Friday, March 14, 2014

Let's Do The News! (March 14, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- IN CASED YOU MISSED THIS: John Omohundro, the voice of Bravest Warriors' Danny, made an appearance in the latest episode of NBC's Revolution Season 2. Yes. He made an appearance on the hit action drama series as Dillon Matthews. In case you missed this latest Revolution episode, the one with John Omohundro in it, or want to see it again, find it On Demand, on iTunes, or at Amazon Prime Instant Video. Just to let you know...

- In honor of the NFS Movie, the Need For Speed Movie Cars DLC are now available on Need For Speed Rivals and this DLC features the cars as seen on the Need For Speed movie such as the Sesto Elemento, GTA Spano, and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.

- Top Gear Philippines vs. valet services: The Top Gear Philippines magazine always taking stabs on the Philippines' valet parking services for some security concerns to the motorists. Five years ago, they've did a column about why you shouldn't hand over your car key to the valet. Recently, they did an article about why you shouldn't  give a valet attendant access to your car. Now, a valet company proprietor wrote a letter to Top Gear PH for some complaints.

- After the success of the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Ferrari announced that they will open up their theme park in Spain in two years time, featuring the world's fastest vertical accelerator.

- Returning to the Vhong Navarro case; there's a report from PEP stating that Roxanne Cabanero, the beauty queen who said that she was raped by Vhong Navarro in the past, denies being a prostitute. She even can't remember the exact date when did Vhong allegedly raped her.

- Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg warns that the US Government is a threat to the internet freedom.

- A year has passed since Kristel Tejada, a UP coed, committed suicide after failing a fight against her alma mater, the University of the Philippines, over the access of education for poor people like her.

- On the MH370 Missing Case; sources told that the plane in question, a Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, sent pings after its mysterious disappearance.

- The suspect behind the KuroBas threats admits to charges in the Court, also citing his jealously as motive and plans to commit suicide by the time he was freed by authorities.

- The AM General MV-1 "special needs" vehicle, designed for the disabled people, resumed production after stroking a deal with the Department of Energy to gain assets to the "special needs" vehicle. The MV-1 is the only car that sets the benchmark to the Americans with Disabilities Act, featuring an integrated ramp and room for two wheelchairs.

- NHTSA ended their investigation on several 2011MY Porsche 997 911 models over coolant problems.

- Did You Know: To keep the new 2014 Camaro Z/28 a bit more friendly on the handling stakes, the engineers are prompted for the Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires because normal tires worn can't do actual burnouts. With this tires developed specifically for the Z/28, the handling stats are now 1.5G thanks to its Brembo brakes. Check out their latest video;



- Ever since Disney took over LucasFilm and with Star Wars Rebels coming soon on Disney XD, it's a bit of a shame for Star Wars fans that the Clone Wars TV series has been pulled the plug from Cartoon Network after five seasons. However, there's some good news because after much rummaging, the sixth (and the unaired) season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is now available for Netflix subscribers.

With The Clone Wars included on Netflix, not only it features five seasons of the hit TV show (especially the one episode where David Tennant did a guest voice role on), but the lost sixth season is included. Season 6 features 13 never-before-seen episodes. So, did the episodes made you impressed or disappointed? Did Cartoon Network make a mistake by shelving the show? Could Season 6 of Clone Wars have saved it?

The sixth season of Star Wars The Clone Wars is available only for Netflix subscribers.

- Dog With A Blog's G Hannelius has a new single titled Stay Away, out on iTunes on the 28th of March.

TTFN!!!

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