumasok sa bansa ng Bureau of Immigration (BI) ang isang Belgian national.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576965 [Title] => Belgian blacklisted for beating up Pinay wife, baby [Summary] =>

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has recently banned a Belgian national from entering the country for allegedly beating up his Filipina wife and their newborn baby.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 339401 [Title] => To spoon or to fork in Canada [Summary] => I will never forget the meal that was prepared for us during a visit to Lake Sebu in Mindanao. I was with my hubby Claude, his cousin Dan, our friend Ofie, and her French hubby Mark. There were 20 of us, including the schoolteachers and children. The food was served on the bamboo floor, with a huge banig serving as tablecloth, or floor cloth rather. All the dishes, which consisted mostly of tilapia cooked in a variety of ways, were served on banana leaves. [DatePublished] => 2006-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1507249 [AuthorName] => Mary Ann Quioc Tayag [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338506 [Title] => To spoon or to fork in Canada [Summary] => I will never forget the meal that was prepared for us during a visit to Lake Sebu in Mindanao. I was with my hubby Claude, his cousin Dan, our friend Ofie, and her French hubby Mark. There were 20 of us, including the schoolteachers and children. The food was served on the bamboo floor, with a huge banig serving as tablecloth, or floor cloth rather. All the dishes, which consisted mostly of tilapia cooked in a variety of ways, were served on banana leaves. [DatePublished] => 2006-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1507249 [AuthorName] => Mary Ann Quioc Tayag [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334880 [Title] => DFA slams penalty for Fil-Canadian boy [Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday the Philippine embassy in Canada fully supports the action taken by the Filipino community in Montreal and the parents of the seven-year-old Filipino pupil who was allegedly punished for his table manners.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Gilberto Asuque said in a press briefing that Ambassador to Canada Jose Brillantes submitted a report to the DFA on the incident that happened on April 11, which the diplomatic mission considers an "affront" to Philippine culture and plain racial discrimination.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334183 [Title] => We are what we eat – and how we eat it [Summary] => TABLE MANNERS: A story circulating in the Plaridel e-group is about a seven-year-old Filipino boy in Montreal, Canada, who was castigated and insulted by school authorities for his Filipino way of eating with fork and spoon.

Most Filipinos have the habit of using the two implements together, with the fork pushing food first to the spoon instead of directly to the mouth. The spoon also serves as a knife to cut food on the plate.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136322 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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