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By Carlo P. MalloPhotos by Ariel BalofinosGowns by Erwin Tan of KasuotanMake-up by Alex Monton of Physique Beauty SalonModels: Jessica Patricio, Fern Marino, Johann Go,all from Glam Model House

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Here in Davao City, planning a wedding is one of the most stressful things that a woman can go through – setting the date with the church, re-serving the ballroom of a hotel, choosing the right menu, the right flowers, the perfect invitation, the city’s top make-up artist, and the list goes on. But the most gruel-ing part is choosing the right gown made for you. In a perfect situation, the bride should start planning for her wed-ding a year or at least 6 months before her planned date. But as the case is in a number of situations, there are a

number of brides who do not have the luxury of time. Thus, Erwin Tan of Kasuotan saw an op-portunity to give brides a solution for their spur of the moment wedding plans –wedding gowns that you can readily wear. Don’t freak out yet and turn into a bridezil-la at the mere thought of ready-to-wear wedding gowns. The new collec-tion of Erwin’s ready-to-wear wedding gowns are actually impeccably made, complete with intricate details, and de-signed with the Filipina bride in mind. Having these ready-

to-wear wedding gowns is more convenient both for the designer and the bride, especially if they are pressed for time. Even international de-signers abroad have their own ready-to-wear line also. Since I opened my shop in Hong Kong, which focuses on ready-to-wear evening and wedding gowns, I decid-ed to bring in some of my lines here in Davao,” Erwin said, adding that the gowns are still his own design executed by his staff in Hong Kong. Seeing the gowns, the quality of the design and its execution are at par with the custom-made wedding gowns that Er-win is known for. With these ready-to-wear wedding gowns, brides who are planning their weddings within a limited time need not

turn into whip-bearing dominatrixes who turn their grooms into slaves. (Yes, there are brides who are like that. Just ask your make-up art-ist friend and they have stories that can blow your mind away.) If there is one thing that frets a bride more on her wedding day, and the days leading to it, aside from whether the groom will show up or not, is whether she’ll look good in her wed-ding gown, or if it will be finished on time. Brides need not worry about that anymore as you can now choose your wed-ding gown a week before your planned date and have it adjusted perfect-ly for your size. On that note, here’s a flute of champagne and let’s drink to more won-derful wedding gowns!

THErE is no day more special to a woman than her wedding day as it is that one day in their lives wherein they get to live every girl’s dream, to be a princess sharing true love’s kiss with their prince charming, or as it is in most cases.

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ThE final Batman-vs.-evil sto-ry is almost upon us. Well, the conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s telling of the saga starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader is almost upon us, anyway. But that’s a sadness for an-other time! We are secure in our knowledge that The Dark Knight Rises is going to pack a massive punch of surprises when it finally hits theaters on July 20 (starting at mid-night, naturally), but juicy nuggets of information!—continue to flow ahead of the film’s release. So, here are five brand-new things to know about The Dark Knight Rises... 1. What Year Is This? Ac-cording to 49 pages of production notes helpfully released by Warner Bros. (a routine process ideally in-tended to better inform crit-ics and entertainment report-ers, despite the risk of major spoilage), The Dark Knight Rises picks up eight years af-ter Batman battled the Joker, clashed with harvey Dent and lost Rachel Dawes in an explosion that still makes us shudder a bit. And yes, peo-ple think Batman is a mur-derer. But at least Alfred had plenty of time to rebuild the Batcave, right?! 2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Does have a Purpose: The other new characters we get: Bane, Catwoman, Miranda Tate (gotta have at least one

gal without an alter ego, right?). But just what is JGL doing? At last, we know for sure: Gordon-Levitt’s John Blake is a guy who hasn’t been sullied by the seedy un-derbelly of human nature so prevalent in Gotham. “Com-missioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne have become some-what jaded, so we wanted to contrast that with a younger, more idealistic individual who, in a way, represents where they’ve come from,” Nolan says. “Joe really cap-tured the strength and cour-age of a man who refuses to back down, regardless of the odds.” 3. New Toys: That new air-borne vehicle Batman is rid-ing around is aptly named the Bat. Conceived by gadget and superhero-transportation master Lucius Fox, it’s part helicopter, part jump jet—and all kinds of awesome. The new mode of transport freed up the earthbound Bat Pod for Catwoman, but Anne hathaway admits she wasn’t the one raising hell on two wheels. “When they asked me if I thought I could ride it, I said, ‘You give me the oppor-tunity, and I guarantee I can do it,’” said stunt driver Jolene Van Vugt. Speaking of stunt doubles, the evil Bane knows Batman’s every move—liter-ally. Bale’s double in the first two films, fight coordinator Buster Reeves, stepped in for Tom hardy’s scariest-bad-guy-yet as well.

4. IMAX Is Essential: While he passed on 3-D and used actual, tangible film stock, Nolan didn’t forget that movie audiences these days are seeking exceptional, larger-than-life theatrical ex-periences. With that in mind, he shot almost half the film with large-format IMAX cameras—meaning, those extra few bucks per ticket are so worth it. Therefore, if you live near one of the 102 IMAX 15/70 mm screens that will be showing the film, con-sider yourself obligated to go there. Otherwise, just catch The Dark Knight Rises on the 14,898 other screens it will be playing on around the world. (For those keeping score, that’s 4,000 more screens than the record-shattering The Dark Knight, which ul-timately made $1 billion, opened on four years ago.) 5. Get Even More Com-fortable Than Usual: It’s been a long time since an Event Movie clocked in at under two hours—and The Dark Knight Rises will be no excep-tion! In fact, its running time is a whopping two hours and 45 minutes—15 minutes longer than The Dark Knight and 25 minutes longer than Batman Begins. (And 23 min-utes longer than The Aveng-ers andThe hunger Games, 29 minutes longer than The Amazing Spider-Man, 35 minutes longer than harry Potter and the Deathly hal-lows Part 2, etc.) (E! Online)

TOM Cruise has remained con-spicuously silent throughout the ma-nia surrounding his divorce from Katie holmes, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t mapping out a legal game plan. The star’s lawyer, Bert Fields, has confirmed to the BBC that the 50-year-old is planning to file for divorce but, for the moment, has opted to let his estranged ex “play the media” before making any moves. “Tactically we can’t say where Tom will file a di-vorce case and if he’ll be seeking joint custody of Suri,” Fields said. he added that they’ve decided to let holmes take the spotlight first before filing their own counter di-vorce case. “We are letting ‘the other side’ play the media until they wear everyone out,” Fields explained, “and

then we’ll have something to say.” Although it appears the couple could be gear-ing up for a contentious battle, with custody for

6-year-old Suri front and center, Fields reiterated that Cruise is disheartened by the turn of events. “It’s not Tom’s style to do this publicly,” Fields said.

“he is really sad about what’s happening.” holmes, 33, filed for di-vorce on June 28 in New York City and is seeking sole custody of Suri. Spec-ulation has been mount-ing that Cruise could file a counter divorce case in California and seek joint custody, but, per the BBC, Fields wouldn’t confirm those reports. The opening salvo for their legal showdown comes on July 17, when holmes is set to appear in front of a family court judge in New York City for an order-to-show-cause hearing, allowing her to request a speedy tempo-rary order before Cruise’s legal team has a chance to respond. In the meantime, hol-mes has decamped to a posh downtown Manhat-tan apartment with Suri, and the two have been spotted out and about the city with pals. (E!Online)

Princess Di, is that you? No, but it sure looks like it! Naomi Watts was spotted once again in London looking eerily similar to the late Prin-cess Diana while working on her upcoming movie, Caught in Flight. Sitting pretty and wearing sapphires and diamonds—similar to the jewelry Diana once wore—the 43-year-old actress was snapped on

set channeling the for-mer princess with poise and perfection. The movie delves into the relationship between Prince William and Prince harry’s mother and heart surgeon Dr. hasnet Kahn. So next time you see a blond-bobbed, royal-looking woman walking the streets of London, don’t be alarmed. It is not Princess Diana’s ghost—it’s just Naomi!

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