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Majestic Dragon Festival at Pavilion KL in celebration of the Lunar New Year

Usher in the auspicious Year of the Dragon at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, the world’s premier lifestyle destination, and be welcomed by a majestic 600-ft long dragon. Bask in its magnificent glory as it gracefully drapes the ceiling, 50 meters above the Dragon Festival while you shop at Centre Court. Themed “Majestic Dragon Festival”, watch Chinese cultural demonstrations from dragon beard making to rainbow calligraphy, pulsating LED Dragon Dance performances, enjoy auspicious giveaways when you shop including a chance to win a RM30,000 gold pendant and redeem festive ang pow packets from 6 January to 6 February only at Pavilion KL.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the following Majestic Dragon Festival highlights:

Dragon Festival
Explore the dragon-themed offerings at Centre Court from dragon beard candy, rainbow calligraphy, silk embroidery, snuff bottle painting, paper cutting and more.

Tourists can enjoy a 20% discount and free dragon beard candy at the Dragon Festival Walk when they redeem their complimentary Tourist Reward Card at the Concierge Desk, Level 3.

Spend RM300 at any specialty stores or RM100 at Centre Court to redeem a free portrait in Chinese traditional costume exclusively at the Dragon Festival Walk.

Win a RM30,000 Gold Pendant
Spend RM200 in a single receipt at any specialty store for your chance to win a limited edition Poh Kong ‘Dragon Abacus’ gold pendant. This breathtaking necklace entails two dragons facing each other in the form of a figure ‘8’ and jade beads. Double your chances when you spend at Poh Kong.

Auspicious Giveaways
Collect stunning ang pow packets (8 colours per set) with every RM200 spend in a single receipt and a Kiew Brothers Chinese New Year hamper (worth RM59.90) with RM500 spend at any specialty store.*

Get your last-minute Chinese New Year shopping done and receive 2-hours free parking bonus with RM300 spend in a single receipt only from 14 to 22 January.

*While stocks last.

Blessed Performances
For the first time, Pavilion KL will be presenting spectacular LED cultural performances:

LED Dragon Dance
Date: 7, 21, 28 January & 4 February
Time: 8pm
Venue: Dragon Festival Walk, Centre Court, Level 2

LED Lion Dance
Date: 8, 22, 29 January & 5 February
Time: 8pm
Venue: Dragon Festival Walk, Centre Court, Level 2

Other pulsating performances include:

Lion Dance by Kiew Brothers
Date: 7, 14, 21, 28 January & 4 February
Time: 4.30pm
Venue: Dragon Festival Walk, Centre Court, Level 2

Dragon Dance by Kiew Brothers
Date: 8, 15, 22, 29 January & 5 February
Time: 4.30pm
Venue: Dragon Festival Walk, Centre Court, Level 2

Sunny Angels Live Performance
Date: 7 & 8 January
Time: 11am & 2.30pm
Venue: Dragon Festival Walk, Centre Court, Level 2

Tang Ren Gu Chinese Drums Performance
Date: 14, 20, 21, 28 January
Time: 6pm
Venue: Dragon Festival Walk, Centre Court, Level 2

God of Fortune Walkabout
Date: 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 January & 3-6 February
Time: 12noon & 5pm
*Performance times subject to change without prior notice.

For more information, call Pavilion KL Concierge on 03 2118 8833 or get live updates on Twitter @Pavilion_KL.

Movie Synopsis

A mysterious magician Zhang Xian (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) catches the eye of local warlord, Lei Daniu (Lau Ching Wan), who hopes to use him to win the affections of Liu Yin (Zhou Xun), a woman he forced into being his seventh concubine. Unbeknownst to him, Zhang is the fiancé of Liu who has been waiting for him to rescue her. Zhang, who was hellbent on destroying Lei, discovers that the man behind the evil deeds is actually his head butler Liu. To defeat Liu and win back the heart of his love, Zhang pulls out his ultimate magic trick.

Theatrical Release Date
12 Jan 2012

Thriller, Action

Cantonese
Director: Derek Yee Tung-Sing

Casts:
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Lau Ching Wan, Zhou Xun, Yanni.

In conjunction with the release of Chinese New Year Blockbuster Movie ‘The Great Magician’ RAM and PMP Entertainment have confirmed appearance of lead actor Sean Lau Ching Wan In Malaysian Promotional Tour on 6 Jan 2012 (Friday).

SILVER ANT PICKS GRAND BRILLIANCE AS DISTRIBUTOR AND MARKETER FOR SEEFOOD

Malaysia’s award-winning animation studio, Silver Ant Sdn Bhd, has announced today that it has selected Grand Brilliance to distribute and market SeeFood, its first animation adventure film. At a recent signing ceremony to kick start the partnership, Primeworks Studio’s Chief Executive Officer, Ahmad Izham Omar says that the Grand Brilliance team is very honored and excited to be given the opportunity to distribute and promote SeeFood across Malaysia. SeeFood is clearly in class on its own in terms of quality and storytelling. It will also be Malaysia’s first English animation film.

SeeFood revolves around our eco-system, and its main characters, Pup and Julius takes audiences on a fun-filled adventure to a place filled with colourful characters and unending mystery – land.

When poachers steal dozens of egg sacks from Pup’s reef, he makes it his mission to save his brothers and sisters no matter how impossible the task may seem. His determination to make right what is wrong takes him above water, into Man’s world, with a landscape blessed with beauty but fraught with danger – a destination the young bamboo shark could never ever have imagined!

Concerned for Pup’s safety, Julius, a whitetip shark, embarks on his own quest to bring home his best pal. In an outlandish “fish-suit”, you will believe a shark can walk on land in this thrill-a-minute action, laugh-out-loud comedy, which is ideal for whole the family!

Silver Ant’s Founder and Animation Director, Mr. Goh Aun Hoe, says that choosing Grand Brilliance as the exclusive distributor of SeeFood in Malaysia was an easy task given its reach and its record of distribution success in the Malaysian market.

SeeFood’s journey back home to Malaysia has been as epic as the story of Pup. After premiering at the Cannes’ Marche du Film in May 2011, SeeFood was subsequently released in over 90 countries across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. On March 8, 2012, SeeFood will finally open to local audiences in 80 cinemas.

The success of a full-length Malaysian animated movie in global markets augurs well both for Silver Ant as well as the Malaysian animation industry. It has certainly put Malaysia on the global map for animated movies as Silver Ant leads the Malaysian animation industry and charts new territories for more high quality animated movies from our shores.

For more information on SeeFood, please visit www.seefood-themovie.com

SeeFood Signing Ceremony
Speech by Goh Aun Hoe, Silver Ant’s Founder and Animation Director

A very good afternoon to Mr Ahmad Izham Omar, CEO of Primeworks Studios, and to all of you our friends from of the media.

Today marks a momentous occasion for us at Silver Ant as we sign this exclusive distribution agreement for Malaysia with Primeworks as we bring SeeFood back to Malaysia from its travel in over 90 countries in Europe, Latin America, the former Soviet states and Asia. Our choice of Primeworks Studios is borne out of our belief that they are the right partner for us to make SeeFood a hit in Malaysia.

We are indeed excited to bring SeeFood back to Malaysia to be able to thrill Malaysian audiences from all walks of life. Our journey started 2 years ago when we partnered with Jazeera Children’s Channel of Qatar to revive the Seafood short film which we created way back in 2001.

This, my friends, predates Finding Nemo. In coming up the theme for the earlier Seafood and now SeeFood, we were inspired by the ecological diversity of both the sea and land. SeeFood also carries a message for the need for mankind to take environmental and ecological conservation seriously to ensure that future generations enjoy the same that we enjoy today.

Even though, I stand in front of you ,as the face of Silver Ant, I must mention that credit goes to my team at Silver Ant for their dedication and hard work to make SeeFood a reality and a success. Their imagination and creative flair have resulted in a script and feature that is of pretty high quality that is acceptable to global audiences.

We sincerely hope that Malaysian audiences will be just as receptive and appreciative. You know, many a times we have had our bouts of anxiety as to whether SeeFood will do well in Malaysia. However, when Izham and his team decided to take on the distributorship for Malaysia, we knew straight away that part of the battle is won.

For this, we are grateful to Izham and his team, including Tengku Iesta, for the hard work they put in to make SeeFood a box office success in Malaysia.

With SeeFood’s breakthrough into global markets in more than 90 countries, we are buoyed in our belief that we will be able to replicate this success in other animated features in the near future. For this we will be seeking value-add partnerships both local and global for the purposes of shared resources and markets.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all of you here for your presence and interest in SeeFood. We look forward to working with you to help put SeeFood on the map for the Malaysian animation market.

“SeeFood” Signing Ceremony
Speech by Ahmad Izham Omar, CEO of Primeworks Studios

Good afternoon everyone, especially to Mr Goh Aun Hoe, Founder of Silver Ant, and our friends from the media. Welcome to our little soiree and thank you for joining us to announce the collaboration between our Film and Drama Unit, Grand Brilliance and Silver Ant, one of Malaysia’s award-winning animation studios.

When I watched SeeFood for the first time, I had this warm fuzzy feeling inside and I was cheering Pup on as he raced to rescue his friend Julius from becoming the next sharkfin soup special. It’s the classic underdog story, how the tiny little guy manages to outsmart the villains and save his best friend, a much bigger and stronger guy. The characters were endearing and I was very impressed with the scenes of vibrant marine life and an East Coast kampung where the story is set.

Being Silver Ant’s labour of love for over two years, I thought that the SeeFood story had a lot of heart in it, besides being made with outstanding artisanship. I’m very proud to announce that with the signing ceremony today, Grand Brilliance will be the exclusive marketer and distributor for SeeFood in Malaysia. I believe that SeeFood is the must-see Malaysian animation of 2012 and I’m sure our audiences will enjoyPup and Julius’ journey as much as I did.

And what a journey SeeFood has been on! After being previewed at the Cannes’ Marche du Film in May 2011, SeeFood has been successfully released worldwide in over 90 countries all over Europe, Latin America and Asia. On 8 March 2012,SeeFood will finally be coming home to Malaysia and splashing in 80 cinemas nationwide.

We’re very honoured to be able to bring this award-winning Malaysian animation feature film to our shores. I hope our audiences will be as entertained as I was by the adventures of Pup and Julius, and congratulations to Silver Ant for this exceptional example of Malaysian animation.

Usher in the New Year at Pavilion KL at the world’s first 360-degree projection dome

Pavilion KL, the world’s premier lifestyle destination, is the place to be for party-goers looking to celebrate the New Year with revelers from around the globe. Watch the rest of the world count down to the year 2012 in an exclusive party at the Pavilion Event Dome, dance and party to live DJs spinning from 9pm at the Bukit Bintang Entrance, and get into the festive mood with street entertainers, drum performances and laser dancers.

BB-KLCC Countdown Party | 9pm to 3am
Get your exclusive invitation and experience the first-ever countdown in the world’s first 360-degree projection dome. Spend RM200 from 28 December to receive 2 complimentary invitations to the Pavilion Event Dome celebrations. Party-goers will receive a free party pack and 2 welcome drinks with doors opening from 9pm. Laser dancers, out-of-this-world projections to the beat of the music will definitely get revelers in a celebratory mood. Projections of countdowns happening from Australia to Japan will be displayed on the Pavilion Event Dome. Party in the heart of Bukit Bintang and feel the pulse of the rest of the world!

Street Countdown | 9pm to 12.30am
Live up the night with world-class DJs spinning the best of club, hip-hop and pop tunes from 9pm. Be entertained by dancers, spectacular laser shows, percussionists and street buskers. Win prizes, party packs and more at this free countdown event at the Bukit Bintang Entrance. Look out for confetti bursts for the countdown, sure to start the New Year with a bang!

United Buddy Bear Photo Contest | 31 December only
Snap a photo with the international exhibition of 143 United Buddy Bears and enter the contest with any spend at Pavilion KL. Fabulous prizes worth up to RM3,000 awaits!

For more information, call Pavilion KL Concierge on 03 2118 8833 or get live updates on Twitter @Pavilion_KL.

The wild world of competitive college cheerleading is back! exclusively on 8TV

HELLCATS
TX DATE : 27/12/2011
TX DAY : TUESDAY
TX TIME : 9.30PM
LANGUAGE : ENGLISH

The mean, supercilious and selfish, Alice along with holier than thou and fragile, Savanah as well as the humorous and always helpful, Marty are making their way back to your screen. That’s right! Get ready once again for whole load of cheer, jumps, short skirts and drama as the most anticipated cheerleading series, Hellcats airs exclusively on 8TV beginning Tuesday, 27th of December 2011. Once again, follow the spectacle and fued that the Lancer University’s cheer squad ” Hellcats “.

In the previous episodes, we saw Marty make it into the Hellcats squad with a stroke of luck as the team was in dire need of a new member after one of their star players, Alice succumbs to an injury. Despite being roommates with Savannah, Marti befriends her squad partner, Lewis and this eventually becomes trouble when Marti’s long-time best friend Dan and Lewis’s ex-girlfriend, Alice finds out about their secret friendship and the budding relationship that’s blossoming to more that they bargained for. Find out if friendship, love and betrayal can hold up and survive human temptations.

8TV and ntv7’s Group General Manager Ms Airin Zainul said, “I consider myself quite a show-a-holic and I think it just can’t get any better than this. The plot itself is very unpredictable and will always keep you on your toes, plus the music added to it only spices it up. From the sport of cheerleading to dealing with friends, foes, jealousy, boys, girls and everything else that gives teenage its exhilaration- Hellcats has it all!”

With a star studded cast including Alyson Michalka, Ashley Tisdale, Robbie Jones and Matt Barr, grab your pom poms and get ready for Hellcats as it airs on Tuesday, 27th December 2011 at 9.30pm exclusively on 8TV.

Enjoy all this and more exclusively on 8TV. 8TV is also on Astro’s Channel 708. You can catch your favourite shows as Catch Up on www.8tv.com.my / www.tonton.com.my or follow us via www.facebook.com/8TVfb , www.twitter.com/8tv and www.youtube.com/8tvaddicts